The Local Artists Podcast

Dr Ali Fitzgibbon - Senior Lecturer / Subject Lead in Arts Management and Cultural Policy at The Queen's University Belfast.

Nicky Harley is an actor and theatre maker from Derry who you’ll probably know from their recent work with Big Telly and The Lyric Theatre among others. As well as acting, Nicky has also written a play that is being produced by Kabosh Theatre Company and they’ll be appearing in Rough Girls at The Lyric Theatre very soon.

Stephen Beggs is an actor, writer and former producer who is also the current Chair of Equity’s Northern Ireland National Committee.

Stephen discusses their work with Bruiser Theatre Company, Replay Theatre Company and Kabosh. They also explain how they made their theatre debut at the age of 11.

Liz is a multidisciplinary artist and designer who was born in Galway.

Billy Carter is an actor from Bangor who lives and works in New York. They've worked on stage and screen and appeared on both the West End and on Broadway. They've worked at both the Royal Court and the National Theatre in London and they've also worked at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
Billy discusses what it's like to make the move to New York and how it feels to be in work and what it's like when you aren't working. They also tell a very funny story about an agent that they used to have in New York.

Nandi Jola - Poet and Writer.

Kurt Taroff is a lecturer in Drama at The Queen’s Universiey in Belfast. Here they discuss how they came to Belfast, what their interests in theatre are and what a lecturer in Drama actually does. 

Jolene is an actor and singer from Belfast. They make up one half of "The O’Hara Sisters”.

Finn Kennedy is a writer, director and facilitator from Belfast. They are also part of the Freelance Theatre Workers Collective and we had a great chat. They have messages for both the staff of the Sunflower Bar in Belfast and the soon to be ex-leader of the DUP Arlene Foster. Give it a listen...

Glen is an actor from Belfast who has appeared in Hollyoaks, Doctors, Holby City, Casualty, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Eastenders and River City among others. You might have watched him in Marcella recently as well. We had a great chat about what he’s learned over twenty years in the business.