One Night Stands: Donal O'Kelly

One Night Stands: Donal O'Kelly

26th Sep 2013

7pm sharp

One Night Stands is a short series of one-off performances at the Joinery by individual theatre-makers. Readings, performances or explorations of works in progress; the series will encourage each performer to experiment and develop their work in an intimate setting, followed by a discussion with the audience.

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Dubliner Donal O’Kelly is a writer, actor and theatre director. On September 26th Donal will do a performed reading of the Schitzenzootz, a one-hour helter-skelter through Ireland’s boom and bust. The Schitzenzootz is a work in progress and will be followed by a discussion.

Donal O’Kelly studied performance in Deirdre O’Connell’s Focus Theatre. Solo plays include Edinburgh Fringe First winners Fionnuala and Catalpa. Other much-travelled solo shows are Bat The Father Rabbit The Son, and Joyced! His new solo show Hairy Jaysus will shortly run in the Viking Clontarf. His three-part radio music-drama Francisco has just been nominated for a Prix Europa award. Other plays include The Dogs, Hughie On The Wires, Trickledown Town, The Business Of Blood (with Kenny Glenaan), Farawayan, Operation Easter, Mamie Sighs, Judas Of The Gallarus, Asylum! Asylum!, Vive La, The Cambria, The Hand, Running Beast, The Adventures of the Wet Señor and Jimmy Gralton’s Dancehall.

Film roles include Roddy Doyle’s The Van and the bilingual Kings, and on television Paths To Freedom and Fair City. He was Joxer in Juno And The Paycock, Jimmy Jack in Translations and Seán O’Casey in Colm Toibin’s Beauty in a Broken Place, and he performed multiple roles in Mary Raftery’s No Escape, a documentary theatre-piece based on the Ryan Report into Child Abuse in Religious Institutions. He has been awarded three Irish Arts Council literature bursaries, and the Butler Literary Award. He was a member of the Irish arts academy Aosdána from 2007 until
his resignation in 2010.

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One Night Stands is a collaboration between Colin Murphy; playwright, documentary-maker and journalist and Miranda Driscoll; director of the Joinery.

One Night Stands is a short series of one-off performances at the Joinery by individual theatre-makers. Readings, performances or explorations of works in progress; the series will encourage each performer to experiment and develop their work in an intimate setting, followed by a discussion with the audience. ______________________________________ Dubliner Donal O'Kelly is a writer, actor and theatre director. On September 26th Donal will do a performed reading of the Schitzenzootz, a one-hour helter-skelter through Ireland's boom and bust. The Schitzenzootz is a work in progress and will be followed by a discussion. Donal O'Kelly studied performance in Deirdre O’Connell’s Focus Theatre. Solo plays include Edinburgh Fringe First winners Fionnuala and Catalpa. Other much-travelled solo shows are Bat The Father Rabbit The Son, and Joyced! His new solo show Hairy Jaysus will shortly run in the Viking Clontarf. His three-part radio music-drama Francisco has just been nominated for a Prix Europa award. Other plays include The Dogs, Hughie On The Wires, Trickledown Town, The Business Of Blood (with Kenny Glenaan), Farawayan, Operation Easter, Mamie Sighs, Judas Of The Gallarus, Asylum! Asylum!, Vive La, The Cambria, The Hand, Running Beast, The Adventures of the Wet Señor and Jimmy Gralton’s Dancehall. Film roles include Roddy Doyle's The Van and the bilingual Kings, and on television Paths To Freedom and Fair City. He was Joxer in Juno And The Paycock, Jimmy Jack in Translations and Seán O’Casey in Colm Toibin’s Beauty in a Broken Place, and he performed multiple roles in Mary Raftery’s No Escape, a documentary theatre-piece based on the Ryan Report into Child Abuse in Religious Institutions. He has been awarded three Irish Arts Council literature bursaries, and the Butler Literary Award. He was a member of the Irish arts academy Aosdána from 2007 until his resignation in 2010. ______________________________________ One Night Stands is a collaboration between Colin Murphy; playwright, documentary-maker and journalist and Miranda Driscoll; director of the Joinery.One Night Stands is a short series of one-off performances at the Joinery by individual theatre-makers. Readings, performances or explorations of works in progress; the series will encourage each performer to experiment and develop their work in an intimate setting, followed by a discussion with the audience. ______________________________________ Dubliner Donal O'Kelly is a writer, actor and theatre director. On September 26th Donal will do a performed reading of the Schitzenzootz, a one-hour helter-skelter through Ireland's boom and bust. The Schitzenzootz is a work in progress and will be followed by a discussion. Donal O'Kelly studied performance in Deirdre O’Connell’s Focus Theatre. Solo plays include Edinburgh Fringe First winners Fionnuala and Catalpa. Other much-travelled solo shows are Bat The Father Rabbit The Son, and Joyced! His new solo show Hairy Jaysus will shortly run in the Viking Clontarf. His three-part radio music-drama Francisco has just been nominated for a Prix Europa award. Other plays include The Dogs, Hughie On The Wires, Trickledown Town, The Business Of Blood (with Kenny Glenaan), Farawayan, Operation Easter, Mamie Sighs, Judas Of The Gallarus, Asylum! Asylum!, Vive La, The Cambria, The Hand, Running Beast, The Adventures of the Wet Señor and Jimmy Gralton’s Dancehall. Film roles include Roddy Doyle's The Van and the bilingual Kings, and on television Paths To Freedom and Fair City. He was Joxer in Juno And The Paycock, Jimmy Jack in Translations and Seán O’Casey in Colm Toibin’s Beauty in a Broken Place, and he performed multiple roles in Mary Raftery’s No Escape, a documentary theatre-piece based on the Ryan Report into Child Abuse in Religious Institutions. He has been awarded three Irish Arts Council literature bursaries, and the Butler Literary Award. He was a member of the Irish arts academy Aosdána from 2007 until his resignation in 2010. ______________________________________ One Night Stands is a collaboration between Colin Murphy; playwright, documentary-maker and journalist and Miranda Driscoll; director of the Joinery.
One Night Stands is a short series of one-off performances at the Joinery by individual theatre-makers. Readings, performances or explorations of works in progress; the series will encourage each performer to experiment and develop their work in an intimate setting, followed by a discussion with the audience. ______________________________________ Dubliner Donal O'Kelly is a writer, actor and theatre director. On September 26th Donal will do a performed reading of the Schitzenzootz, a one-hour helter-skelter through Ireland's boom and bust. The Schitzenzootz is a work in progress and will be followed by a discussion. Donal O'Kelly studied performance in Deirdre O’Connell’s Focus Theatre. Solo plays include Edinburgh Fringe First winners Fionnuala and Catalpa. Other much-travelled solo shows are Bat The Father Rabbit The Son, and Joyced! His new solo show Hairy Jaysus will shortly run in the Viking Clontarf. His three-part radio music-drama Francisco has just been nominated for a Prix Europa award. Other plays include The Dogs, Hughie On The Wires, Trickledown Town, The Business Of Blood (with Kenny Glenaan), Farawayan, Operation Easter, Mamie Sighs, Judas Of The Gallarus, Asylum! Asylum!, Vive La, The Cambria, The Hand, Running Beast, The Adventures of the Wet Señor and Jimmy Gralton’s Dancehall. Film roles include Roddy Doyle's The Van and the bilingual Kings, and on television Paths To Freedom and Fair City. He was Joxer in Juno And The Paycock, Jimmy Jack in Translations and Seán O’Casey in Colm Toibin’s Beauty in a Broken Place, and he performed multiple roles in Mary Raftery’s No Escape, a documentary theatre-piece based on the Ryan Report into Child Abuse in Religious Institutions. He has been awarded three Irish Arts Council literature bursaries, and the Butler Literary Award. He was a member of the Irish arts academy Aosdána from 2007 until his resignation in 2010. ______________________________________ One Night Stands is a collaboration between Colin Murphy; playwright, documentary-maker and journalist and Miranda Driscoll; director of the Joinery.One Night Stands is a short series of one-off performances at the Joinery by individual theatre-makers. Readings, performances or explorations of works in progress; the series will encourage each performer to experiment and develop their work in an intimate setting, followed by a discussion with the audience. ______________________________________ Dubliner Donal O'Kelly is a writer, actor and theatre director. On September 26th Donal will do a performed reading of the Schitzenzootz, a one-hour helter-skelter through Ireland's boom and bust. The Schitzenzootz is a work in progress and will be followed by a discussion. Donal O'Kelly studied performance in Deirdre O’Connell’s Focus Theatre. Solo plays include Edinburgh Fringe First winners Fionnuala and Catalpa. Other much-travelled solo shows are Bat The Father Rabbit The Son, and Joyced! His new solo show Hairy Jaysus will shortly run in the Viking Clontarf. His three-part radio music-drama Francisco has just been nominated for a Prix Europa award. Other plays include The Dogs, Hughie On The Wires, Trickledown Town, The Business Of Blood (with Kenny Glenaan), Farawayan, Operation Easter, Mamie Sighs, Judas Of The Gallarus, Asylum! Asylum!, Vive La, The Cambria, The Hand, Running Beast, The Adventures of the Wet Señor and Jimmy Gralton’s Dancehall. Film roles include Roddy Doyle's The Van and the bilingual Kings, and on television Paths To Freedom and Fair City. He was Joxer in Juno And The Paycock, Jimmy Jack in Translations and Seán O’Casey in Colm Toibin’s Beauty in a Broken Place, and he performed multiple roles in Mary Raftery’s No Escape, a documentary theatre-piece based on the Ryan Report into Child Abuse in Religious Institutions. He has been awarded three Irish Arts Council literature bursaries, and the Butler Literary Award. He was a member of the Irish arts academy Aosdána from 2007 until his resignation in 2010. ______________________________________ One Night Stands is a collaboration between Colin Murphy; playwright, documentary-maker and journalist and Miranda Driscoll; director of the Joinery.One Night Stands is a short series of one-off performances at the Joinery by individual theatre-makers. Readings, performances or explorations of works in progress; the series will encourage each performer to experiment and develop their work in an intimate setting, followed by a discussion with the audience. ______________________________________ Dubliner Donal O'Kelly is a writer, actor and theatre director. On September 26th Donal will do a performed reading of the Schitzenzootz, a one-hour helter-skelter through Ireland's boom and bust. The Schitzenzootz is a work in progress and will be followed by a discussion. Donal O'Kelly studied performance in Deirdre O’Connell’s Focus Theatre. Solo plays include Edinburgh Fringe First winners Fionnuala and Catalpa. Other much-travelled solo shows are Bat The Father Rabbit The Son, and Joyced! His new solo show Hairy Jaysus will shortly run in the Viking Clontarf. His three-part radio music-drama Francisco has just been nominated for a Prix Europa award. Other plays include The Dogs, Hughie On The Wires, Trickledown Town, The Business Of Blood (with Kenny Glenaan), Farawayan, Operation Easter, Mamie Sighs, Judas Of The Gallarus, Asylum! Asylum!, Vive La, The Cambria, The Hand, Running Beast, The Adventures of the Wet Señor and Jimmy Gralton’s Dancehall. Film roles include Roddy Doyle's The Van and the bilingual Kings, and on television Paths To Freedom and Fair City. He was Joxer in Juno And The Paycock, Jimmy Jack in Translations and Seán O’Casey in Colm Toibin’s Beauty in a Broken Place, and he performed multiple roles in Mary Raftery’s No Escape, a documentary theatre-piece based on the Ryan Report into Child Abuse in Religious Institutions. He has been awarded three Irish Arts Council literature bursaries, and the Butler Literary Award. He was a member of the Irish arts academy Aosdána from 2007 until his resignation in 2010. ______________________________________ One Night Stands is a collaboration between Colin Murphy; playwright, documentary-maker and journalist and Miranda Driscoll; director of the Joinery.