Author: kalleryan
The Definitive View with Sneachta Ní Mhurchú
After many years of honing my craft as a sketch writer and performer at The Brownbread Mixtape, I pieced together the body of work into a full-length play. After an initial sold out run at the 2016 Dublin Fringe festival, we reassembled as a cast and did a weeklong run at the legendary Project Arts […]
Chalkboard Quote #4 – George Eliot on following your dreams
Today’s inspirational chalkboard quote comes from the writer George Eliot. A maxim for life if ever there was one.
Kalle Ryan: The voice of the Super Bowl
My friends over at The Irish NFL Show asked me to do the voiceover for their big Super Bowl intro. As a lifelong American Football fan, this was such a pleasure to do. The final result is a stirring, spinetingling little film that I’m very proud of. Take a look and let me know what […]
Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About – Radio Play on Spotify
Last year, to mark the 10th anniversary of our award-nominated play Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About, we released a limited edition letterpress printed book, as well as a sumptuous, soundscaped radio play version. We are incredibly proud of the final piece and it is now available for free. Please have a […]
A magical gift from the universe
For Christmas I received an incredibly cool gift of a curated book subscription from Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights. I promptly filled out a very thoughtful questionnaire to gauge my interests and tastes, and then clicked send. They would then send a surprise book in the post to me each month. The first one […]
Creative Kalle on Facebook
I have a Facebook page dedicated to creative conversations. Feel free to like and follow.
Sine Metu: Fear a little less, live a little more (poem)
A poem entitled Sine Metu, which urges us all to fear a little less, and live a little more.
Forgive Yourself by Jonas Gardell
The Swedish author and comedian Jonas Gardell is one of my favourite writers. There is a gentle beauty and disarming truth in his deceptively simple Swedish writing. Alas not much of his work is translated into English, but it has been translated into a number of other European languages.His novel “En Komikers Uppväxt” (A Comedian […]
Chalkboard Quotation #3 – Werner Herzog on the creative struggle
Today on the chalkboard I am pondering the words of the great German film director Werner Herzog, and his metaphorical description of carrying a great weight with you (be it your dreams, your identity, your creative impulses). If you havent seen his film Fitzcarraldo, where he literally pulls a boat over a mountain, then do […]
