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in development

if you're interested to know more about anything in development, or anything already produced, just drop me an email

GULL

I'm collaborating with ALSA Productions on an ambitious, surreal and hopeful new play, GULL, about a town being eaten by the sea.

 

The action swoops between four characters and a series of events that shake their realities - an ATM swallows a woman's identity, a blood donation clinic turns a politician into a seagull, a GAA pitch tumbles off a cliff and a wealth manager kayaks to a big rock in the ocean.

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GULL has been developed with director Al Dalton, producer Sadhbh Barrett Coakley,  performers Esosa Ighodaro, Gary Murphy and Claire O'Leary, musician Dylan Howe, musical director Carl Kennedy, movement director Emily Terndrup, designers Laura Perrem and Martha Hegarty

Supported by:
an Arts Council Project Award
Cork Theatre Collective
Cork Opera House
Gate Theatre
Once Off Productions

photo credit: Jed Niezgoda

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twenty first

I'm writing a new play - which doesn't have songs! -  called twenty first, supported by the CTC Craft: Writer's Group award. More on this soon

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