Creative Sessions With Creative People

This week I sit down with Aidan O'Sullivan, a Dublin based actor and a graduate of Bow Street Academy where he trained in screen acting with Gerry Grennell and ShimmyMarcus. He has acted in a variety of award – winning feature films including Full Circle, SpaWeekend, Follow the Dead, The New Music and Tradition with Paul Ronan and BrendanGrace. Aidan has an honours degree in Performing Arts and has also trained in the MeisnerTechnique with Momentum Studios Dublin.Upcoming feature films to be released include roles in Spears, Dredges, Crosshair and A Sunken Place with Patrick Bergin. He has worked with the award – winning actor, writer and director Seamus O Rourke on two occasions, having acted opposite each other in SmockAlley Theatre’sThe Grave as part of Scene and Heard TheatreFestival.He can be seen with Seamus in the award – winning short film Mad One, which also features Séan Doyle from Normal People.Aidan is looking forward to working with award winning Filmmaker Stephen Gaffney on the Northern Ireland Screen production A Profession Of Violence with Eric Lalor and Fionna Hewitt Twamley.

My guest this week is the amazingly talented Ronika Merl, an award winning, twice optioned screenwriter, and producer. Having placed highly in both the Nicholl Fellowship and the Austin Film Festival in 2019, She has since expanded her slate to now contain more than 10 feature scripts. Her stories range from drama to fantasy to action, and are always centered around women like her: real, honest, heartbroken, and heartbreaking. Her autobiographical drama "BlackBird" (an excerpt from her Memoir “The Unfinished Heart”), which is a reflection on her own journey from human trafficking towards a brighter future, has been optioned and is in the early stages of independent pre-production, as is her action feature “In Your Name”. She is also producing her debut feature, It Was You, in coordination with Skiddadle Films.

On this episode I sit down with a renaissance man of theatre, actor, writer, director, and producer Luke Collins! We talk everything from acting, directing, comedy, The Collective Productions, to post covid plans! Please Like, share and follow the podcast! New episodes every Friday!

On this week's episode I sit down and chat with the one and only actor and character extraordinaire Roy Grimson! We talk everything from his heroes Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, Covid pantomimes, voice work and podcasting, acting, theatre, film, funny moments on set and stage, and Roy's advocacy for mental health!

On this episode I speak with upcoming actress Saorla Wright. We discuss how she got her start in acting, embarking on an acting tour in France at the age of eighteen, funny stories from our time on tour together, her move to Barcelona to study, and how she then embarked on another move to London where she is actively pursuing her acting career!

On this episode I sit down with Irish music sensation Ciaran Darcy or Darce as he's known in the music business! We talk about his experiences with music, finding a stage name, influences, acting, as well as a host of funny stories from his time on stage!

On the very first episode of Creative Sessions with Creative People I sit down with comedian Alex Byrne. We discuss his influences, his comedic style, how he deals with the dreaded heckler, reminisce about the first play we worked on together in 2017, and of course, Alex's obsession with Tommy Wiseau and The Room!

Starting May 21st with new episodes every Friday! Join your host Alan as he interviews a variety of creative people each and every week ranging from actors to musicians to comedians and so much more!