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Jimmy McAleavey

JIMMY MCALEAVEY

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Elaine Steel Management  

Jimmy McAleavey is the author of numerous stage plays, including: Inventors (Kabosh, 2013), The Queen's Shilling (Goldin+Senneby 2013), Titans (Kabosh, 2012), Monsters, Dinosaurs (Abbey Theatre, 2011), Get Gaddafi (Tinderbox, 2011), The Sign of the Whale (Tinderbox, 2010), The Joy (and Roy) of Irish (Kabosh, 2010), The Virgin Father (Tinderbox, 2009) and Weirdwolf (Tinderbox, 2008). He has had several radio productions: Hearing Voices (BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 2011), Wigs on the Green (a six-part series co-written with John Murphy on RTE radio, 2010), Food of the Blue (Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 2009), Moonmen (BBC Radio 3, 2008), The Last Words of Van Helsing (BBC Radio 7, 2007), The Ballad of Shane O'Neill (Radio 4 Afternoon Play, 2006), Cemetery Sunday (Radio 4, 1995). He has written for feature films, written and directed short films, scripted TV drama and produced and directed factual TV. Awards include: Stewart Parker Major Bursary (The Sign of the Whale), shortlisted for Meyer Whitworth Award (The Sign of the Whale), shortlisted for King's Cross Theatre Award (Weirdwolf), Special Commendation Imison Award (The Ballad of Shane O'Neill), BBC Northern Lights short film award (Heroes), RTE/Galway Film Centre Short Film Award (Crossing), BBC Radio 4 First Bite Award (Cemetery Sunday), Finalist in the BBCNI Tony Doyle Award, NI Arts Council ACES award, NI Arts Council SIAP award. Dr Jimmy McAleavey is currently Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre/School of English. He convenes the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) and teaches Year 2 and Year 3 undergraduates

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=15917

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below is a list of Jimmy McAleavey's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts         Sign Of the Whale, The         Titans         Virgin Father, The         Weirdwolf         West Awakes, The

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts
Nig and Wee Joe used to be soldiers. They have done monstrous things. Now nobody is listening and nobody gives a fuck either way. Their lives are full of cognitive behavioural therapy, valium and guilt. One last operation offers the chance to bring meaning to their actions. It also brings them face to face with 'L', who represents the new and unpredictable reality of war in Northern Ireland.

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Sign Of the Whale, The

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Belfast 1977. Dermy, a headline writer neurotically compelled to remember every victim of violence, is on the brink of a breakdown. Tony, a Belfast teenager, is meanwhile on the brink of life amid a conflict that might never end. Into their world of violent stalemate sails something preposterous, absurd and magical. A killer whale is seen in Belfast Lough. Has it come to be butchered itself, bring luck or bring further disaster to the city? When the whale suddenly disappears, tragic circumstances bring Dermy and Tony together in a search to find it. Maimed by experience, their search becomes much more than for a hunt for the whale. Its their search for a future.

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Tinderbox Theatre Company

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black comedy

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Titans

Synopsis:
Join us on a compelling theatrical trip behind the scenes of Titanic Belfast. Explore its inner secrets as the triumph and tragedy of Titanic comes to life in the most unexpected of ways. Encounter the ghosts who have found a new home in this unique structure. A Heaven, a Hell and a resting place for lost souls.

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Titanic Belfast    08 Apr 2012

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Kabosh

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Virgin Father, The

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Mary has disappeared. Her son has been murdered. And now Joe is being hunted down. He urgently needs to understand what has happened to his family if he is to save himself. . .Joe married the quiet girl in the village even though she was carrying someone elses child. He failed to deal with her delusions about the pregnancy, and to keep the boy from joining a cult. But what could he have done in a land occupied by foreign forces?

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The Mac, Hurst House, 15-19 Corporation Square, Belfast Bt13Aj, Co. Antrim    18 Feb 2009

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Tinderbox Theatre Company

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Weirdwolf

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West Awakes, The

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Building on the success of the existing political tours of West Belfast, Kabosh commissioned four playwrights, each choosing a location along the historic Falls Road beginning at St. Comgall's School, and taking in Conway Mill, An Chulturlann, the City Cemetery and Milltown Cemetery. Featuring West Belfast actors Antoinette Morelli and Gerard Jordan, each play brings to life the rich history and vibrant heritage of this unique area of the city of Belfast, enhancing these already hugely popular tours of West Belfast. the four playwrights, Laurence McKeown, Rosaleen Walsh, Jimmy McAleavy and Kieron Magee, focus on the men and women who have played key roles in the life of the West. From news reporters at St Comgalls, workers in Conway Mill, the bi-lingual ghosts of the Presbyterian Church at An Chulturlann to the dead of Milltown Cemetery, the West Awakes celebrates the complex and vibrant contribution to the life of Belfast by the people of the West.

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Belfast: Performed In Promenade Along The Falls Road, Starting At St. ComgallS School, And Taking In Conway Mill, An Culturlann, Miltown Cemetery And The City Cemetery.    07 Apr 2010

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Kabosh

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Genre:
short piece

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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