ABOUT
The Company
Radio Production
Iaro productions was established to bring new works of historical significance to radio. Galway based, we seek to engage with local actors to produce quality radio drama for a new audience.
In 2016 to celebrate the the centenary year of the 1916 rising we broadcast 'The Gifford Girls' on Galway bay FM. We were eager to give voice to the women of the rising in particular who were written out of history. Our first production 'Margaret of Coole' also dealt with the same tumultious period in irish history to tell the story of Margaret Gregory.
In January 2017 our production Michael Davitt: Our Land aired on Midwest Radio.
We are currently working on new projects which we hope will be aired on a radio station near you.
Gerry Conneely
Playwright, Director, Actor
Gerry Conneely has worked as an actor/performer in the Galway theatre scene for nearly thirty iyears. He was involved in all groups and innovations during this period including participation in more than seventy productions . Since 2010 he has concentrated on writing , directing and producing his own work. Since the late noughties he has produced a number of touring shows including The Road to Clare, That Same Old Story, Granuaile and the Pages od History, The Klondyke Goldrush and The Year of the Moving Statues. Gerry is a full time theatre practitioner and he lives in Galway City.
Ríona Hughes
Producer, Director, Actor
Ríona Hughes is a playwright, actor and director. She has been involved in Theatre since 1983. She has performed in numerous productions for various theatre companies, and is the artistic director and founder of the Jerome Hynes One Act Play series which saw new works brough to the stage in NUI Galway from 2001 - 2015. She directed the Vagina Monologues for the Galway Town Hall Theatre and has produced a number of her own works including a one woman show for the Galway Fringe Festival. She has a first class honours Masters degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from NUI Galway and is currently Societies Officer in NUI Galway.
