Breathe together … and go trough unknown.
Breathe together … and go trough unknown.
Members
Art background from Brian McDonagh
Brian Francis Devaney
From Ireland
First of all a Father & then an Actor/Director/Writer & Producer.
Musician/Facilitator & Social Entrepreneur, based between Sligo IRE & Tallinn EST.
An Ensemble member with: ‘Blue Raincoat Theatre Company', Sligo, Ireland, since 2015 + founder of & Artistic Director of the arts organisation ‘Branching Out Art CLG’ & of their multi-disciplinary venue: The Nest, Custom House Quay, Sligo/Sligeach, Ireland/Éireann F91 K79P.
My Training includes:
- Annually at the Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy in: Physical Theatre/Corporeal Mime, Voice/Singing in the RoyHart method + Dance/Movement.
Other training includes:
- Puppetry, Shadow & Object Manipulation.
- Percussion/Rhythm.
- Meditation.
- Intuitive Pedagogy (Järna, Sweden & Rakvere, Estonia)
- Movement with Stefan Cranic, Josephine Hass (Fighting Monkey) & Movement Practice Paris.
Also in Theatre/Radio/Film & Television, I'm a Live & Studio: Foley & Music Artist.
With the newly formed 'Nähtamatu Teater' (invisible theatre), in Tallinn Estonia, we create shows for visually impaired/blindfolded audiences, as purely audio/sensory experiences of a story.
With 'Rúach Rhythms' I'm a drumming/percussion facilitator, holding Drumming/Rhythm Circles & Workshops for groups of all-ages & abilities.
Also as a professional musician, in the band: Cú, our music is a blend of Nordic/Celtic styles, which is mostly instrumental & our own compositions. Cú are also starting to play/compose for an Estonian Theatre production in 2024 with Rakvere Teater & collaborate with Know Promises Theatre Collective on a productions called: 'Lámh'.
Also working as a Film & TV actor, I've performed as a puppeteer for RTÉjr, & in the most recent: Cléa van dir Grijn film & is set for shooting in her 2024 film as part of the 'Authored Works' award with the Arts Council of Ireland.
Most recently I've founded a new theatre ensemble called: 'Know Promises Theatre Collective', which is an international ensemble aiming to write & devise new theatre that explores themes for storytelling around the idea of: the hero's journey, collective consciousness & to explore/show the shades of shadows within us all. Our most recent achievement is the Theatre Project Award (strand 2) with the Arts Council of Ireland to develop a piece inspired by the life & death of the Irish Signing Clown from the late 1800's: Johnny Patterson. It will be a multi-disciplinary piece with Irish Dance, Physical Theatre, Clowning, Aerial Silk + live trad music, to then become a full scale production. The grant includes training at the Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy 2024.
The theme for this theatre development work is close to the core for me. On a personal note, it resonates in what it means to be Irish, to be the clown that can make everyone else happy around them, but what is truly going on within themselves?
Above all of this, theatre has been a key to get closer to my true self & live a more conscious/connected life with the people & environment around me.
I believe in Play, in Rhythm, in Movement & Connection & …in moments of stillness.
Art background from David Coleman Harte
Kyle Conlon
From Ireland
A Restless Spirit, Actor/Voice Actor, Friend, Facilitator & Sword enthusiast
As a child I always had a great affinity for worlds of fantasy and being immersed in something more than my everyday life. I fell into the world of theatre by mere happenstance, my best friend and I at the time had been grounded and as a punishment our parents made us join a Youth Theatre group called The Star Factory. As a result of this I started doing plays and musicals with the Star Factory theatre group and each time would learn more and become more interested in every aspect of acting and theatre. When it
came time for college I continued on to complete a QQI in Theatre Production in Sligo College for Further
Education which taught me a lot about what goes into the behind the scenes of a production from lighting to planning to being a part of a crew for a production. My time there saw me working in a
familiar theatre I had played in, the Hawkswell. During this time I met people of the theatre trade and was always expanding my knowledge. Wanting to be around more creativity and more creative minds I applied for some work in The Model Arts museum Sligo. While there I learnt from the artists and sculptors that lived at the museum itself in private rooms and the people who worked there. After this I
began pursuit of my Performing Arts Degree in Atlantic Technological University Sligo. In my 4 years of study I learned about all the different strands of theatre including absurd, contemporary, Tragedy, Epic
and many others. I discovered the different techniques and delved deep into them all from Stanislavski to Chekov to Meisner and many others. My time there also took me abroad to learn from a place rich in the
method which was Hungary. I travelled to Debrecen where I studied at the prestigious Csokonai Theatre and really looked at everything I had learned thus far and went even further with it. Having now
graduated I still pursue my thirst for knowledge and experience. I have been part of workshops which focus on the Chekov technique as a part of Michael Chekhov Ireland which taught me about how you
view certain styles and methods through a different lens. I have been introduced to the world of Voice Acting which really helps me learn about my voice while also honing my skills at the same time.
Art background from David Coleman Harte
Doris Vahtra
From Estonia
The soul of a witch in a young woman’s body, Sister, Dancer/Actor, Welfare Consultant
I love to play. To play with the body limits. Play with lines when I am drawing, with my voice and words while creating poems or sounds. To play as a child, who doesn’t care too much about others opinions. Art is way to see the world. My eyes are watching impossibilities to see behind our beliefs.
Every experience develops, every bad mood is solvable. When there is something that seems impossible or too hard to catch, then there is only one solution: delete the resistance.
I love to move. I love challenges. I love to be a part of a creation. To create. Through acting, dancing, singing, making decorations, decorating the playground, being a part of technical team. Until now I have collected my experiences in front and behind the curtain/scenes: on stage, in film area, in theatre, musicals and photography. Abstract-art-documentary and psychological art are also a huge source inspiration for me.
Creativity is my way to breath, it is not a purpose to reach an outcome. It is the purest way to express the truth that doesn’t follow a correct/false or a good/bad value system.
There are no rules other than our own agreements.
Art background from David Coleman Harte
Nell Garcia
From France
Performer in constant need of adventures, Queer, Free soul, Adrenaline junkie, curious
It’s all started with a fascination for the performing arts in general. Performers being watched by a public. After studying 3 years at the Cie. Maritime acting school in Montpellier (home town in France), I went to Paris on an adventure. I got a slap of abundance of people and culture. I started writing. I had to, that city gave me too much not to tell.
Thirsty for more adventures, I took a plane to Ireland. The daily turbulence of not always understanding what's going on and the failing communications due to the language learning process, automatically dragged me towards a more corporal, organic and visual type of work.
It made me realise the importance of the body – other slap- and drove me away from the traditional theatre practice I was coming from,
I opened new doors.
This is when I got into the circus, I started by juggling fire and fire breathing. I then took aerial silks and hoop classes.
While I kept working on different projects (Theatre & Cinema) in France and Ireland, I moved to Valencia in Spain, where I trained in acrobatics, trapeze, juggling and clown at ‘Espai de Circ’ and ‘CREAT’ circus schools.
It’s at this moment that I co-founded KPTC that is to me a free pass to exploration, the grey as we call it, with this ensemble, I open even more doors… it’s limitless.
In 2024, I am mainly working in the circus world as a flying trapeze artist, aerialist, juggler and clown. I am also taking a year course to be able to facilitate circus and theatre classes and explore the different pedagogy.
The clown being a form of physical expression that allows me to express myself and in which I am very comfortable, I am aiming to develop more of my clowning techniques for this new year ahead.
My personal work focuses mainly on deconstructing taboos such as women’s rights and gender identities.
Dylan McGloin
From Ireland
A magician, Designer/Director, Conductor, Jack of all trades.
I studied at ATU Sligo performing arts (Theatre Design), not knowing what in Theatre I wanted to do but just to learn to be a part of it. I decided on Design and committed my full time to arts and creativity. From my 2nd year onwards I worked, with a variety of groups from my surrounding areas such as Exitdoestheatre on "group Therapy"(short film) as Design assistant (2021) and "Ante Beckett" (2021) as PA and Rabbit's riot “under the Night Sky" (2022) General assistant.
Always while in my studies, I have strived to Push my knowledge of theatre and my practise such as in my 3rd year I was given the opportunity to Direct and Design my own devised piece of Theatre "Ourselves". Given nothing but a physics book "Seven Brief lessons on Physics" by Carlo Revelli was such an interesting task and I fully engulfed myself into that role. And found even in the later years of college I found a new frontier to explore as a Director/Designer, wanting to specialise in devised theatre. However, I Also work with scripts as I Directed and Designed a script as part of Bolster and Boom in the Cornmill Theatre "Dum Vivumus Vivamus" (2022)
Within my final year of studies, I pushed myself to study abroad as well, I went to two countries, my first was to Hungary, studying the actor’s body and movement in the Jòkai Theatre in Békéscsaba, and then to Bratislava in the Theatre Lab studying the design of the world of the play and costume design. Having worked in Theatre, I also pushed to work within film, with my first short film, "Cat from Belfast" as well as other films. "Black Pigs Dyke" short film, Directed by Dee Armstrong Cinematography by Robbie Ryan
Finishing college, being the recipient of the 2023 Yeats Abbey Theatre award. Continuing to work in my craft as a Designer and Director and devising work, for a new Irish generation, telling and embracing their stories, they are not forgotten, and deserve to be shared and uncovered.