Dominic Montague –
Playwright Dominic is a theatre-maker working across stage, site-specific and audio theatre. He previously worked with Kabosh on Quartered: Belfast, A Love Story, nominated for Belfast Pride Award’s ‘Event of the Year’, A Queer Ceilí at the Marty Forsythe, nominated for the Writers Guild of Ireland ZeBBie Award for ‘Best Theatre Script’, and other projects including Deporting Patrick, Be Our Guest and Squadron 304. He also co-designed and facilitated Sightlines, an LGBTQ+ arts skills workshop programme. Dominic’s other recent theatre and film credits include Calling The Corners (Outburst Queer Arts Festival); Real Talk (Lyric Theatre); The Witch, Maebh (Big Telly); Silence (Divadlo Archa, Prague), and Ghosted (BBC Writers Room / BBC 6 Music). He was the 2023 Artist in Residence with the Lyric Theatre Belfast and a 2024 Artist in Residence with the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris. Dominic’s next new work Aurora: A Modern Myth, a collaboration with Prime Cut Productions, will premiere in The MAC Belfast October 2024, as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
Vicky Allen – Bridget
Vicky is an actor based in Belfast. Her previous productions with Kabosh are Do Not Disturb, The Shedding of Skin and Borderline: the People’s Story. Her other theatre credits include RHINO and Tragik Plastik (Tinderbox), Dancing at the Disco at the End of the World (Replay Productions), The Worst Café in the World and Frankenstein’s Monster is Drunk and The Sheep have all Jumped the Fences (Big Telly – Belfast/London/NYC). Vicky’s screen credits include Old Guy directed by Simon West (Highland Film Group), Blue Lights (BBC NI), The Glenmara Tapes directed by Tony Devlin (Village Films) and Cara in Cara & Martin (BBC Bitesize).
Christopher Grant – Jason
Christopher is a Queen’s University and Lyric Theatre Drama Studio graduate. He previously worked with Kabosh on Drawing the Ring of Steel, Belfast Bred and A Queer Céilí at the Marty Forsythe, for which he received an Irish Times ‘Best Supporting Actor’ nomination. His other recent theatre credits include Between Galaxies, WildOnes, HOLLOW, The Untold Truth of Captain Hook, THAW, CLOSER, Dancing at the Disco at the End of the World, and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Replay Productions); A Streetcar Named Desire (Lyric Theatre); About Time and Operation Elsewhere (Big Telly); and The Waiting Room (Tinderbox). Christopher’s screen credits include Kneecap, Irish Language Feature AONTAS, Handbag, Sparrow and, the BAFTA-nominated The Party. His radio credits include Last Resort and The Bean Room (BBCRadio4)
Chris Robinson – Martin
Chris is a Belfast-based actor, writer and director, who previously worked with Kabosh on Drawing the Ring of Steel. His other theatre highlights include Teechers ( Bruiser Theatre Co), Frankenstein’s Monster is Drunk and The Sheep have all Jumped the Fences (Big Telly – Belfast/London/NYC), 24Hr Plays: Dublin (Abbey Theatre), Brendan At The Chelsea ( Lyric – Belfast/ Project Arts Dublin/ Off- Broadway), Carthaginians (Irish Tour), Over The Bridge (Finborough, London), Bouncers (Big Telly/ MAC) and The Tempest (Creation Theatre, Oxford). Chris’ screen credits include Blue Lights (BBC NI), The Lovers (Sky/ AMC), Dalgleish (Ch5), Stranger With A Camera (Oorlagh George), Derry Girls (Ch4/ Netflix), Counsel (BBC), Faith Of Our Fathers (EWTN/ Prime), History Makers (BBC), The Frankenstein Chronicles (ITV), Back in 5 (Armchair & Rocket/ NI Screen) and A Bag For Life (Gerard Donnelly/ NI Screen). His writing credits include Duet For One (As part of the MAC’s ‘On The Street Where We Live’), Xmas For Dummies and On The Shelf (Grand Opera House and MAC, Belfast), Baltic (GBL), Incognito and Degree Of Danger (Big Telly).
Simon Sweeney – Tommy
Based in Belfast, Simon completed his Masters at East 15 Acting School in 2021 after training at Brooksby Melton College, Lyric Drama Studio and Tinderbox on their Play Machine Programme. He previously worked with Kabosh on Do Not Disturb, Drawing the Ring of Steel, and A Queer Céili at the Marty Forsythe. His other theatre credits include Vection (Headrush Ireland), Anthem for Dissatisfaction and Cinderella (Brassneck Theatre Company), Let us go then (Accidental Theatre) and You and I (Seón Simpson). Simon has also been involved with script development on Holding Ground (Tinderbox Theatre Company), Algorithm (Seon Simpson) and No Blueprint (Three’s Theatre Company).
Michelle Wiggins – Helen
Michelle is an actor, director and singer-songwriter from Belfast. She has acted extensively throughout the UK and Ireland with a range of arts companies including Replay, Birmingham Rep, Sole Purpose Derry, An Spidéal Arts Galway, Theatre of Pluck, Outburst, Glasgow Rep, Oran Mor and Cumbernauld Theatre Scotland. Her directorial work has toured the UK and Europe including Parma, Berlin, Munich and Stendal in former East Germany, as well as in The Olivier at The National Theatre in London. Michelle frequently works in improv comedy sets across the Island and has worked in various roles within radio productions for the BBC and Independent Radio Drama on LBC. This is her first collaboration with Kabosh.
Stuart Marshall – Set Designer
Stuart is a Belfast-based designer whose previous designs for Kabosh include This Is What We Sang, 1 in 5, Green and Blue, Lives in Translation, and Ghosts of Drumglass. His other designs include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The 39 Steps, The Nose and Cabaret (Bruiser); Bog People and The Country Boy (Big Telly); American Buffalo, Shopping and F***ing, A Number and Blackbird (Prime Cut); A Bright Light Shining, The Chairs, Family Plot and Sylvan (Tinderbox); The Price (Gate Theatre Dublin); The Crucible, Little Shop of Horrors, Brendan at the Chelsea, Educating Rita, The Gap Year, Radium Girls and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lyric Theatre Belfast); Vernon God Little and Top Girls [Brian Friel Theatre]; The Diary of Anne Frank and Chicago (Bardic Theatre); Teenage Kicks and Carthaginians (Millennium Forum Derry).
Paula O’ Reilly – Movement and Intimacy Director
Paula is a Belfast-based Choreographer, Movement Director and Intimacy Co-ordinator. She previously worked with Kabosh on Do Not Disturb (Little Amal Belfast 2024), Silent Trade and The Shedding of Skin. Her many other credits include Little Women and Hansel & Gretel (Lyric, Belfast); The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Prime Cut / Lyric); The Half Moon (Lyric / Pleasance); Lie Low (Prime Cut / Abbey Theatre / Traverse); Some Where Out There You and Tartuffe (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Rapunzel – A Tangled Pantomime and Aladdin (GBL Productions at Waterfront Hall, Belfast); The Snapper (Gate Theatre); Bridesmaids of Northern Ireland (GBL / Grand Opera House Belfast); Distortion (The MAC); Secrets of Space (Cahoots NI / MAC Belfast /USA Tour); Herculaneum and The Magic Flute (Wexford Festival Opera).
Katie Richardson – Sound Designer
Katie is a Belfast musician, songwriter, composer, sound designer and facilitator, who currently makes her own music under the name Hex Hue. She previously worked with Kabosh on Three Pay Days (Sound Designer), Not on Our Watch (Songwriter), The Shedding of Skin (Choir Director) and A Queer Céilí at the Marty Forsythe (Choir Director). Katie’s other theatre credits include Hansel and Gretel, Good Vibrations and Rough Girls (Lyric); New Electric Ballroom (Gate Theatre); Huzzies, The Man who fell to pieces and Ubu the King (Tinderbox). In 2020 Katie was selected as a Reveal Artist with Prime Cut, she is currently working on a music-based commission with them as part of this award. Her film score work includes The Death of a Projectionist (Out of Orbit), Bind – a dance film (Conan McIvor), Gael Force (Little Rose films), and Let Us Be Seen (Vish Films). Katie is the co-founder and chair of Safe in Sound, a new initiative to create a safe, strong, connected creative sector founded on equality, diversity and respect.
Erin Charteris – Costume Designer
Erin graduated from Queens University in 2011 with a BA Hons in English Literature and is Wardrobe Manager for Historic Royal Palaces since 2022, costuming for historical interpretation. Prior to that she worked in the Lyric Theatre Costume Department 2012 – 2022, and during a five-month sabbatical from the Lyric she worked as a maker on Season 6 of Game of Thrones. Erin received a certificate in historical hair styling in 2018 and has since made historically accurate wigs for museum interpretation. She previously worked with Kabosh on Borderline: the People’s Story in NMNI. Erin’s Lyric theatre credits include The Comedy of Errors; Light Shining in Buckinghamshire; Oedipus the King; Our Country’s Good; The Miracle; 55 Days; The Ladykillers; Alice The Musical and This Shit Happens All the Time.
Conleth White – Lighting Designer
Conleth is a Dublin-based lighting designer who works in a broad range of fields from theatre, live art, dance, opera to site specific, with extensive experience of mega events and outdoor lighting. He previously worked with Kabosh on The Shedding of Skin, A Queer Céilí at the Marty Forsythe, Before you Go, 1 in 5, Ghosts of Drumglass, Lives in Translation and To Have & To Hold. Conleth has designed for many companies and theatres including Abbey Theatre, Big Telly, Brassneck, Castleward Opera, DLR Glasthule Opera, Complex, Druid, DubbelJoint, Gaiety Theatre, GBL, /Green Shoot, Lane Productions, Lyric Theatre, Millennium Forum, Partisan, Prime Cut, Red Kettle, Rough Magic, Terra Nova, Teatro Espace, Theatre at The Mill, The Mac, Tinderbox and The Traverse. In recent years his interest lies in contemporary lighting technologies and in this regard, he often facilitates workshops and upgrade sessions.
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