Órla Mc Govern is a Storyteller, Writer, Performer and Facilitator living in Galway, Ireland. An award-winning storyteller who has performed at the Cape Clear Festival, Yarn Festival at Mermaid Arts, World Storytelling Café, Electric Picnic and numerous other venues and events, Órla is also the artistic director of ‘Moth & Butterfly’ a storytelling and improvisation collective based in the West of Ireland.
Órla’s plays have been produced in Ireland and the US and produced at: First Irish Festival, New York, Key City Theatre, Washington, Fregoli Theatre, Galway (Cúirt at Mick Lally Theatre), Red Barn Thomastown, Martello Media/Alive-O (for Guinness storehouse), The Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Farmleigh Dublin, Brigit’s Garden Galway, and more.
Órla has also written several short films, produced in Ireland, and also works as an actor for TV, Radio and Film.
Órla is a master level performer and facilitator of improvisational theatre, and regularly teaches and performs in festivals around the world. She has performed with Spolin Players, The Edge Improv, Carlotta’s Late Night Wing Ding, The Seattle Neutrino Project, Seattle Goga, and at Improv Fest Ireland, Barcelona Improv Festival, Finland International Improv Festival, Theatre de L’Oignon, Strasbourg, France, Improfest Sweden, Improv Brussels, IMPRO Romania, Improdrom, Poland, and many more.
Órla also teaches Improvisational Theatre in both Corporate and Arts settings, and has facilitated workshops for Google,
LinkedIn, Bellevue College, Cork Institute of Technology, The Blue Teapot Theatre Company, Galway, Galway Actors’ Workshop, Galway Theatre Festival, as well as for many schools and classes across Ireland.
Órla is the Artistic Director of The Spontaneous Theatre People and The Sky Babies Improv Troupe, and was co-director of Improv Fest Ireland for many years.