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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Mollie Molumby, Co-Director
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. |
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Ursula McGinn, Co-Director
Ursula is a theatre-maker; originally from Kildare, she lives and works in Dublin. Ursula works as a director, facilitator and stage manager. She is co-artistic director of Bombinate Theatre. She regularly collaborates with organisations and companies such as Run of the Mill, MALAPROP, Dublin Youth Theatre and Super Paua. Ursula has a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin. She is currently studying for her MFA in Theatre Directing at the Lir Academy. Ursula is the secretary of Theatre for Young Audiences Ireland (TYAI), the national association representing and supporting organisations and individual artists working in Theatre for Young Audiences. She is an alumna of Dublin Youth Theatre. Her directing credits include Goodnight Egg (Bombinate Theatre), Knapsack (Super Paua), What You Will (Carlow Youth Theatre, VISUAL Carlow, August 2019) & Macbeth (Playacting Youth Theatre, June 2018). Assistant directing Credits include: Hothouse, blackcatfishmuskeeter (both MALAPROP) & Singing for Survival (Run of the Mill Theatre, Draíocht 2019). Associate directing Credits include: infinity (Vaults Festival 2019, Winner of the First Fortnight Award at Dublin Fringe 2018), Susie and the Story Shredder (Bombinate Theatre, Dublin Fringe 2018) & Summertime (Murmuration , Dublin Fringe Festival 2018). She is the co-writer of Susie and the Story Shredder. Lee Hamill, Intern
Lee Hamill is a Louth based visual artist with a BA in Fine Art Painting and Critical Cultures from NCAD and is currently completing an MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management. As part of that MA, Lee is undertaking an 8 week work placement with Bombinate Theatre. Lee is an accomplished visual artist, being longlisted for the RDS Visual Art Award in 2019 for his NCAD graduation project, Solution for the Border. He has since gone on to exhibit work as part of Catalyst Arts' International Live Art Festival, Fix 19, Platform Arts' 'The Other Troubles', and Rua Red's Winter Open Show 2020. |
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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