singer-songwriter
piano. guitar. uke. flute. & vocals
check out my vids on yt

'best new band' - construction rocks 2024

vocals & flute - hepzi
guitar - dan
bass - luke
drums - michael

Hello! I'm a musician, composer and sound designer based in Dublin. I release my own music as State Actor. I also work extensively in theatre. 

Selected credits include It Was Paradise, Unfortunately (Dublin Fringe, The Collective); Happy Capital (Dublin Fringe); Revolutionary (Volya Theatre, Stavanger Konserthus); Gold In The Water (Project Arts Centre, Dublin); The Saviour (Cork Midsummer Festival, Landmark Productions); Miasma (ANU); Some Names Were Changed (Dublin Fringe, 15th Oak); Cleft (Galway International Arts Festival, Rough Magic); Bears in Space (59e59 Theaters New York, Soho Theatre London and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Collapsing Horse); Gladys and The Gutter Stars (Dublin Fringe); The Water Orchard (Collapsing Horse); Before Monsters Were Made (15th Oak); Everything Between Us (Rough Magic) and Way To Heaven (Rough Magic SEEDS).  

I got my professional start through the SEEDS programme, an initiative for emerging theatre artists run by Rough Magic and funded by the Irish Arts Council, where I was selected as a sound designer and composer.

I also have experience composing for film and have worked extensively with Dublin-based Vah Vah Films. Most recently I provided original music, sound editing and music supervision for 'With Compliments From The Gentlemen Across The Bar In Oman,' which had its festival premiere in Boyne Valley Film Festival 2024. I also wrote the music for 'Rebecca's Boyfriend' (Vah-Vah Films), which premiered in Indie Cork in 2021.

Writes poems and plays songs but can’t write songs so does covers

Little Kings is based in Northern Ireland and led by Hong Kong born and raised Ryan Harling.

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