Al Bellamy is a theatre director from Wexford. Their directing credits across film and theatre include: The Merrow (Project Arts Centre, Short Cuts Award, 2022), Yellow (DraÃocht Arts Centre, Granary Theatre, Neuroconvergence, National Festival of Youth Theatres, Bounce Disability Arts Festival) from November 2022 to July 2025, and Close All Tabs (Smock Alley Boys School, Scene + Heard Festival 2024). They developed and directed a groundbreaking new piece of theatre, Home Sweet Home, with Jody O’Neill and Suisha Inclusive Arts which premiered in the Granary Theatre in Cork Midsummer Festival 2024 and funded by their Arts Council Arts Participation Project Award. In 2022, they were funded by the Arts Council Agility Award for Mythics, creating a space for neurodivergent people to explore reworkings of Irish Folklore and Mythology. In 2023, they received the Arts Council Theatre Bursary to develop a holistic methodology for disability-inclusive practice. They have given workshops on Creatively Embedded Access in the Eduard Smilgis Theatre, Riga, and for Disrupt Disability Arts Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival.
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