Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Ciara Elizabeth Smyth (born July 16) is an Irish playwright and director.

Early life

Smyth was born in Dublin and has one younger brother. After studying Performing Arts in Bray Institute of Further Education, she attended Dublin Institute of Technology in Rathmines and graduated with a B.A (Hons) in Drama in 2013.

Writing

Smyth's first short play Pour it out. was staged in Smock Alley Theatre as part of the Collaborations Festival 2015. Her work includes the plays, Pour it out.,[1] TRIANGLES[2][3][4] and All honey, which was performed first as a rehearsed reading in The New Theatre in 2016. All honey[5][6][7] was then staged as a full production in the Dublin Fringe Festival 2017 and won the Fishamble New Writing Award.[8] In early 2018 Smyth was awarded a place on Rough Magic's SEEDS programme as the writer. Smyth is also Writer in Residence in The New Theatre for 2018.

Theatre
  • 2011: Great Expectations, Mermaid Theatre
  • 2013: Hamlet, Bewley's Cafe Theatre
  • 2013: Curse of the Staving Class, Smock Alley Theatre
  • 2014: The Winter's Tale, The Teacher's Club
  • 2015: Pour it out., Smock Alley Theatre
  • 2016: TRIANGLES, Smock Alley Theatre, Nun's Island Theatre (Galway) [9][10] & The International Bar
  • 2016: All honey, The New Theatre (Dublin)
  • 2017: All honey, Dublin Fringe Festival - Winner Fishamble New Writing Award
  • 2018: All honey, Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Powerscourt

References
  1. "Changed / Pour It Out - Events - IRISHTHEATRE.ie".
  2. Workhorse, No More (28 September 2016). "Triangles – International Bar – Theatre Review".
  3. "The International Bar: Triangles". 29 September 2016.
  4. "Triangles by Sad Strippers Theatre". TheArtsReview.com. Sep 28, 2016.
  5. "All Honey Review - The Arts Review".
  6. "All honey Review - NoMoreWorkhorse".
  7. "All honey Review - Irish Independent".
  8. "Fishamble New Writing Award 2017".
  9. "TRIANGLES - Galway Fringe Festival". Archived from the original on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  10. "Triangles - "Bring your cake face to my lips!" - AN ÁIT EILE". 13 July 2016.
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