Stephen trained at The Academy, London. Stephen has appeared in The Lehman Trilogy, National and Piccadilly Theatre; Yardbird, Hackney Empire; Drag Baby, The Pleasance; James Dean is Dead, Tour; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, New Rep Company; Ellen Terry, Actor’s Church, Covent Garden; Marie Antoinette,
Courtyard; Romeo & Juliet, Wimbledon; Macbeth ,Wimbledon; Elegies for Punks, Angels & Raging Queens, Fortune; Beauty & The Beast, Chelmsford; Wizard of Oz, Italy Tour and The Ghost Train,Theatre Royal, Nottingham. They have also appeared in the films The Human Factory, Land’s End,
Brightside, The Date and Suspicion.
Stephen also performs as alter ego Dragstar Orla Nothin’. Orla has appeared on ‘Say Yes To The Dress’, with Gok Wan, and E4’s ‘Queen’s of Clean’. Orla also appeared in the T .V. Show ‘Iris Live’- The Iris Prize Film Festival in conjunction with Channel 4, as well as Buzzfeed’s travel series ‘36 Hours in Newcastle’. She can next be seen in the upcoming films ‘Dani_El’ and ‘Woke Up Dead’ with
Maxine Peake. Orla runs her own production company, Smurphitonal Productions which features ‘Derek and Orla Do…’, her award winning web series (New York Movie Awards, London International Webfest) with partner Derek Murphy, original songs,such as ‘My Name is Orla’ and ‘Nothin’ for Christmas’ along with a slew of parody songs. Smurphitonal will soon be releasing the third season
of the web series, entitled Tales of the Fairy Queendom, as well as short film ‘Derek Tracy and The Killer in Heels’. She performs cabaret, as well as hosting bingo, drag story time, karaoke, quizzes -and weddings – across the UK and Ireland.
Orla is available for weddings, christenings and funerals.