Dualtagh McDonnell-Grundy is a theatre-maker, writer and artistic researcher from Dublin based in Ireland and the Netherlands. He trained as a devised director at Trinity College, Dublin and now works between the fields of tech and ecology. His practice is currently focused on exploring collaboration with nature through site-responsive practice with bogs/wetlands in order to examine our extractive relationships with land. His work more broadly falls under the umbrella of facilitating encounters with the aim of exposing and then resisting dominant systems.

He also is a co-founding member of BLOB collective (NL) with Biyi Zhu and Sophie Waller. BLOB’s primary focus is exploring the intersection of the body and technology. Through the fabrication of different technologically bound spaces they aim to examine the physical encounter between these two entities. They have presented their work in DeSingel Arts Centre, Antwerp, 4bid Gallery, Amsterdam and Royal Conservatoir, Antwerp.

He is also a published writer with work featuring in journals and magazines such as Jelly Bucket Magazine, High Shelf Press, Icarus Magazine and Hot Press. He also works in the theatre scene as a performer with recent credits including Bros (dir. Romeo Castellucci) as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2022. Outside of the world of theatre, he works as an English language teacher.

Funding/Residencies and Further Training:

  • Awardee of Pan Pan International Mentorship 2025 with Caden Manson (supported Dublin Theatre Festival and Arts Council Ireland).

  • Resident Artists at PAF Massia - Massiaru, Estonia (May 2025)

  • Agility Award Recipient 2024 - funding from Arts Council Ireland for the development of ‘Still, It Moves’ project

  • Resident Artist at Theatre in Palm Residency (Creative Europe) - Sofia, Bulgaria (October-November 2024)

  • Participant Artist in RAIVE Summer School (The Algorithmic Gaze and CREATIE) at Royal Conservatory Antwerp/DE SINGEL International Arts Centre (September 2024)

  • Resident Artist at Labor Europa Performance Residency - Osnabrück, Germany (June 2023)

  • Aesthetic Transformation Processes Participant (Facilitated by Margit Shild, Elivira Hufschmid) – Berlin Summer University, Universität der Künste Berlin (June 2023)