Cara Brophy Browne, Susan Birmingham, and Tim Leech Cleary are the founders of SCarT. SCarT is a research and performance collective passionate about telling uncomfortable stories. Cara, Susan and Tim have been collaborating for the past decade. This collaboration has brought about academic publications, site specific performance art, and a number of documentary theater pieces. In 2017 SCarT members created THE RE/PRESENTATION WORKSHOPS, a documentary theater performance created in collaboration with LGBTQI refugees in Greece [EMBROS Theater Athens, 2017, A4 Sound Studios, Dublin, 2018]. Between 2016 and 2018 members of the collective created The WIN, a documentary theater performance about the hidden history of the struggle for reproductive rights in Ireland based on original archival and oral history research [Scene and Heard Festival, 2016, Bread and Roses Festival, 2017, National Tour, 2018. Most recently SCarT have turned their attention to the history of the Magdalene Laundries. In 2023 the collective collaborated with a Galway based feminist collective to programme an evening of music and performance to commemorate the Galway Magdalene Laundry survivors. In honour of this occasion SCarT developed an adaptation of Patricia Burke Brogan's Eclipsed.

Cara Brophy Browne

Cara Brophy-Browne is a researcher, oral historian, and theatre maker. Cara uses her original research to create documentary theatre performances. In 2019 Cara was awarded the International Federation for Theatre Research’s New Scholars Prize for her paper Politics, Power, and Performance: Towards a Theory of Representation for Refugees in Europe. Cara's current research interests relate to Irish women's history. In 2016 Cara directed and devised a documentary theatre piece entitled The WIN, the piece explored the omitted histories of reproductive rights activism in Ireland. The WIN was based on archival research and oral history interviews. In 2023 Cara organised a night of music and performance in commemoration of playwright and activist Patricia Burke Brogan.

Susan Birmingham

Susan Birmingham is a sound artist, performer, and theorist based in Dublin. Though originally a classically trained vocalist, she now sings primarily in the Irish traditional style. With a masters in Political Philosophy and a BA in Drama and Music, Susan has always been interested in the ways in which artistic practice and political theory can enrich each other and open up new space for reflection and reckoning. Past sound design and composition credits include Eclipsed (Aras na Gael 2023), The WIN (Smock Alley 2016, ROSA Bread and Roses 2016, ROSA tour 2018), The Vagina Monologues (Freemasons Hall IWD 2017) and Reason in Madness (Draíocht 2016). Previous directing credits include Antigone (Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2017).

Tim Leech-Cleary

Tim is a multidisciplinary artist currently primarily focussing on writing. Previous works are mentioned elsewhere on this site. Having studied Film and Screen Studies in Goldsmiths, University of London Tim has gone on to produce a number of short comedy pieces including Twenty Minute Mystery: The Case of Gaffy Pooey as a part of Smock Alley’s Scene + Heard Festival 2023. Currently Tim is working on a TV pilot, Muise Éire, surrounding the bizarre goings-on in a small rural Irish town ruled by a local soft right-wing politician. Tim has worked closely with Susan and Cara for many years, and their work has carefully trod the line between analytical and accusatory, when needed. Tim has extensive knowledge in live video production, live audio, and a deep love of organisation that has led many projects to an organised and resounding success.

The WIN 2018 National tour

Eclipsed Extract, 2023, Galway