I’m from Galway, west of Ireland. I trained at Guilford School of Acting and works as a freelance actor, writer and director in London.

Highlights include: ‘Philadelphia Here I Come’ – Wyndhams Theatre London. ‘Elegies for Angels’ – Criterion Theatre London. ‘DA’ – White Bear Theatre London. ‘Players and Painted Stage’, ‘Last Apache Reunion’ – SOS Theatre Bristol. National tours of ‘Julius Caesar’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ,‘Tales of the Lost Formicans’ – Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company. Galway Girl and Melody in the UK Fuse Festival. ‘Crossed Keys’– Eastern Angles Theatre Company, ‘Beyond the Brooklyn Sky’ – Red Kettle Theatre and ‘Translations’ – National Theatre, London.

I worked for many years with Spectrum Theatre Projects developing various performance pieces and historical characters for all the National Museums in England including the National Maritime Museum Greenwich where the idea of a story on Tom Crean originated. Now toured worldwide with over a 1000 performances – www.tomcreanshow.com

I have also toured my other solo show Our Last Chieftain – O’Sullivan Beara between 2011 – 2013.

 

My book ‘TRAVELS with TOM CREAN – Antarctic Explorer’ was published in 2016. It tells the story of his journey with Tom Crean; how the play was written, how it grew from an unknown show with an unknown actor, into an award-winning hit that has been performed all over the world.

 

I have worked for many years developing various performance pieces and historical characters for all the National Museums in England, including the National Maritime Museum Greenwich, where the Tom Crean show started. He is a Co-Director of Play On Words Theatre Co. and is also an Associate Lecturer in Drama at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent. He lives in Rochester with his wife Miriam and has two children Liam and Nancy.