The DYT Team

Ellen Buckley

Artistic Director

Ellen is a Mentor Director for National Theatre Connections, has directed Tuesday and KJWC Inc. with DYT and holds an MFA in Theatre Directing (The Lir) and a PGDE in Education (UCL). Ellen's directing credits include No Romance: A Desperate Business by Nancy Harris (Bewley’s Café Theatre) and The Aliens by Annie Baker (The Lir). Assisting/Associate work includes The Beacon (dir. Sara Joyce, The Everyman) and Emma (dir. Claire O'Reilly, Abbey Theatre).

Samuel Coyle

Programme Coordinator

Between 2018 - 2024, Samuel worked as an actor on a theatre in education tour with Emerald Isle in Europe. In 2022 & 2023, as part of the Faoin Spéir festival, he took part in the project 'Trees of Our Taine' written & directed by Hugh W. Brown, an imagined historical tour of local parks. Through the NEST programme in Draíocht, Samuel worked as a performer in CN Smith's 'Life is Ball' directed by Claire O'Reilly. The piece was based on conversations CN had with a young person from the area. Recently, Samuel worked as the welfare officer for the Tenderfoot programme in The Civic, Tallaght. For queries on casting calls, event opportunities, or show promotions, contact [firstname]@dublinyouththeatre.com