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Joe O'Byrne

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O'Byrne is a playwright, screenwriter and director. He was artistic director of Co-motion Theatre Company and directed a number of his own plays for the company, including Departed, The Ghost of Saint Joan and The Sinking of the Titanic. He also directed many other shows for Co-motion, including Caberet/Kabarett and Frank Pig Says Hello. He wrote the screenplay for the film Korea, and directed his first feature film, Pete's Meteor, in 1998.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Departed Joe O'Byrne
En Suite Joe O'Byrne
Gerrup! Joe O'Byrne
It Come Up Sun Joe O'Byrne
Mysteries 2000 Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Declan Gorman Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Fergus Linehan (1) Brendan Kennelly Michael McCaffery Johnny Hanrahan Deirdre Purcell Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
The Ghost Of Saint Joan Joe O'Byrne
The History Of The World At 3 A.M. Joe O'Byrne
The Last Potato Joe O'Byrne
The Man In The Iron Mask Joe O'Byrne
The Sinking Of The Titanic And Other Matters Joe O'Byrne
The Táin Bó Cuailgne Joe O'Byrne

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Mother Courage And Her Children Joe O'Byrne Bertolt Brecht
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors Roddy Doyle Joe O'Byrne Roddy Doyle

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Affluence Wesley Burrowes

Assistant Stage Manager

Play Title Playwright
Affluence Wesley Burrowes

Director

Play Title Playwright
Departed Joe O'Byrne
Frank Pig Says Hello Patrick McCabe Patrick McCabe
Adapted from his novel 'The Butcher Boy'.
Gerrup! Joe O'Byrne
Loco County Lonesome Patrick McCabe
The Dead School Patrick McCabe
Adapted from his own novel of the same name.
The Drum Tony Kavanagh
The Ghost Of Saint Joan Joe O'Byrne
The History Of The World At 3 A.M. Joe O'Byrne
The Last Potato Joe O'Byrne
The Revenant Patrick McCabe
The Sinking Of The Titanic And Other Matters Joe O'Byrne
The Táin Bó Cuailgne Joe O'Byrne
An adaptation of the Gaelic myth.
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors Roddy Doyle Joe O'Byrne Roddy Doyle Roddy Doyle
Adapted from Roddy Doyle's novel of the same name.

Designer

Play Title Playwright
Frank Pig Says Hello Patrick McCabe Patrick McCabe
Adapted from his novel 'The Butcher Boy'.

Lyrics by

Play Title Playwright
Gerrup! Joe O'Byrne

Floor Crew

Play Title Playwright
The Ghost Of Saint Joan Joe O'Byrne

Producer

Play Title Playwright
The Man In The Iron Mask Joe O'Byrne