Aideen Wylde

Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland

Aideen is an actor and playwright. She is also a PhD candidate in the Department of Drama & Theatre Studies at Mary Immaculate College, UL. She trained at the DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, and holds a MA in Drama and Theatre Studies from UCC. She is a member of BrokenCrow, a multidisciplinary ensemble collaborating on new work. Her first play, Levin & Levin, debuted at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2017. The play tells the story of Ida and Bubbie Levin, escapees from the Russian pogroms, who become Weimar's most famous male impersonators. Aideen was also co-creator and performer of the smash-hit play Love All in 2012. Aideen participated in The Next Stage, the artist development strand of the annual Dublin Theatre Festival, in 2016 and holds a certificate in Holocaust Education at TCD.