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Jaxbanded Creatives
Ruairí Nicholl
Co-Founder
While Ruairi's background is mostly in performance as an actor, he has recently found a new exciting venture in sound design, soungwriting, and finding unique experiemental blends of the two.
Ois
O'Donoghue
Co-Founder
Ois O’Donoghue is an interdisciplinary Theatre Maker, Writer and Producer. Most Recently, her play HYPER debuted at the 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival and was nominated for both the Fishamble New Writing Award and The George Fitzmaurice Award.
Jodie Doyle
Visual Designer
Jodie Doyle is a designer and writer from Dublin. She did her undergraduate degree in English Literature with Creative Writing at UCD. During this time, she became heavily involved in the drama society, working on over 25 productions during her four years. She primarily focused on props, costume design, hair and makeup, alongside writing and occasionally directing. During these four years, she won 2 Irish Student Drama Awards, Hair and Makeup in 2022, and Costume Design in 2023.
Since graduating, Jodie has primarily worked with Jaxbanded Theatre Company, designing two Scene and Heard shows in 2023, bringing one of them, 'Hyper', to Dublin Fringe the same year. This year, she had the chance to design her own script, 'Hate Fuck' as it was staged in the New Theatre, directed by Ois O'Donoghue. She was a part of the team that brought 'Hyper' to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, as the production designer and stage manager. She's interested in design and theatre that is collaborative, contemporary, women-led, and emphasises queer voices.
Ultan de Stáinleigh
Sound Designer/Technical Manager
Ultan de Stáinleigh is a Dublin based sound designer, technician & theatremaker, predominantly
active in the live theatre and events industry. Recent projects include Ass. Sound Designing
Marina Carr’s “The Boy” for Dublin Theatre Festival 2025, designing and teching “Shredder” for
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025, and scoring “Walden”, in this year’s Gradfest ‘25. They’ve also
spent the last year as Deputy Technical Manager in Ireland's largest production house, the Gate
Theatre, working with award winning UK & Irish theatremakers to deliver good quality work on a
national stage.
Ultan is the Technical Manager and a Resident Sound Designer for Jaxbanded Theatre.
