Deirdre Kinahan Explained

Deirdre Kinahan
Birth Name:	Deirdre Kinahan
Birth Date:	1968

Deirdre Kinahan is an Irish playwright and theatre producer.

Life

Deirdre Kinahan was born in Dublin in 1968. She has lived in County Meath with her husband and two daughters since 1998.

She founded and ran Tall Tales Theatre Company for fifteen years writing and producing many award-winning theatre productions. She has served as a board member of Theatre Forum Ireland and The Abbey Theatre.^[1] She is a member of Aosdána, a body of elected Irish artists considered to have made an outstanding contribution to cultural life. Deirdre has collaborated with many major theatres in Ireland and on the International circuit including The Old Vic, Royal Court, Bush Theatre London, MTC, Irish Arts Centre and Studio Theatre US. She writes for the Abbey Theatre, Landmark Productions and Fishamble Theatre Company regularly in Ireland.

Works

Plays

Include

• Bé Carna. Women of the Flesh (1999) — Andrews Lane Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.^[2]
• .Passage (2001) — Civic Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Attaboy, Mr. Synge! (2002) — Civic Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Knocknashee (2002) — Civic theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Melody (2005) — Tall Tales Theatre co.
• Hue and Cry (2007) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Bewleys Cafe Theatre
• Bogboy (2010) — Tall Tales Theatre co
• Moment (2011) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Bush Theatre
• These Halcyon Days (2013) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Landmark Productions
• Spinning (2014) — Fishamble Theatre co
• Rise (2016) — Old Vic
• Rathmines Road (2018) — Fishamble Theatre co and Abbey Theatre
• The Unmanageable Sisters (2018) — Abbey Theatre
• Crossings (2018) — Pentabus Theatre co
• Embargo (2020) — Fishamble Theatre co^{[3] [4]}
• An Old Song, Half Forgotten (2023) — Abbey Theatre
• The Saviour Landmark Productions
• OUTRAGE Fishamble Theatre Co
• The Visit Draiocht

Producer

• Passage (Tall Tales Theatre Company, 2001)
• Melody (Tall Tales Theatre Company, 2005)

Awards

• Member, Aosdána
• Edinburgh Fringe First, Halcyon Days
• Helen Hayes DC, MOMENT.
• Dora Awards Canada, MOMENT.
• Jeff Chicago, Spinning.
• Helen Hayes DC, Wild Notes.
• First Irish NYC, BOGBOY.

See also

• List of Irish writers

References

1. Web site: Deirdre Kinahan . 26 September 2020 . Irish Playography.
2. Web site: 26 May 2016 . Deirdre Kinahan's multi-faceted 'Spinning' tackles dark subject .
3. News: Freyne . Patrick . 'This image of a man tarred and feathered, driving a train out of rage, just haunted me' . 26 September 2020 . The Irish Times.
4. Web site: Embargo . 26 September 2020 . Fishamble.com.