Michael Quinn

Celebrated playwright, broadcaster and passionate angler who worked on Channel 4’s River Cottage series.

Change-making British satirist on stage, screen and script, and a former associate director at London’s Royal Court

Versatile character actor whose career, both in the UK and US, spanned theatre, radio, TV and film.

Actor best known for playing Dr Dick Stuart-Clark in the Doctor comedy series on TV and whose West End credits included And Then There Were None and Run for Your Wife

Actor whose seven-decade career spanned nationwide rep, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the West End and TV

Puppeteer who co-founded the Puppeteers’ Company, which toured the world from 1980 to 2012

The number of performances in Northern Ireland fell by 27% between April 2023 and March 2024, causing earned income and box-office receipts to decline

The first black actress to appear in a leading role at the National Theatre who was also the first woman to sing with the Rolling Stones was known for her various roles on stage and screen, as well as her time as artistic director of the Rosemary Branch pub theatre in Islington

Distinct waves of women writers and directors have emerged during different decades in Northern Irish theatre. Those on the crest of the current surge talk to Michael Quinn about the systemic problems that have drowned out female voices not just on the country’s stages, but in the nation at large. This time, can the tide finally be turned forever?

Writer, director and poet who founded London fringe venue Theatro Technis George Eugeniou