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Deirdre Kinahan

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Deirdre Kinahan is a Dublin-based playwright and theatre producer who founded and ran Tall Tales Theatre Company for 15 years and is currently a board member of Theatre Forum Ireland. Deirdre wrote her first play in 1999 when a group of women at Ruhama Women's Project asked her to write a play about their lives as prostitutes. Be Carna was widely regarded as a powerful debut. Her play Moment played at the Bush to critical acclaim and sell out audiences in 2011 whilst her latest play These Halcyon Days won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival 2013. Her new play Spinning opened at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2014. Deirdre has also been part of the Open Court season at the Royal Court with a play about the Irish economic crisis.

Company Jobs

Job Title Company
Artistic Director Tall Tales Theatre Company

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Attaboy, Mr. Synge! Deirdre Kinahan
Bé Carna Deirdre Kinahan
Bogboy Deirdre Kinahan
Dear Ireland I Emmet Kirwan Nancy Harris Sinéad Burke Rosaleen McDonagh Owen McCafferty Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn David Ireland Frank McGuinness Feli Speaks Meadhbh McHugh Jody O'Neill Gina Moxley Colm Keegan (2) Abbie Spallen Phillip McMahon Michael West Darach Mac Con Iomaire Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Eva O'Connor Edna O'Brien Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Sonya Kelly Deirdre Kinahan Margaret Perry Zoe Ní Riordáin Joseph O'Connor (1) Karen Cogan Jimmy Murphy Kit de Waal Carmel Winters Ursula Rani Sarma Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Enda Walsh Iseult Golden Zhu Yi Keith James Walker Mark O'Halloran Sarah Hanly Pom Boyd Una McKevitt John Connors Stacey Gregg Blindboy Boatclub Shane O'Reilly Thomas Kane Byrne
Embargo Deirdre Kinahan
Halcyon Days Deirdre Kinahan
Home Theatre (Ireland) Nancy Harris Elaine Murphy Little John Nee Natalya O'Flaherty Finbarr Doyle Paul Mercier Clare Barrett (1) John Morton Shaun Dunne Jody O'Neill Feli Speaks Colin Murphy Marc Mac Lochlainn Jeda de Brí Eva O'Connor Carys D. Coburn Neil Watkins Sorcha Fox Fiona McGeown Gavin Kostick Roisin Ingle Sharon Mannion Bryan Burroughs Fionn Foley Deirdre Kinahan Duke Special Robbie Blake Sonya Kelly Tom Swift Louise Lewis
Hue and Cry Deirdre Kinahan
Knocknashee Deirdre Kinahan
Maisy Daly's Rainbow Deirdre Kinahan
Melody Deirdre Kinahan
Moment Deirdre Kinahan
Passage Deirdre Kinahan
Rathmines Road Deirdre Kinahan
Rebecca's Robin Deirdre Kinahan
Rum and Raisin Alice Barry Deirdre Kinahan
Spinning Deirdre Kinahan
Summer Fruits Deirdre Kinahan
The Snow Child Deirdre Kinahan
The Tale of the Blue Eyed Cat Deirdre Kinahan
Tiny Plays for Ireland Rachel Feehily Darren Donohue Mark Hennessy Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Adrienne Michel-Long Dermot Bolger Gregory Rosenstock Michelle Read Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Deirdre Kinahan Ciara Ní Chuirc Karl O'Neill Jesse Weaver Rory Nolan Antonia Hart Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton
Wild Sky Deirdre Kinahan

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
The Unmanageable Sisters Deirdre Kinahan Michel Tremblay

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Attaboy, Mr. Synge! Deirdre Kinahan
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Antoinette Duffy Oscar Wilde
Summer Fruits Deirdre Kinahan

Artistic Director

Play Title Playwright
Chance Maeve Ingoldsby Jennifer Mooney Jody O'Neill Lisa Keogh

Displacement by Jennifer Mooney; Foreign Affairs by Jody O'Neill; Even Clean Hands Cause Damage by Lisa Keogh; No One's Being Eaten by Sharks by Maeve Ingoldsby

Producer

Play Title Playwright
Melody Deirdre Kinahan
Passage Deirdre Kinahan