Soirse Burns

I am a young emerging theatre maker, with a special interest in directing, devising, movement direction, and dramaturgy. I'm from Ireland and am new to London. Throughout the past number of years, I have worked in a voluntary capacity with several different organizations. I am currently in the second year of my master's in Drama and Movement Therapy. My preferred pronouns are she/her.

Credits

• Active Spectator with Dublin Theatre Festival 2019-2020
• Director and Co/Creator- Boys & Girls- UCD Dramsoc 2019
February/April 2018
• Director- B for Baby- UCD Dramsoc and Cork Irish Student Drama Awards
2017-2018
• Technical Manager • UCD Drama Society • University College Dublin
September 2018
• Technical Assistant • Stop/Go & Fragments • Dublin Fringe
July- August 2018
• Front of House/Venue Technician • The Space • Edinburgh Fringe
June- July 2018
• Programme Assistant • Ran drama workshops for teenagers • University College Dublin 2016
• Director with Women’s Playwrights Showcase 2016 • Director- Perve- Stacey Gregg- November 2016
Honours and Awards
o Winner of Best Director, UCD DramaSoc Awards, 2018
o Shortlisted for Irish Student Drama Awards ,Cork, 2018
o MentorshipwithGavinKostickandDanielleGalligan2019 o Active Spectator with Dublin Theatre Festival 2019

Training

 Awarded Artist – Fingal County Council Artist’s Support Scheme 2021 & 2022
 Working Creatively with Women in the Criminal Justice System - Clean Break 2021
 Artist in Residence - Shawbrook Dance 2020
 Trained with Corrine Soum in Corporeal Mime with Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, Jan 2020
 Awarded mentorship with Gavin Kostick and Danielle Galligan 2019
 Active Spectator with Dublin Theatre Festival 2019
 Trained with Louise Lowe in Contemporary Theatre -Making, July 2019
 Winner of Best Director, UCD Drama Society Awards, 2018