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DEIRDRE KINAHAN |
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Nationality: Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Curtis Brown Group Ltd USA agent International Creative Management |
Deirdre Kinahan is the Artistic Director of Tall Tales and is also one of Ireland's most prolific new playwrights. Her plays include, Hue & Cry, Melody, Attaboy Mr Synge, Rum & Raisin, Summer Fruits, Knocknashee, Passage and Be Carna.
Plays by Deirdre Kinahan
Attaboy, Mr Synge! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | Civic theatre | |||||
| 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 | #19258 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | an am-dram group rehearsing Playboy of the Western World encounter a graduate o the Maureen thomas Ecole de Theatre. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Be Carna | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | Tall Tales 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 | #19259 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | five women explore the lives of Dublin prostitutes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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BogBoy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Irish Arts Center | 10 Sep 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #132058 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | BogBoy interweaves the stories of three people disappeared through the cracks of Irish Society: a young boy from Belfast, a struggling Dublin heroin addict and a reclusive local farmer. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fingers of Faversham, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Jun 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129698 | |||
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Genre: | short comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Where's My Seat? | |||||
Synopsis: | The play features an amdram company of long standing that is going off the rails. For some unexplained reason, its moving force Margery, played by Francesca Annis, has recruited a new director Nina Sosanya's Denise to create Wind in the Willows within a thrust. The in-jokes abound as this dedicated, young auteur viciously deconstructs Kenneth Grahame's classic in a fashion that seems all too believable. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hue And Cry | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Tall Tales Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | 3 new Plays by Irish Women, Liberties Press, Dublin, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84636 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A couple of Dublin cousins reunited at a family funeral | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Knocknashee | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | Tall Tales 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 | #19261 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | celebration of Irish paganism | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Maisy Daly's Rainbow | ||
| 1st Produced: | Solstice Arts Centre, Navasn, Co. Meath | 04 Dec 2008 | ||||
Company: | Tall Tales 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 | #117897 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a wizardly fusion of dance and theatre featuring a local witch and a magnificent rainbow. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Melody | ||
| 1st Produced: | Temple Bar Information Centre and the LAB, Dublin | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Tall Tales Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84637 | |||
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Genre: | 40 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When Mr Kane and Kathleen meet eating lunch on a park bench, they end up sharing more than just their sandwiches; together, they learn to accept the blessings and face the challenges of love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moment | ||
| 1st Produced: | Solstice Arts Centre, Navasn, Co. Meath | 13 Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | A Tall Tales Theatre Company and Solstice Arts Centre production | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1848421523 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117898 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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| On a seemingly ordinary evening an Irish family sit down to tea. The difference tonight is that Nial is home - back from prison having committed a dark crime many years earlier with some news to share and a conscience to clear. Fast, witty and frighteningly real, Moment takes you on journey through trauma wrapped up in tablecloths and teacake and asks what happens to a family when a child is killed and how does it feel when it's your child that does the killing? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Passage | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Tall Tales Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: Queer Notions: New Plays and Performances From Ireland" published by Cork University Press 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1859184691 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #19262 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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| two Irish women exploring familial relationships following the death of the estranged mother of one of them. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rebecca's Robin | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Bewley's Cafe Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #84638 | |||
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Genre: | youth audiences One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | a little girl follows a robin in a magical search for a missing family | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rum and Raisin | ||
| 1st Produced: | SS Michael and John, Dublin | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Tall Tales 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 | #19263 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | two middle aged Irish women explore new passions influenced by the Tango | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Snow Child, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland | 08 Dec 2005 | ||||
Company: | Livin' Dred 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 | #117899 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | adaptation of an old Russian Fairytale with snowchild and an old couple and their consequential problems. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Summer Fruits | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dublin Writers Museum | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Tall Tales 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 | #19264 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | monologue of the tribulations of a woman who thinks the whole world is conspiring against her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tale of the Blue Eyed Cat, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland | 08 Dec 2005 | ||||
Company: | Livin' Dred 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 | #117900 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | adaptation of Enid Blyton's story of mary Spratt | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Transgressor, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Oct 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1849432276 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133173 | |||
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Genre: | piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Part of Sixty-Six Books: 21st-century writers speak to the King James Bible. Play is a response to the King James Bible book of Galatians | |||||
| The King James Version of the Bible (KJV) is a foundation stone of the English language. The KJV was composed as a collective project and written to be spoken. Sixty-Six Books has been created, in the spirit of the original, in the same way. Pulpit to print; stage to page; mediated through many forms oral and written, the KJV has, since its inception, been a fundamental part of written and spoken English.This is a work that has travelled to every continent of the globe. It has been shared as a melodic instrument of inspiration, illumination and mutual understanding; and it has also been wielded as a tool of colonial oppression. Sixty-Six Books is a fresh interpretation of the KJV for the new millennium, celebrating and challenging the traditions and achievements of this great work on the occasion of its 400th anniversary. The curators of this project have gathered together a formidable and inspiring line-up of the best established and emerging writing talent to produce a new version of the KJV for thetwenty-first century. Each writer has created anew a book of the KJV - as prose, poetry, drama, performance, song, or ground-breaking digital form. Each writer has spoken back to the KJV with untrammeled inventiveness of the imagination. The voices of Sixty-Six Books, drawn from across five continents, innovate, transmute, transpose, reinvent and talk back to four hundredyears of history. All the works that make up Sixty-Six Books are written to be spoken. Culminating in major performance events at the Bush Theatre and Westminster Abbey in 2011 in London, Sixty-Six Books is a contribution towards the mutual curiosity, tolerance, and force of collective enterprise and shared humanity that characterizes the international and ancient arts of writing and spoken performance | |||||
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Where's My Seat? | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Jun 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #136509 | |||
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Genre: | short plays | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | written by Deirdre Kinahan, Jack Thorne and Tom Wells | |||||
Synopsis: | One new theatre, three experts, three playwrights and you. As the Bush prepares to open the doors of our new home in Autumn this year, were asking you to test drive the space and be a part of its transformation from library to theatre. Over the course of one evening, youll see three short plays by three hot Bush playwrights performed in three different layouts. Each play will be inspired by nine curious props chosen by the National Theatre and a set of challenging stage directions created by Alan Ayckbourn, Michael Grandage and Bush Artistic Director Josie Rourke. As the stage transforms and the seats move around, well ask you to feedback your views from the stalls - and to put to test other areas of the building from the bathrooms to the bar. Part of the Bush's 32 Degree West Season - the angle from the front door of our old home of 39 years to our new home at 7 Uxbridge Road | |||||
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