April Bracken

April (she/her) is a neurodivergent facilitator and theatre artist. A recent graduate of IADT's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion postgraduate diploma (2023), April facilitates exciting, engaging experiences for young people that are both accessible and inclusive. Her recent work includes 'Here We Are Now', a theatre co-creation project with LGBTQ+/youth groups in the Cavan & Monaghan area (2023) and 'Page Turners', a theatre co-creation project with children attending the nurture room in her local primary school (2023). She is a trained Theatre-Artist-Partnership artist and has facilitated various drama-based projects with local primary schools (2022/23). She is a member of the design team and facilitator for Play In A Day, an OIDE pilot initiative delivering workshops in secondary schools on the devising process (2024).
April is also a practising theatre artist and currently exploring making work for young audiences. She is a recipient of the Baboró Breaking Ground bursary, an artistic development opportunity for creating performances for young people with additional needs (2023/2024). April also recently received the Dublin Local Authorities’ Exploring And Thinking Award, which supports professional artists in developing their practice in creating work for early childhood arts (2024).

2022 - 2024 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (Masters Programme) at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology
2021 - 2022 Drama Facilitation Training with Youth Theatre Ireland
2006 - 2009 BA in Drama (Performance) at Technological University Dublin
Other:
2023 Workshops with artists Jodi O’Neill (Exploring Relaxed Performance) and Finegan Kruckemeyer (Playwriting For Young Audiences)
2022 Teacher Artist Partnership Training in Drumcondra Education Centre
2021 Educational Workshop Facilitator Training by Shoutout
2017 - 2018 Production Manager Generator Programme by Smock Alley Theatre