Niamh Lawlor B Des MA is multidisciplinary artist working most often through the medium of Puppet Theatre. Trading as Púca Puppets since 1997 she has extensive experience as a maker, performer, writer, director, designer and participative artist in contexts including streets, canals, hospitals, museums, theatres and schools. Working through Irish and English, she has won several Arts Council Awards -Agility, Project, Touring and Bursary. Her most recent production, Joy! an interactive promenade community celebration for Cruinniú na nÓg at the Civic Theatre Tallaght’s Parthalán Place and surrounding streets, was an Arts Council Project Award winner. Featuring a large puppet, three musicians and a performer in collaboration with local children and a community band with original music composed by Denis Clohessey, it inspired spontaneous participation from its audience. Auto-biographical theatrical storytelling piece with live drawing and a heart of clown about transcending grief: The Holding Bones performed in four venues Oct-Nov 2024 and will be in the Hugh Lane Gallery on September 13th 2025. Also current is Creative Ireland DLRCoCo commission, Small Wonders, an interactive multi sensory show created with and for parents and babies. Also available, as gaeilge, as Iontas na nIontas, and in versions for children with autism – Sensory Wonders, and children with multiple challenges – Myriad of Wonders. Winner of the Fisín Award from Dingle International Film Festival 2014 and ’19 her Béirín Beag Buí films are available on the RTE player and tour with a workshop programme.
