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And then we discovered that the 16-year-old in question, one Caoimhe Flynn, had been threading
And from that very first performance as unlikely dwarf Argh! in the Kilmac Youth Drama Group’s production of
So, we shouldn’t have been all that surprised to discover that Soldier, Smoker, Lipstick, Joker is the work of one young woman, as Caoimhe’s plainly got an old head on her 16-year-old
Born out of the long-running Kilmacanogue Dramatic Society – which, we reckon, started sometime in the late 1940s – the Kilmac Youth Drama Group is headed up by noted sax maniac Clare
“It’s an environment that makes creativity fun,” explains Caoimhe, who initially signed up alongside her best friend – and Clare’s daughter – Aisling, “and that just means
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16-year-old from Kilmacanogue had managed to write and was about to direct a World War 2 drama set entirely inside a bunker.
the boards ever since she was just six years old.
Snow White & The Several Dwarves, it was clear that Caoimhe Flynn was a natural. If you can base an entire performance around the word “Argh!”, well, that’s takes talent,
determination and a certain animal growl from deep down inside.
shoulders, given her years of plays, short films and experimental theatre. Last year, she picked up a merit certificate at the Bray One Act Drama Festival, along with an award for Best Youth Actress.
Stephens, and has proven dizzingly productive over its first eight years.