Deirdre Kinahan

Deirdre Kinahan is an Irish playwright and theatre producer.

Life

Deirdre Kinahan was born in Dublin in 1968.^{[citation needed]} She lives in County Meath with her husband and two daughters since 1998.

She founded and ran Tall Tales Theatre Company for fifteen years writing and producing many award-winning theatre productions.^{[citation needed]} She has served as a board member of Theatre Forum Ireland and The Abbey Theatre.^[1] She is a member of Aosdána, a body of elected Irish artists considered to have made an outstanding contribution to cultural life.^{[citation needed]} Deirdre has collaborated with many major theatres in Ireland and on the International circuit including The Old Vic, Royal Court, Bush Theatre London, MTC, Irish Arts Centre and Studio Theatre US. She writes for the Abbey Theatre, Landmark Productions and Fishamble Theatre Company regularly in Ireland.

Works

Plays

Include

• Bé Carna. Women of the Flesh (1999) — Andrews Lane Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.^[2]
• .Passage (2001) — Civic Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Attaboy, Mr. Synge! (2002) — Civic Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Knocknashee (2002) — Civic theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Melody (2005) — Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Hue and Cry (2007) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Bewleys Cafe Theatre
• Bogboy (2010) — Tall Tales Theatre co
• Moment (2011) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Bush Theatre
• These Halcyon Days (2013) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Landmark Productions
• Spinning (2014) — Fishamble Theatre co
• Rise (2016) — Old Vic
• Rathmines Road (2018) — Fishamble Theatre co and Abbey Theatre
• The Unmanageable Sisters (2018) — Abbey Theatre
• Crossings (2018) — Pentabus Theatre co
• Embargo (2020) — Fishamble Theatre co^[3][4]
• An Old Song, Half Forgotten (2023) — Abbey Theatre
• The Saviour Landmark Productions
• OUTRAGE Fishamble Theatre Co
• The Visit Draiocht

Producer

• Passage (Tall Tales Theatre Company, 2001)
• Melody (Tall Tales Theatre Company, 2005)

Awards

• Member, Aosdána^{[citation needed]}
• Edinburgh Fringe First, Halcyon Days^{[citation needed]}
• Helen Hayes DC, MOMENT.^{[citation needed]}
• Dora Awards Canada, MOMENT.^{[citation needed]}
• Jeff Chicago, Spinning.^{[citation needed]}
• Helen Hayes DC, Wild Notes.^{[citation needed]}
• First Irish NYC, BOGBOY.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Irish writers

References

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