blog - kalle ryan

Inspiration / 3 March 2022

Dublin Street Art

The ever-changing, beautiful street art of Grand Canal Docks

Inspiration / 25 February 2022

“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 […]

Thoughts / 24 February 2022

No to war

by kalleryan

Artchive / 18 February 2022

The Definitive View with Sneachta Ní Mhurchú

by kalleryan

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 […]

Spark in the Dark / 16 February 2022

Chalkboard Quote #4 – George Eliot on following your dreams

by kalleryan

Today’s inspirational chalkboard quote comes from the writer George Eliot. A maxim for life if ever there was one.

Artchive / 14 February 2022

Kalle Ryan: The voice of the Super Bowl

by kalleryan

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 […]

Creation Station / 11 February 2022

Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About – Radio Play on Spotify

by kalleryan

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 […]

Spark in the Dark / 10 February 2022

A magical gift from the universe

by kalleryan

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 […]