Home | About | Contact Us

The Arts Council Playography Na Gaeilge

People

Ken Bourke

1961 -

Ken Bourke grew up in Terenure in Dublin. He had his first professional production, Wild Harvest, with Druid in 1989. Since then he has worked throughout Ireland, writing plays for a wide range of companies & groups. His work includes The Tide Can Wait (Tinderbox, 1990), Galloping Buck Jones (Tinderbox, 1994), Breathing Space (Galloglass/Theatre West Glamorgan, 1998), & The Hunt for Red Willie (Peacock, 2000). Ken has worked with Team Educational Theatre in Dublin on two shows, The Well, 1993, & Fixing Bill Haley, 1995. He has worked with community theatre groups in North Belfast (The Narrow Ground, 1993), East Belfast (The Mourning Ring, 1995), in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny (The Comer Story, 1997), & in Newbridge, Co. Kildare (Strangers, 1997). He has written two plays for the final year students of the Gaiety School of Acting (The Beloved, 1995), & (The House in Gortnashee, 1999). In 1997-98, while living in Co. Kildare, he was Writer-in-Residence with Offaly County Council. He now lives in Kilkenny.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Breathing Space Ken Bourke
Buck Jones and the Body Snatchers Ken Bourke
Fixing Bill Haley Ken Bourke
Galloping Buck Jones Ken Bourke
Little Rudolf Ken Bourke
The Hunt for Red Willie Ken Bourke
The Well Ken Bourke
Wild Harvest Ken Bourke

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Fómhar Fiáin Ken Bourke Ken Bourke

Dramaturg

Play Title Playwright
The Hellfire Squad John Morton Peter McGann
The Leaving Brendan Griffin
The Roaring Banshees Peter McGann John Morton
Town Mouse, Country Mouse Devised by Barnstorm Theatre Company, scripted by Medb Lambert.

PR

Play Title Playwright
The Leaving Brendan Griffin