Stage / Theatre/ TV Experience
Orla is an experienced actress and has worked professionally in film, TV and theatre. She has directed, stage managed and coordinated costumes for theatre productions.Orla has received bursaries and grants from the Kildare County Council Arts Department to attend acting courses, record her own play, devise a performance to commemorate the 1916 rising and produce a short film she co-wrote. A story she wrote was selected and recorded for Kildare County Council’s ‘Stories for the Ear’. Orla also was awarded an Arts Council Agility Award.
Qualifications - MA Dramatherapy, NUI Maynooth
- Diploma in Drama and Theatre Studies, NUI Maynooth
- Diploma of Licentiate, Irish Board of Speech and Drama – LIBSD
- Diploma of Associate, Irish Board of Speech and Drama – AIBSD
- Certificate in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship – Trinity College
- Laban Guild Dance Leader
- Advanced Performance Acting, Gaiety School of Acting
Orla believes in the importance of continuous professional development and attends training courses and workshops on an ongoing basis. Professional Memberships - Speech and Drama Teachers of Ireland (Past Treasurer)
- Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists
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