
Cian Binchy
Cian is an Associate Artist of Access All Areas. He has most recently co-created and performed in A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy at The Lowry (2024), Imposter 22 at The Royal Court (2023), unReal City at Battersea Arts Centre (2020) and Brighton Dome (2022) in collaboration with dreamthinkspeak, and ‘Living Newspaper’ at The Royal Court (2021). He played a giant baby in the immersive production MADHOUSE re:exit at Shoreditch Town Hall and The Lowry (2018), and toured the UK in Eye Queue Hear (2014-15).
From 2013-16, Cian worked with Access All Areas to create The Misfit Analysis which toured the UK and internationally, winning the VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award (“Inside Binchy’s mind is utterly fascinating and wildly creative” – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian).
TV credits include ‘The Level’ and ‘Grace’ for ITV, and ‘Doctors’ for the BBC.
Cian continues to write and perform his own poetry and is passionate about raising awareness for autistic and learning disabled people. He has also consulted for The National Theatre on the play ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’.
He is currently working with Access All Areas as a Content Creator writing and filming content for social media, like the Access Not Denied series.
Cian graduated from Access All Areas’ 2014 Performance Making Diploma at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

- Height:185
- Eye Colour:Green
- Hair Colour:Dark Brown
- Booking Contact
- Sam How, Simon & How
Training
- Performance Making Diploma (2014), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Transforming Leadership (2020-2022), Access All Areas
Stage Experience
- A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy (2024), Access All Areas Productions and The Lowry
- Imposter 22 (2023), Royal Court Theatre and Access All Areas Productions
- unReal City (2020-2022), Access All Areas Productions and dreamthinkspeak
- Living Newspaper (2021), Royal Court Theatre
- MADHOUSE re-exit (2018) Access All Areas Productions
- The Misfit Analysis (2014-16), Access All Areas Productions
- Eye Queue Here (2014-15) Access All Areas Productions
- 1984 (2011), Lyric Hammersmith
TV and Film Experience
- Grace (2021), ITV
- Doctors (2019), BBC
- The Level (2018), ITV
- I’m a Man, Not a Baby (2018), BBC3
- My Curious Documentary (2015), BBC Imagine Series
Awards Received
- Peoples’ Choice Award for ‘The Misfit Analysis’ (2016), Vault Festival
- Peoples Award for ‘The Misfit Analysis’ (2015), Wellcome Trust
Particular Skills
- Performance Poet
- Writing
- Consultancy
- Writers’ rooms for TV and Film
- Public speaking
- Training
- Content Creation for social media
Other Relevant Experiences
- Consultant on ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime’ (2013-15)
- Public Speaker in the Houses of Parliament (2009-2018)