Saoirse Anton is an Irish writer, performer and producer. She is also a feminist, optimist, enthusiast, opinionated scamp and human being.

As a poet, she has performed extensively in Ireland and the UK, including appearances at Dublin Book Festival, First Fortnight Festival, Big Love Festival, Green  Gathering, the London Irish Centre, Lost in Leith, TactileBosch, Cardiff Queer Fringe, the Clifton Street Festival, Waterstones Cardiff, Railway Gardens, Elysium Gallery Swansea, and the Circus Village Cabaret.

She released her debut pamphlet Confetti Catching in February 2024, written while living with NoFit State Circus as Production Poet in Residence on their production Sabotage in Spring 2023. Her poetry has also been published in Rise Up and Repeal, an anthology from Sad Press Poetry, and in Cardiff 75: Writings from the City, an anthology from Parthian Books. She was commissioned by NoFit State Circus to write a poem for their 2022 Clifton Street Festival. She has been commissioned by Studio 9 animation studio and RTÉ (Ireland’s national broadcaster) to write two short poetry films for children, An Oíche is Speisíalta (2020) and Navigating the Rough Seas (2022), her latest commission with Studio 9 and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Akita and the Wolfhound, is due to premiere at the Irish Pavillion in the 2025 Osaka Expo.

She loves teaching writing, and has facilitated poetry and writing workshops in schools and community groups in Ireland and Wales, and provides one-to-one mentoring as part of her Sounding Board Sessions.

As a theatre critic and writer, her work has appeared in a fortnightly column on takeyourseats.ie, in The Reviews Hub, The V&A’s TheatreVoice podcast, TN2 Magazine, and on her own website Sitting On The Fourth Wall. She has been invited to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on several occasions as part of the Network of Independent Critics, has appeared at Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin, has represented Youth Theatre Ireland at On The Edge Festival in Birmingham, and has facilitated theatre criticism workshops for Youth Theatre Ireland and National Dance Company Wales.

When not writing, she hula hoops and works in arts administration.

When not doing that she can be found rambling about or in the sea.