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 and facilitator, producing theatre for all ages, but specialising in work for teenagers and young audiences. 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 Variations by Katie Himms (Backstage Youth Theatre, September 2023), Dog Sh*t (Dublin Fringe Festival 2023), 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, Carlow Arts Festival 2023, DCC Tour 2022) and The Windstealers (Dublin Youth Theatre, 2021). Ursula is a 2023-2024 recipient of the Irish Arts Council's Next Generation Award. 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 organisation for artist making work for children. |
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Bombinate regularly collaborates and works alongside many wonderful artists, arts workers and organisations including:
Caoimhe Whelan, Naomi Faughnan, Jenny O'Malley, Philip Kennedy, Honi Cooke, Heather O'Sullivan, John Doran, Meg Healy, Fenna Von Hirschhedyt. |
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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