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

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.