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HIGHLIGHT ICAF ‘23: HEALTH ACTION TRAINING, NORTHERN IRELAN

A LECTURE AND WORKSHOP ABOUT CARE AND CONNECTION  While we were applauding nurses and healthcare professionals during the first peak of the corona virus and realised more than ever how important healthcare professionals are, we also appreciated under how much pressure our healthcare system is. Due to a lack of financial resources and therefore time,…

Health Action Training

Health Action Training (HAT) are a unique and innovative company who use techniques that draw from actor training and applied drama to teach improved person-centred communication for health professionals, offering a fresh and up-to-date approach to communication training. This methodology includes a blend of improvisation games, applied puppetry, actor training, role play, practice of communication…

The Henry Girls

The Henry Girls are three sisters from Donegal, in the North-West of Ireland. They are multi-instrumentalists and specialize in close harmony singing. They combine a career in the professional music scene with a passion for working in community settings. Over the past ten years, they have become increasingly popular in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Australia, the…

Guy Le Jeune

Guy is a writer and theatre maker, based in County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland. He has been Theatre Artist in Residence for An Grianán Theatre and Donegal County Council for the last two years, funded by a bursary from the Irish Arts Council.  He has over thirty years of experience in theatre, in…

Louise Lowe

Louise Lowe is one of Ireland’s most exciting theatre artists. She specialises in intimate, site-specific shows that have a deep involvement in the communities where they are set. Her contexts range from abandoned Ballymun tower blocks in the 2005 Tumbledowntown, to her own childhood home in 2009’s Basin. Her production Laundry (2011), about the abuse…

Upstate Theatre

Upstate Theatre Project is a community-engaged performing arts organisation adhering to collective and collaborative approaches in keeping with principles of cultural democracy. Upstate was founded in 1997 and has pursued a collaborative, participatory practice since its inception. Upstate’s workshop programme is designed as a place where people can collectively work in collaboration with artists to realise…

Matt Jennings

Dr. Matt Jennings is Lecturer in Drama at the School of Creative Arts & Technologies at Ulster University. Originally from Sydney, he has worked as an actor, musician, writer, director and arts facilitator in Australia, Ireland, the UK, Italy, Morocco, and France. Matt first visited Ireland in 1997 and has been based in Northern Ireland…