Clare Monnelly is an actor and a writer. She has worked with Druid, the Gate, the Abbey and Decadent amongst others, and was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actress in her self-penned Charlie’s a Clepto and Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mary in Livin Dred’s production of Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire. On screen she has worked with RTÉ, Sky One, Deadpan Pictures, Element and many more. She plays Anita Fallon in The Gone for Keeper Pictures. She plays the lead in the Cine4 feature Fréwaka for DoubleBand Films, Wildcard and TG4.

Clare’s first play Charlie’s a Clepto was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards (Best New Play, Best Actress) and the Stewart Parker New Playwright Bursary. Her second play minefield premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2019 and was nominated for three Fringe Awards (Best Design, Fishamble New Writing Award, First Fortnight Award). In 2023 she premiered three new plays - The Hare with Once Off Productions and Cairde Arts Festival, The Local with Asylum Productions and Kilkenny Arts Festival and SuperBogger with Livin’ Dred Theatre Company.

In 2022 she wrote her first short film, Departure, as part of Bow Street and Screen Ireland’s Actor as Creator scheme, which was produced by Take Ten productions and premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh. In 2023 she was mentored by Lauren Mackenzie as part of Screen Ireland’s mentorship scheme. Her second short, Cat & Mouse was produced as part of Screen Ireland’s Focus Shorts scheme, premiered at Galway Film Fleadh, is currently on the festival circuit and most recently screened at DIFF. Clare is a DIFF Discovery Award Winner 2025. She is a participant in Screen Ireland’s Perspectives scheme 2025 for which she is writing her debut feature Grace with support from Rye Films. This year she will make her directing debut with short film Babysitter by Aisling O’Mara as part of the NTA’s First Credit Scheme.

Fern Kealy is a writer and performer based in Kilkenny. After achieving First Class Honours in both UCC’s BA (Theatre) and University of Galway’s MA (Writing), Fern participated in Fighting Words’ Young Writers Programme 2024, a series of workshops culminating in the performance of an original monologue on the Gate stage. Fern's play "Is the World Still My Oyster?" was produced by Cult Collective for Culture Night 2024 at the Barnstorm Studio.

Fern completed Rough Magic's Page to Stage training (2025) and will be working on a new play titled "VISCERA" for a month-long residency in A Little Room, with a sharing in early September.

 Fern also performed in Asylum Productions' The Local (2023) and facilitates weekly workshops in Barnstorm Youth Theatre and Dreamstuff Youth Theatre.

John is a writer, actor and director. 

 Stage productions include Denouement (Lyric Theatre), Taboo (White Label), War Of Attrition, Scratcher, Smitten, Heart Shaped Vinyl (Devious Theatre) as well as the Irish historical plays The Roaring Banshees and The Hellfire Squad, co-written with Peter McGann. He also wrote the adaptation of Thomas Kilroy’s novel The Big Chapel (Asylum/Abbey Theatre/Kilkenny Arts Festival) which was nominated for Best Production at the Irish Theatre Awards. Other work includes the community theatre projects Home Theatre Ireland (Dublin Theatre Festival) and Bridge Street Will Be (Equinox/Asylum). 

 Screen work includes the TV series Dead Still for which he won an Edgar Award and was nominated for an IFTA. Short films include Seanie & Flo (Deadpan Pictures), Kathleen (Paradox Pictures), Two Cats, Smitten, Daffney Molloy and Other Catastrophes(Mycrofilms). 

 Work for radio includes Tenterhooks (Near FM), The First Puck (CRKC FM/GAA McNamee Award Winner), the IMRO award winning radio plays 100 Everyday Menaces (RTÉ Drama On One) and The War Of The Worlds (co-adapted with Kevin Mooney) as well as the detective serial Vultures (KCLR96FM). 

 John is a founding member of the theatre collectives Devious Theatre (Kilkenny) and White Label (Dublin). 

Credits include; 

 Blue Moon (Richard Linklater), The Assassination of Michael D Higgins (Screen Ireland), Small Town Big Story (Chris O'Dowd), Good Boy (RTE), Sherlock & Daughter (CN Network), Irish Blood (Acorn TV), Northern Lights (Lionsgate), Unhinged (Virgin Media), Something Doesn't Feel Right (Bafta Winner Fergal Costello)

 The Fall of The Second Republic, Me Michael (Abbey Theatre & The Corn Exchange), Romeo & Juliet (The Gate Theatre), Duck Duck Goose (Fishamble), The Aeneid, Human Child, The Water Orchard (Dan Colley), Romeo & Juliet (Pat Kiernan & The Cork Opera House), The Hellfire Squad, War of Attrition (John Morton)

 John's own Screen Ireland short film; The Assassination of Michael D Higgins premiered at this year's Galway Film Fleadh. The film is due to play across the film circuit throughout the coming year. 

 You can keep up to date with his work (and comedy) @dohnjoran on instagram.