CAST

Cat is from Warrenpoint, Co Down and currently lives in Magheralin, Co. Armagh. She graduated with a Drama Degree before completing a Post-Grad Intensive Performer Training Course at Queen’s University, Belfast.

Theatre credits include: The Border Game (Lyric Theatre/Prime Cut); Be My Baby (Lyric Theatre) Cinderella (GBL Productions); The Vagina Monologues (Strut & Bellow); A Fairy Big Adventure, Seashell Stories, Winter Wonderland; Secrets Of The Ravine (Place To Wonder); Bliss, Snoozle & The Lullabugs, TiNY, Babble, The School Underneath (Replay Theatre Company); Where Are We Going?, We Are Not Afraid, How Tom Beat Captain Najork And His Hired Sportsmen (Curious Doings); Huzzies (Tinderbox); War Of The Worlds, A Christmas Present (Wireless Mystery Theatre); Butterfly & Caterpillar (Young At Art); Three Women (C21); Antigone (Prime Cut).

Film, TV and radio credits include: Brought To Light (BBCNI Radio Drama); Ordinary Love (Out of Orbit); Doting (PJ Hart/NI Screen); The Devil’s Doorway (dir Aislínn Clarke); The Chase (15 Second Film Festival); Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust (Hole In The Wall Gang); One Night (NI Film School).

Cat was chosen to create a piece of ‘art as a vehicle for change’ for the 2022 Imagine Belfast Festival of Politics and Ideas. After What They Might Be premiered at the festival, she was invited to share some this work at TEDx.

Connor Burnside is an actor and musician from Belfast.

Trained at the Institute for Contemporary Music in London.

Theatre credits include: Vernon God Little (The Brian Friel theatre, Belfast) The Family Hoffman (The Mac Theatre, Belfast) Good Vibrations (Lyric theatre, Belfast) Miami Showband Story (Opera House, Belfast) and Black Magic Ops R&D (National Theatre Studios, London)

As a musician Connor has toured supporting Sting, Stereophonics, Alanis Morissette, Blondie, Hozier, One Republic, James Bay, Eagles of Death Metal and Sigrid, with artists Alex Francis, Thomas Headon and Joshua Burnside.

Most recently burnside has been working in the studio with Grammy award winning producer Mark Taylor.

AS DAVE HYNDMAN, DOCTOR, RECORD EXECUTIVE, PAUL MCNALLY

Darren Franklin is an actor from Belfast. Darren has an ALCM Distinction from the London College of Music. He plays the piano, guitar, drums, Eb (tenor) Horn, Saxophone (Alto), recorder and ukulele.

Theatre credits include: The Snow Queen (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); Propaganda (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); The Ferryman (Gielgud Theatre); Abomination: A DUP Opera (Abbey Theatre); Tír na nÓg (Aon Sceal/Mill Theatre, Dundrum); A Christmas Carol; Stitching Time; Herons; Graveyard Shift (The MAC); Teenage Kicks (Millennium Forum); Departure Lounge (Grand Opera House, Belfast); Mass; Pirates of Penzance Concert (The Belfast Ensemble); Kiss Me Kate; The Devil Made Me Do It (N.I. Opera); Macbeth; Mixed Marriage (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); When I Say ‘Tee’, You Say ‘Bo’ (Edinburgh Fringe) Lay Up Your Ends; The Home Place; Shh, We Have a Plan; Stitched Up (N.I. Tour), EGG (U.S.A. Tour).

Film and television credits include: Gone (Future Screens); Septet for Four (The Belfast Ensemble); Lord Mountbatten (RTE/History Channel), Dry Your Eyes; Betrayal of Trust; Give My Head Peace (BBC).

MARTY MAGUIRE AS GEORGE HOOLEY, PAT, ANDY, RUC OFFICIER, DAVY, ORANGEMAN, SOLDIER

Theatre credits include: Drum Belly, King Lear, Curse of the Starving Class, Macbeth, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, Da, Observatory, At Swim Two Birds, The Passion of Jerome, By the Bog of Cats, The Doctors Dilemma, The Well of the Saints, The Corsican Brothers, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and Philadelphia Here I Come! (Abbey Theatre). Translations and Living Quarters (Lyric Theatre / Abbey Theatre). Staging the Treaty (Anu). Least Like the Other (Irish National Opera), Borstal Boy (Gaiety), Wuthering Heights, An Enemy of the People, Festen, All my Sons (Gate). Hecuba, The Effect, The Critic, Travesties, Life is a Dream, Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer (Rough Magic). The Colleen Bawn, Gentrification (Druid). The Winter’s Tale, The Hairy Ape (Corcadorca). Medea, Titus Andronicus and La Musica (Siren). Roberto Zucco, Wideboy Gospel (Bedrock). The End of the Road, Whereabouts, The Flesh Addict (Fishamble). The Chairs (Tinderbox).

Television credits include: The House Across the Street (Ch 5), Amber, (RTE). Single Handed (Element), Roy (Jam), The Catalpa Rescue (Perpetual), Proof (Subotica) and Amongst Women (BBC/ RTE).

Film credits include: The Flag (Treasure), Gridlock (Failsafe), Out of Innocence (Defiant), Pursuit (An Pointe), The Break (Stanley’s Deathpark), Priest (Magna), Batman Begins (Warner Bros).

Odhrán trained at the Guildford School of Acting from 2015-2018,

Theatre credits include: Eternal Love (Lyric Theatre, 2015) Good Vibrations (Lyric Theatre, 2018), Private Peaceful (Pintsized Productions, 2019), Tragik Plastik (Tinderbox Productions, 2021) John Hume: Beyond Belief (Derry Playhouse, 2023 and for

Television credits include: The Butchering (Amazon, 2015) Frank of Ireland (Channel 4, 2020), The Good Christian Women’s Writing Group (RTE, 2018), I Saw Myself Dead (2022)

Chris Mohan is an actor and musician from Belfast. In 2016 he graduated with BA (Hons) Acting from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

Theatre credits include: Good Vibrations (original Lyric Production), Aladdin (GBL, Waterfront Theatre) Bollixed (Accidental Theatre), Darling, It’s Not About You (Tristan Bates Theatre, London), The Miami Showband Story (GBL, Irish Tour), Peter Pan (Courtyard Theatre), Macbeth (C21, Irish and Scottish tours), Tom (Theatre At The Mill), Blackout (Liverpool Everyman), Chelsea’s Story (Alter Ego CS, 2 Tours) Little Red Riding Hood (C21, Tour) Herons (Mac Theatre) Operation Blitzed (Big Telly Theatre Company.)

Film credits include: KNEECAP, The Last Girl and MEYOUUSTHEM

Television credits include: Hope Street (BBC), MotherFatherSon (BBC), The Athena (Sky One), PSNI Recruitment commercial, Toxic Masculinity (BBC web Series), Moy Park Chicken commercial (Beattie McGuinness Bungay).

Voiceover include regular U105 advertisements and Poems of Passchendaele (BBC)

Chris is also a professional wrestler and since commencing training in 2021 has wrestled across Ireland for Titanic Wrestling (NI), Fight Factory Pro Wrestling (Dublin), Pheonix Wrestling (Cork) and NXG Wrestling (NI.)

AS MAVIS HOOLEY, NUN

Christina Nelson is a highly acclaimed actress, director and writer from Belfast, NI. She trained at Rupert Stanley College and has over 35 years experience in the industry. Christina is looking forward to punk’ing it up for Good Vibrations

Christinas recent Lyric Theatre credits include Snow Queen (Lyric Theatre) Pinocchio (Lyric Theatre), Lady Killers (Lyric Theatre), Sinners (Lyric Theatre)

Her Recent acting credits include, Cassandra of Ulster (Dublin), McCooeys (Grand Opera House), Betty and Bernies School Reunion (SSE Arena), Ring of Steel (Kabosh) Her last directing role was the sell out Bernies Big Day Out (SSE Arena) she is also writing and directing a new children’s show, Teddy, Dolly and Me for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, for a summer tour. Christina is working with GBL and Greenshoot productions on a new community engagement project, culminating in a large-scale professional production written by Gary Mitchell and directed by Christina in 2023/2024.

Over the last year she has directed and appeared in a series of comedy plays touring throughout Northern Ireland. The latest being her hit, one woman show I’ll Tell My Ma a prequel to the Aisling Award winning Is That Too Hot (Mac Theatre), also staring Christina and written by Patricia Gormley. During 2021/22 Nelson played Bette Midler and Dolly Parton in the successful tours of The Broads and I Got You Dolly, Love Cher (Eastside Arts) written by Maria Connelly.

TV/Film Credits: Back in 5 (Armchair and Rocket), History Makers (director Stephen Pierce, BBC), Make the Difference (Director Michael Oneil) My Mother and Other Strangers (Director Adrian Shergold, BBC)

GOOD VIBRATIONS / 09 - 20 May 2023 /

AS POLLY ‘THE PUNK’, BBC RECEPTIONIST

Jolene is an actor/singer born and bred in Belfast.

Theatre credits include: Wiper at Work, Dear Ireland (The Abbey Theatre, Dublin), Polly in Good Vibrations (Lyric Theatre, Belfast 2018), Florinda in Into The Woods (NI Opera/Lyric Theatre), Kiss Me Kate (NI Opera/Lyric Theatre), Sweeney Todd (NI Opera/ Lyric Theatre), Mirrorball (Replay Theatre Co/Lyric Theatre), Pumpgirl in Pumpgirl (Decadent Theatre Company) and Logainne in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Bruiser Theatre Company).

Television credits include: Eat the Rich (RTÉ Storyland), My Mother and Other Strangers (BBC), Marú (RTÉ), Scúp (RTÉ) and Cracking Crime (RTÉ).

Jolene is a main vocalist every year for Lush! Classical at The SSE Arena, Belfast with The Ulster Orchestra. She is one half of singing duo ‘O’Hara’ with her sister Philippa. They have performed all over Ireland and the UK. Jolene provided vocals on Van Morrison’s Moving On Skiffle album and is part of the live band lineup for his Moving on Skiffle live tour. Jolene can also be heard on the BBC programmes Classical Connections with John Toal accompanied by Ruth McGinley on piano and on Belfast Mixtape - Songs from Lockdown concert.

AS BRIAN YOUNG, BANK MANAGER

Gavin is a multidisciplinary creative from Belfast; working as an Actor, AV VR Designer and Filmmaker for the past ten years. Gavin has had the opportunity to work across the main performance venues in Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland, as well as in Canada and Sweden.

Recent acting credits include: The Northman (Focus Features), St Mungos (BBC), Good Vibrations (Lyric Theatre), Miami Showband (Irish Tour), The Sparticle Mystery (BBC), Tender Napalm (Lyric Theatre), Demented (Lyric Theatre), Departure Lounge (GOH) Smiley (Lyric Theatre), Re-engerise (Lyric Theatre).

Recent AV Design credits include: Mirrorball (Replay), Duck Duck Goose (Fishamble), The House (Big Telly), The Musician (The Belfast Ensemble), Ten Palgues (The Belfast Ensemble), Septep (The Belfast Ensemble), Fall Of The House of Usher (The Belfast Ensemble), C*** of Queen Catherine (The Belfast Ensemble), Something in the Air (Brassneck)

Recent Filmmaking credits include: The House VR, Two Fingers Up, Heave, Beautiful, Take Him Out, Mr Penny, Handyman’s Tool, One of Life’s Little Lessons

AS GREG COWAN, FEARGAL SHARKEY, MARTY,

Dylan Reid was born & currently lives in Derry, Northern Ireland. He graduated with a level 3 Performing Arts from NWRC.

Theatre Credits include: Cinderella (Millenium Forum), Walled city Passion (Blue Eagle), The White Handkerchief (The Playhouse), Good Vibrations (Lyric Theatre), Once the Musical (Landmark Productions), Once the Musical - South Korea (Mark Rubinstein LTD)

Film & TV Credits include : A Bump Along the Way (Element Pictures & Gallagher Productions) Walled City Passion (RTE & BBC) Let It Shine (BBC) The White Handkerchief (BBC)

As Terri Hooley As Ruth Carr

Glen was most recently seen on stage in the World Premiere of Under the Black Rock at The Arcola Theatre, London where he originated the role of Brendan Swords. His most recent screen work was in Season 3 of the ITV/Netflix award winning drama MARCELLA.

Other notable TV credits include: BAFTA award winner Jamie Johnson (BBC/Short Form), BAFTA nominated The Secret (ITV/Hat Trick) as well as playing regular characters in Coronation Street (ITV), EastEnders (BBC), River City (BBC) and Malachy Fisher in Hollyoaks (Channel 4) where he was nominated for ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Dramatic Performance’ and ‘Best Exit’ at The British Soap Awards, TV Quick & Choice Awards, Inside Soap Awards and with The Royal Television Society.

Lyric Theatre, Belfast credits: Dockers, Arms and the Man and The Snow Queen. Other Theatre credits include: Antigone directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, part of the ‘International Directors Lab’ and Paddy Campbell’s The Blessed directed by Maria Crocker (both National Theatre, London). Stones in his Pockets (New Vic Theatre and International Tour), Whistle Down the Wind (UK Tour), Murder in Bridgport (World Premiere, Old Red Lion, London).

Trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama.

Theatre: Cinderella (The MAC Belfast); Bridesmaids of Northern Ireland (GBL Productions); Kiss Me Kate (Lyric Theatre Belfast); The Threepenny Opera (Northern Ireland Opera) Cinderella (The Orchard Theatre); Cinderella (Grand Opera House); The Bloody Irish! (Helix Theatre/Broadcast on PBS); Aladdin (Grand Opera House); Lizzie Siddal (Arcola Theatre); Cinderella (Grand Opera House); Notes To Future Self (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Parade (Donmar Warehouse)

Television: Brave New World (Amblin/ Dreamworks for NBC Universal); Francis of Assisi: A Life Of Adventure (Dreamlight International Productions); Hayden’s Dream (Paul McKenzie/Foz Allan); Doctors (BBC); London Irish (Channel 4); The Life And Adventures Of Nick Nickleby (BBC); 6 Degrees (BBC NI); Misfits (E4 for Channel 4); Injustice (Travers Productions Ltd); Runaway (Company Television Productions Ltd); Casualty (BBC); Vexed (Greenlit Rights Lts); The Inbetweeners (Bwark Productions); Minder (Talkback Thames/ Five)

Film: Her Penpal (UFO Films); Unsinkable (PMI Films); The Heiress (Flare Film); Son of Perdition (Matthew Harrison Films); Life Just Is (Ruby Films); Jane Eyre (Focus Features); A Kiss For Jed (Louisiana Film Productions); Boogeyman 3 (BM3 Productions); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Dreamworks/Warner)