Venetia Bowe

 

Venetia recently returned to the role of Cactus in an Irish Tour of Gina Moxley's DANTI-DAN for Livin Dred.  She also played Joy in the critically acclaimed production LOST LEAR which was devised with Dan Colley and had a successful run at Dublin Theatre Festival. 

 

Recent Stage Credits with Druid include THE STARS & STRIPES SHADED GREEN, THREE SHORT COMEDIES by Sean O'Casey,  the Coole Park Poetry Series reading Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's THE ARCHITECTURAL METAPHOR, the radio play SORRY, WRONG NUMBER by Lucille Fletcher and DRUIDGREGORY which toured scenic outdoor venues in Galway.

 

Recent screen credits include Edna O'Brien's JOYCE'S WOMEN as part of the production at the Abbey Theatre, the short film BATHS directed by Nell Hensey, the role of Katya in the Irish/Finnish co-production COLD COURAGE directed by Agneta Fagerström-Olsson for Luminoir, the role of Irene Piecraft in short film THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF PIECRAFT directed by TJ O'Grady-Peyton, BBC Arts programme IMAGINE: EDNA O'BRIEN, the lead role in Oonagh Kearney’s experimental dance short, FIVE LETTERS TO A STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN, a collaboration with Junk Ensemble based on a poem by Doireann Ní Ghríofa and the role of Maggie in WISHBONE, directed by Myrid Carten.

 

​Recent stage credits include the Landmark production of ASKING FOR IT, directed by Annabelle Comyn, the role of Hero in Rough Magic's acclaimed production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, WOMB for Outlandish Theatre Platform at the Samuel Beckett Theatre,  KISS KISS SLAP SLAP for Chaos Factory at Smock Alley, the national tour of Brokentalkers' acclaimed THIS BEACH, and the role of Emmy in NORA, a version of Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE adapted by Belinda McKeon and Annie Ryan for Corn Exchange.

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Venetia holds a Bachelor in Acting degree from The Lír Academy at Trinity College Dublin (in partnership with RADA).

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