The Whistling Girl

Honor Heffernan has been performing as both a singer and actor for more than 30 years. Her career began in the early '70s as Ireland’s first female rock singer when she joined The Watchtower, led by Alan Dee. Following the band's European tour, Heffernan went on to work with many of Ireland’s top blues, rock and folk musicians. Her jazz singing career began in 1983 when she was invited by songwriter and television/radio presenter Shay Healy to join the Jim Doherty Trio in an experimental program that saw musicians from different backgrounds perform together. The experience led to long associations with renowned jazz musicians Jim Doherty, Noel Kelehan, Louis Stewart, Stephen Keogh, and many more. Today she enjoys a reputation as Ireland's leading jazz singer.

Dublin-based Trevor Knight is a composer, musician, director and actor with a special interest in cross-disciplinary projects. Collaborations with Japanese butoh dancers Gyohei Zaitsu and Maki Watanabe include "The Devil’s Spine Band," "Slat," "The Gift," and "Visitant." A new piece, "A Skein Unwound," with artist Alice Maher and dancer Gyohei Zaitsu, was unveiled at the 2015 Yeats Festival in Sligo.

Knight released three albums in the '80s with his band Auto da Fé, and has toured and recorded with artists including Philip Lynott, Donovan, Roger Doyle, Camille O’Sullivan, Mary Coughlan, and Paul Brady. He has written scores for more than seventy pieces of theatre and dance, and performed as an actor in Rough for Theatre I by Samuel Beckett (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2013; Tokyo, 2014; and The Barbican, London, 2015).