Writer
A screenwriter with a background in children’s theatre, Sian has extensive experience writing for, and working with, children, teenagers and community groups. Her interests include comedy, science fiction / genre projects, multi-lingual and multi-cultural work, and queer stories for family audiences.
Sian was a committee member of Theatre for Young Audiences Ireland (2014-2016) and a founding member of Super Paua theatre company, which specialised in socially-engaged performance in community settings. She is an Arts Council Peer Panellist for Young People, Community and Education division. Sian has been awarded a number of residencies and awards for her work, including the Draíocht Residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2019).
Original YA series in development
Wrote 2 x 30′ episodes for live action teen comedy-drama, created by Carol Walsh. TX’d 2024.
Writing Mentor
Writer and Director on this project (ages 11+), currently in development. Funded by Arts Council Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland. Irish premiere at Riverbanks Arts Centre, Newbridge, 2020.
Lead Writer and Production Partner (Super Paua) for Te Rohi (general audience), a co-production in collaboration with Te Pou and Te Rehia, Auckland. Funded by Arts Council Ireland and Creative New Zealand. Premiere at Dublin Fringe Festival 2020.
Assistant Director of The Complex Youth Theatre, Dublin (Emp: Anthony Goulding). Co-director, writing mentor and dramaturg for CYT’s production of The Gaff.
Writer of a play for young adults. Performed at The Complex, Dublin, Electric Picnic Festival 2016, and The Town Hall Theatre Studio, Galway as part of Centenary Conversations Conference.
Writer/Performer of Mysteries of the Deep (or: Why the Basking Shark Opened Its Massive Mouth) in collaboration with Niamh Beirne, Lucy Smyth and Stephane Bena-Hanly. Festival of Curiosity, 23rd & 24th July 2016.
Freelance Drama Facilitator with the Abbey Community and Education Department (December-February 2020), National Performing Arts School (Dir: Eamonn Farrell and Jill Doyle), Dublin Youth Theatre (March 2019), St Kevin’s College, Crumlin (2019-2020), PRES PLAY (Dublin City Council initiative with the Abbey Theatre) and in secondary schools around Ireland and New Zealand.
Artist in Residence in Gaelscoil Chill Dara, Scoil Bhríde Kilcullen and Daingean NS as part of the Teacher Artist Partnership Programme (Dir: Kildare Education Centre).
| Current | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Title TBA | RTÉ Young People's Programming | Original YA series in development |
| Television | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Louise Lives Large (2021-2022) | Tailored Films | Wrote 2 x 30′ episodes for live action teen comedy-drama, created by Carol Walsh. TX’d 2024. |
| Theatre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Tenderfoot 2020 (2020) | Civic Theatre / Youth Theatre Ireland | Writing Mentor |
| The Lonsdale Project (2019-2020) | Arts Council Ireland / Science Foundation Ireland | Writer and Director on this project (ages 11+), currently in development. Funded by Arts Council Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland. Irish premiere at Riverbanks Arts Centre, Newbridge, 2020. |
| Te Rohi (2018-2020) | Te Pou / Te Rehia, Auckland | Lead Writer and Production Partner (Super Paua) for Te Rohi (general audience), a co-production in collaboration with Te Pou and Te Rehia, Auckland. Funded by Arts Council Ireland and Creative New Zealand. Premiere at Dublin Fringe Festival 2020. |
| The Gaff (2016-2017) | The Complex Youth Theatre | Assistant Director of The Complex Youth Theatre, Dublin (Emp: Anthony Goulding). Co-director, writing mentor and dramaturg for CYT’s production of The Gaff. |
| 16 & Rising (2016) | Centenary Conversations Conference | Writer of a play for young adults. Performed at The Complex, Dublin, Electric Picnic Festival 2016, and The Town Hall Theatre Studio, Galway as part of Centenary Conversations Conference. |
| Mysteries of the Deep (2016) | Festival of Curiosity | Writer/Performer of Mysteries of the Deep (or: Why the Basking Shark Opened Its Massive Mouth) in collaboration with Niamh Beirne, Lucy Smyth and Stephane Bena-Hanly. Festival of Curiosity, 23rd & 24th July 2016. |
| Other | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Freelance Drama Facilitator (2015-2020) | Various | Freelance Drama Facilitator with the Abbey Community and Education Department (December-February 2020), National Performing Arts School (Dir: Eamonn Farrell and Jill Doyle), Dublin Youth Theatre (March 2019), St Kevin’s College, Crumlin (2019-2020), PRES PLAY (Dublin City Council initiative with the Abbey Theatre) and in secondary schools around Ireland and New Zealand. |
| Artist in Residence (2019-2020) | Teacher Artist Partnership Programme | Artist in Residence in Gaelscoil Chill Dara, Scoil Bhríde Kilcullen and Daingean NS as part of the Teacher Artist Partnership Programme (Dir: Kildare Education Centre). |