Experience

Blue Raincoat Theatre Co

• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Actor

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  I work regularly with Blue Raincoat Theatre Company as an actor and theatre-maker.In 2016, I played the title role in 'Alice in Wonderland'.In 2017, I performed in 'Play' by Samuel Beckett, as part of 'Beckett Saehan', an off-site performance of three Beckett plays in Hazelwood, Co. Sligo.Also in 2017, we toured Ireland with 'Alice in Wonderland'.In 2018, I co-created and performed in a new play devised by Blue Raincoat, 'The School Days of Thaddeus K'.In 2019, we will perform 'Alice in Wonderland' again, this time in the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 4-16 March.



Freelance Writer and Performer

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer / Maker

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  After completing my studies at Lecoq, I began writing and creating my own theatre pieces:Paper House at Collaborations, 2015 - a physical theatre piece about finding your way home.Smidiríní, Deirfiúr Déan Deifir and Brealú an Ceoldráma - Comedy sketch shows in Irish with Mumbro Top, written and performed with Hilary Bowen-Walsh. We performed shows at Electric Picnic, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, and Culture Night.BREAK - I wrote and performed a short piece about consent as part of the Feminism and the Body Symposium, MART Rathmines, 2015.Pinhole - I wrote and performed a short piece about addiction as part of the Moving Bodies festical, MART Rathmines 2016.Love Underwater - I wrote and performed in a half-hour dark comedy theatre piece for Scene+Heard 2017.How to Live Completely - I wrote a short play, still in development, as part of the Upstart residency in The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.Roots - I wrote a full length play about activist burn-out in the aftermath of the referendum to repeal the 8th amendment as part of the Time at the Well residency in the Hawks Well Theatre, Sligo, which I am continuing to develop.



various

• Voice Over Artist

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  I have worked as a voice over artist for Abú Media, Glór Media, Radiofare productions, and RTÉ.I am a member of Voicebank and my voice reel can be heard here: http://www.voicebank.ie/profile/Miriam_Needham I have worked as a voice over artist for Abú Media, Glór Media, Radiofare productions, and RTÉ.I am a member of Voicebank and my voice reel can be heard here: http://www.voicebank.ie/profile/Miriam_Needham



Self-employed

• Artist

  • Jan 2010 - Present



Hawks' Well Theatre

• Writer & performer

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  In 2018 I was awarded the Time at the Well residency at the Hawks' Well Theatre, Sligo - a four week residency to write and develop a new piece of theatre. Out of this came 'Roots', my first full length play, which I performed as a work-in-progress reading on December 7th 2018. In 2018 I was awarded the Time at the Well residency at the Hawks' Well Theatre, Sligo - a four week residency to write and develop a new piece of theatre. Out of this came 'Roots', my first full length play, which I performed as a work-in-progress reading on December 7th 2018.



Hawks Well Theatre

• Actor

  • Apr 2016 - May 2016

  I played Linda Kearns in The Big Wall, an immersive theatre production written and directed by Bob Kelly and produced by the Hawks’ Well theatre, as part of Ireland 2016. I played Linda Kearns in The Big Wall, an immersive theatre production written and directed by Bob Kelly and produced by the Hawks’ Well theatre, as part of Ireland 2016.