I had the pleasure of working with Ink & Light and Pikkukala once more this year - I wrote some Vlog content for Stella, the princess protagonist of Ireland's coolest new cartoon, Royals Next Door! Take a look - and don't forget to like and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvYnivZyQGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEu2hyJIiro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrctjyJuiOg S x
Soppy Post-Annecy Appreciation
I'm heading to LA today, and just want to take a moment to say that Annecy Festival absolutely lived up to the hype. Back to back meetings, daily lake swims, 3am bridge parties outside the Captains Pub, and some exciting deals to be announced once the paperwork is signed. Not only did it look like …
Annecy, LA, NYC
And the great tour begins! I'm travelling again, after a long hiatus. And it's all about TV, baby! I'm turbo-networking in the hot, hot summer sun, which is as exciting and sweaty as it sounds. Mid-June is MIFA at Annecy - the Venice of France, and cute as a button - and then on to …
End of an era!
Some of you have heard this already from the horse's mouth, or perhaps from the whisperings of other animals. Maybe a bird tipped you off, or a marmoset. Anyway, the end of 2021 means the end of an incredible journey, for me, as the Artistic Director of Super Paua. With more TV work coming in, …
She’s got Covid, mid-Readathon
It finally happened - this gal got covid. Never hang around with sexy, filthy theatre people. They're riddled. Thank God* covid is all I got. The good news is I'm almost totally asymptomatic. A bit tired, but I got the diagnosis during a real week, if you know what I mean, and so the fatigue …
From the Archives – It Doesn’t Matter and John Boy
In case you missed them, here are two short films I helped to make with the incredible director Pat Comer and the acting group from Exchange House Ireland. Shot in 2020 and 2021 respectively, It Doesn't Matter and John Boy were both co-created with members of the Traveller community in Ireland. It was a real …
Continue reading From the Archives – It Doesn’t Matter and John Boy
Queer Cornwall
I had the pleasure of working on my first short documentary this year! Queer Cornwall explores the legacy of three trailblazing artists who lived in Lamorna Cove in the twentieth century - Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun. Very grateful to Scott Morris and the team at Tate UK for another fab collaboration (check out …
Home, Turnips, Wild Mountain Thyme
I'm back from my French travels. And I would be bitter-er at having to leave the sun, if it wasn't full on Spooky Season in Dublin. I am, after all, a woman of my time, and I can't resist Halloween - our pagan High Holiday. Ah, the smell of smoke on the wind, the shower …
Montpellier and Marseille
This post is a two-in-one because the last leg of the trip was a much less energetic affair. My Mum will kill me for this, but there's nothing like hitting six European cities in a row to make you sick of Les Beaux Arts. (And Basilicas. And Botanical Gardens.) By the time I reached Lyon, …
The Miniatures Museum and Puppetry Museum – Lyon, Part 2
Get ready for an eyeful of satisfaction, set designers, or the generally design-inclined. Started by Dan Ohlmann, a cinema set designer and 'miniaturist artist' (loose translation from the brochure, and perhaps a word that doesn't exist in English), the first five floors of this narrow, historic building are given over to a collection of creatures, …
Continue reading The Miniatures Museum and Puppetry Museum – Lyon, Part 2
Sian Ní Mhuirí 