ABOUT BOMBINATE THEATRE
Bombinate Theatre is an award-winning company, creating plays and workshops for families and young audiences.
'Bombinate' means to make a humming or a buzzing noise. We encourage children to make noise, to ask big questions and to stay on their own buzz. We endeavour to inspire children to get creative and to engage with the arts in all its forms.
Bombinate Theatre's debut production Half Light was winner of the First Fortnight Award at Dublin Fringe 2016, and toured nationally in 2018. Half Light is published in the compendium Fresh Cuts: Plays from Dublin Fringe 2015 & 2016. Bombinate's second production, Susie and the Story Shredder, premiered at Dublin Fringe 2018 to great critical acclaim and toured nationally in 2019.
Bombinate Theatre is based in Dublin, and is currently in residence at VISUAL: Carlow, supported by the Arts Council's Theatre Artist Residency Scheme. The company has previously received support from the Arts Council, Dublin City Council, dlr County Council, Dublin Fringe Festival, and FRINGE LAB, Baboró GROW: Pathways to Production, MAKE Development Programme, D-Light Studios, Creative Schools, Bookworms Commission Award and The Pavilion Theatre Patron Donation Award.
'Bombinate' means to make a humming or a buzzing noise. We encourage children to make noise, to ask big questions and to stay on their own buzz. We endeavour to inspire children to get creative and to engage with the arts in all its forms.
Bombinate Theatre's debut production Half Light was winner of the First Fortnight Award at Dublin Fringe 2016, and toured nationally in 2018. Half Light is published in the compendium Fresh Cuts: Plays from Dublin Fringe 2015 & 2016. Bombinate's second production, Susie and the Story Shredder, premiered at Dublin Fringe 2018 to great critical acclaim and toured nationally in 2019.
Bombinate Theatre is based in Dublin, and is currently in residence at VISUAL: Carlow, supported by the Arts Council's Theatre Artist Residency Scheme. The company has previously received support from the Arts Council, Dublin City Council, dlr County Council, Dublin Fringe Festival, and FRINGE LAB, Baboró GROW: Pathways to Production, MAKE Development Programme, D-Light Studios, Creative Schools, Bookworms Commission Award and The Pavilion Theatre Patron Donation Award.
BOMBINATE AIMS
- To produce engaging, high-quality theatre and workshops for families and young audiences.
- To approach big questions and encourage an appetite for wonder.
- To create work which is accessible to young people and families with varying needs and interests.
- To foster a creative process which prioritizes collaboration and dialogue between artists and audiences alike.
WHO WE ARE
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Ursula McGinn, Artistic Director
Ursula McGinn is a theatre-maker, working as a director, facilitator and stage manager, producing theatre for all ages. Ursula is Artistic Director of Bombinate Theatre, an award-winning theatre company, creating plays and workshops for families and young audiences. Ursula's recent directing credits include Scenes with Girls by Miriam Battye (Studio Two, Lir Academy 2022), Hunt (The Lyric Belfast as part of NT Connections 2022), Goodnight Egg (Bombinate Theatre, DCC Tour 2022) and The Windstealers (Dublin Youth Theatre, 2021). Ursula is an associate artist and facilitator with Run of the Mill Theatre company in Kildare. From 2021 - 2022, she was the Artistic Director for PlayActing Youth Theatre in Kildare. Ursula has a MFA in Theatre Directing from the Lir Academy and a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin. She is an alumna of Dublin Youth Theatre. She is the part-time administrator for Theatre for Young Audiences Ireland a resource orgnaisation for artist making work for children. |
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Mollie Molumby Mollie is a writer, producer and arts manager based in Dublin. She holds a BA in Drama Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at UCD (both First Class Honours). Mollie was awarded the Ad Astra Scholarship for her studies at UCD. She directed Bombinate Theatre's debut production Half Light (First Fortnight Award at Dublin Fringe 2016, National Tour 2018), which she wrote in collaboration with the ensemble and creative team. The play is published in the compendium Fresh Cuts: Plays from Dublin Fringe Festival 2015 & 2016 (Oberon). She is the director and co-writer of Bombinate's second production Susie and the Story Shredder (Dublin Fringe 2018, National Tour 2019). Other directing credits include Disney World (Abbey Theatre, 24 Hour Plays). Credits as an assistant director include The Snapper (Gate Theatre 2018 and 2019) and Peep (Bewley's Cafe Theatre 2018). She is the producer of Bombinate Theatre's Goodnight Egg (Arts Council Project Awards 2019 and 2020) and is one of the co-creators along with director Ursula McGinn and performer John Doran. Other producing credits include Starlet (Dublin Fringe 2019) and the initial run of Susie and the Story Shredder (Dublin Fringe, Pavilion Theatre, Civic Theatre 2018). In 2020, Mollie was commissioned to write A Wintry Play as part of The Ark and RTE After School Hub's The Show Must Go On. This five minute play could be performed by children in their own living rooms. Mollie joined the RTE After School Hub to give children playwriting tips. Mollie was an artist in residence at FRINGE LAB (2018-2019), is a PUSH+ Artist (Creative Europe) and is a member of Dublin City Council's Artist Panel. She is a trained drama facilitator with Youth Theatre Ireland and has worked as a drama teacher at various schools in Dublin. |
HISTORY
Bombinate Theatre was co-founded by Ellen Gorman, Ursula McGinn, Mollie Molumby, Michael Stone and Tilly Taylor in 2016, following the premiere of Half Light at Dublin Fringe. The five met while studying at Trinity College Dublin.
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