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Deirdre Kinahan

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Deirdre Kinahan is a Dublin-based playwright and theatre producer who founded and ran Tall Tales Theatre Company for 15 years and is currently a board member of Theatre Forum Ireland. Deirdre wrote her first play in 1999 when a group of women at Ruhama Women's Project asked her to write a play about their lives as prostitutes. Be Carna was widely regarded as a powerful debut. Her play Moment played at the Bush to critical acclaim and sell out audiences in 2011 whilst her latest play These Halcyon Days won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival 2013. Her new play Spinning opened at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2014. Deirdre has also been part of the Open Court season at the Royal Court with a play about the Irish economic crisis.

Company Jobs

Job Title Company
Artistic Director Tall Tales Theatre Company

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Attaboy, Mr. Synge! Deirdre Kinahan
Bé Carna Deirdre Kinahan
Bogboy Deirdre Kinahan
Dear Ireland I Gina Moxley Abbie Spallen Michael West Deirdre Kinahan Shaun Dunne Manchán Magan Zoe Ní Riordáin Eva O'Connor Karen Cogan Edna O'Brien Jimmy Murphy Aoife Martyn Ursula Rani Sarma Arthur Riordan Zhu Yi Andrea Molino Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg John O'Donovan (2) Sonya Kelly Thomas Kane Byrne Margaret Perry Sinéad Burke Joseph O'Connor (1) Dermot Bolger Kit de Waal Carys D. Coburn Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Meadhbh McHugh Carmel Winters Keith James Walker Colm Keegan (2) Enda Walsh Mark O'Halloran Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire Iseult Golden Una McKevitt Blindboy Boatclub Sarah Hanly Emmet Kirwan John Connors Rosaleen McDonagh David Ireland Jody O'Neill Shane O'Reilly Nancy Harris Owen McCafferty Frank McGuinness Feli Speaks
Embargo Deirdre Kinahan
Halcyon Days Deirdre Kinahan
Home Theatre (Ireland) Paul Mercier John Morton Shaun Dunne Feli Speaks Marc Mac Lochlainn Eva O'Connor Clare Barrett (1) Jody O'Neill Sorcha Fox Colin Murphy Gavin Kostick Jeda de Brí Sharon Mannion Carys D. Coburn Fionn Foley Neil Watkins Deirdre Kinahan Fiona McGeown Roisin Ingle Bryan Burroughs Duke Special Robbie Blake Sonya Kelly Nancy Harris Tom Swift Louise Lewis Elaine Murphy Little John Nee Natalya O'Flaherty Finbarr Doyle
Hue and Cry Deirdre Kinahan
Knocknashee Deirdre Kinahan
Maisy Daly's Rainbow Deirdre Kinahan
Melody Deirdre Kinahan
Moment Deirdre Kinahan
Passage Deirdre Kinahan
Rathmines Road Deirdre Kinahan
Rebecca's Robin Deirdre Kinahan
Rum and Raisin Alice Barry Deirdre Kinahan
Spinning Deirdre Kinahan
Summer Fruits Deirdre Kinahan
The Snow Child Deirdre Kinahan
The Tale of the Blue Eyed Cat Deirdre Kinahan
Tiny Plays for Ireland Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Darren Donohue Ciara Ní Chuirc Jesse Weaver Joseph O'Connor (1) Antonia Hart Michael West Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin
Wild Sky Deirdre Kinahan

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
The Unmanageable Sisters Deirdre Kinahan Michel Tremblay

Actor

Play Title Playwright
Attaboy, Mr. Synge! Deirdre Kinahan
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Antoinette Duffy Oscar Wilde
Summer Fruits Deirdre Kinahan

Artistic Director

Play Title Playwright
Chance Maeve Ingoldsby Jennifer Mooney Jody O'Neill Lisa Keogh

Displacement by Jennifer Mooney; Foreign Affairs by Jody O'Neill; Even Clean Hands Cause Damage by Lisa Keogh; No One's Being Eaten by Sharks by Maeve Ingoldsby

Producer

Play Title Playwright
Melody Deirdre Kinahan
Passage Deirdre Kinahan