Katie McCann
Katie is currently taking part in a trainee work placement programme at the Royal Court Theatre,
London. She will be working with critically acclaimed designer Chloe Lamford on The Site Project this
May with writers Stacey Gregg, Nathaniel Martello-White and Theresa Ikoko. Katie is also writing a
new adaptation of Cinderella for Smock Alley Theatre's in house Christmas Production 2017. The
Grimm Tale of Cinderella will open on December 4th and run up until Christmas.
Early April saw Katie play 'Emily Bronte' in Polly Teale's "BRONTE" which ran in Dublin's Smock Alley
Boys School and also in The Mill Theatre in Dundrum.
Her theatre credits as a writer and performer include "CIRQUE DES REVES" (Smock Alley Boys School/
BewleyS Cafe Theatre), "HOLLOW GROUND" (Theatre Upstairs, 2015), "TALES FROM BRIAR
HALL"(Theatre Upstairs, 2014) and an original adaption of "THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL" (Theatre Upstairs,
2013).
Other theatre credits include 'Steph' in ‘TRYST’, written by Finbarr Doyle and Jeda deBrí which (Tiger
Dublin Fringe), 'Miss Prism' in Oscar Wilde's "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" (Smock Alley),
"TIMON OF ATHENS" with AC Productions (New Theatre),"ROMEO & JULIET" and "OTHELLO" (2014/15
GSA SHAKESPEARE FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAMME), "A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM" with Fortunes Fool
(Iveagh Gardens), "Slippers" with Sickle Moon Productions, and "SLUTS" which toured to the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, She is currently a participant on the Rough Magic
SEEDS programme.
Her film and television credits include 'Louise Gavin Duffy' in Tile Films television series "SEVEN
WOMEN" for RTE Television, 'Winifred Carney' in Genefile's 2015 IFTA winning historic docu-drama
"CUMANN NA mBAN', and a role in Stephen Jones' comedy webseries "THE GOO".
Watch Katie perform in a duologue here:
http://vimeo.com/195500054
Height: 5'6"
Principal Age Range: 22 - 28
Build: Slim
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Accents & Skills
Accents: Dublin South, Neautral Irish (Native), Irish Regional, English RP, UK Regional, Northern Irish, Standard American, New York,
American Southern States, London, Northern English, Standard Scottish
Skills: Full Drivers Licence, Basic Horse Riding, Mime, Stage Combat (certified rapier and dagger, certified hand to hand combat) , Yoga
Interests: Film, creative writing, painting
Music: Singer (Mezzo Soprano), Dance (Basic Tap, Jazz, Waltz, Tango)
Qualifications: Graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting
Training
Course/Workshop
Facilitator/Venue
Full Time Actor Training
Gaiety School of Acting
Introduction to Drama
LAMDA
Comedia del Arte
Annie Ryan Corn Exchange
Shakespeare and the Irish Actor Workshop
Ouroboros Theatre Company
I Clown 1&2
Raymond Keane
Screen Experience
TV/Film
Role
Director
Company
Seven Women (Television)
Louise Gavin Duffy
Cumann Na mBan 100 (Television)
Winifred Carney
Colm Bairead
Genefile for TG4
Hips (Music Video)
Girl
Neil Hoare
Independent
The Goo (web series)
Melissa
Stephen Jones
Independent
Tile Films / RTE
Theatre Experience
Play
Role
Director
Company
Brontë
Emily Brontë
Clare Maguire
Illustrated Productions
Tryst
Steph
Jeda de Brí
Sickle Moon Productions @ Tiger
Dublin Fringe Festival
Fallen
Katie Crilly
Bairbre Ni Chaoimh
One City One Book @ The Dublin
Writers Centre
Cirque des Rêves
Girl/Cecily/Fortune
Teller/Living Doll/Narrator
Jeda deBri
Smock Alley Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism
Kate Canning
Smock Alley Theatre
Hollow Ground
Hazel
Karl Shiels
Theatre Upstairs
Cirque de Rêves
Mrs Owens/Narrator
3/Fortune Teller/ Cecily
Jeda de Brí
Smock Alley / Collaborations 2015
Romeo & Juliet
Nurse
Kate Canning
2014/15 GSA SHAKESPEARE FOR
SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
Othello
Emilia
Kate Canning
2014/15 GSA SHAKESPEARE FOR
SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
Tales From Briar Hall
Daisy
Jeda De Bri
Theatre Upstairs
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Helena
Stephanie Courtney
Bloom Festival
Slippers
Jean
Jeda de Bri
Theatre Upstairs
And Other Four Letter Words
Daisy
Sarah Finlay
Smock Alley Theatre
Macbeth
Ross/Witch
Keith Thompson
Smock Alley Theatre
The Little Match Girl
Christine
Karl Shiels
Theatre Upstairs
Town/Country
Aine
Liam Halligan
Smock Alley Theatre
Sluts
Rachel
Catriona Daly
Edinburgh Fringe
Hamlet
Gertrude
Stephen Jones
UCD Dramsoc
Dancing At Lughnasa
Chris
Catriona Ennis
UCD Dramasoc
The Importance of Being Earnest
Cecily
Pat Sinnott
Wexford Arts Centre