Kate Guelke
ITI offsite Resident 2025
Residency Dates: 15 – 19 September 2025
Northern Irish opera-maker Kate Guelke is a recipient of the Anne O'Donoghue Award and an INVEST artist with Theatre and Dance NI. She has been awarded the ACI Opera Bursary and Stage Directors UK Opera Bursary. As Artistic Director of Spark Opera, Kate leads a company recognised by the National Lottery Award NI Arts and the MAC ‘Hatch’ programme. She has directed for NI Opera, Spark Opera, and Stage Beyond. Recent projects include participation in Synchromesh — the European Symposium for Audio Drama — and an artist residency with Halle Opera. Kate is developing Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast (premiering 2026) and an adaptation of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian for BBC Radio 4 (2025).