Aiden is currently a Lecturer and Deputy Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) in Acting & Performance at London South Bank University. Prior to LSBU he was a fulltime Lecturer in Acting at Institute of the Arts Barcelona (IAB), teaching across BA and MA Acting programmes. Prior to IAB, he served as a Senior Lecturer in Acting and programme leader for Falmouth University (UK) where he designed and wrote the innovative BA (Hons) Acting programme for their Academy of Music and Theatre Arts. He has taught acting and directed productions in numerous leading conservatories and universities in Ireland and the UK including Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Rose Bruford College, Guildford School of Acting, East 15, The Gaiety School of Acting and University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). He has also been invited to conduct workshops, trainings and talks with actors and performers for various institutions in Spain, Italy, Poland and Japan. 

 

Established in 2020, Aiden has been founding artistic director of Living Acting Studio (https://www.livingactingstudio.com), an international acting training and coaching provider. As part of his work with LAS, Aiden has been a private acting coach to numerous clients including high profile performers such as Antonio Diaz aka Mago Pop whom he assisted on the Broadway debut of his sell-out show 'Nothing is Impossible". Through LAS, Aiden was the very first westerner ever to be commissioned by the Ministry of Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to lead a new theatre arts and performer training initiative as part of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision project. After several extended visits involving the delivery of a number of highly successful pilot programmes in Jeddah and Riyadh, this relationship continues to grow from strength to strength exerting a significant impact on the growth and expansion of KSA’s burgeoning performing arts industry.

 

From 2002-2102 Aiden was the founding artistic director of NERVOUSYSTEM an award-winning Dublin-based International Performance Laboratory. Over ten years NERVOUSYSTEM pursued its remit of sustained active investigation into acting craft and innovative theatre arts practices. Alongside designing and evolving the core daily acting training programme for the fulltime ensemble, Aiden directed a repertoire of publicly and critically acclaimed performances which toured throughout Europe. 

 

As a director, Aiden has created countless critically and publicly successful stage productions across the UK and Europe including classical and contemporary plays from Shakespeare to Chekhov to Beckett as well as many original devised works.

 

As an actor, Aiden has received critical acclaim for performances in a number of works by Samuel Beckett performed in Russia, Tokyo and Los Angeles. Other notable credits include Angelo in Measure for Measure (Rattlebag, Dublin), and Sordido in the Irish premiere of Women Beware Women by Howard Barker. In 2000 Aiden was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Irish Theatre Awards for his portrayal of Marc Antony in Julius Caesar. Film and TV credits include Game of Thrones, Saving Private Ryan, Love Eternal and The Tudors. 

 

Since 2016, Aiden has been an associate editor on the Routledge international journal of Theatre, Dance & Performance Training. Through his work with this highly regarded journal, he curates and edits contributions, regularly liaising and interacting with scholars and practitioners from all over the world working at the forefront of theatre and performing arts education, research and practice.

 

Currently based in London, Aiden continues his work and research as an actor trainer/performing arts educator & performance maker both independently and in his role as lecturer in Acting & Performance at London South Bank University.