Donnacadh O'Briain worked on Henry VI Parts I, II and III, Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I and II, Henry V as part of the ensemble.
RSC:
The Canterbury Tales.
Trained:
Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama and Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre includes:
Credits as assistant director include: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, directed by Dominic Cooke, Waiting for Godot, directed by Walter Asmus, and A Christmas Carol, directed by Alan Stanford, all at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.
Directing includes: Hush (Edinburgh Festival/Arcola, London); Doing Lines Festival of New Writing (Pleasance, London); Shortcuts Festival of New Work (Arcola, London); Blue Velvet (Edinburgh Festival); Don’t Take Your Coat Off (Dublin Fringe Festival – award nominee, and Irish Tour); Kilt (Dublin Gay Pride Festival); Twelfth Night (Dublin Fringe Festival); The Comical Mysteries, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Civic Theatre, Dublin).
He recently won the first Better Bankside Shakespeare Award and will be co-directing Richard III this Autumn.
