CIENDA McNAMARA
Actor-Director
Parade-
Warehaus Theatre
"It’s hard to fault the choreography (Caron Koch)...and Cienda McNamara’s direction, which combine with a super-talented cast to bring this edgy musical alive in a way that we don’t often see in Brisbane."
Alison Coates-Stagediary.com
A Doll's House-
Starlight Co-op
"A good story, like a good folk song, can easily survive a shift through time and space and so it is with Ibsen’s A Doll’s House; director Cienda McNamara has transposed Starlight Theatre’s production from 19th century Norway to England the 1950s, and the insightful transition is seamless."
Jan Nary- Arts Hub
Private Lives-
Starlight Co-op
"...it is worth noting that the connection between the light and the deep is a key strength in director Cienda McNamara’s production. The pithy dialogue impresses with its bite and elegance, but there is also due emphasis for the show’s contemplations of triviality and flippancy."
Jake Eldred - Briztix
Parade-
Warehaus Theatre
"...while the whole bright production is in the visionary hands of director Cienda McNamara....we all have cause to be grateful to a group of young people with such promising talent and wise and compassionate hearts.”
Mary Nemeth- Time off Magazine
Romeo & Juliet -
Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe
"For pure entertainment you can't look much further than the hilarious Cienda McNamara as Juliet's Nurse. She's jovial, animated and a real delight to watch."
Grace Naug Stagediary.com
Food of Love-
QLD Shakespeare Ensemble
"...is the brain-child of QSE artistic director Rob Pensalfini and director Cienda McNamara, a vision of a “Shakespearean cabaret” ...
The directors have discovered a "Shakespearean heart of darkness" in Food of Love, "
Brett Barfoot -Stagediary.com
MEDIA
Richard III-
QLD Shakespeare Ensemble
"Cienda McNamara’s Duchess is truly touching."
Baz McAllister -Time Off Magazine
Undies : The Cabaret
"...the show is seamless and clever, with Shorey's musical antics and elastic expressions making for an entertaining and sometimes very silly ride.”
The Age
Nobody Does It Like Me
“… she certainly knows how to make an entrance – and she definitely knows how to get a laugh.”
Paul Dellit, Stage Whispers
