News
Arts Council funding
In September 2022, Sinéad was awarded a Grants for the Arts Award from Arts Council of England towards research and development towards her polyphonic version of Othello, where Iago is played by an ensemble of three actors. In collaboration with Trish Wadley Productions.
Publications 2021
Sinéad ‘s interview ‘Unity over Unison: Creating AntigoneNOW in Lockdown’, has just come out in Theatre Topics (August 2021), with Margaret Laurena Kemp, Roger Ellis, Dassia N.Posner.
She also published a short reflection, ‘To Be or Not to Be: Art on the Frontline’, in The Âtre, Dirks Theatre Association Publications, Macau, China.
Book talk
Sinéad will be in conversation online with Joyce Lu about her book on Michael Chekhov for MICHA 19 February 2021, 5pm UK time.
Artist work by Liza Dimbleby.
Creative Conversations 2
Sinéad will begin her autumn 2021 series of Creative Conversations with an interview with Dino Fetscher and Robert Bowman, stars of The Normal Heart, at the National Theatre, London, directed by Dominic Cooke. The follow-up is with BAFTA winning actress Naomi Ackie on filming her recent role as Whitney Houston in Sony’s biopic. Monday 1 November 2021, and 13 January 2022: 6.30-7.30pm, online. A Michael Chekhov UK and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama event.
Exit The King
In August 2021, Sinéad did a month’s exploration of polyphonic characterisation on Ionesco’s Exit The King with students at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London). It was a collaboration with Ian Morgan and Phil Raymond.
Antigonenow screenings
The International Online Theatre Festival 2021 will stream AntigoneNOW in May and University of Iowa USA will stream it on 3-4 May with a live talkback hosted by Jennifer Buckley. School of Sound will stream AntigoneNOW on Saturday 12 December for 24 hours, including a live talkback hosted by Larry Sider at 5pm. Michael Chekhov Association USA (MICHA) will stream 18 December 2021. Valparaiso University USA on 6 February 2021 with a live talkback. SPE Media Festival screening 17-21 March 2021.
Book workshop
Sinéad will lead a twelve week intensive on her book, Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique: A Practitioner’s Guide (Bloomsbury Methuen 2019). This will be a practical overview of the technique as outlined in the book for actors, directors and teachers. It will run on Saturdays 4-6pm GMT online, from 6 November to 11 December 2021 and from 8 January to 19 February 2022.
Booking via Living Pictures.
American Theatre Magazine
American Theatre Magazine have published a piece by Margaret Laurena Kemp and I about the process of making AntigoneNOW. Read it here.
Sinéad also published a piece in The Stage, on 31 March 2021, about the work of the BA Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre course at Royal Central. Read it here.
Creative conversations
Three informal conversations with Fiona Shaw, Ian Rickson and Donato Wharton, chaired by Sinéad. Presented by Michael Chekhov UK in association with Royal Central.
Actress Fiona Shaw: 7th December 2020, 6.30pm
Theatre director Ian Rickson: 17th December 2020,6.30pm
Sound designer Donato Wharton: 3 February 2021, 6.30pm
