Personality Bingo with Tom Moran

Stephanie is a dancer, actor and maker from the West of Ireland currently based in Dublin.

Stephanie holds a BA in Dance from the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. Since graduating she has worked for companies and choreographers in the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland such as Protein Dance, Icon Dance, Chrysalis Dance, United Fall/Emma Martin, Dam Van Huynh, Marguerite Donlon, Theo Clinkard, Liz Roche and John Heginbotham.

Stephanie spent two years in the full time programme at Bow Street, the Academy for Screen Acting in Dublin. While there she worked with Directors Shimmy Marcus, Lance Daly, Jim Sheridan and Cathy Brady among others.

Stephanie has been featured in music videos for Talos, Galia Arad, Join Me in the Pines, Edel Meade and Crash Ensemble. Stephanie has appeared in national campaigns for Dublin Airport Authority and Bank of Ireland and was the face of the Galway International Arts Festival in 2017 and 2018\.

Stephanie's own choreographic work has been performed at the Clonmel Junction Festival, Galway Culture Night and Cork Midsummer Festival. She is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland and Galway Dance Project. Stephanie is a recipient of a 2018 Arts Council Artists' bursary to explore a dance work in conjunction with the work of poet Dani Gill.

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Tara is an Irish actress and writer. She came to international attention for her satirical videos, Racist B&B, which earned her the title Satirist of the Year 2013 at the Swift Satire Festival, and Armagayddon – co-written with Kevin McGahern.

She has written two satirical books – You’re Grand: the Irishwoman’s Secret Guide to Life and Giving Out Yards: the Art of Complaint, Irish Style (Hachette Books Ireland) and a book of essays, Rage In for Headstuff and Mercier Press was a 2018 best seller.

Tara has worked extensively in Ireland and the UK as an actress in theatre, radio and TV. TV includes roles in Irish Pictorial Weekly, Line of Duty, Moone Boy, Doctors, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, The Omid Djalili Show, The Impressions Show with Culshaw & Stephenson, Hide & Seek(directed by Dearbhla Walsh) and she was part of the recurring cast on Thank God You’re Here UK.

She played DI Tina Mahon opposite David Threlfall in season five of Baldi for Radio Four. Her own piece Fete Worse Than Death was recorded for the Radio Four Funny Bones series.

Favourite theatre roles include Miss Fitt in Beckett’s All That Fall for Out of Joint Theatre Co. (drected by Max Stafford Clark), most of the female voices in Stewart Lee’s EdFringe production of Talk Radio, and Suzy Bernstein in I Do Not Like Thee Dr. Fell for the Abbey Theatre.

She was a founder-member of comedy singing trio The Nualas and was a core member of Dublin Comedy Improv for over 15 years.

In her past life as a stand-up, she performed at festivals including Edinburgh Fringe, Kilkenny Cat Laughs and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

You might have seen her on panel shows, including The Panel (Channel 10, Australia and the RTÉ version with Dara Ó Briain) and she’s a regular radio contributor. She is one of Ireland’s top voice artists, with numerous commercial and animation credits.

She is a columnist for Irish Tatler, a contributor to the Irish Times, and wrote a weekly Rage-In for Headstuff.

Her YouTube channel is [here](https://www.youtube.com/user/Flynnercom/videos).

You can find her on Instagram at [@taraflynnirl](https://www.instagram.com/taraflynnirl/)

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Most recently Michael-David wrapped a role on ‘Quantico’ for ABC Studios as well as the Irish feature film ‘The Comeback’.

He will be seen in 2018 playing Shane Twomey for Element Pictures’ ‘Red Rock’.

He performed in Reality:Check Productions’ ‘Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin’ which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Ensemble. 

In 2017 he appeared in White Label’s production of ‘The Eurydice Project’ which ran at the Project Arts Centre, as Edmund in ‘King Lear’ at the Mill Theatre, as well as ‘The Voice Factor [X]’ at The New Theatre.

Further screen credits include '3 Friends', ‘Summon Her Children’ and ’Bonsoir Luna’. 

Previous theatre credits include Rough Magic’s ‘The Critic’ at the Dublin Theatre Festival, the premiere of ‘According To His Need’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as ‘HOSTEL 16’ at the Dublin Fringe Festival directed by Raymond Keane.

He is a singer and a multi-instrumentalist proficient with piano, guitar, and mandolin. 

Michael-David McKernan is a graduate of The Programme for Screen Acting at Bow Street Film Academy. He has previously trained in Physical Theatre at the London Academy of Dramatic Art and holds a First Class Honours degree in Drama & Theatre Studies at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College.

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Aisling is an actor who graduated with a first from the LIR academy. Her theatre Credits include:  

John in We can't have monkeys in the house ( The New Theatre)

Gabrielle in The Grim Tales Of Cinderella (smock Alley)             

Nothing But A Toe-rag (AxisTheatre)                                       

Austericus (fringe festival 2017, Judges' choice award)                 

Monster? (Theatre Upstairs) 

Wall 24hour plays (Abbey theatre 2017) 

Murder of Crows (Theatre Upstairs 2016 national tour in 2018)

hostel 16 (Fringe festival 2016)

Beyond Barricades ” (ANU)

Hornet's Nest (ANU)

"Into The Sun” (ANU) 

Rebel Rebel Ireland/UK/New York (Show In A Bag fringe festival 2015) 

Jack Duggan’s War (Colin's barracks)

Contractions (Bewleys Cafe Theatre 2015)

Film and Television credits include: Tinderface (short) and Full Circle (short) Rosie (Element productions) , Taken Down ( RTÉ ) Metal Heart (Treasure Entertainment)

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Ericka is cast in the recurring role of 'ALANNAH SHOREY' in the BBC Television drama "THE DUBLIN MURDERS" which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin.

Later this month will see Ericka reprise her role of 'Charleigh' in The Breadline Collective's play "WELL, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD" which will run in The Project Arts Centre in Dublin's Templebar from November 26th to December 1st. This must see play is written and directed by Thommas Kane Byrne.

She also plays 'TINA' in "TAKEN DOWN" which airs on RTE 1 on Sundays. "TAKEN DOWN" is directed by David Caffrey (LoveHate).

Ericka's screen credits also include 'Shauna' in JELLY BABY directed by Naomi Fagan, and 'Erika' in “A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY” directed by Maria Doyle Kennedy.

Ericka performed in NASSIM acting alongside Soleimanpour reading a script that they were given at the beginning of the show in the Project Arts Centre Cube as part of this year's Dublin Theatre Festival. Early September saw her perform as 'Joni' in Ali Hardiman's play 'ELECTRIC' which ran at this year's Electric Picnic. Other theatre credits include "MY SON, MY SON" (Mary) which ran in Dublin's Project Arts Centre, The Axis in Ballymun, and The Mermaid Theatre in Bray, 'Ilse' in SPRING AWAKENING (Ill Advised Theatre Company), 'Paula' in THE BOY WITH THE HALOGYN HAIR written by Eddie Naughton and directed by Kieran McDonald, and 'Alma' in Derek Masterson’s QUEENS OF PIMLICO (No Tears Productions). Ericka is a founding member of The Breadline Collective and played the role of 'Charleigh' in their production “SAY NOTHIN’ TO NO ONE” written by Thommas Kane Byrne which has been recently nominated for The Stewart Parker Trust Award.

Ericka is a graduate Bull Alley Theatre Training Company and is also a graduate of the full time programme at Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting.

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Justine is a Meme Queen from Nobber (Yes, it is a real place) Co Meath. As social creative at JOE.ie since 2016, Justine works daily creating viral videos, sketches and meme content.   

Outside of her work, Justine’s passion is comedy. Having began performing stand-up comedy in 2017, just regularly appears on the Dublin comedy circuit and this year banked herself a place at the Vodafone Comedy Festival in the Iveagh Gardens. Justine has recently began selling her ‘memes on seams’, (t-shirts) which you can view [here](https://www.redbubble.com/people/justinestafford/works/34087340-daniel-odonnell-pints?asc=u&p=t-shirt&rel=carousel&style=mens).

You can find all her original Meme creations and jokes on her personal social accounts here: 

[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/justinestafford_/?hl=en)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/JustineStafford)

[](https://www.facebook.com/JustsMemes/)

[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JustsMemes/)

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Killian can now be seen on screen in Roddy Doyle’s brand new film Rosie, currently in cinemas and he is currently' producing Ciara Smyth's new play, We Can't Have Monkeys In The House which runs from November 12th-24th at the New Theatre, Templebar.

A Dublin native Actor and Producer, Killian’s acting interest stems from his time at the Independent Theatre Workshop which led to him becoming a recent graduate of the full-time Professional Actor Training course at the Gaiety School of Acting 2015\.

Killian took on the role of Producer in a world premiere production of Donal Ryan’s virtuoso novel The Spinning Heart at Smock Alley Theatre 1662 in July 2016 and has been working in the field ever since. He has been Executive Producer at Reality:Check Productions since 2017\.

Most recently Killian reprised his role of Hackett for Michael Harnett’s The Boys, directed by Tracy Ryan, while also taking on the role of Producer. The show toured Dublin throughout Autumn 2017 playing to sell out audiences in The Viking, Smock Alley and the Dolmen.

Recent film work includes Tak in the upcoming series Krypton for Warner Bros, DC Comics and Syfy; Dickie in Smithy & Dickie Boy, a documentary-short by Savage Films directed by Hannah Quinn; and Son in Man to Man, a short written and directed by Andrew Stevenson.

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Ste is a photographer and an actor from Dublin. He studied Architecture in UCD, getting involved with the Drama Society during his time there. Since graduating, Ste has been a freelancing as a photographer at www.ste.ie, and as an actor on stage and screen projects. His recent work includes ‘BlackCatfishMusketeer’ at Camden People’s Theatre and Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe with Malaprop , ‘Sunder’ with Anu Productions, ‘Carmen Disruption’ at the Beckett Theatre, ‘Panned’ at Theatre Upstairs, a tour of ‘Angels in the Park’, ‘Cornerstones’ at Civic Theatre, ‘The 24 Hour Plays’ at The Abbey, ‘Fused’ at Project Arts Centre, ‘Tales from Briar Hall’ at Theatre Upstairs, and Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Dundrum. Previous work with WeGetHigh Collective includes ‘Narf!’ and ‘Sluts’ at Smock Alley and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, respectively.

On screen, he has appeared in TV Series ‘Eipic’ and ‘Corp + Anam’, short films ‘Summon Her Children’, ‘A Long Shot’, as well as web series ‘The Goo’.

His next appearance will be in Caitriona Daly's 'Panned' - a one man show that looks at mental health issues. It runs at Project Arts Centre from the 12th-17th of November 2018.

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This week, Tom chats to actor John Doran. John holds a BA (hons) in Drama Performance from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama

Some of his theatre work includes HARBOUR and CARE with Willfred Theatre, FIGHTING WORDS and ME MICHAEL at The Abbey Theatre, ROMEO AND JULIET at The Gate Theatre, THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE which he wrote himself as part of ‘Show In The Bag’ with Fishamble and FORGOTTEN WORDS with Theatre Lovett. He often works with Devious Theatre Company, highlights which include SOME FLOOD, WAR OF ATTRITION and HELLFIRE SQUAD.

John has also appeared in many commercials and has been in the short SWERVE with Microfilms.

He plays guitar, ukulele , bass and percussion and is a very accomplished singer.

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Caoimhe can now be seen on screen in RTÉ’s Fair City.

Caoimhe most recently appeared in the feature film The Randomer written by Gerry Stembridge, which premiered in the Galway Film Fleadh in 2016\. Onstage she recently appeared in The Constant Wife, in the Gate Theatre, directed by Alan Stanford.

Recent theatre credits include Lisa in the highly successful Unmanageable Sisters at the Abbey Theatre, as well as Gloria in You Never Can Tell, at the Abbey Theatre, directed by Conall Morrison, and Mary Boyle in Juno and the Paycock, directed by Mark O’Rowe at the Gate Theatre.

She recently completed filming on Soulsmith, a feature film, written and directed by Kevin Henry and The Wave, written and directed by TJ O’Grady Peyton and Oscar Winning director Benjamin Cleary.

Caoimhe is from Dublin and graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting Full Time Acting Course in June 2011, and was awarded the Gaiety School Theatre Bursary in 2010\. While at the Gaiety School she appeared in Macbeth and Twelfth Night directed by Liam Halligan and in Little Gem directed by Paul Brennan.

On screen she has appeared in the role of Elizabeth in Reign a CW Network produced TV Series directed by Brad Silberling, in the award winning short film Whatever Turns You On (TimeSnap Production) and in Rent A Friend (Kite Entertainment) as part of RTE’s Storyland competition.

Caoimhe appeared as Baba in two productions of The Country Girls, written and adapted for the stage by Enda O’Brien, and directed by Mikel Murfi for Red Kettle Theatre Company in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in Garter Lane Theatre and on tour. Other theatre work include Major Barbara, directed by Annabelle Comyn at the Abbey Theatre, and The Far Off Hills directed by Mikel Murfi for NOMAD productions at the Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo and on national tour. Caoimhe also appeared as Honor in Paul Howard’s hit play Breaking Dad directed by Jimmy Fay (Landmark productions) at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. In early 2015, she reprised her role as Honor, in the sell-out remount of Breaking Dad in the Gaiety Theatre Dublin and in Cork Opera House. Caoimhe appeared as Vera in Brien Friel’s version of A Month In The Country, directed by Ethan McSweeny, at The Gate Theatre.

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