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Raymond Scannell

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Raymond Scannell is a multi-disciplinary arts practitioner who works in a freelance capacity as a writer, performer, musician & sound designer. His solo play Deep won ‘Best Male Performer’ and was nominated for the ‘Spirit of the Fringe’ at the Dublin Fringe Festival Awards 2013. Previous solo show Mimic toured nationally and internationally at cities including Galway, Kilkenny, Dublin (‘Best Male Performer’ Dublin Fringe Festival 2008’), PS122, New York (COIL festival), the Irish Arts Center, New York 2011, the Centre Cultural Irlandais, Paris, and Electric Picnic 2011. As an Actor, Raymond Scannell has toured internationally with Druid’s The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh and played ‘Barney Bagnal’ in Druid’s Production of the Silver Tassie, as part of the Lincoln Center Festival 2011, New York. As Sound Designer Ray was commissioned by thisispopbaby Theatre Co. to compose original music for the Musical Alice in Funderland, (presented and Co-Produced at the Abbey Theatre, March 2012, Nominated for ‘Best Production’, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013). Working primarily in theatre, Raymond Scannell also has an MA in Screenwriting from the IADT, Dun Laoghaire. Raymond was a participant in Six in the Attic, an Irish Theatre Institute resource sharing initiative.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Day in the Life of a Pencil Raymond Scannell
Alice in Funderland Raymond Scannell Phillip McMahon
Beats 'n' Pieces Raymond Scannell
Closed Circuit Raymond Scannell
Deep Raymond Scannell
Generation Revolution Raymond Scannell
Losing Steam Raymond Scannell
Mimic Raymond Scannell
Mix it Up Raymond Scannell
Permutations and Palpitations Raymond Scannell
Striking Distance Raymond Scannell
The Bluffer's Guide to Suburbia Raymond Scannell

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Apocalypse, Then John McCarthy (1) Ciaran Fitzpatrick
Beats 'n' Pieces Raymond Scannell
Death at Intervals Kellie Hughes José Saramago
Deep Raymond Scannell
Famished Castle Hilary Fannin
Knock 3 Times Gaye Shortland
Latch John McCarthy (1) Sara-Jane Power
Mimic Raymond Scannell
Mind That 'tis My Brother Gaye Shortland
Striking Distance Raymond Scannell
The Bluffer's Guide to Suburbia Raymond Scannell
The Heights Lynda Radley Jenny Holzer Emily Brontë
The Red Shoes Nancy Harris Hans Christian Andersen
The Tangled Web Laurie Brooks
Touched Ursula Rani Sarma
Wanderings Ursula Rani Sarma

Music Composed by

Play Title Playwright
Alice in Funderland Raymond Scannell Phillip McMahon

A new musical loosely inspired by the classic story by Lewis Carroll.

Composer

Play Title Playwright
Death at Intervals Kellie Hughes José Saramago

Adapted from José Saramago's novel, As Intermitências da Morte (translator Margaret Jull Costa), in collaboration with Olwen Fouéré, Raymond Scannell and Alma Kelliher.
The Bluffer's Guide to Suburbia Raymond Scannell

Sound Designer

Play Title Playwright
Far Away From Me Amy Conroy
Inspired by The Princess and the Pea.
Touched Ursula Rani Sarma

Music by

Play Title Playwright
Town Is Dead Phillip McMahon
Originally conceived and developed by Phillip McMahon and Raymond Scannell.