A photograph taken by Dunk Murphy at Trapdoor, University College Dublin, of the first development showing of this new multi-disciplinary, auto-fictional, project which had its debut at Dublin Fringe Festival 2024.
Bio
Robert Power is an Irish artist working in various mediums who is currently preparing to tour a brand new multi-disciplinary show titled A Version of Life, which made its debut in Autumn 2024 at Trapdoor, University College Dublin as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. This auto-fictional project blends meta-narratives using elements of Music, Theatre, Film and Visual Art.
Robert’s music has previously been selected for the RTÉ Radio 1 Playlist and Record Of The Day. Hot Press Magazine have described him as “powerful, heartfelt and thought-provoking”. Subterranean Sounds, original live music curator, say he is “a natural, with the songs and the voice”.
As an actor, writer, director, producer and workshopping and development practitioner, Robert has proudly worked, trained or developed work with a wide range of companies on projects such as, Darkhorse’s Don’t Take Your Coat Off (Dublin Fringe Festival and National Tour), Curious State (St.Patrick’s Festival, Dublin) , Garter Lane’s A Little Room, Public Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Hinterland’s The Playboy of the Western World, Coláiste Dhulaigh’s Dry Ice Company’s Hamlet, Gaiety School of Acting’s Our Country’s Good and Brewery Lane Theatre’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
As a voiceover artist he played multiple characters in Magma Films production of the Hans Christian Andersen series The Fairytaler which ran on Nickelodeon.
Robert has also toured nationally with his one man show, A Story of Destiny, which is the first part of a trilogy of plays in the works.
His debut short film installation The Great Belief, shot along the copper coast, was screened at both Odeon and GOMA, Waterford as part of Symbiosis ii, a celebration of the arts in the south east of Ireland.
He has also performed at music, arts and boutique showcase events such as Imagine, Light Colour Sound and Boatshed London and supported artists such as Jinx Lennon and Jack L.
Robert is also Artistic Director of Hinterland, an arts collective which aims to create and tour one-off accessible and inclusive projects which manifest positive energy and interest in the arts in smaller communities around the island of Ireland. Emerging from the stillness of pandemic, the project began with a tour of The Playboy of the Western World which visited towns and villages around the country, including Inis Meáin on the Aran Islands, a place of great inspiration for playwright, J.M. Synge.
In 2024 Robert achieved First Class Honours in a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin and is a proud alumni of its Creative Futures Academy.