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Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

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Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is a playwright from Dublin. Her plays have been presented by Fishamble: The New Play Company, the Abbey Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival, the Project Arts Centre, Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, the New Theatre and she has been commissioned by the National Youth Theatre of Ireland. Her debut full-length play, All honey, (winner of the Fishamble New Writing Award 2017) and her 2019 play SAUCE are both being adapted for television. She was the playwright on Rough Magic’s SEEDS programme (2018-2020), a recipient of the Arts Council's Next Generation Award 2020, and her play Irishtown was longlisted for the The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2020. Ciara is a resident artist in the MAC Theatre, Belfast and is represented by Curtis Brown.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
All honey Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
Dear Ireland I Zoe Ní Riordáin Thomas Kane Byrne Karen Cogan Sinéad Burke Jimmy Murphy Dermot Bolger Ursula Rani Sarma Carys D. Coburn Zhu Yi Pom Boyd Meadhbh McHugh Stacey Gregg Colm Keegan (2) Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire Sonya Kelly Margaret Perry Joseph O'Connor (1) Kit de Waal Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Keith James Walker Mark O'Halloran Una McKevitt Carmel Winters Enda Walsh Iseult Golden Sarah Hanly Blindboy Boatclub John Connors Emmet Kirwan Shane O'Reilly Rosaleen McDonagh Nancy Harris David Ireland Jody O'Neill Shaun Dunne Owen McCafferty Manchán Magan Frank McGuinness Eva O'Connor Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Edna O'Brien Abbie Spallen Aoife Martyn Michael West Arthur Riordan Andrea Molino John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan
SAUCE Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
We Can't Have Monkeys in the House Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Actor

Play Title Playwright
All honey Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
SAUCE Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Assistant Director

Play Title Playwright
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Arthur Riordan James Joyce

Producer

Play Title Playwright
All honey Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
SAUCE Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Story developed with Camille Lucy Ross. 

AV Producer

Play Title Playwright
The Alternative Michael Patrick Oisín Kearney