Join the safe + sound school from October 2026 – January 2026! Are you an early career audio producer? Someone working in audio looking to do something more creatively challenging? Someone with basic editing knowledge from a different craft – a drag artist / musician / filmmaker / writer – looking to learn how to […]
Author: Jessie Lawson
I had the absolute honour of being artist in residence at HearSay Audio Festival 2026. I created The Strange Mythical Magical Tour of Kilfinane, ran the safe + sound pub, produced new local stories for A Mile in My Shoes, and performed a special HearSay version of No Kids. Thank you so much to Diarmuid […]
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safe + sound @ McGrath’s
I am one half of safe + sound is an audio collective formed by myself and Kit Callin. We run sonic open mic nights, lead workshops on audio making, and install immersive sound experiences at festivals. At HearSay Festival 2026, we fulfilled our lifelong dream of creating an audio installation in a pub. Pubs are places that […]
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Mile in My Shoes
I produced 4 new stories for The Empathy Museum’s A Mile in My Shoes exhibition at HearSay Festival 2026. Josie: Lucy: Ciara (co-produced with Brid Addison-Child): Brendan (co-produced with Michael Umney): Thank you to Liam Flanagan for the beautiful music we were able to use in these episodes.
As Artist in Residence of HearSay Festival 2026, I worked with the Sonic Historical Investigators (AKA Scoil Fionan‘s sixth class – 24 twelve year olds) to make an alternative audio history tour of Kilfinane. HearSay Festival sees 300 audio producers from all over the world arrive to Kilfinane – a market town with a population […]
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