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Symphony Orchestra, Cork Fleischmann
Orchestra and the Fleischmann Choir.
She was also assistant conductor for
Opera Collective Ireland’s production
of Handel’s Agrippina with the Irish
Chamber Orchestra, in association
with Northern Ireland Opera. She is
a graduate of the CIT Cork School
of Music (CSM). She completed her
BMus Degree in 2011 and continued her
studies in CSM, achieving a First Class
Honours Masters Degree in Conducting.
EOGHAN CARRICK
Associate Director
Eoghan Carrick is a theatre and
opera maker working in Ireland and
internationally. He works on new
and established texts with a focus
on innovative interpretations and
interdisciplinary collaboration. He
is an associate artist with Once Off
Productions. Previous associate and
assisting credits for opera include
Donnacha Dennehy’s The Hunger
(Tom Creed/Abbey Theatre), Bartók’s
Bluebeard’s Castle (Enda Walsh/Irish
National Opera), Donnacha Dennehy
and Enda Walsh’s The Second Violinist
(Enda Walsh/Landmark Productions
and INO); Handel’s Acis and Galatea,
Wolf-Ferrari’s Susanna’s Secret and
Poulenc’s The Human Voice (Tom
Creed/Opera Theatre Company); and
Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Mozart’s
The Magic Flute (Tom Creed/Royal Irish
Academy of Music). He was dramaturg
on Opéra national de Paris Académie/
Opera Collective Ireland’s production
of Britten’s Owen Wingrave directed
by Tom Creed. Recent directing
credits include: Rescue Annie (Dublin
Fringe Festival, 2021), 14 Voices from
the Bloodied Field (Abbey Theatre,
2020), Bodies of Water (Dublin Fringe
Festival, 2019; DFF Best Design
Nomination), Midsummer (Project Arts
Centre, 2019), Theatre for One (Cork
Midsummer Festival, 2019; Irish Times
Theatre Nomination Best Ensemble);
INFINITY (Dublin Fringe Festival,
2018; First Fortnight Award, DFF Best
Design Award, DFF Best Performer
Nomination), and Nora (Dublin Theatre
Festival, 2017).
SINÉAD DISKIN
Associate Sound Designer
Sinéad Diskin is a sound designer
and composer based in Dublin,
Ireland. She is a graduate of the
SEEDS programme with Rough Magic
Theatre Company, Dublin, a recipient
of the Next Generation Artists Award
2019 from the Arts Council of Ireland
and a commission award from ANU
Productions and the Arts Council of
Ireland 2020. Recent theatre credits
include Minseach [Sibéal Davitt, Dublin
Fringe Festival]; Aftertaste [National
Youth Theatre]; Boland: Journey of
a Poet [Druid]; Medicine [associate
sound designer], Happy Days, Blood
in the Dirt [Landmark Productions];
Eclipsed, Serious Money, Love and
Information, Pornography [The Lir