Marty (Martha) Breen is a performer, theatremaker and facilitator from Wicklow. She is graduate of the Lir Academy 2018. As a performer and deviser, she has worked with the Lyric Theatre, Gate Theatre, Rough Magic, Peacock Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Gúna Nua, National Theatre, and Fishamble Theatre Co. She was Artistic Director of Mr. Sands Youth Theatre, Bray, 2020-23, and is a founding member of Broad Strokes Improv. Her first solo work will take place in September 2024. She is a trainee intimacy co-ordinator with Intimacy S&S. She was an Arts Council Next Generation Award recipient 2022.

During the Assemble Programme, Marty will develop work on a new theatre drag cabaret

Síofra Brogan is an actor/screenwriter from Galway. She graduated from The Gaiety School of Acting’s full-time programme in 2019. In 2023, Síofra graduated with First Class Honours and First in Class from IADT’s MA in Screenwriting for Film & Television. Síofra currently has three film projects in development.

Síofra will use the Axis Assemble programme to research and write a first draft of a new play.

Shauna is a Writer, Composer, and Theatre Maker from Dublin. She works primarily in Musical Theatre, creating authentic shows for Irish audiences. Her most recent show, Shauna Carrick Wants A Dog was nominated for both Best Production and First Fortnight at Dublin Fringe 2023, whilst the soundtrack to her 2022 bilingual show Tír na nÓg is available to stream online now.

Shauna will be will be drafting a new bilingual (Irish/English) musical for teenagers about going to the Gaeltacht for the first time

Carlos is a versatile artist from Brazil, with over 16 years of experience in the performing arts spanning across Brazil, the USA, Denmark, and Ireland. His creative journey has seen him perform, produce, direct, and teach internationally, with notable research projects at Trinity College Dublin. Carlos’s passion for poetry and live performance has led him to focus on integrating the two to develop new dramaturgy.

Passionate about poetry and innovative experimentation, Carlos is currently researching how to incorporate the two to create new dramaturgy.

Actor whose credits include Duck Duck Goose (Fishamble), Fall of the Second Republic (Abbey Theatre / Corn Exchange), Romeo & Juliet (Gate Theatre), Small Town Big Story (Sky TV), Northern Lights (Deadpan / Lionsgate), Sherlock & Daughter (CW Network).

During the Axis Assemble programme, John will explore capitalistic structures that relate to loneliness and the commodification of mental health.

Hannah Gumbrielle is a multidisciplinary aerial artist and arts worker. She trains and teaches a range of skills across cocoon, trapeze, counterweight, harness dance, rope, and silks. She is passionate about accessible aerial practices, running workshops with community groups as well as exploring the topic of queerness and ability in her own arts practice. Most recently, she brought her autobiographical show Malignant Humour to a sold out crowd at Scene + Heard in Smock Alley Theatre, exploring the death defying circus act that is cancer treatment.

Hannah will be utilising the support from the Axis Assemble programme to develop her latest work Malignant Humour, an autobiographical show surrounding her own experience with cancer told through theatre and circus.

Martha Knight is a theatre maker and sound designer. She is interested in theatre, music, participation, and the spaces in between. She is a core artist with Tallaght-based collectives Freshly Ground Theatre and SoloSIRENs. She is Druid’s Marie Mullen bursary recipient for 2024. Her practice focuses on contemporary music theatre and on involving communities, alongside and as part of the work.

Martha will use her time on the Axis Assemble programme to research and develop motion sensor technology, as applied to a musical and theatrical process involving a wide range of performers.

Callum is an actor and theatre maker from Co.Meath. He is artistic director of 'Ragged Ruin' Theatre Company. He graduated the Gaiety School of Acting in the class of 2021. His debut show 'Oh, Brother' had sold out runs at Dublin Fringe Festival and Bewley's Café Theatre.

During the Assemble programme Callum will write, play and explore the world he’s building

Síomha McQuinn is an actor, writer and director from Dublin. Síomha performed her debut show, ‘Coffee Kid,’ at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 and Dublin Fringe Festival 2022, receiving nominations for 'Best Performer' and the 'Spirit of Wit' award. Síomha has a background in improv and stand up comedy.

Síomha will be developing her latest one-woman comedy/theatre show with the support of the Axis Assemble programme.

Liv O’Donoghue is an Irish-Norwegian actor, writer and maker based in Dublin. She has worked in the Arts for over 15 years across theatre, dance, film and opera.

During the Axis Assemble programme, Liv plans to develop a new one-woman physical theatre show with the aim of developing her practice as both a writer and an actor.

Sophie is an actor, writer, and theatre maker from Crumlin. She is a strong advocate for her community and does all that she can to bridge the class gap in theatre. She plans to create her own theatre company to showcase that working class lives and stories matter. She’s interested in developing her own work and making an impact on the arts.

Nancy Matchon Owens will continue to develop her her work: HOW DID I GET HERE??? A one woman show, written and performed by Nancy

Venus Patel is transfemme artist of colour working in performance and film. Her art practice stems from her lived experience as an “other”, thus navigating the sociological roles of conformity. She utilises a unique blend of humour, absurdity, and abjection to create works that speak on subject matters such as hate crimes, religious guilt, and queer/poc bodily suppression.

Venus will further develop her new theatre show based around a queer reimagining of the end of the world.

Tierra is a recent graduate of the Trinity college Lir Academy Dublin with a First Class Honors degree in Acting . She is from Cordele, Georgia in the US. She has been working in the performing arts sector since the age of thirteen. Since then, she has gone on perform in Musical Revues and Theatre Productions in Marietta, Georgia(Motown Revue, Rusty in Footloose). She began an international tour project with the Missoula Children’s Theatre in Missoula, Montana where she toured for three years on varying productions. Tierra now looks forward to integrating her skills into the Irish Creative Arts Industry. Since graduating Tierra has had her Premiere in the Gate Theatre as Starkey/ Tinkerbelle in Dublin’s own Roddy Doyle Adaptation of Peter Pan. She has started rehearsals with the Abbey Theatre this month as Sarah Worth for their production of The Sugar Wife by Elizabeth Kuti.

Tierra will use her time on the Axis Assemble programme for research and development of a solo performance piece.

Eftychia (Effie)is a theatre/performance maker from Greece. She was Dead Centre’s Associate Artist(2022) and the recipient of 2024’s International Pan Pan Mentorship. She has worked with Landmark Productions, ANU and the dlr Mill Theatre. Her practice is informed by her volunteer work with the refugee community and the elderly.

Eftychia will be collaborating with the poet Cebsile Mhlanga on a new play inspired by the migrant and refugee experience as the lens through which Ireland is experienced as a new home

Marissa Wyll is a theatre artist and science communicator based in Dublin. Her work combines science and theatre, creating plays that both entertain and educate their audiences. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts, BS in Biology (Western Washington University), and MA in Theatre Practice (UCD).

Marissa will use the Axis Assemble programme to research and write across two new projects.