Bridget Webster
Executive Producer/CEO
Bridget is a co-founder of CoisCéim Dance Theatre working with the company until the end of 2002 and then returning as Executive Producer in July 2013. She has produced numerous new works for the company, including international presentations at the Place, London, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival & Peak Performances in USA, Ten Days on the Island (Tasmania), Arts Centre Melbourne & Sydney Opera House, Australia. She co-produced the multi award winning dance film Hit and Run. Recent credits include the ART:2023 project Palimpsest/Sparking Debate; Breakin' Brothers; The Wolf and Peter; Body Language/In the Magic Hour and lead producer on the major international multi-partner collaboration, These Rooms presented as part of ART2016, 14-18NOW at the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT2018) and at Tate Liverpool. In 2020/21, she oversaw CoisCéim’s move to, and refurbishment of the landmark building at 42 Fairview Strand that resulted in a distinctive new space for dance in Dublin’s north city.
As an independent producer/mentor, Bridget works with a small number of people including visual artist Siobhán McDonald. She sits on the advisory panel of the Emma O’Kane Bursary and has also been closely associated with Aerowaves – where she was Ireland’s first partner for 7 years, co-programming three platforms for the Dublin Fringe Festival. More recently, as a board director, she was integral to the relocation of the company to Ireland to secure the network’s future following Brexit. Other notable board memberships have included Project Arts Centre, Irish Theatre Institute (formerly known as The Theatre Shop) & The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annamakerrig. An alumni of Common Purpose, Bridget holds engineering degrees from Glasgow University and Imperial College, London and worked for over twenty years in the oil industry world-wide. She is a lifetime member of SPE, its professional body.