Sinbad

Christmas Pantomime 2023

30th November - 3rd December

The Cast of Sinbad

Dara Reilly

Sinbad

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Dara made his An Nuadha Players debut in 2022 in our Christmas Pantomime, Snow White, where he played the vain ponce, sorry we mean Prince, Egon. Dara has been in numerous shows with The Civic Theatre and Dramatic Action and loves singing and dancing. He is delighted to be back with us again and is honoured to play the title role of Sinbad in this year’s panto.
Amber Heneghan

Mirabel

PAST SHOWS
Sleeping Beauty (2017), Beauty and the Beast (2019), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Amber joined An Nuadha Players as part of the children’s chorus in the 2017 pantomime production of Sleeping Beauty. Amber loves being involved in Theatre, especially dancing and singing. She has been in other pantomimes with An Nuadha Players, including, 2019, Beauty and the Beast, 2022, Snow White. She has been actively involved in Theatreworx stage school and has been doing theatre productions for several years. Amber is really excited to be taking to the stage as our leading lady, Mirabel, in this year’s pantomime production of Sinbad. It promises to be great fun with a super cast and script.
Éabha Daly

Swash

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Éabha is back with An Nuadha Players for her second show, having made her debut with us in 2022 for our Christmas Pantomime, Snow White, where she played our fabulous fairy, Pip. Éabha is also part of Westside Performing Arts and loves musical theatre.
Caolainn Hanlon

Buckle

MORE... Caolainn is 16 years old and is new to An Nuadha Players, making her debut in this year’s panto, and she is really enjoying it so far. For the past 6 years, she has been a part of a wonderful drama group called Dramatic Action. She loves science and Taylor Swift. She plays guitar and is a member of her school’s science club, student council, well-being committee, choir, debate team, EPAS programme and events committee.
Rachel Butler

Polly Unsaturate

PAST SHOWS
Beauty and the Beast (2019)
MORE... Rachel made her debut with An Nuadha Players in 2019 in our Christmas Pantomime, Beauty and the Beast, where she played one of Gasbag’s admirers, Baguette. Rachel trained as an armed stage combat performer with The Lir in 2021/22, and she is excited to be swapping swords for saucepans in her return to panto as temperamental ship's cook, Polly Unsaturate.
John Bean

Labhrás the Lobster

MORE... John has featured regularly in An Nuadha Players’ Pantomimes since 2002 when he played the Sherriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. Other pantomime roles include Dandini in Cinderella and Abanazar in Aladdin. He played Joxer Daly in Juno and the Paycock and the title role in The Shaughran, also with An Nuadha Players. He played the role of Joseph Barry in Down at Heel Productions’ War of Independence soap drama podcast, Fractured. He is also a member of North Kildare-based chamber choir Canadh le Chéile. He is enjoying working with this year’s wonderful production team and is particularly delighted to see so many younger members of the group taking on leading roles.
Rían Glynn

Sir Sidney Slither

PAST SHOWS
Robin Hood (2002), Cinderella (2003), Aladdin (2004), Beauty and the Beast (2005), The Case of the Count Formerly Known as Dracula (2011), Sinbad (2011), Blue Wine (Director) (2015), Conquered Not We Were (2016), Robin Hood (2016), Sleeping Beauty (2017), Jack and the Beanstalk (2018), Beauty and the Beast (2019)
MORE... Having joined An Nuadha Players as kid who was too tall to be a kid, Rían has been heavily involved in the group on stage and off stage since 2002. His first principle role came in the 2011 production of The Tale of The Count Formerly Known as Dracula and was quickly followed by playing the titular role in Sinbad (2011), so Rían is delighted to be back as the bad guy this year (from Sinbad to Sinworse eh?). He also had the opportunity to direct his first play with Blue Wine by Rory Griffin in 2015. From 2013-2016, Rían sat on the committee, acting as chairperson for two of those years as well. Outside of An Nuadha Players, Rían has been involved with Insight Theatre Group in numerous variety nights, On The Outside by Tom Murphy (2013), The Crucible by Arthur Miller (2017) and he also directed the hugely successful Alone It Stands (2018 & 2020). When not being typecast as the bad guy, Rían performs stand up comedy around Ireland.
Alisha Shiels

Twittley

MORE... This is Alisha’s first show with An Nuadha Players and she is so excited!!! Alisha started drama in Dramatic Action Maynooth and her love for musical theatre grew from there. She was in the chorus for Kilcock Musical & Dramatic Society’s Panto last year and enjoyed all the fun and silliness of pantos! Alisha can’t wait to take the stage with all her friends and have a great time! Welcome to An Nuadha Players, Alisha!
Georgia Martin

Ariel

MORE... Georgia is one of our newest members, making her An Nuadha Players debut in this year’s panto, Sinbad. She hasn’t been part of any private drama groups but has always been involved in school productions and anything related to theatre that she can get her hands on. When Georgia was younger she did ballet and did her first big production at the state theatre in Pretoria, South Africa - that’s when Georgia found she really loved performing arts. Welcome to An Nuadha Players, Georgia!
Claire Scully

Anabel/Core Dancer

PAST SHOWS
Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2022), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Claire is back with An Nuadha Players for her third show, having made her debut with us in 2022 for our special production of Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale, and she also joined us for our Christmas Pantomime, Snow White, the same year. Claire says doing shows with us is the highlight of her year. She loves acting and dancing, and playing guitar and piano.
John FitzGibbon-Moore

Blackbeard

PAST SHOWS
Robin Hood (2002), Cinderella (2003), Aladdin (2004), Beauty and the Beast (2005), Sinbad (2006), Robin Hood (2007), Aladdin (2010), Cinderella (2013), Little Red Riding Hood (2014), Blue Wine (2015), The Snow Queen (2015), Conquered Not We Were (2016), Robin Hood (2016), Jack and the Beanstalk (2018), Beauty and the Beast (2019), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... John has been a member of An Nuadha Players since 2002. He was but a wee junior pirate in Sinbad in 2006, but some seventeen years later after a successful pirate mutiny and having finally grown a real BEARD, he is delighted to now be the most skilled (incompetent) and feared (pathetic) pirate in the land! Other recent roles John has played include Gar Public in ‘Philadelphia Here I Come’, Chris in ‘All My Sons’, and multiple roles in ‘Alone it Stands’ with Insight Theatre Celbridge. When not at sea, John teaches Music and Irish locally in Maynooth Community College. He made his directorial debut this year with Maynooth Education Campus’ hugely successful musical, ‘The Addams Family’.
Calina O Shea

Black Bess

PAST SHOWS
Cinderella (2013), Little Red Riding Hood (2014), The Snow Queen (2015), Robin Hood (2016), Sleeping Beauty (2017), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2019), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2022), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Calina has been a member of An Nuadha Players since 2013, when she took on the title role in the Christmas Pantomime, Cinderella. The friendships she has made through this group are very precious to Calina. She also feels very lucky to have performed with all 5 of her children in pantos during her 10 years of being involved with the group. Calina has also performed in musicals with Clane Musical and Dramatic Society (CMDS), where she was lucky to play Carrie in Carousel - one of her favourite ever roles - and Susan in Calamity Jane. As a child Calina performed in the kids chorus in the panto in Dundalk and as a teen in Carrickmacross she played Maid Marion in Robin Hood. She was classically trained in singing growing up with Geraldine Mc Gee, and competed in many feises, including feis ceoil annually. Geraldine really inspired Calina to go on to study music in college. Calina completed all of her Speech and Drama exams under Margaret Casey's tuition and was accepted into Betty Ann Norton's school of acting where she completed a year of performance studies. She feels very lucky to have learned from these three fabulous ladies. Calina has had some really fun roles with An Nuadha Players and it's really since joining the group that her love of being on stage has developed, even though she was seeped in music and acting growing up. Pluc, Lily White and Cinderella are Calina’s 3 favourite characters since joining An Nuadha Players, and Black Bess is proving to be another favourite.
Saoirse Walsh Colfer

Hotbeard/Core Dancer

PAST SHOWS
Aladdin (2004), Beauty and the Beast (2005), Sinbad (2006), Robin Hood (2007), Cinderella (2008), Aladdin (2010), Sinbad (2011), Beauty and the Beast (2012), Cinderella (2013), Little Red Riding Hood (2014), The Snow Queen (2015), Robin Hood (2016), Sleeping Beauty (2017), Jack and the Beanstalk (2018), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2019), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2022), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Saoirse has been a member of An Nuadha Players since 2004, when she joined the children’s chorus for the Christmas Pantomime, Aladdin. The following year she auditioned to be a core dancer and has been part of the core dancers in every Christmas Pantomime since then. As well as performing on stage, Saoirse also works behind the scenes on the group’s committee as the Marketing & Advertising Officer, looking after everything from designing event posters to managing the online presence of An Nuadha Players to ticket sales. She has been on the committee for around 12 years. Saoirse loves to dance and trained at the Peelo School of Dance in ballet, contemporary, hip hop and jazz. She was also part of the Dance Society during her time in NUI Maynooth and currently trains at Monica Loughman Elite Ballet. She also loves to sing and is a member of the choir Canadh le Chéile with a number of other members of An Nuadha Players. Saoirse took on her first leading role in the group’s special production of Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale in 2022, following years of insisting she would never do a speaking part, and is really looking forward to playing Hotbeard in this year’s panto, Sinbad.
John O'Toole

Goodbeard/King Neptune

PAST SHOWS
Beauty and the Beast (2012), Dirt Tracks (2013), Cinderella (2013), The Snow Queen (2015), Robin Hood (2016), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2019), and Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2022)
MORE... John has been a member of An Nuadha Players since 2012 when he joined the adult chorus for the pantomime Beauty and the Beast, landing his first solo in the same show, and has been involved in many Pantomimes and a play in the years since having small parts or solo numbers in a few. He is a former Committee member. The performing bug bit young with John with him taking up Speech and Drama at the age of four and he trained until the age of seventeen. While a student in Maynooth Post Primary, John took part in three School musicals; Oliver, Guys and Dolls and Les Miserables. He also loves to sing, taking part in choirs while in education including the Maynooth University Gospel choir taking their motto to heart to "sing yourself Happy". He is also a member of Canadh Le Chéile along with other members of An Nuadha Players. He is looking forward to the challenge of taking part in Sinbad where he is playing King Neptune and the pirate Goodbeard.
Camilla Pedersen

Weirdbeard

PAST SHOWS
Robin Hood (2016), Sleeping Beauty (2017), Jack and the Beanstalk (2018), Beauty and the Beast (2019), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2022), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Camilla started with a local youth theatre group in 2000, where they did plays they wrote themselves and performed at different festivals in Denmark. While with the group Camilla was the bass player, as well as acting and singing, and was also the group's choreographer. She joined An Nuadha Players in 2016 for the Robin Hood panto, and has been involved ever since. In 2019 and 2022, Camilla played Lydia Lubey in All My Sons and Kate Doogan in Philadelphia, Here I Come!, respectively, with Insight Theatre in Celbridge.
Laura Brennan

Sillybeard

PAST SHOWS
Jack and the Beanstalk (2018), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2019), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2022), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Laura is originally from Carlow, moving to Maynooth for college in 2011 and deciding to never leave soon thereafter. While studying at Maynooth she was a founding member of Maynooth University Musical Society. She joined An Nuadha Players for their production of Jack and the Beanstalk in 2018 and has never looked back, appearing in every panto since. She is also a member of Teacher's Musical Society, joining them for their AIMS award winning productions Sister Act (2020) and Urinetown (2023). She also recently completed her RIAM Grade 7 Musical Theatre and Popular Singing under the tutelage of Kaeylea Van Keith. Laura has really enjoyed rehearsing for Sinbad and would like to thank the hard-working committee and production team for making it happen!
Eboni Heneghan

Whatbeard/Core Dancer

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Eboni joined An Nuadha Players as one of our fantastic Little People of the Forest (Yankee) in the 2022 pantomime production of Snow White. Eboni loves being involved in productions with An Nuadha Players, especially dancing and singing. Eboni loves sport but is equally at home on the stage. Eboni is really excited to be taking to the stage as a core dancer in the 2023 pantomime production of Sinbad.
Síomha Glynn

Core Dancer

PAST SHOWS
Jack and the Beanstalk (2001), Robin Hood (2002), Cinderella (2003), Aladdin (2004), Cinderella (2008), Aladdin (2010), Sinbad (2011), Same Old Moon (2012), Beauty and the Beast (2012), Dirt Tracks (2013), Cinderella (2013), Little Red Riding Hood (2014), The Snow Queen (2015), Echoes From A Room (2016), Robin Hood (2016), Sleeping Beauty (2017), Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2019), and Snow White (2022)
MORE... Síomha has been a member of An Nuadha Players since 2001, when she joined the children’s chorus for our very first Christmas Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk. Since then, Síomha has been involved in most of the pantomimes An Nuadha Players have staged, taking part in the chorus, as a core dancer, in principal roles, as well as helping out with stage crew and front of house. She also joined us for our plays Same Old Moon, Echoes From A Room, Dirt Tracks, and our special production of Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale in 2019. Síomha loves to sing and dance. She trained in Estill Method singing for 7 years and has played the violin since the age of 6. She did some training in dancing when she was younger but learned most of what she knows from the amazing choreographers of An Nuadha Players.
Rosa Ní Loinsigh

Core Dancer

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Rosa is back with An Nuadha Players for her second show, having made her debut with us in 2022 for our Christmas Pantomime, Snow White, where she was part of our fantastic core dancers. Rosa loves to dance and does ballet, hip hop and Irish dancing, so it’s no surprise that she is one of our core dancers again this year.
Autumn Carey

Ensemble

PAST SHOWS
Sinbad, Cinderella, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Robin Hood, Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale, and Snow White
MORE... Autumn has been a member of the An Nuadha Players since 2006, beginning with her debut role in the first production of Sinbad. Throughout the past 17 years, she has had the opportunity to contribute to numerous theatrical productions. However, this year is particularly special as Autumn is embarking on her first speaking role.
Nakita Maxime Downes

Ensemble

MORE... Nakita is one of our newest members, making her An Nuadha Players debut in this year’s panto, Sinbad. She is 36 years old and it’s been almost 20 years since she was last on stage. But the excitement Nakita used to get when she was younger is flooding back and she says that shockingly she hasn’t lost her dancing and singing skills! We can absolutely vouch for that! This whole experience with An Nuadha Players has been fantastic and Nakita looks forward to doing many more shows with us going forward - next time she is hoping to push herself and go for an acting role. Many moons ago, she danced on many a stage but Nakita is truly excited to dance on the Aula Maxima stage. Welcome to An Nuadha Players, Nakita!
Ava McCahey

Ensemble

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Ava is back with An Nuadha Players for her second show, having made her debut with us in 2022 for our Christmas Pantomime, Snow White, where she was part of our fantastic chorus. Ava is very creative and loves art, minding her dog, and doing the Christmas Panto with us.
Willow Heneghan

Children's Chorus

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Willow joined An Nuadha Players, with her sisters, as one of our fantastic Little People of the Forest (Clanky) in the 2022 pantomime production of Snow White. Willow loves being involved in productions with An Nuadha Players, especially dancing and singing. Willow loves soccer and GAA but she is really excited to be taking to the stage as part of the children’s chorus in the 2023 pantomime production of Sinbad.
Aoife Kirby

Children's Chorus

MORE... Aoife is one of our newest members, making her An Nuadha Players debut in this year’s panto, Sinbad. Welcome to An Nuadha Players, Aoife!
Abbie O Shea

Children's Chorus

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Abbie joined An Nuadha Players as one of our fantastic Little People of the Forest (Swanky) in last year’s Christmas Pantomime, Snow White. Abbie loves the stage! She has performed with the Peelo School of Dance in dance recitals in The Helix and has also been in productions with Brennan Performing Arts Agency and Theatreworx. She studies piano and has done Speech and Drama exams. Abbie also loves her sports; she plays soccer, Gaelic football and Camogie, and also loves swimming.
Sam O Shea

Children's Chorus

PAST SHOWS
Snow White (2022)
MORE... Sam joined An Nuadha Players as one of our fantastic Little People of the Forest (Hanky) in last year’s Christmas Pantomime, Snow White. Sam is involved in a few groups around the town; he plays GAA and Hurling with Maynooth GAA, Soccer with Maynooth Town FC, and he also does hip hop classes with the Peelo School of Dance. Sam has a love of music and drama, he attends piano lessons with Rachel and Speech and Drama with Geraldine and loves the challenge of having pieces ready to a high standard come exam time.
Michaela Sanders

Children's Chorus

MORE... Michaela is one of our newest members, making her An Nuadha Players debut in this year’s panto, Sinbad. She attended Brennan’s stage school when she was 4/5, has been in a school play and a few other school performances. Welcome to An Nuadha Players, Michaela!
 
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