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Olwen Fouéré

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Olwen Fouéré is an actor and writer and who has worked extensively in theatre, film and TV. She has performed with most of Ireland's major theatre companies and in New York and the UK. As a member of Operating Theatre, she collaborated on a number of shows with the composer Roger Doyle. Her work includes the primary creation of image, text and personae and her extensive practice navigates the performance contexts of mainstream theatre, the visual arts, music, dance theatre and literature. Notable awards include the Herald Archangel Award of the Edinburgh Festivals 2014, the Irish Times Special Tribute Award 2013 and an Honorary Doctorate from Dublin City University for her enormous contribution to the arts and culture in Ireland.

Company Jobs

Job Title Company
Artistic Director Operating Theatre
Artistic Director TheEmergencyRoom

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Angel/Babel Olwen Fouéré Roger Doyle Leon Ingulsrud
Chair Olwen Fouéré
Here Lies Olwen Fouéré Selina Cartmell

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Danse, Morob Olwen Fouéré Laurent Gaudé
Paula Spencer, La Femme Qui Se Cognait Dans Les Portes Olwen Fouéré Michel Abbécassis Roddy Doyle
riverrun Olwen Fouéré James Joyce
Sodome, My Love Olwen Fouéré Laurent Gaudé

Actor

Play Title Playwright
A Cry From Heaven Vincent Woods
Angel/Babel Olwen Fouéré Roger Doyle Leon Ingulsrud
Arlington Enda Walsh
Blood Wedding Marina Carr Federico García Lorca
By the Bog of Cats Marina Carr
Chair Olwen Fouéré
Danse, Morob Olwen Fouéré Laurent Gaudé
Death at Intervals Kellie Hughes José Saramago
Dev G.P. Gallivan
Double Helix
Frocks Aristophanes
Here Lies Olwen Fouéré Selina Cartmell
Ignotum Per Ignotius James Coleman
Innocence Frank McGuinness
Legs 11 Bernard Farrell
Medea Robin Robertson Euripides
Passades
Paula Spencer, La Femme Qui Se Cognait Dans Les Portes Olwen Fouéré Michel Abbécassis Roddy Doyle
Peer Gynt Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
riverrun Olwen Fouéré James Joyce
Sheep's Milk on the Boil Tom MacIntyre
Six Characters in search of an Author Thomas Kilroy Luigi Pirandello
Snow White Tom MacIntyre
Sodome, My Love Olwen Fouéré Laurent Gaudé
Switch Philip Morgan
The Antigone Aidan Mathews
The Bull Michael Keegan-Dolan
The Diamond Body Aidan Mathews
The Electrocution of Children Chris Lee
The Golden Hair Mairead Byrne
The Grimm Tale of Cinderella Katie McCann
The House of Bernarda Alba Sebastian Barry Federico García Lorca
The Mai Marina Carr
The Pentagonal Dream Sebastian Barry
The Wake Tom Murphy (1)
Three Bunches of Blood and a Lump of Fog Seán McCarthy
Three Sisters Brian Friel Anton Chekhov
Ullaloo Marina Carr

Co-Director

Play Title Playwright
Danse, Morob Olwen Fouéré Laurent Gaudé
Written by Laurent Gaudé, translated by Olwen Fouéré.

Director

Play Title Playwright
riverrun Olwen Fouéré James Joyce

Translated by

Play Title Playwright
Sodome, My Love Olwen Fouéré Laurent Gaudé

Designer

Play Title Playwright
The Diamond Body Aidan Mathews
Written in collaboration with the company.