Meet actress Aoibhéann McCann
in N Magazine No.6
There’s something about Aoibhéann McCann that brings a flapper to mind.
Maybe it’s the long eyelashes or the quick laughter; perhaps it’s the curious mix of disarming honesty and radical intuition. Like all good actors, Aoibhéann is a magpie collector of faces, listening intently, caching every word and mannerism for future reference.
Classically trained at the Oxford School of Drama, Aoibhéann excels in roles of strength and depth; if you’re a theatre buff, you might have spotted her in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, ‘The Playboy of the Western World’, ‘A Portrait of The Artist’ and ‘the Great Gatsby’. Bingo.
In a personal sense, Aoibhéann sits neatly in the intersection of artist and activist. Though so much activism is unrooted, Aoibhéann’s passion is rooted in soil, just like her acting.
When I asked where she gets inspiration from, she said up from the ground, which surprised this air sprite. I am in near perpetual flux of receiving ideas seemingly from the wind, but when creating a character, Aoibhéann draws mannerisms, voices and words up from the earth.
Speaking of earth, Aoibhéann, alongside her fellow creatives and friends Liv O’Donoghue & Maeve Stone, recently founded Athrach. Coming from the old Irish word meaning change, Athrach is a collective of award-winning artists and creatives, all with their own personal climate activism…
Catch Aoibheann onstage at the Abbey in “Girl on an Altar '' that runs at The Abbey until August 18th 2023.
Keep an eye out for Aoibhéann in other TV shows, like BBC’s Three Families, MGM’s Vikings & RTE & Deadpan Pictures’ Can’t Cope Won’t Cope.
The latest N Magazine features actress Aoibheann McCann, alongside opera singer Susie Gibbons, artist PIGSY, woodturner Lucinda Goulden & costume designer Lucy Jordan Maher (cover).
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