Bernie Bourke

Experience

Lir Academy Training

• MFA Theatre Producing - 2025

Other Experience

Founder of the Donahies School of Drama, directing credits include The Mai (Marina Carr), Blood Brothers (Willie Russell), Like a Virgin (Gordon Steel), Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) – all showcased at The Helix.

Co-founder of Mná Caointe – bilingual project examining JM Synge’s seminal works, she has produced an Irish language audio version of Riders to the Sea/Chun na Farraige Síos and is planning a tri-lingual production of The Shadow of the Glen.

Co-founder of Teatro Nua, she produced the premiere of Kyron Bourke’s No Citation at the Lyric Belfast and is bringing it to Dublin (Smock Alley), November 2024.

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