Owen is a Director, Actor and Movement Coach born in Ireland but raised in New Zealand and trained at Drama Centre London. As a director, his previous work includes: An Inspector Calls, The Effect (Open House Theatre, Vienna), Skin Tight, Normal, Slaughterhouse, Antenora (all Restless Ecstasy), and the Operas Suor Angelica and La Clemenza di Tito (Giornata Opera). In December 2019 he directed the world premiere of the Ukrainian-language drama Tolyk Molochar (“Tolik the Milkman”), at the October Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine. His production of Skin Tight in Dublin the same year was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for best movement direction.Owen has pursued the Michael Chekhov method for 12 years, studying with Paul Brennan in Dublin, Graham Dixon in London and Joerg Andrees in Berlin. Other training includes the Co-ordination Method with Gzregorz Bral in Wroclaw, Meyerhold's Biomechanics with Gennady Bogdanov in Perugia, and Classical Acting with Andy Hinds in Dublin. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Restless Ecstasy Theatre (www.restlessxtc.com) and was a Creative Director of Open House Theatre (www.openhousetheatre.at)