McBrinn to leave Clean Break for Gate Theatre, Dublin

Clean Break’s Joint Artistic Director and Chief Executive RÓISÍN MCBRINN is stepping down after eight years with the theatre company.

McBrinn first joined the company as Head of Artistic Programming before moving into her current roles as part of a leadership restructure in 2018.

During her time at Clean Break, McBrinn has been included in the The Stage 100 and Big Issue Top 100 Changemakers and commissioned some of the UK’s most renowned contemporary women playwrights.

She will direct the premiere of Favour at the Bush Theatre in June before joining The Gate Theatre in Dublin as Artistic Director.

“Working at Clean Break has taught me an immeasurable amount and it has been the most fruitful, formative and joyful time of my career,” McBrinn said.

“I will miss the whole community, but I am so excited to pass the baton on and see this vital, brilliant company morph and grow in someone else's hands.”