kptc Network

We are up for collaborations. Here are listed all people, organisations, companies, festivals, creatives we have been collaborated with.

PEOPLE

  • Diarmuid Maycock-Armstrong is a Leitrim-born contemporary dancer, choreographer and multidisciplinary performer who trained at Fontys Dance Academy in the Netherlands. His performance credits include work with Liz Roche Company, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Attic Projects and Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company, alongside Catherine Young Dance’s CISEACH – An Embodied Manifesto. Diarmuid created and performed his first full-length dance-theatre work, Texture Like Sun, at Dublin Fringe Festival in 2023, and more recently choreographed Trolley Boy for Dublin Fringe Festival 2026. He collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective as a troupe performer on The Rambler.

  • Emily Aoibheann McDonnell is an award-winning Irish interdisciplinary artist working across choreography, performance, circus, sculpture, sound and design. With a background in experimental music and aerial performance, her work brings together movement, objects and sound to create physically rigorous and immersive performance experiences. A founding member of aerial-dance collective PaperDolls, her work has been supported by organisations including the Arts Council and Dance Ireland, with recent projects including The Flag, which premiered at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2026. Emily collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective on The Rambler, providing mentorship in dramaturgy and aerial silk.

  • Leonard Barry is a celebrated Kerry-born, Sligo-based uilleann piper with more than three decades of experience performing and teaching Irish traditional music internationally. His career has included collaborations and performances with artists including Luka Bloom, John Spillane, Lisa O’Neill, Kevin Burke, Cathy Jordan and Michael McGoldrick. Leonard has released three solo albums, most recently Littoral in 2024, produced by Michael McGoldrick and launched at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. He collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective as a musician on The Rambler.

  • Joanna Sweeney (Béo Hill) is a Sligo-based traditional musician, researcher and creative practitioner whose work explores Irish culture, heritage and identity through music. Through Béo Hill, she combines Irish traditional music with new and reimagined approaches, alongside artistic research, writing and collaborative practice. Her work spans music creation, cultural research and interdisciplinary collaboration, with a strong connection to the traditions and heritage of County Sligo. Joanna collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective as a musician on The Rambler, an Arts Council-funded project that formed part of her developing artistic practice.

  • Caoimhe Feehily is a Sligo-based actor, theatre-maker and drama facilitator whose practice spans physical theatre, clowning and screen performance. She has trained internationally in clowning with Philippe Rousseaux in France and in Meisner acting and movement in New York, alongside screen training at Bow Street Academy and the Actors’ Ensemble at The Lir Academy. Her performance credits include Hear Me Speak!, Is Mise Fintan and Strive Theatre and MacBóchra’s GOLL. Caoimhe has collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective across multiple projects, performing in both Crow Coma and The Rambler.

  • Eoghan Hegarty is a Sligo-based model maker, sculptor and designer working across film, theatre and live performance. A graduate of IADT, his screen work includes model making for How to Train Your Dragon (2025), props for Desert Warrior (2025), and work across special-effects makeup and model making. His wider artistic practice includes sculptural and performance-based work in Sligo, bringing detailed craft and fabrication into both screen and live contexts. Eoghan has collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective as a mask maker and sculptor on Crow Coma, alongside his design work with the company.

  • Hannah Dobson is a Sligo-based producer, production manager and multidisciplinary artist working across theatre, visual art, festivals and community arts. Her practice spans production, stage management, design and participatory arts, with extensive work across Sligo’s cultural sector, including Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, where she has worked across project and event production and the festival’s Visual Art Trail. She has also worked independently across theatre and performance, including as Production Manager for Texture Like Sun at Dublin Fringe Festival. Hannah is a longstanding collaborator with Know Promises Theatre Collective, contributing across several projects in production and stage-management roles, including as Production Manager on Where the Dead Poets Sing.

  • Diarmuid Woods is a Sligo-based director, actor, theatre-maker and drama facilitator with a particular interest in physical, ensemble-led and absurd theatre. Trained in Theatre Design and Directing at IT Sligo, his practice has developed through work and training in Ireland and internationally, including with the Abbey Theatre, Arthaus Berlin and Youth Theatre Ireland. A former Artistic Director of Sligo Youth Theatre, Diarmuid has worked across directing, stage management, design and technical theatre, with professional credits spanning companies and venues including the Abbey Theatre, Asylum Productions, Druid, Smock Alley and the Hawk’s Well Theatre.

  • Barry McKinney is a Sligo-based lighting designer and theatre production professional with an extensive career across Irish theatre and live performance. A longtime designer with Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, his lighting credits span productions including The Poor Mouth, First Cosmonaut, Happy Days, Ubu Roi and The Travels of Jonathan Swift, with the latter earning him an Irish Times Irish Theatre Award nomination for Best Lighting Design. Alongside his theatre work, Barry has worked extensively in festival and event production, including as Festival Production Manager for Cairde Sligo Arts Festival. He has collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective across the company’s work in Sligo.

  • Fergus Geelan is a Sligo-based arts and events professional and Director of The Nest Arts Centre, a multidisciplinary creative space operated by Branching Out CLG at Custom House Quay. His background spans event production, fabrication and screen production, alongside his work supporting the development of creative spaces and opportunities for artists in Sligo. Through The Nest, Fergus has played an important role in providing space and infrastructure for independent artistic development. He is a longstanding supporter and collaborator of Know Promises Theatre Collective, with The Nest hosting the development of projects including Crow Coma, The Rambler and Together Alone, as well as KPTC’s 2026–27 residency.

  • Saieda Betro-Kelly is a Sligo-based creative practitioner and Director of The Nest Arts Centre, a multidisciplinary creative space supporting artists, collaboration and independent creative development in Sligo. Through The Nest and Branching Out Art, she has contributed to the development of a supportive infrastructure for artists working across disciplines. Saieda has supported Know Promises Theatre Collective across several stages of the company’s development, including providing poster-design support for Crow Coma. She continues to collaborate with KPTC through the company’s 2026–27 residency at The Nest, supporting the development of new work including Together Alone.

  • Siobhan Butler is an interdisciplinary artist, traditional percussive dancer and ethnochoreologist whose work explores the relationships between movement, music, landscape and cultural tradition. Her international performance and teaching career has included collaborations with artists including Nuala Kennedy, Nic Gareiss, Tony DeMarco and Kieran Jordan, and she is the founder of the Irish dance education platform Bánóg. Holding a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Ethnochoreology, Siobhan also works across visual art and artistic research, bringing a deeply researched approach to traditional dance and its relationship with music. She collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective on The Rambler as Mentor in Irish Dance, contributing her expertise in traditional movement and musicality to the development of the production.

  • Jaan Eerik Priks is an Estonian musician, composer and theatre artist whose practice spans live performance, recorded music and composition for the stage. His work includes original releases alongside music created specifically for theatre, including the 2025 soundtrack Õnnelike surnute aed, and he has worked across performance as both an actor and composer. His collaborative musical practice has also included work with the Irish traditional group Cú. Jaan collaborated with Know Promises Theatre Collective as a musician on The Rambler, contributing to the production’s meeting of Irish and Estonian artists and traditions.

  • Cormac Carroll is a Sligo-based sound designer and theatre professional with an extensive career across Irish theatre and live performance. His work has included productions with the Abbey Theatre, Rough Magic, The Corn Exchange and Livin’ Dred Theatre Company, with credits including The Dead School, The Ballad of Pat McNab, Ariel and The Bacchae of Baghdad. His career spans sound design, engineering and technical production, contributing to work presented across Ireland and internationally.

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  • Maia-Reit Bergman is an Estonian creative collaborator connected to Know Promises Theatre Collective through the company’s international artistic network. Her involvement forms part of KPTC’s ongoing creative relationship between artists in Ireland and Estonia, contributing to the company’s cross-cultural and collaborative approach to theatre-making.

  • Freya McBride is an emerging theatre-maker beginning her professional practice following her recent graduation. Interested in developing original work through experimentation and collaboration, Freya is part of a new generation of early-career artists building their practice within Ireland’s independent theatre sector. She was selected as a Bag of Cats resident with Know Promises Theatre Collective, providing dedicated space and support to explore ideas, experiment with new work and develop her artistic practice.

  • Rachel Donlon is an emerging theatre-maker developing her professional practice through new writing, performance and collaborative theatre-making. As an early-career artist, her work is centred on experimentation, developing original ideas and building a distinctive creative voice. Rachel was selected as a Bag of Cats resident with Know Promises Theatre Collective, giving her dedicated space and support to experiment with new work and develop her artistic practice.

  • Reme Quill is an emerging performer and theatre-maker from Donegal, developing their professional practice through performance, new writing and collaborative theatre-making. Recent work includes performing in Family Hierarchy and Wastelands as part of Mountmellick Arts Collective’s Page to Stage, an evening dedicated to new theatre work. Reme was selected as a Bag of Cats resident with Know Promises Theatre Collective, providing dedicated space and support to experiment, develop new ideas and build their emerging artistic practice.

  • Özer Gökmen is a Turkish actor, director and theatre practitioner based in Sligo, with a practice spanning performance, directing, youth theatre and collaborative theatre-making. His work in Ireland has included Sligo Youth Theatre and Crooked House Theatre Company, alongside screen work as both an actor and casting director. Özer is a longstanding supporter of Know Promises Theatre Collective and a regular presence at the company’s productions, championing KPTC’s work and its development within Sligo’s wider theatre community.

FESTIVALS

ORGANISATIONS

  • Gare St Lazare Ireland is an internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company renowned for its innovative staging of the work of Samuel Beckett, led by Artistic Directors Judy Hegarty Lovett and Conor Lovett. The company also established Atelier Samuel Beckett in Méricourt, France, providing artists with dedicated space, mentorship and an environment for ambitious artistic development. Know Promises Theatre Collective travelled to France with Broken Clay to work closely with Gare St Lazare, using the opportunity to interrogate and further develop the production through an intensive period of artistic exchange. The relationship represents an important chapter in the development of Broken Clay and in KPTC’s growing network of artistic relationships beyond Ireland.

  • Blue Raincoat Theatre Company is one of Sligo’s leading professional theatre companies, with a longstanding practice rooted in ensemble, physical and visually driven performance from its home at The Factory Performance Space. As neighbours within Sligo’s theatre community, Blue Raincoat has become an important supporter of Know Promises Theatre Collective as the company has grown, generously sharing space, knowledge and professional guidance with an emerging generation of theatre-makers. Their support has contributed to the development of several KPTC projects, including Crow Coma, Broken Clay and The Rambler, alongside opportunities for KPTC artists to engage with training through the Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy. The relationship continues to deepen as both companies work alongside one another in Sligo, with KPTC looking toward further artistic exchange and future collaboration.

  • Shawbrook is an internationally recognised centre for dance and performance in Co. Longford, supporting professional artists through residencies, performance opportunities and dedicated creative development space. Bog Ballet, created by Know Promises Theatre Collective’s Dylan McGloin in collaboration with Brian F. Devaney, undertook a two-week creative residency at Shawbrook to develop the work’s distinctive movement and sonic language. The residency provided concentrated space to explore the project’s meeting of contemporary dance, ballet, Irish folk traditions and the physical landscape of the bog. This period at Shawbrook became an important stage in Bog Ballet’s development as the work progressed toward further professional presentation.

  • The Nest Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary creative space at Custom House Quay in Sligo, supporting artists through space, collaboration and opportunities for creative development. The Nest has become an important creative home for Know Promises Theatre Collective, providing the company with space and freedom to experiment, devise, rehearse and present new work. KPTC projects including Crow Coma, The Rambler, Swan Song and Together Alone have been developed or presented within The Nest, with Together Alone currently supported through the Know Promises Nest Residency 2026–27. The relationship between The Nest and KPTC continues to grow as both organisations work to strengthen independent artistic practice and create space for ambitious new theatre in Sligo.

  • Irish Theatre Institute (ITI) is a national resource organisation dedicated to nurturing, supporting and promoting Irish theatre-makers and independent theatre companies, from early artistic development through to national and international presentation. Through artist-development programmes, mentoring, training, professional resources and networking opportunities, ITI plays an important role in strengthening Ireland’s independent theatre sector. Know Promises Theatre Collective has engaged with ITI as part of the company’s continued professional development and growing connection with the wider Irish theatre sector.

  • AIDA Art Productions is an independent arts organisation working through collaborative and cross-cultural creative practice. Know Promises Theatre Collective connected with AIDA through Umi to Suki, bringing artists and creative perspectives together through the development of the project. The collaboration forms part of KPTC’s growing international network and its commitment to creating theatre through exchange between artists, cultures and different approaches to performance-making.

  • Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo is an important part of Sligo’s emerging performing arts community, providing training and development for the next generation of theatre-makers and performers. Know Promises Theatre Collective has developed a growing relationship with ATU Sligo through shared artists, training and collaboration with its Performing Arts programme. In 2026, KPTC worked closely with graduating students to devise and present Where the Dead Poets Sing as part of the ATU Performing Arts Graduation Showcase, bringing professional KPTC practitioners and emerging performers together through an intensive ensemble-led process. The relationship reflects KPTC’s commitment to supporting artists at the beginning of their careers while strengthening the connection between professional independent theatre-making and arts education in Sligo.

Residencies

  • Open Future Learning is an international online learning platform dedicated to improving practice within the intellectual and developmental disability sector through film, storytelling and accessible multimedia education. Working with leading thinkers, practitioners and storytellers from around the world, the organisation creates learning resources centred on person-led support, inclusion and meaningful participation. Know Promises Theatre Collective’s connection with Open Future Learning has developed through company member Doris, bringing KPTC’s wider creative practice into contact with an organisation that shares an interest in storytelling, participation and the experiences of people within diverse communities.

  • Druid FUEL is the artist residency programme of Druid Theatre Company, one of Ireland’s leading theatre companies, supporting independent artists and companies through dedicated development space, mentorship, technical support and access to Druid’s professional resources. Know Promises Theatre Collective director and designer Dylan McGloin was selected as a Druid FUEL artist in 2024 to develop Deaf Republic, an adaptation of Ilya Kaminsky’s acclaimed poetry collection. The project was developed with KPTC performers Kyle Gerald Conlon and Ellen, allowing the company to explore the work’s physical, visual and ensemble-based theatrical language within Druid’s professional development environment. The residency formed an important stage in Deaf Republic’s development while strengthening KPTC’s relationship with Ireland’s wider professional theatre sector.

  • Dublin Theatre Festival is one of Ireland’s leading theatre festivals, presenting Irish and international work while supporting the development of new theatre through a range of artist-development initiatives. Know Promises Theatre Collective developed Broken Clay through the festival’s SLINGSHOT Residency, an initiative supporting theatre-makers with ambitions for international collaboration, European co-production and touring. The residency provided KPTC with dedicated development space at Festival House alongside mentorship and professional development support from the Dublin Theatre Festival team. The residency formed an important stage in the continued development of Broken Clay and KPTC’s growing relationship with Ireland’s wider professional theatre sector.

  • Cairde Sligo Arts Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival bringing together theatre, music, visual art and performance from artists across Ireland and internationally. Know Promises Theatre Collective presented Broken Clay as part of the festival programme at Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre, bringing the production to a wider festival audience on one of the region’s principal professional stages. The presentation marked an important stage in the development and life of Broken Clay, strengthening KPTC’s presence within Sligo’s professional arts and festival landscape.

  • Tallinn TREFF is an international visual theatre festival in Estonia and a meeting place for contemporary puppet, object, physical, material and multimedia theatre from across Europe and beyond. The festival’s emphasis on experimentation, visual storytelling and international artistic exchange closely aligns with Know Promises Theatre Collective’s own multidisciplinary approach to performance. KPTC has developed a close relationship with TREFF through the company’s ongoing connections with Estonia, creating opportunities for artistic exchange, networking and engagement with contemporary European visual theatre. This relationship forms part of KPTC’s wider commitment to building lasting creative connections between Ireland and Estonia.