Kyron Bourke
Born into a theatrical Dublin family, Kyron Bourke worked as a wardrobe man in theatre and film before becoming a full-time musician after signing to Polygram Records. Kyron has acted in theatre, television, and radio, and has written drama for radio.
Kyron is Co-founder of Teatro Nua Productions which produced the premiere of his jazz and blues opera No Citation at the Lyric Belfast in May 2022. Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, No Citation in which Kyron played the part of Jeremy d’Wolfe McCarthy premiered in May 2022 to critical acclaim. With musical direction by Kyron, No Citation was enthusiastically received and Teatro Nua is presently planning a Dublin production later this year.
Kyron played leading roles in the Lyric Theatre Belfast's 2015 and 2016 Christmas shows and toured Ireland with The Assistant’s Revenge, in the role of Sullivan, a piano playing private detective. In 2021 he composed the music for Cahoots first production at the Grimm hotel and in 2022, he was both composer and musical director for When We Were Wild at the MAC, Belfast. Kyron also appeared in Kathryn Baird’s acclaimed film An Buachaill Gealgháireach and in his own award winning movie, No Explanation.
Kyron is a painter and has exhibited in galleries throughout Ireland, including the RUA.
Bernie Bourke
Bernie Bourke has worked as an educational practitioner all her life and is presently devoting her energies to her other great love – theatre.
Founder and director of the Donahies School of Drama in Dublin, Bernie's directing credits include The Mai by Marina Carr, Blood Brothers by Willie Russell, Like a Virgin by Gordon Steel and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck – all showcased at The Helix 2004 - 2008.
She is co-founder of Mná Caointe – a cross border bilingual theatre project examining some of the primal forces at work in JM Synge’s seminal works. Teatro Nua has produced an Irish language audio version of Riders to the Sea /Chun na Farraige Síos (audio available on this site), and is presently collaborating on a tri-lingual version of The Shadow of the Glen (Irish, English, Spanish) as part of a project that explores identity through the lens of linguistic heritage.
Bernie is Co-founder of Teatro Nua Productions and produced the premiere of No Citation at the Lyric Belfast May 2022. Teatro Nua is presently planning a Dublin production in 2024.
Teatro Nua recently released a single from Kyron Bourke's No Citation with Padraig Dooney featuring on Sax and vocals and Graham Murphy on guitar. Clean can be previewed on this site.
Bernie is presently involved in the Scene and Heard Festival 2024 producing SHELF by Sean and Padraig Dooney in The Boys’ School, Smock Alley, 22/23 February.
Padraig Dooney
Padraig Dooney is an Actor/Musician/Composer who plays saxophone and piano and spent two years performing in the West End production of Roddy Doyle’s musical version of The Commitments.
AKA Midnight Sax, Padraig is well known as a saxophonist who captivates audiences
with a breathtaking fusion of jazz, funk, rock and pop creating an atmosphere that is both hypnotic and electric.
Padraig first worked with Teatro Nua in the 2022 premiere of Kyron Bourke's No Citation at the Lyric in Belfast. He played the part of Milton (Midnight) Hawkins . The ghostly character of Hawkins looks back on his youth and instils into his story all the pathos of broken dreams, and shattered lives. The recently released single Clean featuring Padraig on tenor sax and vocals is the character's anthem to hopes crushed by drug addiction.
Padraig is a talented composer of music and special effects and is presently working on an original piece (co-written with Sean Dooney) which will be staged as part of the Scene and Heard Festival 2024. SHELF is a live theatre piece and Padraig will perform, record and loop the soundtrack live every night. We are delighted to be collaborating with him on this and other exciting projects.