title: Deirdre Kinahan
text: # Deirdre Kinahan
  
  Deirdre Kinahan is an Irish playwright and theatre producer.
  
  ## Life
  
  Deirdre Kinahan was born in Dublin in 1968. She lives in County Meath with her husband and two daughters since 1998.
  
  She founded and ran Tall Tales Theatre Company for fifteen years writing and producing many award-winning theatre productions. She has served as a board member of Theatre Forum Ireland and The Abbey Theatre. She is a member of Aosdána, a body of elected Irish artists considered to have made an outstanding contribution to cultural life. Deirdre has collaborated with many major theatres in Ireland and on the International circuit including The Old Vic, Royal Court, Bush Theatre London, MTC, Irish Arts Centre and Studio Theatre US. She writes for the Abbey Theatre, Landmark Productions and Fishamble Theatre Company regularly in Ireland.
  
  ## Works
  
  ### Plays
  
  Include
  
  * Bé Carna. Women of the Flesh (1999) — Tall Tales Theatre co.
  * .Passage (2001) — Civic Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
  * Attaboy, Mr. Synge! (2002) — Civic Theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
  * Knocknashee (2002) — Civic theatre, Tall Tales Theatre co.
  * Melody (2005) — Tall Tales Theatre co.
  * Hue and Cry (2007) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Bewleys Cafe Theatre
  * Bogboy (2010) — Tall Tales Theatre co
  * Moment (2011) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Bush Theatre
  * These Halcyon Days (2013) — Tall Tales Theatre co and Landmark Productions
  * Spinning (2014) — Fishamble Theatre co
  * Rise (2016) — Old Vic
  * Rathmines Road (2018) — Fishamble Theatre co and Abbey Theatre
  * The Unmanageable Sisters (2018) — Abbey Theatre
  * Crossings (2018) — Pentabus Theatre co
  * Embargo (2020) — Fishamble Theatre co
  * An Old Song, Half Forgotten (2023) — Abbey Theatre
  * The Saviour Landmark Productions
  * OUTRAGE Fishamble Theatre Co
  * The Visit Draiocht
  
  ### Producer
  
  * Passage (Tall Tales Theatre Company, 2001)
  * Melody (Tall Tales Theatre Company, 2005)
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Member, Aosdána
  * Edinburgh Fringe First, Halcyon Days
  * Helen Hayes DC, MOMENT.
  * Dora Awards Canada, MOMENT.
  * Jeff Chicago, Spinning.
  * Helen Hayes DC, Wild Notes.
  * First Irish NYC, BOGBOY.
  