HK Ní Shioradáin is a multi-disciplinary artist from Dublin, Ireland.
Music
HK is a composer, sound designer, music director, and performer. They have worked on small to large scale installation events and festivals at home and abroad, such as RTÉ TV and Radio, Slane Castle, Dublin Theatre Festival, Galway International Arts Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival, Dublin International Film Festival, Longitude Festival, and more. HK was listed as Best Soundscape on Chris McCormack’s Best of Theatre 2024 for their score for Grace (Graffiti Theatre). They are also an accomplished musician and singer, often playing the role of musician characters, most recently in Uncle Vanya (Smock Alley).
Theatre
They are a bilingual writer and lyricist, writing as Gaeilge and in English. Their musical Beards was described by the Irish Independent as “an absolute breath of fresh air and a hoot from start to finish” and by the Arts Review as “a show of such hilarious, unholy irreverence it’s practically spiritual”.
They were recently commissioned by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to write a comedy play for children called How Not To Grow A Turnip which premiered in Ballyogan Library in May 2026.
Bilingually, they wrote and lead an interactive comedy show for children called Biongó na nEachtrán which was a headline act in the Bronntanas Festival 2025.
Their debut translation Muicín (of Ultan Pringle’s 2023 Piglet) premiers in Project Arts Centre in February 2026 which received a letter of commendation from President Catherine Connolly. They are incredibly interested in work as Gaeilge and are currently under commission to write a comedy musical as Gaeilge and was festival director for Bronntanas Festival 2026.
They are the lead artist at Lemon Soap Productions, praised as the Best New Theatre Company of 2024 by the Arts Review. LemonSoap have currently produced 12 plays since 2021.
Background
They are currently an artist partner on the UCD Improvisation Across Boundaries research project for women and gender minorities in improvised music, and recently participated with the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s Perspectives Programme for neurodivergent artists.
They developed their practice on many notable programmes such as Rough Magic SEEDS, Vital Sparks in the UK, Axis Assemble, Baboró Festival Mentoring, ADI Mentoring, and Artist in the Community Mentoring. They have a BA in English Literature and Film Studies from Trinity College Dublin, and a Certificate in Music Composition for Games from Griffith College Dublin with Pulse College.
In recent years, they have been the recipient of DRL’s Performance Commission, DLR’s Emerging Artist Award, ADI New Work Award, Arts Council Project Award, Mountains to the Sea Bursary, Limerick Theatre Bursary, and SDCC Incubation Award.
Say hello
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