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Caption: Liam Halligan

Photographer: Toshi Sakauchi

Surname

Halligan

First Name(s)

Liam

Address 1

23 Sitric Road

Address 2

Arbour Hill

Address 3

Dublin 7

County

Dublin

Country

Republic of Ireland

Telephone

+353 (0)1 633 4412

Mobile

+353 (0)87 951 7077

Email

liamhalligan@ireland.com

Website

http://www.liamhalligan.ie

Job Type

Director

Job Type

Actor

Job Type

Dramaturg/Script Editor

I am a freelance theatre director and theatre maker. I am a very experienced performer and a part-time Acting Tutor with the Gaiety School of Acting. I facilitate acting and directing workshops.

Eye Colour

Blue

Hair Colour

Grey, ginger

Height

5' 11"

Minimum Playing Age

45

Maximum Playing Age

55

Accents

Native Dublin, all Irish accents, most English accents, very good RP. I have a good ear and can pick up most accents, except Welsh and South African!

Music/Dance Skills

Have some contemporary dance experience i.e. contact improvisation and Butoh. Untrained tenor voice.

Sporting Skills

Rowing, swimming, cycling, horse riding. I have a clean driving licence.

Recent work includes

Artist in Residence in Draiocht Blanchardstown 2012.

'Toxic' by Michelle Reid at Project Dublin. GSA Grad Play. June 2011. Sell out run.

'Holy Mary' by Eoin Colfer at Bewleys, Kilkenny Arts Fest and tour. Aug to Dec 2011 (Arts Council Touring Grant)
'Unalloyed enjoyment' Irish Times 'A great testomy to the power of live theatre' ITM

'Trash' a work in progress presentation at the Backloft with performer Claudia Schwartz and cellist Claire Fitch. May 2011.

'Last Year' by Gavin Kostick a Show-in-a-Bag for Fishamble and Dublin Fringe Fest 2011. 'Truly moving' Irish Times

'When the Hunter Returns' by Lally Katz at the Project Arts Centre for GSA graduation production June 09. 'A beautiful imagistic production.' The Irish Times.

'A Midsummer Night's Dream', co-direced with Lawrence Evans for Storytellers/Irish Chamber Orchestra at NCH Dublin, Curtis Auditorium Cork and University Concert Hall Limerick integrating Mendelssohn's incidental music. Oct 08 ' A bewitching and bequiling night's theatre. A Magical experience. Remarkably inventive production.' Irish Examiner

Tenderfoot programme at Civic Theatre mentoring and directing new plays written and performed by transition year students since 2008;

Adapted and directed 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James for Storytellers May 08. 'A Fine production stunning in it's simplicity... gorgeously reproduced.' Sunday Business Post.

Acting work includes; The Abbey Theatre, Lyric Belfast, Cheek By Jowl, Oxford Stage Company, Birmingham Rep, The Young Vic, The Lyric Hammersmith, Greenwich Theatre, Gate Notting Hill, Leicester Haytmarket and many more. I performed with the Torifune Butoh Sha Company in 2004 at Samuel Becket Centre.

Dramaturgy/Adaptations:
Adapted 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James and 'The Dream of a Summer Day' based on the life of Lafcadio Hearn (Storytellers); Worked with Helina Enright on her verbatim piece 'Less Than a Year' for Island Theatre Co

Films roles includes Ronny in Cathal Black's 'Pigs', Peter Dubois in Kevin Reynolds' 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and John Fleming in Pat Murphy's 'Anne Devlin'.
Numerous TV Dramas in the past for RTE.
I work occasionally on radio, mainly reading short stories.

Professional Interests/Special Skills

Particular interest in Physical Theatre e.g. Contact Improvisation, Artaud and Butoh related skills.

Horse riding, swimming, cycling

Training/Qualifications

Four Years at the Stanislavski Studio in the Focus Theatre with Deirdre O' Connell and Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy (mid/late 1970's), private voice work with Michael MaCallion (The Voice Book) and numerous workshops at the Actors Centre in London. Worked with particularly inspired directors like Lindsay Anderson, Declan Donnellan (Cheek By Jowl), Phyllida Lloyd (National Theatre/ 'Mama Mia'), James MacDonald (Royal Court), Annie Castledine (Theatre de Complicite).
Worked with Lars Oyno, from Oslo, on his Artaud based techniques and with Oyvind Jorgensen, also from Oslo, on his Butoh related work.

Awards

'Most Promising Young Actor' 1979
2 Best Director Nominations for an Irish Times Theatre Award for 'Speaking in Tongues' (Quare Hawks) and 'Rashomon' (Storytellers).

Languages

Basic Leaving Cert Irish

Other Information

Full driver's licence

External Links

http://www.liamhalligan.iehttp://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=1180

Last Modified

11 Jan 2012