Balbriggan CC TY Drama

Well done to all TY students, Mr. Richardson and Ronan Dempsey who recently put on a fantastic two night sold out performance in our school gym! Thank you very much to the local businesses who donated raffle prizes.

Director– Ronan Dempsey

Ronan Dempsey is an Actor, Director, Writer and acting tutor based in Dublin. He works as a public speaking/presentation skills tutor at Communicate in Dublin. Ronan teaches at the Gaiety School Of Acting, on the masters theatre programme at UCD and teaches physical theatre at the Blue Diamond Drama Academy, a full time actor programme for adults with intellectual disabilities. In the years after, he went on to train in site specific theatre at the California Institute of the Arts and also in Physical theatre at the Grotowski Institute in Poland. Writing credits include the critically acclaimed 5 star play ‘THE WORDS ARE THERE’. Acting credits include playing Pozzo in Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting For Godot’ which opened in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre and then toured to Brazil in 2015. Film credits include the politically engaged short film ‘AFLOAT’. Ronan founded the theatre and film company ‘Nth Degree Productions’ in 2016.

Our Production Team

Assistant Director/Producer-Kevin Richardson

Poster and Ticket Design-Aaron Caldwell

Photography- Niamh Russell

Stage Manager-Ciaran Maguire

Props/Assistant Stage Manager-James Singleton

Lighting-Cian Pettigrew/Ms. Grant

Costumes-Jessie Healy and Jordan Higgins

IT/Tickets-Josh Tierney

Make-up-Ms. Walshe/Julia Rzonca

Security-Aaron Caldwell/Josh Tierney/Calum Richardson/James Kavanagh

Cast List

Naveen Aravindakshan……………Roger Block

Megan-Kane Stephens……………Nora

Alamin Bankole……………………..Bob

Tomas Baxter…………………………Timmy

Shannon Rowe………………………Ms. Guiney

Blessing Nkosi………………………..Betty

Niall Delaney………………………….Fiachra McDougal

Faye Donohoe………………………..Chloe O’Neill

Lee Connolly…………………………..Spike

Wisdom Raji……………………………Paddy

Elvedin Muminovic…………………..Mick

Dylan Smith……………………………..Phil

Andrea Iszlai…………………………….Janice

Jemima Grace………………………….Maud

Sean Brennan…………………………..Billy “Quick Hands” McQuaid

Katie Mihailova………………………..Theresa

David Olaiya……………………………..Gerry

Mark Vlachos…………………………….Brendan

Sean Andrews……………………………Charlie

Hezekiah Ikpaikpai…………………….Seamus “Speedy Hands” Okafor

Ron O’Sullivan……………………………Nelly