Michael Collins is a member of the Irish Traveller community. Travellers are an indigenous minority, documented as being part of Irish society for centuries. Travellers have a long shared history and value system which make them a distinct group. They have their own language, customs and traditions. Michael has been an advocate of Traveller human rights for over 20 years. He has been developing the idea of establishing a Traveller Theatre Company which would work with Travellers and other socially excluded and ethnic minority groups to allow them to tell there stories and issues in an artistic way. This company will be called Traveller Wagon Wheel Theatre Company. Michael is an actor, writer and performer he has acted on stage in the Abby and Olympia Theatres. Michael has written his own play “It’s a cultural thing or is it” which he has spent the past two years performing in venues in Ireland and in the UK.
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