Thirteen Steps to the Attic World premiere Firkin Crane, Cork | March 16 Thirteen Steps to the Attic is my first full length solo show, and I'm delighted to be presenting this new work at Firkin Crane, Cork next month. Thirteen Steps to the Attic is a multi layered montage of movement and text directed by Rowan Tolley (Rowan…Read more Thirteen Steps to the Attic Premiere

THANK YOU! Thank you so much to the wonderful people who donated to my GoFundMe campaign and helped me to raise additional funds for my solo performance piece Thirteen Steps to the Attic. The extra funds will go towards the production and other dates later in the year........all will be revealed early next year! Thirteen Steps to…Read more TSTTA Funding Campaign

Thank you Irish Theatre Institute for a brilliant year on the ELEVATOR programme! // This year, 2017, I was selected as one of six, for ELEVATOR, a new initiative established by Irish Theatre Institute in association with the Town Hall Theatre, Galway.  An East/West partnership, funded by the Arts Council, ELEVATOR acts as a Resource Sharing…Read more ELEVATOR 2017

Irish Theatre Institute Elevator Programme 2017

This year I was a participant on The Next Stage; the artist development strand of Dublin Theatre Festival in association with Theatre Forum. I was awarded a full bursary through Dance Ireland who make provision for one member  every year. The Next Stage takes place over the course of the Festival, an 18 day schedule of workshops, talks, master-classes and…Read more The Next Stage 2016

ENTHRONED by Jenny Macdonald opens at FringeNYC: The New York International Fringe Festival 2016

TURF will run for two performances as part of this years Cruthú Arts Festival Longford. Performed by Longford man Frank Farrell, directed by Rowan Tolley, TURF will run at The Longford Arms Hotel, Main Street, Longford. Tickets are available form Longford Tourism Office t. 043 3342577 and from Valentines Bar, Main Street. Listen back to…Read more TURF at Cruthú Arts Festival

ENTHRONED by Jenny Macdonald has been programmed in FringeNYC The New York International Fringe Festival

DANCE TALKS: MAKING ART WORK - WITH AND FOR THE COMMUNITY I was invited to speak at  the first of a series of Dance Talks at DanceHouse, hosted by Dance Ireland. Joining me on the panel were Jazmin Chiodi and Alex Iseli (Iseli-Chiodi Company) where were were addressing the topic: MAKING ART WORK- WITH AND FOR…Read more DANCE TALKS | Jan 2016

Cathy Coughlan presents CONTEMPORARY ARTS PRACTICE AND SCREEN BASED TECHNOLOGY Friday 6th November RuaRed, Tallaght Dancer and visual artist Cathy Coughlan presented a morning of dance film, performance and documentary as part of the REWIND Film Festival at RuaRed. The day also saw the launch of HAVOC; a remote company (web-based initiative) established through Cathy's…Read more HAVOC DANCE

Kildare Dance Summer School Day 2 Tuesday 22nd July Before I set off this morning I picked up one of the tutors Fergus Byrne from his Dublin studios and managed to squeeze his wooden sculptures into the car! Not quite the aesthetic look he was going for but who would take any notice of us…Read more Kildare Dance Summer School Day #2

I was delighted to kick off the Summer School with so many eager participants with the Welcome Workshop.  There were familiar faces and many new ones. I was happy to see friends that I had trained with nearly ten years ago at the Laban Leadership course with Midland Arts. The aim of this session was…Read more Kildare Dance Summer School DAY#1