Mairéad Folan

Mairéad Folan is the Artistic Director of Galway-based theatre company NoRopes. She has been a bilingual freelance theatre practitioner since 2005. Mairéad was the recipient of the Mentoring award supported by the Arts Council’s Arts and Disability Connect Scheme managed by Arts and Disability Ireland in 2017. She was awarded a New Work award supported by the Arts Council’s Arts and Disability Connect Scheme managed by Arts and Disability Ireland and also one of the artists in residence on Druid’s FUEL programme in 2018. She is a founding member of theatre collective for independent artists in Galway, Theatre57 and is a board member of An Taibhdhearc’s Board of Directors. Meet Luke is Mairéad’s debut as a playwright. Meet Luke toured Galway and Dublin in 2018.