ABOUT BOMBINATE THEATRE

Bombinate Theatre is an award-winning company, creating work 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 has 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. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland.
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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.
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WHO WE ARE

​Mollie Molumby, Co-Artistic Director
Mollie is a theatre director, writer and producer based in Dublin. She directed Bombinate Theatre's debut production Half Light (winner of the First Fortnight award at Dublin Fringe 2016, National Tour 2018), which she devised with the ensemble and creative team. 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) and Vaudeville! (Dublin Youth Theatre, Teacher's Club 2018). 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 (Civic Theatre and Roscommon Arts Centre 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). Mollie was an artist in residence at FRINGE LAB (2018- 2019) and is a member of Dublin City Council's Artist Panel. She holds a BA in Drama Studies from Trinity College Dublin and is currently studying for an MA in Arts Management and Cultural Policy at UCD supported by the Ad Astra Performing Arts Scholarship. She is a trained drama facilitator with Youth Theatre Ireland and has worked as a drama teacher at various drama schools in Dublin.
Ursula McGinn, Co-Artistic Director
Ursula is a theatre-maker working as a director, designer, writer and stage manager. Her directing credits include What You Will (Carlow Youth Theatre, Visual 2019); Macbeth (Playacting Youth Theatre, 2018); Goodnight Egg (in development, Bombinate Theatre); To Be A Bird (Dublin Youth Theatre, 2018). Ursula was associate director on infinity (Winner of the First Fortnight Award at Dublin Fringe 2018, Vaults Festival 2019) and Summertime (Dublin Fringe 2018). She was assistant director on blackcatfishmuskeeter (Lyric, Belfast and Inside-Out, Beijing 2019) and Singing for Survival (Run of the Mill Theatre, 2019). She is the co-writer of Susie and the Story Shredder (Dublin Fringe 2018). Devising and development credits include Half Light (Winner of The First Fortnight Award at Dublin Fringe 2016); Efficacy 84 (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2017); Briseis After the Black (Tiger Dublin Fringe, 2016). Design credits include Electric (Theatre Upstairs 2018, National Tour 2019); Peep (Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, 2018); Half Light (Dublin Fringe 2016, National Tour 2018).
Ursula is the secretary for Theatre for Young Audiences Ireland, the Irish strand of ASSITEJ. She is an alumna of Dublin Youth Theatre, and holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College.
Ellen Gorman
Ellen graduated from the Samuel Beckett Centre in 2016, and has worked as a lighting designer and stage manager.
Lighting design credits include Half Light (Bombinate Theatre, Dublin Fringe 2016 and First Fortnight 2017); Displaced Family Project (Talking Shop Ensemble, WIP at Mermaid Arts Centre 2017); At Swim, Two Boys (Forty Feet, Samuel Beckett Theatre 2016); The Dumb Waiter (Aoife Meagher, Samuel Beckett Theatre 2015). Lighting assistant credits include The Eurydice Project (White Label, Project Arts Centre 2017); The Snow Queen (Smock Alley Theatre 2016); Mother You (Louise White, Dublin Fringe 2015).
Stage management credits include Reason in Madness (Run of the Mill Theatre, Draíocht Arts Centre 2016); PINK_MILK (The Virgin Eclectic, The New Theatre 2016); Bob & Judy (Fast Intent, Theatre Upstairs 2015); Advocacy (Talking Shop Ensemble, Dublin Fringe 2014); Way Back Home (ASM, Louise White, Dublin Fringe 2013).

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 2016. The five met while studying at Trinity College Dublin.