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Michèle Forbes

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Michèle has been a professional actor for the past twenty five years. Her work in theatre includes, among others, 'Dancing at Lughnasa', 'No Escape', 'The Great Hunger' at the Abbey Theatre. Her television and film work includes the BAFTA winning 'Omagh', 'Pride and Joy', 'Inside I'm Dancing' and 'The Clinic'. In 2010 she won both the Bryan MacMahon Award and the Michael McLaverty Award for her short stories. In April 2013 her debut novel 'Ghost Moth' was published by Bellevue Literary Press in NY.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
POSTSCRIPT Noelle Brown (1) Michèle Forbes

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Amazing Grace Michael Harding
Dance for your Daddy Tom MacIntyre
Fear of Feathers Owen Roe
King Ubu Vincent Woods Alfred Jarry
No Escape Mary Raftery
No Fun Game
Peer Gynt Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen
Phaedra Hilary Fannin Ellen Cranitch Euripides Jean Racine Jean-Philippe Rameau
Rise up lovely Sweeney Tom MacIntyre
Snow White Tom MacIntyre
The Bearded Lady Tom MacIntyre
The Mai Marina Carr
The Talk of the Town Emma Donoghue
Too Late For Logic Tom Murphy (1)

Movement Director

Play Title Playwright
Against the Wall Devised by David Byrne in collaboration with the actors.
No Fun Game Devised by David Byrne in collaboration with the actors.

Director

Play Title Playwright
Out the Back Door Devised by Barabbas... the company