Aislinn Ó hEocha became Executive Artistic Director of Baboró International Arts Festival for Children in 2015. In this broad role she oversees all areas of the organisation, as well as curating the annual international festival in October each year, and developing supports to encourage Irish artists to create work for children.

Aislinn spent several years working across programming, management and marketing in regional arts centres throughout Ireland. Aislinn’s passion for performing arts for children was ignited back in 2001 when she worked with Baboró’s festival team on the delivery of the festival. Aislinn is currently Chair of Theatre for Young Audiences Ireland, a voluntary organisation which supports artists and advocates for the performance arts for children sector in Ireland.