In Lockdown With...

Ciaran's guest on this week's episode of the podcast is writer Manon Eames. After studying at the University of Manchester, Manon worked for Theatr Gorllewin Morgannwg, which made theatre in educatio…

On this episode of the 'In Lockdown With' podcast, Ciaran is joined by Swansea-based actor Cara Readle. As a child, Cara appeared in the popular CBBC series 'The Story of Tracy Beaker,' and has gone …

On this week's episode of 'In Lockdown With...' Ciaran chats to Miranda Ballin, artistic director of Sparc Valleys Kids. Sparc supports young people in the Rhondda in accessing the arts, and has prov…

In the first 'In Lockdown With...' of 2021, Ciaran chats to theatre director Derek Cobley. Derek is a former artistic director of West Glamorgan Youth Theatre, and has worked extensively with young p…

On this Boxing Day edition of 'In Lockdown With...' Ciaran's guest is Cardiff based playwright Lisa Parry! Lisa trained and worked as a journalist before embarking on a career in playwriting. She fou…

On this weeks episode, Ciaran is joined by actor Chloe Clarke. Chloe studied Spanish and Politics at the University of Bath, before deciding on a career as an actor. Chloe has worked with companies s…

On this weeks episode, Ciaran chats to writer Peter Cox. Peter studied at St Mary's University in London, before starting his career at the Royal Court. Peter has written for the National Theatre, an…

In this episode of In Lockdown With... Ciaran chats to deaf actor Steph Back about her career. Steph studied Theatre, Arts Education and Deaf Studies at the University of Reading. Since graduating, S…

In this episode of 'In Lockdown With...' Ciaran chats to actor Sara Beer. Sara has worked extensively within the disability arts sector in Wales over the course of her career. As an actor, she has ap…

In this episode, Ciaran chats to Newport based actor and writer Connor Allen. Since graduating from the University of Wales Trinity St David, Connor has appeared in productions by Taking Flight Theat…

In this episode, Ciaran chats to voice coach Nia Lynn. Nia worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company between 2010 and 2016, after studying at Guildhall Drama School she has been a voice and accent coa…

In this episode, Ciaran chats to Harry Bryant, an actor from Cardiff. Harry has been involved with many projects with Mess up the Mess over the last few years, notably Humanequin, a play which explor…

Ciaran chats to writer and artist Chloe Louise Lloyd from Medway in Kent. Chloe attended the University of South Wales where she attained a BA in Scriptwriting. She takes a very stylistic approach to…

Ciaran chats to playwright Dafydd James about his career. Daf's first play 'Llwyth' gained critically acclaim, and was groundbreaking for Welsh language theatre. Here Daf talks about his writing proc…

Ciaran chats to writer Phill Brewer and director Rebecca Emily Riley, co-founders of 'Volition Theatre Company,' based in London. They talk to Ciaran about their time at the BRIT School in London, an…

In this episode, Ciaran chats to Peri Thomas. Peri is an actor, originally from Pembrokeshire. After studying at Aberystwyth University she formed Mess up the Mess Theatre Company, with Sarah Jones, …

In this episode, Ciaran chats to actor Yasmin Williams. Since graduating from the University of Wales Trinity St David, Yas has worked as a trainee producer at the Other Room Theatre in Cardiff. She …

Ciaran chats to musician Lloyd Evans about the affect the Coronavirus is having on the live music industry. Lloyd is a member of Cardiff band the Catacombs and in addition has recently joined 'The Ri…

Ciaran chats to artistic director of Cwmni'r Fran Wen, Gethin Evans. After studying at the University of South Wales, Gethin formed Cwmni Pluen with Elgan Rhys. Pluen have subsequently been company i…

Ciaran chats to director and writer Nerida Bradley. After starting out on the young writers groups at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Nerida studied at the University of South Wales. She has since…