| Paul Mercier is a founding member and artistic director of the Passion Machine theatre company. His plays have received numerous awards such as the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award for Best New Irish Work, The Sunday Independent Arts Award, The Sunday Tribune Arts Award, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and an Edinburgh Fringe First Award. His 1998 Dublin Trilogy received the Evening Herald/Dublin Theatre Festival Award for Best Irish Production and The Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Production. He has written and directed two award-winning short films for Brother Films, 'Before I Sleep' and 'Lipservice'. A former Irish teacher at Greendale Community School in Kilbarrack, he is currently directing the hit Irish-language teenage series 'Aifric' for TG4. |
