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Steven Millar is a Northern Irish theatre maker and performer. His work explores themes of connection, identity, and memory. His piece The Dancehall premiered at the Manifest Festival with Amadan Theatre (MAC) and was also featured at the London Lambeth Fringe Festival 2024. He is currently developing The Dancehall further and will present an extract at the Incubate Festival at the MAC in 2025.

Get in touch with Steven:
Email: steven.alexander.millar@gmail.com
Instagram: @stevenalexandermillar

Michael McEvoy is a choreographer and theatre maker from Northern Ireland. A Trinity Laban Conservatoire graduate with first-class honours, he received the Sylvia Bodmer Memorial Fund for choreological studies. His work spans TV, film, musicals, opera, and dance theatre across Europe, the UK, and Ireland. He is the current choreographic Reveal Artist with Prime Cut Productions (2023–25). His credits include The Pillowman (Prime Cut/Lyric Theatre) and Specky Clarke (Oona Doherty)

Get in touch with Michael:
Mcevoy.michael@outlook.com
Instagram: @Michael_mce

Catherine Rees is an Irish actress and writer. She trained at East 15 Acting School and has appeared in The Mousetrap (West End/India tour). Screen credits include The Deceived, Nova Jones, Blue Lights, and Hope Street. She was a Hatch Artist at The Mac and co-wrote Poached with Alice Malseed. Rees develops female-led stories for theatre and film, focusing on comedy and contemporary social themes.

Get in touch with Catherine:
Email: catherinerees@outlook.com
Instagram: @catherinerees20
X: CatherineRees3

Charlotte McCurry is an award-winning actress from Belfast. She trained at Guildford School of Acting. Recent theatre credits include Richard III (Lyric Theatre) and Lie Low (Royal Court). Screen credits include Say Nothing (Disney/FX) and Ellis (Channel 5). She won Best Performer at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2022 and was nominated for Best Actress at the Irish Times Theatre Awards. As a writer, her first play Julie will be produced by Kabosh as part of Féile an Phobail 2025.

Get in touch with Charlotte McCurry:
email: searlait@hotmail.com
Instagram: @charlie.mccurry 

Simon Sweeney is an actor and theatre maker. He completed his MA at East 15 Acting School and trained with Tinderbox’s Play Machine Programme and HAP School. He recently toured Callings (Kabosh) across the UK and Ireland. Other theatre credits include An Anthem for Dissatisfaction (Brassneck & SkelpieLimmer), Vection (Headrush Ireland), Cinderella (Brassneck), Queer Céilí at the Marty Forsythe (Kabosh), and Let Us Go Then, You and I (Seón Simpson).

Get in touch with Simon:
Email: simonctrl@hotmail.co.uk
Instagram: @simon_ctr10

Soso Ní Cheallaigh is a Derry/Belfast-based writer, performer, and multi-disciplinary artist. They create provocative and disability-led work in English and Irish through theatre, film, poetry, essays, and visual art. Alongside SIÚCRA, Soso is developing A Duet for Two Disabled Bodies (Project Arts Centre) with dancer Bobbi Byrne and the arts and memory documentary i gCuimhne Mo Mháthar (Little Ease Films). Soso is a recipient of Arts Council of Northern Ireland funding, and a previous Theatre and Dance NI Invest artist and University of Atypical DDASF awardee.

Get in Touch with Soso:
Email: ohbysoso@gmail.com
website: ohbysoso.com
Insta: @siúcrababy @ohbysoso

Seón Simpson is a Northern Irish writer, director, and stand-up comedian. She co-founded SkelpieLimmer and co-created Two Fingers Up (Edinburgh/Dublin Fringe), which won multiple awards. She directed The Dumb Waiter (Lyric Theatre) and co-wrote the theatre-film hybrid Heave. She participated in MAKE (2022) and TDNI’s INVEST programme (2023). A 2024/25 Incubate cohort member, she continues to develop bold, innovative theatre exploring contemporary social issues.

Get in touch with Seón:
Email: s.simpson27@hotmail.com