The Team

Jane Coyle
Director

Jane Coyle is an award-winning writer, arts journalist and critic, who has worked across media platforms in the UK, Ireland and Europe.  

She is a critic and feature writer for The Stage and the Irish Times and was responsible for setting up and running the film & drama development unit of leading independent Waddell Media.

She has written three feature-length screenplays and five plays for the stage.

For nine years she was chair of DU Dance (NI) and remains a Board member.  

Jane creates original work for the company and is responsible for developing the Powerstone slate.

Randall Shannon
Director

Randall Shannon began his career as an orchestral musician based on London. He spent ten years with orchestras in the UK and in the Netherlands. 

He has held management and chief executive positions with Opera 80, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Opera Theatre Company (of which he was a co-founder), Opera Northern Ireland and Buxton International Festival.

In recent years, Randall has worked as an independent arts manager, consultant and producer, involved in music, opera, and film and television production in the UK, Ireland and in Vienna.

He is currently the interim chief executive of Wexford Opera Festival and a Board member of DU Dance.

Brian Kelly
Associate

Brian Kelly is an award-winning producer, director and writer. As director and co-writer, he helmed two US-backed family feature films, which received international screening and distribution.

As an independent television producer he produced several seasons of comedy dramas, most notably Killinaskully for RTÉ, plus factual entertainment series for Virgin Media. He commissioned, produced and directed a season of original radio dramas.

Brian has a Masters degree in screenwriting from Ireland’s National Film School and a post-graduate qualification in creative design thinking and entrepreneurship from the Innovation Academy at University College Dublin.

He regularly works as a media production consultant and educator and recently returned from a year-long teaching assignment in Japan.