Members
Brian Francis Devaney
From Ireland
A Father, Actor/Director, Musician/Facilitator & Social Entrepreneur.
Theater has been a gate key to allow me to get closer to myself & live a more conscious & connected life.
From 2008, stepping from the County Sligo Youth Theater, to various trainings in Physical Theatre/Corporeal Mime, Puppetry, Shadow, Percussion/Rhythm, Voice/Singing, Dance & meditation have all amalgamated to the creations as an Ensemble member with: ‘Blue Raincoat Theater Company since 2015, founder of & artistic director of the arts organisation ‘Branching Out Art CLG’ & our multi-disiplinary venue: The Nest, Custom House Quay, Sligo, Ireland.
Holding a creative space for people & myself, is a key theme through all of my work & craft.
At 18 I co-founded an organisation named: Branching Out Art CLG, a company that was formed to allow young people to lead their own initiatives in a democratic environment & create access to & through all art-forms.
In 2011 we got a venue named: ‘The Nest’, a multidisciplinary, alcohol-free arts centre. The Nest is a few mins from the centre of Sligo city in Ireland & is a two storey building with a cobbled yard. We have 2 Workshop spaces, exhibition space, cafe & studio areas.
Address: The Nest, Custom House Quay, Sligo/Sligeach, Ireland/Éireann F91 K79P.
Also a teacher/facilitator of Theater & Drumming in Rakvere Waldorfkool, Estonia.
Recent Film work includes voice/sound in the feature film ‘Vesper Seeds’ & as an actor in Director Cléa van dir Grijn’s first Feature Film 2023/24.
Also in Theater, Foley & Music work, with the newly formed Nähtamatu Teater, in Tallinn Estonia, we will bring shows to life for blind/blindfolded audiences, as a purely audio/sensory experience of a story.
Rúach Rhythms is a drumming/percussion organisation that holds Drumming/Rhythm Circles & workshops for various groups of all ages & abilities.
As a musician, in the band Cú, the music also leans to none lyrical/unspoken music.
Kyle Conlon
From Ireland
As a child I always had a great affinity for worlds of fantasy and being immersed in something more than my everyday life. I fell into the world of theatre by mere happenstance, my best friend and I at the time had been grounded and as a punishment our parents made us join a Youth Theatre group called The Star Factory. As a result of this I started doing plays and musicals with the Star Factory theatre group and each time would learn more and become more interested in every aspect of acting and theatre. When it
came time for college I continued on to complete a QQI in Theatre Production in Sligo College for Further
Education which taught me a lot about what goes into the behind the scenes of a production from lighting to planning to being a part of a crew for a production. My time there saw me working in a
familiar theatre I had played in, the Hawkswell. During this time I met people of the theatre trade and was always expanding my knowledge. Wanting to be around more creativity and more creative minds I applied for some work in The Model Arts museum Sligo. While there I learnt from the artists and sculptors that lived at the museum itself in private rooms and the people who worked there. After this I
began pursuit of my Performing Arts Degree in Atlantic Technological University Sligo. In my 4 years of study I learned about all the different strands of theatre including absurd, contemporary, Tragedy, Epic
and many others. I discovered the different techniques and delved deep into them all from Stanislavski to Chekov to Meisner and many others. My time there also took me abroad to learn from a place rich in the
method which was Hungary. I travelled to Debrecen where I studied at the prestigious Csokonai Theatre and really looked at everything I had learned thus far and went even further with it. Having now
graduated I still pursue my thirst for knowledge and experience. I have been part of workshops which focus on the Chekov technique as a part of Michael Chekhov Ireland which taught me about how you
view certain styles and methods through a different lens. I have been introduced to the world of Voice Acting which really helps me learn about my voice while also honing my skills at the same time.
Doris Vahtra
From Estonia
The soul of a witch in a young woman’s body, Sister, Dancer/Actor, Welfare Consultant
I love to play. To play with the body limits. Play with lines when I am drawing, with my voice and words while creating poems or sounds. To play as a child, who doesn’t care too much about others opinions. Art is way to see the world. My eyes are watching impossibilities to see behind our beliefs.
Every experience develops, every bad mood is solvable. When there is something that seems impossible or too hard to catch, then there is only one solution: delete the resistance.
I love to move. I love challenges. I love to be a part of a creation. To create. Through acting, dancing, singing, making decorations, decorating the playground, being a part of technical team. Until now I have collected my experiences in front and behind the curtain/scenes: on stage, in film area, in theatre, musicals and photography. Abstract-art-documentary and psychological art are also a huge source inspiration for me.
Creativity is my way to breath, it is not a purpose to reach an outcome. It is the purest way to express the truth that doesn’t follow a correct/false or a good/bad value system.
There are no rules other than our own agreements.