Risk and courage are words Róisín McBrinn returns to as she talks about what she hopes to achieve as Artistic Director of the Gate.  McBrinn was appointed as co-chief executive alongside Colm O’Callaghan, who was named Executive Director, in May 2022. The pair have five-year contracts and during that time McBrinn would like the theatre to become part of people’s lives in a way she hopes is transformative. Her own career path has helped her form that conclusion. McBrinn spent eight years with Clean Break, the UK theatre company, founded by two former prisoners, Jacki Holborough and Jenny Hicks in…

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