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Carys D. Coburn

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Carys D. Coburn is a writer, theatre-maker and spoken word artist based in Dublin. Carys' first plays were written for Dublin Youth Theatre; And Then He Was All in 2010 and Tarot in 2011, the first of which is available through NAYD’s Playshare programme. Carys' play Boys and Girls premiered as part of Dublin Fringe 2013, winning the Fishamble Best New Writing Award. It was also nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust Award, and for the Best Theatre Script Award at the Irish Writers’ Guild Awards (Zebbies). Carys is a collaborating writer with Malaprop Theatre, winners of the 2015 Spirit of Fringe Commission Award for Love+. Carys received an Arts Council 16x16 Emerging Artist's Bursary, as part of the 1916 Commemoration Programme and was awarded the Phelim Donlon Playwright’s Bursary & Residency in 2016. Carys was a participant in Six in the Attic, an Irish Theatre Institute initiative, from 2017 - 2018. 

Company Jobs

Job Title Company
Company Member MALAPROP

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
BlackCatfishMusketeer Carys D. Coburn
Boys and Girls Carys D. Coburn
Briseis After the Black Carys D. Coburn
Citysong Carys D. Coburn
Dear Ireland I Andrea Molino Kit de Waal John O'Donovan (2) Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Deirdre Kinahan Keith James Walker Zoe Ní Riordáin Mark O'Halloran Karen Cogan Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Emmet Kirwan Rosaleen McDonagh David Ireland Jody O'Neill Carmel Winters Enda Walsh Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly John Connors Jimmy Murphy Ursula Rani Sarma Shane O'Reilly Zhu Yi Nancy Harris Pom Boyd Owen McCafferty Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Frank McGuinness Dermot Bolger Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Carys D. Coburn Meadhbh McHugh Abbie Spallen Colm Keegan (2) Michael West Phillip McMahon Shaun Dunne Darach Mac Con Iomaire Manchán Magan Sonya Kelly Eva O'Connor Margaret Perry Edna O'Brien Joseph O'Connor (1) Aoife Martyn Arthur Riordan
Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane Carys D. Coburn
Everything Not Saved Carys D. Coburn
Home Theatre (Ireland) Jeda de Brí Sonya Kelly Carys D. Coburn Tom Swift Louise Lewis Neil Watkins Nancy Harris Fiona McGeown Elaine Murphy Roisin Ingle Little John Nee Bryan Burroughs Duke Special Robbie Blake Natalya O'Flaherty Finbarr Doyle Paul Mercier 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
Love + Breffni Holahan Carys D. Coburn Maeve O'Mahony Claire O'Reilly

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Briseis After the Black Carys D. Coburn
Home Theatre (Ireland) Natalya O'Flaherty Finbarr Doyle Paul Mercier John Morton Bryan Burroughs Shaun Dunne Duke Special Feli Speaks Robbie Blake 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 Sonya Kelly Neil Watkins Tom Swift Fiona McGeown Louise Lewis Roisin Ingle Nancy Harris Elaine Murphy Little John Nee

Music by

Play Title Playwright
Bernarda's House Veronica Coburn Federico García Lorca

Director

Play Title Playwright
Boys and Girls Carys D. Coburn

Devisor

Play Title Playwright
Jericho

Devised by MALAPROP theatre.

Dramaturg

Play Title Playwright
The Aeneid Dan Colley Virgil
Written with John Doran, Manus Halligan Aoife Leonard, Maeve O'Mahoney and Karl Quinn.

  • Premiered In 2023