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