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Michelle Read

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Michelle Read is a writer, theatre-maker and dramaturge. Originally from the UK, she trained as an actor at Middlesex Polytechnic and later received an M.A. in dramaturgy from Goldsmiths College, London. Her awards include the Hugh Leonard Bursary and the Eamon Keane Full-Length Play Award for ‘Snakelight’ (2009), the Stewart Parker/BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award for ‘The Other Side’ (2003) and a Fringe First for ‘Romantic Friction’ (1998). In 2011 she was commissioned by the Gaiety School of Acting to write for eighteen graduating students, resulting in the new play ‘Toxic’, which was performed at Project Arts Centre. She was a Theatre Artist in Residence at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght. She is currently a participant in Six in the Attic, an Irish Theatre Institute initiative.

Company Jobs

Job Title Company
Artistic Director Living Space Theatre (formerly READCO)

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Play About My Dad Michelle Read
Romantic Friction Michelle Read
The Lost Letters of a Victorian Lady Michelle Read
The Other Side Michelle Read
Tiny Plays for Ireland Sean McLoughlin Darren Donohue Rosaleen McDonagh Joseph O'Connor (1) Niamh Creely Michael West Evan Lee D'Alton Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Rachel Feehily Deirdre Kinahan Mark Hennessy Karl O'Neill Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Rory Nolan Michael Cussen Ardal O'Hanlon Ronan Geoghegan Gerald Murphy Ciara Ní Chuirc Jody O'Neill Jesse Weaver Colin Murphy Antonia Hart

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Emma Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Jane Austen
Out of Line Maeve Ingoldsby
Play About My Dad Michelle Read
Quay West Alex Johnston David Fancy Joseph Long
Romantic Friction Michelle Read
The Butterfly Ranch Tom Swift
The Lost Letters of a Victorian Lady Michelle Read
The Quest

Dramaturg

Play Title Playwright
Marvel Elizabeth Moynihan
The Scarlet WWWeb Briana Corrigan Mary Kelly

Producer

Play Title Playwright
Play About My Dad Michelle Read
Romantic Friction Michelle Read
You Are Here Ioanna Anderson