AIDEN CONDRON

PERFORMING ARTS PROFESSIONAL - ACTOR, DIRECTOR & EDUCATOR.

NATIONALITY: Irish
D.O.B: 13/07/1972
ADDRESS: Flat 2, 118 Thurlow Park Rd, SE21 8HP
TEL: +44 (0) 7928141102 EMAIL: condrona@gmail.com
LANGUAGES: English (Native), Spanish (Intermediate) & Italian (Upper Intermediate)

SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES

Highly skilled & experienced Theatre and Performing Arts practitioner and educator operating
globally over thirty years at the forefront of established & emerging theatre & performance
practice for live & recorded media.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2014 Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, London, MA Actor Training & Coaching.
2012 Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre, Registered Yoga Teacher (200 Hrs), India.
2012 Pearse College, Dublin, ITEC Dip Holistic Therapies (Anatomy & Physiology)
2006 University of Cambridge. CELTA. Teacher of English as a foreign language.
1995 TU Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin. Dip. Speech & Drama /BA Theatre.
1995 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. CGSM Acting.
1994 London College of Music. ALCM (Drama Teaching Diploma)

Oct-Dec 2011 Theatre House – The Sources Research Project, West Bengal, India. Two-month
intensive full-time residential training in ancient Indian performing arts. Director Abani Biswas.

1995-Present. Various Workshop Training. Trained under many individual specialists and
institutions including Demidov Studio London, Lisa Dalton (Master Teacher, Michael Chekhov
Technique NMCA, USA), John Britton (DUENDE), Alison Hodge, Brigid Panet (RADA), Anne
Bogart (SITI), The Actor’s Space (Le Coq), John Wright (Told by and Idiot), Bruce Myers (ICTR),
Jos Huben (Complicite), Odin Teatret, Gey Pin Ang and The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and
Thomas Richards (Italy).

2014-Present. Institutional Trainings

During my time at a number of educational institutions I have completed certified trainings in
Equality and Diversity, Data Protection, Prevent Duty in HE, Health & Safety and Risk
Assessment and Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.

MEMBERSHIP

2012 – Present. TaPRA (Theatre & Performance Research Association) UK

2012 – Present. SCUDD (The Standing Conference of University Drama Departments) UK
2000 – Present. Irish Theatre Institute.

EMPLOYMENT

Oct 2016 – Present. Associate Editor for the international journal of Theatre Dance and
Performance Training (Taylor & Francis). World-renowned academic journal established in
2010. Duties include liaising with scholars and practitioners, writing editorials, commissioning
and curating submissions and issue themes, peer review, and collating copy for print to meet
issue deadlines.

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Educator/Trainer/Coach

Jan 2023-Present. London South Bank University. Lecturer in Acting & Performance.
• Module Leader & Lecturer:
• L5 Year Group Leader
• L 5 Advanced Acting & Acting for Screen
• L6 Independent Performance Project
November 2021-Present. Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance.
Dissertation Supervisor and 1st marker for 3rd yr BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts
External marker on written assignments for 2nd yr BA (Hons) European Theatre Arts
Jan 2021-Present. KSA Performing Arts Training Workshop Series supported by the Theatre
& Performing Arts Commission and the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia. Educational
Consultant, Programme Leader, Lead Tutor and Head of Curriculum Design and Delivery.
• Aug 2021 - Month-long residency in Saudi Arabia delivering two 10-day intensive
workshops to groups of non-segregated adult men and women, culminating in a
public industry showcase as part of the 1st development phase in a series of three, in
the cities off Jeddah and Riyadh.
• Autumn 2022 - 8-week visit delivering phase 2 and 3 of the workshop series.
July 2020 – Present. Living Acting Studio, Barcelona. International Acting Training and
Coaching Studio. Founder, Director & Lead Tutor. www.livingactingstudio.com. Providing
presential and online acting training to individuals and groups nationally and internationally.
Sept 2018 – Aug 2021. Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB). BA (Hons) & Ma Acting, BA
(Hons) Musical Theatre. Lecturer in Acting. 1st yr Personal Tutor/Academic Advisor on BA
(Hons) Acting. Core member of Teaching & Learning Committee. Module Leader & Lecturer:
• BA 1st Yr. Text Analysis
• BA 1st Yr. Acting Technique – Realist Play Project
• MA 2nd Yr. Heightened Text – Shakespeare Project
• MA Acting. Acting Technique (Advanced)
• BA 1st Yr. Musical Theatre, Acting Technique
• BA 2nd Yr. Musical Theatre, Performance Project - Director
Feb 2016 – August 2018. Falmouth University (UK). Academy of Music and Theatre Arts. BA
(Hons) Acting/BA (Hon) Theatre & Performance Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Acting, Head of
Acting, Programme Leader, 1st yr Personal Tutor/Academic Advisor on BA (Hons) Acting. Core
member of Teaching & Learning Committee. Module Leader & Lecturer:
• BA 1st Yr Acting Training 1 (Skills)
• BA 2nd Yr Acting Training 2 (Skills)
• BA 2nd Yr Dramaturgies.
• BA 3rd Yr Solo Performance Project
• BA 3rd Yr Professional Practice Project (Director)
• Led conception, design and writing of new BA (Hons) Acting Degree, validated 2017.
• Served as Interim Course Coordinator Sept ’16-Jan ‘17
Feb 2015 - Jan 2016. University of Central Lancashire (UClan) UK. School of Film, Media &
Performance. BA (Hons) Acting. Lecturer in Acting. 1st yr Personal Tutor/Academic Advisor on
BA (Hons) Acting. Core member of Teaching & Learning Committee. Module Leader &
Lecturer:
• BA 1st Yr. The Neutral Body
• BA 2nd Yr. Classical Acting
• BA 2nd Yr. The Contemporary Actor
• BA 3rd Yr. The Actor and the Audience (Director
• BA 3rd Yr. The Actor as Creator

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Sept 2014 – Feb 2015. University of Surrey (Guildford School of Acting) UK. BA (Hons)
Acting/BA (Hons) Theatre & Performance. Teaching Fellow in Acting. Personal
Tutor/Academic Advisor (BA Acting).
• Module Convener & Tutor: 'The Actor and the Self' (2nd yr BA Theatre &
Performance)
• Module Convener: Acting and Contextual Studies 1 (1st yr BA Acting)
• Module Convener & Tutor: Rehearsal 1 - Shakespeare (2nd yr BA Acting)
• Tutor: 'Body' (MA Acting)
• Tutor/Director: Advanced Practice (3rd yr BA Acting)

April 2013 – August 2013. Identity School of Acting, London. Acting Tutor. Teaching acting
styles and techniques, directing student showcases and assessing and grading students’
progress.

Nov – Dec 2013. Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (University of London)
Visiting Lecturer in Acting. MA Acting Classical Acting & MA Acting for Screen.
• Dec 2013 Gesture in Action – Teaching laboratory examining the Michael Chekhov
Technique as an evolution of Stanislavski’s work on Physical Action.
• Nov 2012 Shakespeare in Action - in-house teaching practice and assessment

Dec 2013-Present. Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance

• Visiting Lecturer in Acting (Young People’s Outreach Programme) leading ‘Taster’
workshops for BA Hons Acting -American Theatre Arts.
• Nov 2013. Visiting Lecturer in Acting. The Creative Actor: Being, Playing & Doing - 36
hours with 1st year BA Hons Acting - American Theatre Arts

October 2009 - July 2010. Drama League of Ireland

• Week-long intensive workshop on Shakespeare Presence in Action
Summer School. UL Limerick, Ireland
• October 2009. Master Class: Body and Voice in Action
Drama League of Ireland Annual Convention, Tullamore, Ireland

Sept-June ‘03/’04. Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin

Lecturer in Acting. Scene Study, Textual Analysis, Improvisation

Oct-Dec 02/03. Ringsend Technical Institute, Dublin.

Lecturer in Acting. Shakespeare, Theatre History and Text Analysis.

Sep ‘98 – Mar ’99. Liberties College (Bull Alley), Dublin

Lecturer in Performance/Director. Shakespeare.

Jan-Mar ’90 World Travelers Institute of Education

Milan, Italy. Guest Drama Teacher by special invitation. Creator and coordinator of English
through Drama programme.

Director/Theatre Maker (Selected)

• 2021 Dividing the Estate, 1st yr Ba Acting, Institute of the Arts Barcelona
• 2021 Evita, 2nd yr BA (Hons) Musical Theatre, Institute of the Arts Barcelona
• 2020 The Lower Depths, 1st yr BA Acting, Institute of the Arts Barcelona
• 2020 Burning Embers on a Broken Precipice (devised) MA Acting IAB
• 2018 A Little Princess, 2nd yr BA Music Theatre, Institute of the Arts Barcelona
• 2019 Picnic, 1st yr Ba (Hons) Acting, Institute of the Arts Barcelon
• 2018 Hamlet, 2nd yr Ba (Hons) Acting, Institute of the Arts Barcelona

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 • 2018 Festen, 3rd year BA (Hons) Acting Graduate performance as part of AMATA
Festival Falmouth University (Academy of Music and Theatre Arts),
• 2016. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3rd year BA (Hons) Acting Graduate performance
as part of AMATA Festival Falmouth University (Academy of Music and Theatre Arts),
• 2016. The Seagull, St. Peter’s Church, Preston, Lancashire. 3rd year BA (Hons) Acting
Graduate performance. UClan (University of Central Lancashire),
• 2015 Henry VI (Parts 1,2 & 3), Ivey Arts Theatre Guildford, UK. 3rd year BA (Hons)
Acting Graduate performance. GSA (Guildford School of Acting/University of Surrey)
• 2014 The Possibilities, showcase for adult professional students, Courtyard Theatre,
London Identity School of Acting
• 2014. Loaded Assistant director to Sinéad Rushe Jackson’s Lane Theatre, London.
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London
• 1999 Play by S. Beckett, Dublin, The Worstward Theatre, Dublin
• 1997 The Two Noble Kinsmen, Liberties College (Theatre Studies), Dublin

2002 – 2012. Nervousystem Performance Laboratory (NPL). Founder and artistic director.
Dublin-based international performance laboratory. As well as directing the company’s
critically acclaimed repertoire of performances, I also designed and evolved a detailed and
comprehensive daily actor-training praxis for the ensemble.
• 2010/11 Weaving the Cry, original work, Nervousystem (Spain, Poland & Italy).
Nominated ‘Best Play’ of 2010 by The Irish Independent newspaper.
• 2006 The Myth and The Flesh (1stphase) Dublin, by Marián Araújo, Director.
• 2005 Park Action/Malta Action, original work, Dublin, Nervousystem, Director,
• 2004 Aversion The I-Eye, original work, Dublin, Nervousystem, Director,
• 2003 The Only Jealousy of Emer by W.B. Yeats, Dublin, Limerick.
• 2003 Aversion, original work, Nervousystem, Director,
• 2002 Fire Face, Dublin, Nervousystem, Director/Actor, Dublin.

Actor - Theatre & Performance (Selected)

• 2016 Talhiya Lapse, The Shooter, dr. Paul Regan, Caberet Voltaire, Zurich
• 2015 Worstward Ho, Mouth on Fire TC, C. Quinn, Theatre X Chai, Tokyo
• ‘12/13. That Time/Ohio Impromptu, Mouth on Fire TC, Irl & Russia
• 2008 Holy Fool, auto-composed & performed, Nervousystem, Dublin
• 2003 The Only Jealousy of Emer, Brichriú, Dublin & Limerick, Nervousystem,
• 2002 Measure for Measure, Angelo, Dublin, Joe Devlin, Dublin
• 2002 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oberon, Kristian Marken, Dublin
• ‘01/02 Alone It Stands, Various, Lane Productions Irish & UK tour, John Breen
• 2001 Mansfield Park, Henry Crawford, Rattlebag TC, Joe Devlin, Irish tour
• 2001 Of Mice and Men, Slim, The New Theatre, Tim Mc Donnell, Dublin,
• 2001 Women Beware Women, Sordido, Ibhla Illdanach, John O’ Brien, Dublin
• *2000 Julius Caesar, M. Antony, J Devlin (ITA Award Nominee–Best Sup Actor)
• 2000 Hamlet, Horatio, Second Age, Joyce Branagh, Dublin
• 1999 Endgame, Clov, Crowned Child TC, Catherine Fletcher, Los Angeles
• 1998 Hum, Man 1, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Gormly
• 1998 Something About Us, Michael, Michael Scott, Dublin
• 1996 Troilus and Cressida, Patrocolus, Theatreworks, Dublin
• 1995 King Lear, Fool, Second Age, Alan Stanford, Dublin
• 1995 The Oresteia, Orestes, Theatre Of Joy, Dublin.

Film, T.V. Commercial (Selected)

• 2017 Escape (Short Film) Dad (Lead), Director Alex Falconer.
• 2011 Game of Thrones (Season 2) Lannister Captain (supporting) HBO TV
• 2011 Love Eternal (Feature) Tim (Supporting) B. Muldowney Fastnet Films

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 • 2009 Kerrygold – The Sod, Commercial (Lead), Sonny Films, Jeff Labbé
• 2009 The Tudors (Season 4) English Officer (Supporting), Jeremy Podeswa
• 2006 Fair City, Anthony Cannon (Supporting) R.T.E. (Paul Fitzgerald)
• 2005 The Big Bow Wow, Tim (Supporting) R.T.E. (Anthony J.Quinn)
• 2004 On Home Ground, Victor (Supporting) R.T.E. (Kevin Liddy)
• 2001 Irish Tourist Board, (Lead) Joy Films (Mehdi Norowzian)
• 2000 Dead of Night, German Sniper (Lead), Grove Films (Tom Cosgrove)
• 1999 Saving Private Ryan, 3rd Private (Featured), Dreamworks (S. Spielberg)

Voice Overs 2000-Present (Selected)Eircom (Telecommunications), Becks Vier, Nescafe, Volta

(Independent films on Demand)

OTHER ARTISTIC, PEDAGOGICAL & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

December 2021 Author of article ‘Training and Buildings: Leaving the Building’ international
Journal of Theatre, Dance & Performance Training https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rtdp20

January 2021 Author of article 'The Speaking Image: That, There, Then…Now’ in the
international Journal of Theatre, Dance & Performance Training due for publication in
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rtdp20

2020/21 Editorial co-author for Training Grounds on Volume 11, issues 1-4 and volume 12
issue 1 in the international Journal of Theatre, Dance & Performance
Training https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rtdp20

March 2021 Associate editor of article Unrehearsed Futures: A series of public conversations
on theatre pedagogy hosted by Drama School Mumbai in the international Journal of
Theatre, Dance & Performance Training due for publication in
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rtdp20

Feb-March 2020 Co-teacher of Presencia en Acción | Jugar con la Gravedad y

Momentum workshop series hosted by DuquesnayLavrennikov at Wellco,
Barcelona, https://www.facebook.com/events/612440269596574/

September to December 2020 Participant in Unrehearsed Futures: webinar talks series on

theatre pedagogy. https://dramaschoolmumbai.in/unrehearsed-futures-drama-pedagogy-in-
the-post-covid-world/

October 2020 Chair/convener for the talk; From a Distance: Elevating the Covid-trained
Performer as part of Unrehearsed Futures: webinar talks series on theatre
pedagogy https://dramaschoolmumbai.in/unrehearsed-futures-drama-pedagogy-in-the-post-
covid-world/

October 2020 Guest speaker on The Convergence #3, On Actor Training, part of an ongoing
international webinar series on theatre arts hosted by 5toMidnight.
https://www.5tomidnight.org/single-post/the-convergence-3-31st-oct-2020

September 2020. Founder and artistic director of Living Acting Studio, a Barcelona-based
international acting training and coaching studio https://www.livingactingstudio.com/about

July 15th -19th 2019 Author of review article Michael Chekhov Advanced Masterclass at Rose
Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in the international Journal of Theatre, Dance &
Performance Training. Published March 2020.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19443927.2020.1715629

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Jan - Sept 2012 The Yoga Hub, Dublin. Senior Yoga Teacher. Teaching Vinyasa Flow, Yin &
Restorative yoga. Also lead numerous workshops on Meditation, Chanting, Pranayama &
Yoga Nidra

Sept – June 2011/12 Pearse College, Dublin. Teaching Yoga to students and staff of the
Holistic Therapies course

2002–‘12. Nervousystem Performance Laboratory, Dublin. Leader of open-research

worksessions. Outreach programme offered to Dublin-based performing artists from Ireland,
Greece and France.

2007 Linea Transversale; a yearly International theatre and cultural exchange coordinated by
Teatro Proskenion, Italy. Invited to demonstrate and deliver a presentation on
Nervousystem’s research work.

2007 University of Eurasian Theatre, Lamezia, Italy, directed by Eugenio Barba. Invited as
special guest to address a talk on the topic of Culture, Space and Territory.

2005 Teatr Breton Caffe, Poland. Invited to lead three-week intensive worksession Body and
Voice in Action with actors and dancers.

2004 Daghdha Dance, Limerick. Invited to lead a one-day worksession on physical and vocal
training with the company’s dancers.

AWARDS (both individual and through activities as Artistic Director of Nervousystem)

2012 Jeremy Brett Scholarship. Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, London

2012 Dublin City Council Incubation Space Award for one-month residency at The Lab in
Foley St, Dublin to facilitate Nervousystem’s processed-based work on “Hymn of the Pearl”.

2012 Irish Arts Council Travel & Training Award (Inbound) facilitating Nervousystem hosting a
two-week work session with celebrated theatre specialist Gey Pin Ang)

2010 Irish Arts Council Travel & Training Award for Aiden Condron to participate in the
Sources Theatre Project at Theatre House, West Bengal, India.

2010 Culture Ireland Award supporting Nervousystem’s presence in Santander, Spain to lead
workshops and seminars and present Weaving the Cry as part of ‘Theatre for the 21st Century’
hosted by Espacio Espiral

2009 Irish Arts Council 1-year Bursary Award supporting development of solo performance
project Father Figure/Mother Tongue (Holy Fool)

2007 Culture Ireland Award to enable the coordination of a month-long cultural and artistic
exchange of work in Caulonia, Italy between Nervousystem and local theatre artists twinned
with an artistic exchange between high profile traditional Irish and Italian musicians.

2005 Dublin City Council Incubation Space Award for six-month residency at The Lab in Foley
St, Dublin to facilitate Nervousystem’s processed-based work.

2005 Irish Arts Council Project Award for “Theatre Haiku”; a project exploring and developing
short form original theatre pieces within Nervousytem’s research domain; Actor as Writer

2005/’06/’07 Dublin City Council Seeder Award for Theatre Haiku and development of phase
1 and 2 of the performance The Myth & The Flesh.

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2003/’04/’05 Irish Arts Council Travel & Training Awards given respectively to participate in a
seminar conducted by the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, hosted by
Kent University, Canterbury, England, to take part in an acting workshop in Poland led by
Bruce Myers, collaborator with Peter Brook, to participate in an extended work session at the
home of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, Italy.

*2000 Irish Theatre Awards Nominated Best Supporting Actor

1994/95 Brendan Smith Award Two-time recipient from the Conservatory of Music and
Drama for achievements in acting.

REFEREES (Others available upon request)

HE Professional. Drew Mulligan, Head of Acting, Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB). C/
Ramon Dalmases 18, 08870 Sitges, Spain. d.mulligan@iabarcelona.es. Ph: +34 938 949 713

HE Professional. Current Employer. Prof. Jonathan Pitches, Co-Editor of Theatre, Dance and
Performance Training (Academic Journal – Taylor & Francis) / Prof. Theatre & Performance,
University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. Ph: +44 (0) 113 343 8718 j.pitches@leeds.ac.uk

HE Professional. Terrie Fender, Former Director of AMATA, Falmouth University, Penryn

Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, UK TR10 9FE. terrie.fender@falmouth.ac.uk Ph: +44 (0)
01326 259423

Industry Professional. Grainne Byrne, Artistic Director of Scarlett Theatre Company. 21 Kings
Court, 353 Caledonian Road, London, N79DA. Email: byrnebridges@msn.com.
Ph: +44 (0) 79 57668171

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