"McClory.. A name to watch out for...a maker of political, satirical and darkly humorous dance theatre..” The Guardian Eileen was the recipient of the Arts Council Northern Ireland Major Individual Award Artist 2022, the highest value honour bestowed on artists in Northern Ireland, the inaugural Belfast City Council Artist Bursary 2021, and Belfast International Arts Festival Artist in Residence 2020/22. Eileen is a dance artist fascinated by the potential of creating experimental, original, and innovative work through collaborative interactions with different practices in arts and media. Leading a diverse range of choreographic commissions, including Quotidian: Word on the Street BIND 2021 (dance film), Maiden Voyage Dance Company’s Epilogue 2021(film installation) and BRINK 2020, The Playhouse Derry’s TURF 2018, and Tinderbox Theatre Company’s CUCK 2017. As the creative director of Off the Rails Dance, Eileen has choreographed and produced ROOTS, commissioned by BELFAST 2024, GUTTER 2023, The Dutiful Wife 2016, and S(3)nsored 2011. Her residencies include CCN2 Grenoble in 2021, Creative Europe/Galway Theatre Festival’s Make-a-Move: Incubator Lab in Galway 2018, Dansmakers Amsterdam in 2016, and HATCH Artist at The MAC Belfast in 2013/14. In 2020, Eileen completed an MA in Contemporary Performance Practice from Ulster University with Distinction.

Hannah has twenty years experience in a variety of producing and curatorial roles. She has worked as a freelance Creative Producer with clients such as The Civic Theatre, Dublin and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She was Creative Producer for the award winning ANU Productions and WilllFredd Theatre before leaving to work for VISUAL, Carlow and The Courthouse, Tinahealy. She received funding from The Arts Council of Ireland to participate in Robert Wilson’s Watermill Centre Residency Program and was sponsored by the Asia Europe foundation to take part in the European Festival Association’s Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Singapore. Hannah was awarded one of the Live to Digital commissions from The Lyric, Belfast for which she produced her first VR work, Macbeth VR which fused first folio text with cutting edge immersive technology using Animotive with RETínìze Studio, Belfast. In 2023 she was awarded her second bursary from Arts Council, Ireland’s YPCE department to continue her research into the development of work for young audiences. She has recently founded her consultancy and production company PLAYGROUND Productions which produces work for young audiences and advises arts organisations and policy makers on best practice approaches to programming work for and with young audiences.