Ami began her actor training at the age of three and has performed in numerous TV dramas and theatre productions, including Marie Antoinette: A Musical, directed by Tamiya Kuriyama, and the opera The Magic Flute, directed by Emmanuelle Bastet. Alongside acting, she became a versatile dancer, training in classical ballet, ballroom dance, street dance, and Tanztheater, winning multiple national and international ballroom dance competition prizes. Before relocating to London in 2022, she honed her acting techniques through American Realism plays and Japanese martial arts breath practices, while also writing and directing two plays in Japan. She recently completed her MFA in Movement: Directing and Teaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her movement direction credits include the opera L’Olimpiade at Vache Baroque, and her directing credits include Net Café Refugee at Camden People’s Theatre.

Masha is an actor and theatre-maker originally from an eastern border city Kharkiv in Ukraine, where she had over 14 years of theatrical experience. She began performing in 2009 with the National Children’s Theatre of Ukraine (‘Sorvantsy’), and later earned a degree in Marketing and Public Relations from Kharkiv National University. After relocating to Ireland, She joined Lúminaria’s national children’s show tour in 2022, which re-ignited her passion for performance, resuming her work in theatre. Since then, Masha has continued to study acting and expanding her theatre practice in the following years, as an actor, theatre maker, stage manager and marketer in theatre productions. Currently, Masha serves as a Young Curator at Backstage Theatre as part of their Young Curators Programme (2026), and working on the theatre piece ‘Back Home’ which will be shown as part of Scene and Heard Festival of 2026.

Chander van Daatselaar is a movement director, dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher from The Netherlands.
Chander began his formal training at RijnIJssel, completing the Fast Track Dance program in 2016. He further developed his skills in Modern Dance Theatre at Fontys School of Art in 2017 and earned a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance with Foundation Year at the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in the United Kingdom, graduating with first-class honours in 2022. He completed an MA in Movement: Directing and Teaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2024. Throughout his career, Chander has collaborated with renowned artists and companies. He walked and performed for S.S. Daley's SS22 collection at London Fashion Week and worked as a dancer for distinguished choreographers and collectives, including Alison Curtis-Jones, Fubunation, Jorge Pérez Martínez, Jose Agudo, K2CO, and SID.
​As a choreographer, Chander created 4 Seasons for the Waterperry Opera Festival and has contributed to theatre and musicals as a movement director. His credits include Conjured! at the Golden Goose Theatre and Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, as well as plays such as Happy Days at the Arcola Theatre and The Penelopiad at East 15 Acting School. He also served as Cover Assistant Choreographer for the acclaimed musical Passing Strange at the Young Vic.

Sarah McKenna Dunne is an award-winning writer, storyteller and arts facilitator known for her work in theatre, film, and socially engaged arts projects. Her writing credits include A Border Cure (Scene+ Heard 2026), The Girls of the Sacred Heart (Culture Night 2024), a tribunal play on the Cavan orphanage fire, and Grief of the Seventh Child (Creative Cavan 2023), an upcoming documentary on traditional cures in the border region. Sarah has received numerous awards including the Arts Council Agility Awards (2021, 2023), Creative Cavan Awards (2021, 2023, 2024), the Professional Artist Award from Cavan Arts Office (2023), and the Emerging Artist Award (2020,
2022). Additionally, she was awarded a Playwrighting Scholarship by Cavan County Council and Town Hall Theatre in 2022 and was recognized with a short play bursary from the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (2020), with her work published in their anthology Plays Inside. A UCD graduate with an M.A. in Theatre Practice, Sarah's creative work often explores Irish folklore, mythology, queer representation, and trauma related to children and women. As an arts facilitator, she is dedicated to empowering young people and marginalized communities through storytelling and performance.

Anna Buchmueller is a Dublin-based, New York-born Creative Producer and Theatremaker. She holds a BA in Theater and American Studies from Wesleyan University (High Honors). In the United States, Anna has worked with several theatre companies, including Colt Coeur, Keen Company, and Ojai Playwrights Conference. In Dublin, she has produced the sold-out runs of RESIN by Robert Downes [Scene + Heard Festival, 2024] and / Want to Speak to Your Manager (How I was Radicalised and Became...Karen) by Holly Hughes [Dublin Fringe Festival, 2025]. Upcoming: BODY COUNT by Siún O'Kane [Scene + Heard Festival, 2026]. She is currently undertaking an MFA in Theatre Producing at the Lir Academy.

Daniela Poch is an interdisciplinary artist working across theatre, dance, music, and education. She holds a BA in Acting (Practice and Body Studies) from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an MFA in Movement Directing and Teaching from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD), London. Her training includes advanced international programs such as ImPulsTanz Vienna.Her practice integrates acting, music, and dance, engaging with puppetry, medieval performance, and somatic approaches. She has collaborated with choreographers Amanda Piña (Climatic Dances, GAM Cultural Center, 2023), Elizabeth Rodríguez (Santiago a Mil Festival, 2019), and Álvaro Pizarro (Devenir, Teatro UC, 2021), presented original work at Bestias Danzantes Festival, and collaborated in visual and experimental art contexts, including Perrera Arte with Antonio Becerro.As a movement director, she has worked on The Barber of Seville (Waterperry Opera Festival) and A Respectable Wedding (MMU Theatre School). In 2025, she directed The Uniqued Mind at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2026, she will direct and perform in two original works selected for the Scene & Heard Festival.Daniela has taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, East 15 Acting School, RCSSD, and Manchester School of Theatre. Her pedagogy is rooted in somatics and corporeal dramaturgy, fostering embodied creativity and collaboration.

For our final episode of Season 1, we’re joined by Jeffrey Gormly, a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans theatre, dance, choreography, and the social sphere, as both an advocate and practitioner of creative process. As a signature artist, Jeffrey has written numerous plays, essays, and publications, while his collaborative projects have connected him with theatre and dance artists, social creative practitioners, and community and mental health organisations. His performance work has featured at IMMA, Under the Radar NYC, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Athens Festival, Hayward Gallery London, Siamsa Tíre, Kilkenny Arts Festival, and many more. His writings on dance and choreography are studied on university curricula worldwide, and he has contributed to creative policy development at both national and European levels. A passionate advocate for creative participation, Jeffrey champions creative citizenship as a practice and campaigns for basic income for all, to ensure equal and democratic access to creativity. He has been commissioned by The Abbey Theatre, CREATE, Dance Ireland, Daghdha Dance Co, and Clonmel Junction, with work funded by the Arts Council, Culture Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the Research Council of Ireland, ESB Funding for Generations, and Creative Ireland. His awards include the Dublin Corporation Drama Award, Google Adopt-a-Startup, and Bank of Ireland Startup of the Year (Shortlisted), as well as recognition from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland. He is currently Artistic Researcher at the Laboratory for Social Choreography, Duke University. Join us as we wrap up Season 1 in conversation with Jeffrey , exploring art, movement, and the creative processes that connect us all.

On this week's episode we chat to Heather Hennessy who is an exciting up-and-coming theatre maker based in Dublin (and occasionally Monaghan!). A recent graduate of Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Heather has already built an impressive portfolio, with credits including Bullied, Madeira, and Dublin Touring Theatre’s upcoming productions Sally’s Return and Tropical Fish in the Tolka.