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