Our Associate Artist programme is a means by which The Civic seeks to actively support the professional and personal development of an artist over the long term whilst also encouraging and empowering the artist to enrich the creative culture of The Civic.
Get to know each of our associates in a series of blogs over the coming weeks.
Meet Rob Murphy
Rob has just completed his Masters degree in Theatre Practice at University College Dublin finishing with a first class honours. Bull Alley Theatre Training Company and Trinity Guildhall London were among his former institutions of training. Rob has been working professionally for the past seventeen years, and his work encompasses acting, performing, theatre directing, choreographing, producing, and writing.
He is well renowned for his performance as panto dame ‘Buffy’; in the yearly pantomime production at Dublin’s National Stadium (previously The Tivoli Theatre) ‘Queen Of The Panto Dames’ (Irish Times). Other Career highlights include premiering the one man show ‘69 Shades Of Gay’ for Zac Productions at Smock Alley Theatre, playing the Wicked Witch in the Wizard Of Oz at the Helix, The Olympia Panto Dame in ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’ 2006 at the Olympia Theatre for Spotlight Productions and his own comedy cabaret show ‘Rob Murphy Let Loose’ which recently sold out at Dublin’s legendary Vicar St.
Since 2018 he has written, directed and produced in partnership with The Civic the annual professional panto production at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght which has been highly successful, entertaining over 16,000 patrons annually. Rob has been an associate artist with the Civic for the last five years. Other collaboration work with the civic includes the Civic Theatre Summer Camp the musical theatre course has been running every Summer since 2013, a lot of past students have gone onto train in the performing arts full time both here and abroad. Last Halloween Rob collaborated on our inaugural Halloween Spooktacular a Halloween family musical show which played for 10 performances. Rob is the artistic director of Dramatic Action Stage School with classes in Dublin, Kildare and Kilkenny and in 2018 won ‘Best School Director’ at the All- Ireland Dance Awards.
According to Rob ‘I have a profound belief in the transformative power of theatre. In a world filled with constant challenges, theatre serves as a captivating tool for escapism and not only entertainment but a catalyst for empathy, discussion, and societal reflection. As I continue to grow and develop new work I am most excited about creating theatre that breaks the rules and leaves audiences debating and discussing’.
For More Info on our Associate Artists, see HERE
