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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 Sinéad Burke Kit de Waal Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn Keith James Walker Meadhbh McHugh Mark O'Halloran Colm Keegan (2) Una McKevitt Phillip McMahon Blindboy Boatclub Darach Mac Con Iomaire Emmet Kirwan Rosaleen McDonagh David Ireland Jody O'Neill Shane O'Reilly Nancy Harris Owen McCafferty Frank McGuinness Feli Speaks Gina Moxley Carmel Winters Abbie Spallen Enda Walsh Michael West Iseult Golden Shaun Dunne Sarah Hanly Manchán Magan John Connors Deirdre Kinahan Eva O'Connor Zoe Ní Riordáin Edna O'Brien Karen Cogan Aoife Martyn Jimmy Murphy Arthur Riordan Ursula Rani Sarma Andrea Molino Zhu Yi John O'Donovan (2) Pom Boyd Sonya Kelly Stacey Gregg Margaret Perry Thomas Kane Byrne Joseph O'Connor (1)
Embargo Deirdre Kinahan
Halcyon Days Deirdre Kinahan
Home Theatre (Ireland) Shaun Dunne Feli Speaks Marc Mac Lochlainn Sonya Kelly Eva O'Connor Tom Swift Sorcha Fox Louise Lewis Gavin Kostick Sharon Mannion Clare Barrett (1) Fionn Foley Deirdre Kinahan Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Jeda de Brí Carys D. Coburn Neil Watkins Fiona McGeown Roisin Ingle Bryan Burroughs Duke Special Robbie Blake Nancy Harris Elaine Murphy Little John Nee Natalya O'Flaherty Finbarr Doyle Paul Mercier John Morton
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 Evan Lee D'Alton Darren Donohue Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Dermot Bolger Rachel Feehily Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Karl O'Neill Gregory Rosenstock Rory Nolan Michael Cussen Ardal O'Hanlon Ronan Geoghegan Gerald Murphy Ciara Ní Chuirc Jody O'Neill Jesse Weaver Colin Murphy Antonia Hart Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely
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