Pady O'Connor

Actor, Director, Teacher of theatre, Mask, Clown, Commedia Dell'Arte, Creator of playful spaces, Artistic Director @MeeMeetheatre - A curious dreamer at heart.

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2/2 Also to @EmmaTilney1 for the beautiful support in these journeys - filming, taking photographs, but also as MeeMee Theatre’s partner and incredible creative thinker and maker. #Physicaltheatre #Theatre #Visualtheatre #Playfulspace #masterclass #stories

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1/2 MeeMee Theatres’ House of Creation discovered an empty space and filled it with all its magical wonders, bringing people together with curious hearts, to dream and play in this world of the imagination. Thank you to the incredible students from @NTR_PROJECTA #Mask #clown

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3/3 looking forward to continuing sharing, the wonderful things I embraced over this time - look out for exciting up and coming announcements #clown #clowning #actorslife #performer #theatrelife #play #connection #rednose #creativity #whynotinstitute #londonmimefestival

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2/3 I cherish all the beautiful moments we have shared at the @WhyNotInstitute Angela De Castro - what a truly special soul you are, thank you for your generosity, openness, laughter, honesty and encouragement (and the gift of the dairylea) to embrace our individualism.

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1/3 London you been so beautiful to me, what an incredible inspiring journey I have had. I’ve spent the last month in this magical place developing my Clown, playing with a fantastic bunch of creatives, who were so honest and true from all corners of the world.

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@hgoudiehunter @TheDProjectNE It was my absolute pleasure to work with you
@hgoudiehunter and Jonny on this show @TheDProjectNE #HEDGE, what a lovely day of discovery and playful findings, hopefully we get to play in the future, take care, and good luck going forward... #Dramaturg #Theatre #YoungPeople

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3/3 Big thanks to @DodgyClutch for bringing people together in true collaboration and @NorthumbrianH20 for their continued belief in this magical event.
#childrenstheatre #christmas #Gatherings #Humanspirit #outdoortheatre #elvesandtheshoemaker

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2/3 The very heart of coming together was strong and it was such a privilege to be part of this time, these moments, and be able to perform in such beautiful surroundings to full audiences.
#theatre #stories #tales #kielderwinterwonderland #dodgyclutch #families #creativity

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1/3 Neither covid or a storm could stop the spirit we had to continue to share our stories at Kielder Winter Wonderland with the incredible audiences that took a journey to this magical place.

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3/3 Special thanks to @miranda_thain for weaving such beautiful words together from our collaborative thoughts and devising; such a spirit of openness to play and explore. #theatre #families #stories #play #littleworlds #childrenattheheart #imagination #memories

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2/3 an unknowing journey of wonder - with a sprinkle of darkness - into this world of stories, theatre, and memories. It was so beautiful to see everyone young and old, being lost for a short time in this playful place; they were a huge part of bringing it to life.

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1/3 I had an incredible time with @HullabalooTweet bringing little worlds to life playing Ted "the Lookerafterer" of these imaginative interactive sculptures, "The Thingamabobas" (@digitsetdesign @imaginarymakers so many wonderful families took

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Beautiful #stories #BlackLove at the #RoundaboutPP at Harbottle Park, really strong engaging performers. @painesplough @northernstage, lovely crossing of paths with old friends @judenelson96, good times @EmmaTilney1 on all weekend have a peek. #theatre #connection #togetherness.

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Great to be part of these positive talks @northernstage for directors in the North East, so important building these wonderful conversations, great people in the room, and the whole experience overseen by the caring eyes of
@TraynorKaren @NMHIBUIsHere n Obi #theatre #directors

[Project A - Actor Training Company @NTR_PROJECTA]

A brilliant week last week with the wonderful, inspiring and always playful @MeeMeetheatre Thank you lots to @PadyOConnor and Emma for a wonderful time!

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@BBCSpringwatch in a little shed at the bottom of our garden, we have a beautiful lodger, these are the eggs of a blackbird, we created an entrance so they can get in, and cleared everything out, so they have peaceful shelter to bring new life in safely #nature #BirdsSeenIn2021

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@NMHIBUIsHere @AdamOfDonaldson @Al_pritchard5 @hooleytheatre Hahaha how wonderful, @NMHIBUIsHere Kurtis Tiberius is always up for an adventure...!

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A coming together of wonderful souls @BristolOldVic #TheGathering a celebration of the beauty of theatre and poetry, the words of #michealbyrne and #sianphillips took me to a special place, where everything is possible. #theatre #Creative #sharedmoments #dreams #possibilities

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@AMarkCalvert @AMarkCalvert hope your new journeys are full of wonder, enjoyed our chats along the way about the rich tapestry of theatre we loved - Beautiful memories training actors to discover playful spaces of curiosity, made possible through your openness, hope our paths cross again x

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A truly magical journey to be part of, the discovery, the wanderings, @unfoldingtheatr @BoilerShopNCL and hide an seek, finding those little places where secrets have a voice, i'll never forget the steps I took at the end to a sea of silhouetted faces, good memories never fade x

[Unfolding Theatre @unfoldingtheatr]

Today is Unfolding Theatre's 12th birthday!
We can't have you all round for a big party, so we're going to share 12 photos of favourite memories.

#1 Our first show #BuildingPalaces. Made in @BoilerShopNCL with an amazing team.

#UnfoldingTheatreIs12