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Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1994

Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>

in New Plays from the Abbey Theatre 1993-1995, Syracuse University Press

1996

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Synopsis: The play deals with the plight of Joseph Omara, a Ugandan refugee who arrives in Ireland without a visa. The horrors of his situation emerge as his solicitor Mary unfolds his story. She tries to get asylum in Ireland for Joseph. She discovers a whole new meaning for the term 'an Irish welcome'.

Mansion House, Dublin

1988

Rough Magic Theatre Company, Dublin >>>

in Far From The Land, ed John Fairleigh, Methuen, London

1998

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Synopsis: Rabbit is a self-made haulage magnate. He is obsessed with memories. He undertakes a voyage to rediscover what he feels he has lost. His father Bat, former Easter Rising rebel and pawn shop assistant, plays an increasing role in the voyage as Rabbit delves deeper into his heart, into history, into Dublin, seeking his lost moorings.

Project Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1995

Calypso Productions >>>

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doubling possible

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Synopsis: A play about the arms industry, based on the true story of Chris Cole. A landmark night in the life of British Aerospace. An intruder with a mission. A surreal invasion. A courtroom. Two detectives. A Bible. East Timor meets Stevenage via Radone Nosecones, Hawk Fighters and one very special hammer. A bizarre and ruthless story of business and blood.

Liberty Hall, Dublin

2005

Donal OKelly Productions In association with St Patricks Festival

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Synopsis: The story about the voyage of an escaped slave named Frederick Douglass. Douglass had just published his life story in America and it had become a best seller. Forced to flee America due to the content of the book, Frederick sought asylum in Ireland. The voyage to Queenstown (Cobh) was not as smooth as Frederick hoped for. Frederick Douglass was described by Abraham Lincoln as"the most impressive man I ever met". He soon became the most prominent African-American leader of the 19th century.

Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Ireland >>>

1995

Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford, Ireland

Nick Hern Books, London

1997

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Historical drama

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Synopsis: In Massachusetts, 1875, Merchant Sea Captain George Anthony is pressed into rescuing Irish Fenian prisoners under the cover of a whaling expedition on the ship Catalpa. 120 years later, Matthew Kidd, demented, failed screenwriter is obsessed with his life's dream - making Catalpa, The Movie. In his bedroom, he rehearses his movie pitch, taking the audience on an epic adventure as he acts out every scene and plays every character.

Project Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1992

Rough Magic Theatre Company, Dublin >>>

in Rough Magic: First Plays, ed Siobhan Bourke, New island Books, Dublin

1999

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3

2

Cross-casting is necessary

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Synopsis: The Macken Family are hell-bent on celebrating once again the dreaded Christmas dinner. The turkey is determined to be cooked and eaten, but the two dead family dogs decide to put a stop to the Christmas madness. The rat in the garden and the robin on the doorstop only make matters worse. Christmas will never be the same again.

Olympic Ballroom, Dublin

1998

Calypso Productions >>>

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Physical/Devised Theatre

Piece

8

3

doubling possible

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Synopsis: Utilising visual images, original music, soundscapes and physical theatre, Farawayan tells of the experience of being unwelcome far away. Whilst not specifically set in any one place, this largely non-verbal piece echoes the situation for refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland in the 1990s and Ireland's experience of emigration over many years.

Liberty Hall, Dublin

2002

Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland >>>

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Play/Drama

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1

doubling, musicians

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Synopsis: The Hand tells of a family's slide from the comforts of middle class life to the harsh realities of 1920's Dublin.

City Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1993

Calypso Productions >>>

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Synopsis: Hughie on the Wires is a quickfire political thriller which tells the story of a young man who becomes entangled in an international incident in El Salvador. The play examines the power and manipulation of the media and its effect on peoples' lives.

Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Dublin >>>

2004

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Theatre ireland magazine (6)

1984

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Synopsis: Jimmy Joyced! looks back at 1904 through the eyes of JJ Staines, a rough gruff bric-a-brac stallholder in Portobello Market with a dangerous obsession for all things Joycean. JJ Staines brings to life the events and people around Joyce in 1904, and tells the story of a man caught between being earth-bound in his fathers world or taking flight with the woman he loves.

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1999

Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>

Methuen Drama, London >>>

1999

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1

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Synopsis: The Civil War is near its end and deserter Jock McPeak from Glasgow wants to get out of Ireland. IRA man Duv brings him to Paddo's Gallarus, a clifftop stone cell, to hide while waiting for a boat to take him home. But is there any boat? Jock's night of waiting takes a significant turn with the visit of Noreen, a local schoolteacher. A night of tragi-comic passion unravels, as Jock is plunged into a mask of deceit, seduction, intrigue and betrayal.

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1990

Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>

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Synopsis: In a forgotten room in Dublin, Mamie looks back at the mixed-up dreams and dances of a lifetime.

Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin

2006

Calypso Productions

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Synopsis: dives straight into current debates about the legitimacy and legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising. O'Kelly creates a sophisticated and engaging historical narrative that underlines the humanity, fallibility and idealism of the Rising leaders Connolly, Clarke, Pearse and Plunkett. Attempts to draw the story into the present, and to highlight the role of women in the Rising.
Karen Fricker, Guardian

Focus Theatre, Dublin

1984

Blade Productions

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Play

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Synopsis: Based on an actual incident, Silicon Sweethearts charts the effects of the sudden departure of a US multinational from Ireland. The action takes place in Ireland in 1981.

City Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1994

Calypso Productions >>>

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Synopsis: Trickledown Town is the story of what happens to Dublin man Seamus Devitt when he takes up his post as World Bank representative in Kingston, Jamaica. He hasn't reckoned on Angela Crook, a Jamaican woman who runs a community clinic in a West Kingston shanty town. Angela is desperate to keep her clinic open. Desperate enough to take extraordinary measures to force Seamus to see and experience the world struggle that exists a stone's throw from his luxury hotel suite. Also involved in the web of intrigue is Miller Boyson, a young Jamaican brought up in London, who works as a security man - the only growth industry in many debtor countries. And then there's Maureen, the hot shot American PR woman drafted in by the World Bank to counter "activist-led" opposition to its policies. The four become embroiled in a flamboyant thriller set in the cut-throat world of World Bank/IMF imposed cutbacks in debt strangled Jamaica.