Associate Artists are an important aspect to the ethos of Bluepatch. Our Associate Artists include Actress and Director Andrea Scott and Songstress and Musician Aisling Quinn.
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Andrea Scott is an actor, director, theatre maker and Artistic Director of Floating World Productions . Most recently Andrea conceived, produced and co-ordinated ‘picturing the SOUL’ – a multi-disciplinary event in the Back Loft including over 20 artists, live performances, films, video art, installation and music. She holds an MA in Theatre Directing from UCD, a Licentiate Diploma from the Leinster School of Music & Drama and trained in Suzuki, Viewpoints and creative collaboration with Anne Bogart’s SITI Company in New York. Acting credits include The Open Rehearsals, Stevie in The Goat for Duked Productions, Woman in Ciara McMahon’s short film “I used to call it a gold, but it’s a platinum one, Platinum”, Faye in Memory Palace – a collaborative devised piece with Bluepatch Productions (Galway Theatre Festival 2010), Celia in Aisling’s Diary (RTE), Portia in Portia Coughlan (New Theatre), and Young Medea in Medea Redux (Bernard Shaw Beer Garden, Galway Theatre Festival 2009 & Smock Alley Theatre). Directing credits include The Stronger by August Strindberg in Culturebox as part of ‘Freestage,’ November 2011. The Open Rehearsals – a music theatre collective – Christ Church Cathedral, July 2011. Striptease for You and Me Productions in Focus Theatre, May 2011. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, DNA, The Chyrsalids, Totally Over You, and Multiplex all in Players Theatre for Act One Youth Theatre. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was also performed in Stephen’s Green Park as part of the Shakespeare Festival 2010.
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“Songwriting, for me, is like having my own language where the hum of a bus, the sound of footsteps, a typewriter can all form part of the dictionary.”
Musician and Songstress Aisling Quinn released her debut album, Let The Games Begin in May 2011 to 5 ***** star reviews in the UK, high praise here in Ireland and International recognition as semi-finalist at the International Songwriting Competition 2009 and 2010. Catching her first break of 2012 she is heading Scotside to play on the Danny Kyle Open Stage for emerging talent at Celtic Connetions Festival. Aisling is a regular collaborator and composer for Bluepatch. She was main collaborator and performer in Memory Palace (Galway Theatre Festival 2010) and Medea Redux (Smock Alley, Galway Theatre Festival, Bodytonicmusics’s Bernard Shaw). Aisling composed the original music for The Clean House (The New Theatre) and Portia Coughlan (The New Theatre). In 2009 Aisling supported Albert Niland and Rosey on their respective Irish tours. She has been praised by Hotpress Magazine as “Hot Stuff” and applauded for “avoiding singer/songwriter clichés and offering us something less predictable”. Her debut album ‘Let The Games Begin’ showcases songs which are a quirky and energetic infusion of jazz, pop, folk and blues.
