Meet the Future Producers 2025

The future producers of 2025 have been selected and ready to get stuck in to the programme upskilling in the speciality of Circus, Street Arts and Spectacle. They will partake in training involving a combination of activities, coaching, and mentoring, including looking at real-life project examples and the work of the partner organisations. Let's meet the 2025 Future Producers!

Meet the Future Producers

Alan Meaney

Alan is an award-winning independent radio and podcast producer and arts educator. He has over fifteen years of experience in making radio, podcasts, sound design, and as an arts educator. He is moving into the fields of circus, street arts and spectacle as a producer and is looking forward to the challenges and opportunities it brings. He prides himself on his organisational and communication skills. His work demands creative decision-making, vigorous research and strong communication. It involves conveying the vision of the project and ensuring alignment among all parties involved. He is open to engaging with new disciplines, new people and new ideas.

Casey Walsh

Casey Walsh is an emerging producer, arts manager and marketing manager from Carlow, currently based in Cork. With a BA (Hons) in Visual Culture and an MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing, Casey has developed expertise in festival coordination, social media marketing, and event management. She has worked with organizations such as Cork Community Art Link, Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival and IndieCork Film Festival and is currently the Marketing and Communications Lead for Nano Nagle Place.

Casey is passionate about making the arts more accessible and engaging, with a focus on connecting audiences to cultural experiences. With a strong interest in Circus, Street Arts, and Spectacle, she is eager to further develop her skills through the Future Producers 2025 program.

Andrew Ryan

I’m a multidisciplinary creative with a background in costume, props, interiors, and event design, shaping everything from magical worlds to sci-fi fantasy across film and live productions. I’ve crafted crowns for Disney’s villains and royals, contributed to national festivals Púca, St. Patrick’s, Pride, and Westival, and ventured into deep space with Netflix.

For me, spectacle is a portal - it connects people, ignites imagination, and transforms the everyday into the extraordinary.

Now based in rural Mayo, I’m passionate about bringing communities together through bold, expressive creativity - telling our stories loudly and proudly.

With a blend of artistic vision and behind-the-scenes wizardry, I lead teams, manage budgets, and execute ambitious productions with precision and panache. Producing is about world-building, whether it's castles or cosmos, always creating something that unites people - with heart, humour, and a touch of sparkle (or stardust depending on the day!).

Nell Buckley

Nell Buckley (sí/her) is an emerging producer based in Galway who is passionate about using the arts to bring communities closer together. With a background in music, and a keen interest in Irish and Latin American cultural history and activism, Nell has produced a variety of shows and spectacles that cross culture and entertainment with key societal issues, empowering audiences to come together and make a positive change. Eager to platform more aerial, circus and street spectacles along the west coast of Ireland, Nell has been delving into the Irish circus scene thanks to organisations like Galway Community Circus classes, ISACS and Promenade.

Future Producers is in partnership with Split Second, Fidget Feet, Macnas, Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network, the National Circus Festival of Ireland and Spraoi.

Funded by Arts Council's Creative Production Supports Scheme.