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

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
The Unmanageable Sisters Deirdre Kinahan Michel Tremblay

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