The Braid - Ballymena Town Hall & Museum Arts Centre

Tim Burden is part of the Northern Media Group which operate 6 radio stations across the province and he also work with Film Score Monthly. His role for both companies is as a radio presenter, producer, voice over artist and film correspondent. (www.northernmediagroup.com / www.filmscoremonthly.com)Tim also works with Cinemagic, RTE and the Ulster Orchestra on various arts and film projects.

Paddy is involved with The Braid Comedy Club which runs a monthly comedy club in The Braid and often comperes for such events.

Willie Drennan is a traditional musician, storyteller, poet and writer, who draws much of his material from the Ulster Scots cultural traditions of his native County Antrim.He also travelled extensively in Europe and North America, between 1976 and 1997, but once again, resides near Ballymena in County Antrim.Since returning to Northern Ireland, he has produced over seven CD recordings, under the Fowkgates label, and until recently was the artistic coordinator of the Ulster Scots Folk Orchestra, which he helped form in October 2000.

Civil Servant George was born and raised in Ballymena . His passion for live music began after seeing Scottish band Deacon Blue at Belfast' s Kings Hall over 20 years ago. Now a regular attender at gigs all over Northern Ireland ,  George also worked at this year' s Glastonbury Music  Festival and hopes to bring his experience of the live music scene to the Braid Real Music Club.

Paul is one of the trio who have helped Film At The Braid go from strength to strength. He has a keen interest in cinema.

Lisa is 35 years old, mother of 3 kids. She has lived in Ballymena all her life other than a brief stay in London and Portrush for University.Lisa auditioned for Find Me The Funny on BBC1 NI when was recovering from illness. There she met Paddy Mc Gaughey and they began talking about starting a comedy club in Ballymena.  Paddy had the comedy experience and Lisa had the contacts, having previously worked for Ballymena Borough Council, so they approached the Braid Arts Centre and the rest is history.

Hannah is the Arts & Events Assistant at the Braid Arts Centre, she studied English Literature at University of Ulster Coleraine and has a keen interest in drama, literature, music and film.

Kathleen Hoey trained as an actress at ALRA (Academy of Live and Recording Arts) and as a singer with English National Opera on a course called "The Knack". Following training Kathleen has sang with a folk/jazz choir and a do-wop group and performed in many venues in London as well as Glastonbury and Latitude festivals, amongst other acting roles. Kathleen lived in London for 12 years before moving back to Northern Ireland where she has since been acting in plays and readings for Adhoc Drama Group. Kathleen is currently studying for a diploma in creative writing and grade 7 singing and leading drama workshops.

Carole currently works as a Development Officer with the Workers' Educational Association (WEA), setting up adult community education classes and projects in venues across the province. Themes include Creative Industries, creative responses to Community Development and Community Leadership. Prior to this, she worked for a season in Further Education and has considerable experience as a community artist.Having grown up in Portrush, Carole went to Art College in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Duncan of Jordanstone, University of Dundee. She now lives in Portglenone and continues to work on textile art pieces as time allows.