I have lived a creative life for almost 25 years, with proud successes in writing, performing, running gigs and a bundle of other arty delights. This is my personal website where I explore my own creative process, as well as other creative work that has sparked some magic for me. Jump right in!
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Happy International Women’s Day to all of the brilliant, thoughtful, fierce and courageous women who make the world go round. #IWD has always been a significant moment on the calendar in our household. My mother was a social justice and equality warrior, and she instilled those values in myself and my sister. She was always […]
Kalle speaks with journalist Phil O’Connor about growing up Swedish in Ireland
The ever-changing, beautiful street art of Grand Canal Docks
“7 Deadly Facts” – Colm Mac Athlaoich (Apr 29th 2011) Around the time my first son was born I wanted to write something to mark his arrival. I was doing a lot of festival gigs at the time and I found that humorous poems always garnered a better reaction in those large crowd settings. So, I […]
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 […]
Today’s inspirational chalkboard quote comes from the writer George Eliot. A maxim for life if ever there was one.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
