Dr. Helena Enright

A past pupil of Expressive Arts from the very early days, Helena has been working in the arts for over twenty years. She has worked as an actress and producer in both theatre and film, and also as a teacher and facilitator on many outreach, community, school and university theatre projects in both Ireland and the UK. She is also an award-winning playwright and director whose plays include Less Than a Year (2006), Walking Away (2007), Under Pressure (2008), Aquéro (2010), The Exeter Blitz Project (2012) and The River (2014).

In 2011 she completed a PhD in Performance Practice at the University of Exeter on the staging of personal testimony. She is Artistic Director of The River Shannon Project, which was established in 2012 as part of the inaugural Elemental Arts and Culture Festival in Limerick. The project uses the arts to share people’s memories and associations with the River Shannon and its connections to the people of Limerick. Helena is currently a lecturer in Drama at Bath Spa University.