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HELENA ENRIGHT |
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Nationality: Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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A founder member of Limerick based theatre company Amalgamotion, Helena graduated with an MA in Drama & Theatre Studies from UCC in 2005. As an actor she has worked with Island Theatre, V-Day Ireland, Cecilians, Torch, Teaspach, La Cosa Nostra, CentreStage, Limerick Panto Society and for film and TV has appeared in Cowboys & Angels, Killnascully and Xit Poll. As a Drama Teacher/Facilitator she has worked on numerous community projects in Limerick. Previous work as a director includes "Duet" for Amalgamotion, "Hit" for Limerick Youth Theatre, "Fame" & "Oklahoma" for St Munchins & Ard Scoil Mhuire and "D'Tension" for Presentation Secondary School. "Walking Away", Helena's second documentary style play just won Best Production at the Belltable Unfringed Festival. Island Theatre produced her first play, the critically acclaimed "Less Than A Year" in November 2006. Helena is currently based in the UK, where she is undertaking a PHD in Documentary Theatre at the University of Exeter.
Plays by Helena Enright
Less Than A Year | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Georgian House, Pery Sq, Limerick | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Island Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62334 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | tells a beautifully balanced story of a couple attempting to deal with the trials and tribulations of the health service, before their teenage daughter finally succumbs to Ewings Sarcoma. Less Than A Year is written in a documentary style, where real events inform the writing. Helena recorded the words of a real life mother and father and turned their story into a play | |||||
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Walking Away | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shannon Rowing Club, Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick, Ireland | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Amalgamotion | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62513 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 8 | ||
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Notes: | Staged as part of the Belltable Unfringed Festival in Limerick where it won Best Production | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the true testimony of women who have survived domestic abuse Walking Away was written using the documentary style with particular reference to Theatre of Testimony, a form of theatre, which uses real people's real words to give a voice to those who often don't have the opportunity to be heard. A tribute to the strength and courage of these women the play follows the stories and extraordinary experiences of real women who have somehow found the strength to walk away from domestic abuse. | |||||
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