Aoife Cassidy

Portrait of Aoife Cassidy

Personal Details

Height
5’7”
Eyes
Blue-Green
Hair
Light Brown
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Spotlight ID
Contact
Industry Liaison Manager, industry.liaison@cssd.ac.uk

Profile

Pronouns: she/they 

Training

2021 - 2024
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - BA (Hons) Acting (Collaborative and Devised Theatre)

Productions at Central

2023
Henry, Miss Erikson - Present Laughter (Jack McMahon)
2023
Menenius, Aufidius - Coriolanus (Richard Delaney)
2022
Anya - The Cherry Orchard (Nicole Charles)
2022
Benedick - Much Ado About Nothing (Stephen Hudson)
2022
Drag King Joe Rogan - Salt Slow (Emily Aboud)
2022
Blanche DuBois - A Streetcar Named Desire (Ben Buratta )
2021
Mary Brenham - Our Country’s Good (Sinead Rushe)

Experience

Theatre

2020
Gráinne - A Postive Message of Hope for the Future - Axis Ballymun (Pippa Moloney. Mentor Christine Molloy Desperate Optimists)
2020
Octopus Spider - Zoonosis - Composer Cal Folger Day (Tom Creed)
2019
Elizabeth - The Sleepwalkers - Pan Pan Theatre Company - Dublin Theatre Festival (Gavin Quinn)
2018
Arlecchino - Commedia dell’Arte Merchant - Teatro Polivalente (Matteo Destro)
2018
Portia - The Merchant of Venice (Paul Meade)
2018
Adriana - A Comedy of Errors - Smock Alley (Liam Halligan)
2018
Woman - The Patient Gloria - Pan Pan Theatre Company, Dublin Theatre Festival - Abbey Theatre (John McIlduff)
2018
Player King - The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane - Pan Pan Theatre Company - Abbey Theatre, National Theatre of Ireland (Gavin Quinn)
2017
Robot Helen - R.U.R Rossum’s Universal Robots - National Youth Theatre - Abbey Theatre (Caitríona McLaughlin)
2016
Verbatim Lian Bell - Rising - Abbey Theatre, National Theatre of Ireland (Tom Creed)
2015
The Girl - Do Not Feed The Animals - La Cadenelle 7th European Student Festival Malta (Laura Doak)

Awards

Lilian Baylis Award Winner 2023

Nellie Watson Scholarship 2021, 2022

Memberships

Equity
Spotlight

Accents

Irish Southern (Native), Dublin (Native), General American, American (Southern), American (New York) American (California/West Coast) Swedish, Australian, Mid-Atlantic, Belfast, Glasgow, Estuary English, Cockney, Heightened RP, Traditional RP, Modern RP

Skills

Ballet, Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Martial Arts, BASSC Rapier & Dagger and BASSC Unarmed Stage Combat, Biomechanics, Commedia dell’Arte, Charleston, Clown, Cycling, Devising, Feldenkrais Method, Lecoq Technique, Jazz Singing, Lip Syncing, Michael Chekhov Technique, Period Dancing, Physical Theatre, Puppetry, Shakespeare, Stand Up Comedy, Swimming (Open Water), Verbatim Theatre, Writing

Languages

English (Native), French, Gaeilge Irish