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