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Lombard Street Studios, Dublin

1988

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

full length

Play/Drama

6

4

musicians

Notes:
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Synopsis:
During the Irish Land Wars of the 1870's, a young brother and sister are evicted from their Mayo farm and driven to the unfamiliar surroundings of Dublin. Their story is set against the political upheavals of the time, especially Charles Stewart Parnell's doomed relationship with Kitty O'Shea.

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

2002

Abbey Theatre, Dublin >>>

Methuen Drama, London >>>

2002

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full length

Play/Drama

2

5

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In Evelyn Dwyer's guesthouse, 'The Bower', a motley collection of characters is bound together by a dark secret from the past. What has Evelyn been hiding all these years? Why has her brother Owen returned from America? Why has Ella found religion? And what is the mysterious presence that haunts their lives?

SFX City Theatre, Dublin >>>

1988

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

full length

Play/Drama

5

5

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
It is the story of a grop of young people who live on the margins of Dublin life. Their lives are affected by unemployment, drugs, and the concerns of growing up into a city which offers them little hope of a decent future.

Black Church, St Mary's Place, Dublin

1989

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

full length

Play/Drama

11

7

extras

Notes:
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Synopsis:
A montage of fragments taken from a wide variety of sources, spanning twenty years in the history of Northern Ireland, and drawing on aspects of the siege of Derry and other pieces from Irish history.

Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin >>>

1996

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

Physical/Devised Theatre

Piece

3

4

doubling possible

Notes:
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Synopsis:
It is that hour of wakingwhen one can feel the pulse of the world. It is a time when anything can happen, when one might witness the beginning of time, the end of the world; and in between people meet, fall in love, suffer, are happy; but eventually sleep returns

SFX City Theatre, Dublin >>>

2000

Passion Machine

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

Dark Comedy

Comedy

2

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A dark comedy about three characters who cross paths in a container yard in the Dublin docks. Joe is the night security guard, the king who rules a lonely domain of cranes, trucks and freight. Billy is his fool, the insomniac who sneaks out at night from the local mental institution, and Ania is the princess who arrives from the east in a container. This is a contemporary drama about dislocated people sharing a night together before the sun comes up and reality takes control of the world for another day.

Project Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1994

Passion Machine

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

Play

One Act

4

2

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Sir Walter Raleigh brought the first potatoes to the British Isles many years ago, and where would we be without the humble potato? But there are many possible ecological scenarios that could create a situation where the potato would no longer grow - and what then?

Project Arts Centre, Dublin >>>

1992

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

full length

Play/Drama

3

1

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The play is an exploration of what happens to a man when he has been incarcerated for a long time, even though he has committed no real crime. The play was inspired by the situation of hostages held in Lebanon, such as Brian Keenan, and uses the basic image from the Dumas novel to explore this.

Olympia Theatre, Dublin >>>

2001

Vesuvius Theatre Company and Gerry Sinnott

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Translation

7

3

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Brecht's famous play reset in present-day Ireland, with a focus on the sectarian conflict in the North

SFX City Theatre, Dublin >>>

1999

The Machine

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Adaptation

10

10

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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Mysteries 2000 was a millennium project where fifteen writers were commissioned to produce new versions of sections of the Mystery plays. The plays were as follows: 'The Fall of Lucifer', 'Creation', 'Jesus, Mary & Joseph' and 'Judgement Day' by Michael McCaffery; 'Cain and Abel' and 'The Last Supper' by Aidan Matthews; 'Noah' by Fergus Linehan; 'Abraham & Isaac' by Johnny Hanrahan; 'Moses' by Joe O'Byrne; 'Temptation' and 'The Adulteress Woman' by Joseph O'Connor; 'Parliament of Heaven', 'The Seven Deadly Virtues' and 'Council of Jews' by Derek Chapman; 'The Death of Herod' by Pat Kinevane; 'John the Baptist' by Declan Gorman; 'My Mind of Questions' and 'Betrayal' by Brendan Kennelly; 'Lazarus', 'Buffeting' and 'Harrowing of Hell' by Gavin Kostick; 'Pilate's Wife' by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy; 'The Death of Judas' by Michael Scott; 'Ascension' by Deirdre Purcell and 'Song of Songs' by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill.

SFX City Theatre, Dublin >>>

1990

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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15

8

doubling possible

Notes:
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Synopsis:
A fictionalisation of the events surrounding the building, maiden voyage and sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic, as seen through the eyes of J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line.

SFX City Theatre, Dublin >>>

1991

Co-Motion Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Adaptation

9

7

extras, musicians

Notes:
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Synopsis:
A retelling in dance, drama and music of the epic stories of the rage of Queen Medbh, the valour of Cuchullain, the tragedy of Ferdia and the shame of Fionnabar.

The Helix, Dublin

2003

Up Beat Productions In association with The Helix

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com

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Adaptation

4

9

doubling possible

Notes:
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Synopsis:
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors is the story of Paula Spencer - from schoolgirl to battered wife and alcoholic - and her love for the dangerous, charismatic Charlo. Paula struggles on the edge of deprivation but never gives up, always washes off the blood, and knows she must continue for her children's sake.