5 stars from the Irish Times A love letter to House and the women who shaped it. Beats, memory and resistance — Ireland’s club culture, remixed. Taking its cue from the DJ set—build, drop, rewind, repeat—the piece cuts between verbatim interviews and the pulse of Ireland’s 80s and 90s club scene. Live performance and driving… Continue reading HouseWork at Midsummer
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DLR Performance Commission
HK was awarded the DLR Performing Arts Commission to develop a comedy piece for children called How Not To Grow A Turnip. It follows an ambitious yet green farmer in a comedy of errors as he tries to grow turnips for the first time. The performances will be in Ballyogan Library on the 27th June… Continue reading DLR Performance Commission
Arts Council Project Award
HK was awarded a Theatre Project Award from the Arts Council of Ireland to develop a musical as Gaeilge. The show follows three dinosaurs as the comet that kills them appears in the sky as they navigate their unfinished business.
Muicín
Is é Muicín an chéad léiriú Gaeilge ó LemonSoap Productions, atá ag teacht ar an stáitse sa Cube ar an 24ú-27ú Feabhra 2026. Is aistriúchán le HK Ní Shioradáin é Muicín ar an dráma rathúil Piglet le hUltan Pringle ó 2023. Insíonn Muicín scéal Mercy Munroe. Tá a saol tar éis titim as a chéile. Caitheann sí… Continue reading Muicín
Robin and Dawn
“This challenging story is complemented by the haunting sounds created by HK Ní Shioradáin. It adds to the sense of being alone, which both Dawn and Robin are experiencing.” -No More Workhorse ‘HK Ní Shioradáin’s sound design is realistic, making the performance even more enticing and aiding the spectators imagination in building this wide world.’ … Continue reading Robin and Dawn
Uncle Vanya
Smock Alley Theatre and Cathal Cleary Theatre Company in association with Once Off Productions presents Anton Chekhov’s classic play in the version by Brian Friel at Smock Alley Sonya and her Uncle Vanya grind through their days on a crumbling rural estate, their hopes shrinking with the land around them. When Sonya’s father, the Professor,… Continue reading Uncle Vanya
Cape Clear Residency
HK was awarded the Éirí na Gréine residency to work on a comedy musical as Gaeilge for two week on Cape Clear. Buíochas ó chroí leis a Cork Theatre Collective as an deis.
Féile Bronntanas
Mar chuid den fhéile Bronntanas, chuir HK an seó Biongó na nEachtrán ar siúl i Leabharlann na Cúlóige agus sa Lexicon i nDún Laoghaire. Léiriúchán idirghníomhach do pháistí agus do dhaoine fásta faoi eachtrán a thuirlingíonn go hÉirinn tar éis dó Béarla a fhoghlaim. Go tapaidh, tuigeann sé gur gá teanga na nGael a foghlaim… Continue reading Féile Bronntanas
The Chalice – Dublin Fringe
When a medieval chalice is unearthed on an Irish farm, three characters clash over its ownership. An American tracing her lineage insists it’s part of her family legacy but the son of the landowners sees it as his to keep. Tensions spike when a government worker, an immigrant to Ireland, asserts that the state has… Continue reading The Chalice – Dublin Fringe
The Lesbian Revue of World History
In the year 2198, two lesbian astronauts are kidnapped by an Alien Overlord who forces them to perform on loop a musical revue of the entirety of world history. As they spend their days in captivity doing cabaret, the lesbians are forced to consider what became of our humanity and what we the people may… Continue reading The Lesbian Revue of World History