Deirdre Kinahan

Deirdre Kinahan is an Irish playwright and theatre producer.

Deirdre Kinahan
BornDeirdre Kinahan

Life

Deirdre Kinahan was born in Dublin in 1968. 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. 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. 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)
  • .Passage (2001)
  • Attaboy, Mr. Synge! (2002)
  • Knocknashee (2002)
  • Melody (2005)
  • Hue and Cry (2007)
  • Bogboy (2010)
  • Moment (2011)
  • These Halcyon Days (2013)
  • Spinning (2014)
  • Rise (2016)
  • Rathmines Road (2018)
  • The Unmanageable Sisters (2018)
  • Crossings (2018)
  • Embargo (2020)[2][3]

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

Awards
  • Member, Aosdána
  • Edinburgh Fringe First, Halcyon Days
  • Helen Hayes DC, MOMENT.
  • Dora Awards Canada, MOMENT.
  • Jeff Chicago, Spinning.
  • Helen Hayes DC, Wild Notes.
  • First Irish NYC, BOGBOY.

See also

References
  1. "Deirdre Kinahan". Irish Playography. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. Freyne, Patrick. "'This image of a man tarred and feathered, driving a train out of rage, just haunted me'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. "Embargo". Fishamble. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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