Darragh O'Leary

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About me

I’m a choreographer, movement director and educator with a passion for discovering and celebrating the potential in all types of storyteller - from professionals to volunteers, community participants, young people and everyone in between. Music features in all of my work, whether that’s front and centre in a musical or simply as a soundscape to add emotional texture. I’m at my happiest collaborating in a playground of other theatre makers: figuring out creative solutions to new theatrical challenges, usually with just a bench and two boxes but sometimes with Danny Boyle in an Olympic Stadium.

My interests mainly lie in new writing and unconventional projects with one of my favourite projects to date being Passport to Pimlico; the promenade actor/musician musical which animated the streets, gardens and public buildings of Pimlico with the audience transported on Routemaster buses between locations - "With an ensemble cast that boasts not one weak link, and a production team that co-ordinates the afternoon with military precision, they achieve the impossible".

I've a keen interest in working with and motivating young people, having worked with companies such as Company Three, National Youth Music Theatre, Stagebox and JAM Theatre. I also thrive on inspiring volunteer performers and working with those who have little or no movement experience on projects such as the large-scale ceremonies of Olympic and Commonwealth Games and particularly with the prisoners of HMP Erlestoke on Pimlico Opera’s production of West Side Story.

Before I became a choreographer and movement director, I also worked for many years as a performer in the West End, nationally and internationally. Previous performing credits include Oklahoma (Chichester, dir: John Doyle), Sunshine on Leith (Dundee Rep, dir: James Brining), On the Town (London Coliseum, dir: Jude Kelly), Imagine This (New London, dir: Tim Sheader), Mamma Mia! (International Tour, dir: Paul Garrington), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Arena Tour, dir: James Milton), Pirates of Penzance (Wilton’s Music Hall, dir: Sasha Regan), Cats (Arena Tour, dir: Tara Wilkinson), Grease (Scandinavian Tour, dir: Anthony Van Laast), Tonight’s the Night (Victoria Palace, dir: Ben Elton), Fame (Aldwych, dir: Karen Bruce).
Additional skills:
As a fully qualified teacher (QTLS, AISTD), over the last number of years I've lectured in Jazz, Musical Theatre, Audition Technique, Body Conditioning and Choreography at Trinity Laban, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Mountview, Reynolds Performing Arts, Italia Conti, Millennium Performing Arts, AMTA, Tiffany Theatre College, New Road Studios, Sigi Nisan (Tel Aviv), CADA and Pineapple Dance Studios. I've also done quite a bit of work with young people through companies such as National Youth Music Theatre, JAM Theatre and Islington Community Theatre.
I'm a member of Equity and also possess an enhanced CRB check, Public Liability Insurance and a full clean Driver's Licence.
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References available on request.

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Skills

Secondary Job Title	Movement Director
Job Titles	Choreographer, Director, Teacher, Stunt Coordinator / Stunts
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)
Work Permits	EU