Nichola MacEvilly

Nichola moved to London at 18 to train as an actress at Rose Bruford College. She completed her MA at Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. She has worked extensively in theatre and film as an actress, producer, singer and visual art collaborator. 'A brilliant acting talent with an extraordinary range. Her ability to immerse herself in character is remarkable'. Paddy Slattery, screenwriter and director. 'Nichola MacEvilly give an outstanding performance as the neurotic Florence'. Katy Hayes, The Independent. 'Nichola is an actor capable of great fire. A remarkably disciplined and flexible performer, she is an actor that can demonstrate great agency when needed, while also being extremely sensitive to the overall needs of the creative process. A true talent'. Marc Atkinson, artistic director Sugarglass Theatre Dublin, New York. 'Perfectly executed, moving and powerful'. Hannah Doherty Green, Review of Macbeth, Mill Theatre. 'MacEvilly's Lady Macbeth is wonderfully contemptuous'. Fergal Casey, Talking Movies, Review of Macbeth, Mill Theatre. 'captivates most in her famous sleepwalking scene, white faced and disturbed'. Merel van't Hooft, No More Workhorse, Macbeth. 'a seamless transition from power hungry, domineering yet loving wife to a frightened guilt plagued shell'. Hannah Doherty Green. Performance and design as pure poetry. Peter Crawley, The Irish Time for The Wake at The Abbey Theatre. 'excellent comic timing'. Ellie O'Byrne. The Irish Examiner. Magnificent theatricality marks out this clever adaptation of Flann O'Brien's great satire, Blue Raincoat subvert and abandon gender roles with impunity. Nichola MacEvilly (takes) on a variety within the piece to great and comic effect. Review of The Poor Mouth, AllEdinburgh Theatre. Hilarious biting satire, deftly morphing into a medley of characters, animals, chunks of landscape, soundscape and linguistic turns, all at the doff of a cap or the rumble of thunder. It is a tour de force, the like of this production will not be seen again. Seona Mac Reamoinn in The Irish Theatre Magazine. Nichola brings an immense talent, an intelligent and considered approach and a wealth of stagecraft to her work. More importantly she is a joy to work with. Geoff O'Keefe, theatre director. Nichola MacEvilly took to the stage for her version of 'California Soul', and frankly, this woman OWNS the spotlight, despite being so small and delicate, nestled in amongst a stage full of larger that life musicians and their instruments, Nichola's acting background brought itself to the fore and she sparkled and stormed her way through a fantastic performance. Kate Winter, author and columnist. Nichola MacEvilly being MVP as a desperate housewife seeking escape. review of Five Minutes Later by Andy McLoughlin 'Outstanding example of absurdity theatre, excellent performance'. Review of Rhinoceros, The Irish Times. 'Eithne Inguba, complexly remorseful and hopeful in Nichola MacEvilly's clever performance. Review of The Only Jealousy of Emer by Chris McCormack. Nichola MacEvilly is one of my personal favorites, a star in so many ways, actress, singer. She's exceptional and her stage presence is too, especially dressed as she was last night like a mermaid starlet. Performing with the wonderful Eoin Troy, Nichola at the piano and Eoin on guitar, its brilliant pair sang a spine tingling version of Falling Slowly from the Oscar winning film Once. Kate Winter, author and columnist.