Al Bellamy
ITI offsite Resident 2026
Residency Dates: 27 – 31 July 2026
Al Bellamy is a theatre director and accessibility consultant for the arts from Wexford. Their directing credits include: YELLOW (Draíocht Arts Centre, Granary Theatre, Neuroconvergence, National Festival of Youth Theatres, Bounce Disability Arts Festival) from November 2022 to July 2025, CLOSE ALL TABS (Smock Alley Boys School, Scene + Heard Festival 2024), UNCOUTH (Disrupt Disability Arts Festival 2026) and UNVEILED (Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, Neuroconvergence and Neurofestivity 2026). They developed and directed a groundbreaking new piece of theatre, HOME SWEET HOME, with Jody O’Neill and Suisha Inclusive Arts which premiered in the Granary Theatre in Cork Midsummer Festival 2024 and was funded by their Arts Council Arts Participation Project Award.
In 2022, they were funded by the Arts Council Agility Award for Mythics, creating a space for neurodivergent people to explore reworkings of Irish Folklore and Mythology.
In 2023, they received the Arts Council Theatre Bursary to develop a holistic methodology for disability-inclusive practice. They have given workshops on Creatively Embedded Access in the Eduard Smilgis Theatre, Riga, for Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, Lasta Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival. They have recently been awarded the Arts Council Participatory Arts Project Award for 2026 to develop STIMPHONY, a new theatrical-symphonic production for Cork Midsummer Festival 2026.
They are happy to serve in the All In/Uile Ann Advisory Group for the Arts Council of Ireland, and the Independent Artists Working Group for Performing Arts Forum.