Pan Pan Associate Artists Programme Callout

The window for our associate artists programme callout is now open until June 18th.

About our Associate Artist Programme

Pan Pan’s Associate Artist Programme is a professional development opportunity for artists working in theatre as makers, designers, performers, producers, etc. As one of Ireland’s longest-running companies with a focus on contemporary work and collaboration, we are always eager to support and engage with emerging, independent and less-established artists. 

Past Associate Artists have gone on to develop sustainable freelance careers and in some cases, establish their own successful theatre companies. In 2026 we will hold an open call for two new Associate Artists. 

The programme offers:

  • artist support and advice from Pan Pan’s core team

  • access to dedicated desk space in Pan Pan's central offices 

  • membership to IETM - International network for contemporary performing arts, a long-established organisation that offers extensive resources and networking opportunities

  • attending and/or shadowing team during rehearsals where desired 

  • employment opportunities on Pan Pan productions where possible

  • complimentary tickets to Pan Pan shows and Pan Pan Platform shows at Dublin Fringe 

Who is an Associate Artist? 

We welcome applications from people at any stage of their creative career, not currently enrolled in education. The Associate Artist programme is less formal and more fluid than other opportunities offered by Pan Pan: to complement our annual International Mentorship Programme, which targets theatre makers, directors, writers and performers, this programme is particularly suited to designers, producers and other theatre artists/arts workers with a desk-based practice who would benefit from dedicated space in a shared office. We are also interested to hear from applicants who may also have experience working with other art forms, and are interested in developing their work within the world of theatre. 

Artists must be based on the island of Ireland. Pan Pan welcomes and encourages applications from candidates coming from a diversity of national, ethnic or cultural groups (including, but not limited to Asian, Black, Traveller and minority ethnic, refugees, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ artists and artists who are parents).

Timeline for the application and selection process: 

  • Applications open: 21st May 2026

  • Applications close: 18th June 2026

  • Shortlist decisions communicated: 29th June 2026 

  • Interviews: 6th & 7th & July 

  • Final decisions communicated: 10th July 2026

Learn more about the callout, the company, and accessibility, our callout for applicants is available here.

Apply via our form here.


Previous Associate Artists

  • LaurA Fajardo Castro

    ASSOCIATE ARTIST 2024

    LaurA Fajardo Castro is a Colombian costume and set designer based in Dublin. She has worked for theatre, dance, opera and tv. LaurA graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Los Andes University in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2019 she graduated with an MFA in Stage Design from The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin.

    Her recent design works include: You Belong To Me by Rough Magic in association with Smock Alley, The Visit, Bulrusher and Three Sisters at The Lir Academy, Fall & Float at DTF2023, Spear at Dublin Fringe Festival, The Glasshouse by Roisin Whelan/Ballet Ireland, and more. LaurA has worked as Assistant Designer and Costume Supervisor for leading Irish designers Katie Davenport, Sarah Bacon and Molly O'Cathain on a wide variety of productions. In Bogotá, LaurA worked for 4 years with the theatre company ‘Teatro Estudio Uniandes’.

    LaurA is currently the Secretary of the Irish Society of Performance Designers (ISPD).

    Photo by Matt Burke

  • Faith Jones

    ASSOCIATE ARTIST 2024

    Faith Jones is a performer/director/deviser/
    writer/messer from Dublin.

    Her previous credits with Pan Pan include The Sleepwalkers (2018), FREEHOUSE (2022), History Play (2023) and The First Bad Man (2023 Tour).

    She recently graduated from Drama and Theatre Studies in Trinity College and was chairperson of DU Players 2022/23.

    Photo by Gavin Quinn

  • Sibéal Ní Mhaoileoin

    Sibéal Ní Mhaoileoin is a Dublin based Stage Manager. She has a Bachelors of Art in Communication Studies from Dublin City University. At the end of 2022, her passion for theatre, which was ignited as a young person in Dublin Youth Theatre, prompted a return to work in theatre full time.

    Since then she has worked with Dead Centre, Pan Pan, Glass Mask, Hatch, Once Off and The Abbey Theatre. Some works of note include Illness as Metaphor by Dead Centre (Dublin Fringe Festival, Viernulvier Ghent); History Play and Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Pan Pan (Dublin Theatre Festival 2024 and 2025); Men's Business by Simon Stephens (Glass Mask Theatre, Finborough Theatre, London); and Escaped Alone with Hatch Theatre Company/Once Off Productions (Cork Midsummer Festival 2025, Project Arts Centre).

    She is delighted to be included as one of Pan Pan's associate artist's to continue to learn and develop her career in theatre.


  • Luke Casserly

    ASSOCIATE ARTIST 2022-23

    Luke Casserly is a multidisciplinary performance maker from Longford, Ireland. His work weaves together environmental research, documentary, sound art, and site as a way of carving out space for new possibilities to emerge between live performance and physical landscape. His projects have brought audiences through city streets, back gardens, train stations, beaches, and a bog in the Irish midlands. These works have led to the creation of a network of Irish wildflower meadows across Ireland (1000 Miniature Meadows, 2020) and the planting of 1000 indigenous trees in the Irish Midlands (Root, 2021).

    In 2023, Luke was awarded the Arts Council’s Next Generation Bursary. He was recently selected for the Norman Houston Multidisciplinary Commissioning Award with Solas Nua in Washington DC, in addition to being chosen to participate in the International Forum as part of Theatertreffen (Berlin Festspiele) 2023. He holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College, and a Certificate in Art and Ecological Practice from the National College of Art & Design, Ireland.

    Website: www.lukecasserly.org

    Photo by Ellius Grace

  • Mary Sheehan

    ASSOCIATE ARTIST 2022-23

    Mary is a Dublin based Costume Designer. A graduate of TCD Drama Department and The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art, Mary holds a B.A in Drama and Sociology and an MFA in Stage Design.

    Selected design credits include; The Egg is a Lonely Hunter (Project Arts Centre), Harder Faster More (Project Arts Centre), Birdy (Peacock Theatre), Running with Dinosaurs (The New Theatre), Holy Mary (The Gaiety Theatre), The Mouth of a Shark (The Complex) and Oh! What a Lovely War (Droichead Arts Centre), Mespil in the Dark LIVE (Pan Pan).

    Mary also works as an Associate Designer and Costume Supervisor. Notable collaborations include; Abhann Productions, ANU Productions, CoisCeim Dance Theatre, Collapsing Horse, Dublin Youth Theatre, The Gate Theatre, Irish National Opera, NI Opera,Malaprop Theatre, Panpan Theatre, Redbear Productions, Rough Magic Theatre, ShinAwil Ltd, Sugarglass Theatre and Verdant productions.