Crooked House first began producing plays in 1994 with Absent
Friends by Alan Ayckbourne. There followed eleven productions
in Newbridge before the company opened a run of The Merchant
of Venice in Dublin in 1997.
Productions listed below include only those which were mounted
by Crooked House since 1997. Click on the title for further information.
(An asterisk indicates national reviews
available)
THE BIRD TRAP
New absurdist comedy by Darren
Donohue (Prague Fringe Festival, June 2004; ESB Dublin Fringe,
Sept 2004).
FOUR NEW INTERNATIONAL PLAYS*
Boat Memory by Laline Paull; Where I Come From -
Scenes From Abroad by Richard Nelson; The Willow Pattern
by Judith Johnson; and Karamazoo by Philip Ridley.
Four new plays for young people (Riverbank, April; Everyman Palace
Cork, May; Royal Lyceum Edinburgh).
ROMEO AND JULIET
A Kildare Youth Theatre production directed by Peter Hussey
and Darren Donohue (Riverbank Dec 2003)
REVELATIONS*
by Darren Donohue (ESB Dublin Fringe Festival; 23 - 28 September, 2003)
TOTALLY OVER YOU and
PURPLE *
New plays by Mark Ravenhill and Jon Fosse, the former performed
in London's National Theatre (July 2003).
NUMB: two plays without
feeling*
bending spoons and Three Figures At A Well by
Peter Hussey (ESB Dublin Fringe Festival; 23 - 28 September, 2002;
SS Michael & John [Smock Alley]
MACBETH*
by William Shakespeare (Riverbank, Newbridge; Theatre Royal,
Waterford; Garage Theatre, Monaghan; April - May 2002)
(For more images from the production, click here)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM
by William Shakespeare (Kildare
Youth Theatre @ Crooked House, Riverbank, Newbridge; May -
June 2002)
(For more images from the production, click here)
SUCKING STONES: three
plays after Beckett
Three Figures At A Well by Peter Hussey, Revelations
and Waiting For Johno by Darren Donohue (premieres, Riverbank,
12th 16th February 2002)
NUMB: two plays without
feeling
bending spoons and Our Lady of The Flowers by
Peter Hussey (premieres, Riverbank, 24th-27th October 2001)
ADVENTURES
IN CLOWNTOWN
play for Primary Schools in Kildare devised by and featuring Darren
Donohue and Nick Devlin. (March and April 2001. Funded by Kildare
County Council's Library & Arts Service)
THE CRIME OF THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY *
by Edward Bond (THEatre SPACE @ The Mint, Dublin; Irish premiere,
9-28 April 2001. Part funded by The Arts Council of Ireland)
A CROOKED CHRISTMAS
Millennium Revue (Dec 2000)
ANTIGONE*
by Sophocles (Andrews Lane Studio, Dublin; April 3 - 20 2000)
HANDBAG*
by Mark Ravenhill (Irish premiere; Crypt Arts Centre, Dublin;
17 -5 Feb 2000)
CLOWNTOWN
devised school show(Funded by Kildare County Council; April 2000)
SHOWJUMPING BARBIE RULES
THE UNIVERSE
Revue (December 1999)
WAITING FOR MARGOT
by Peter Hussey (rehearsed reading;May 1999)
THE CENSOR*
by Anthony Neilson (Irish premiere; Dublin Fringe Festival; Crypt,
November 1998)
ANNA
by Wilma Warner O' Keeffe (premiere; Newbridge; August 1998)
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION*
by John Guare (Irish premiere; Crypt; 6-18 April 1998)
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
by William Shakespeare (Crypt Arts Centre, Dec 8-13 1997)
STRANGERS
by Ken Bourke (Commissioned by Kildare County Council; June 1997)
PRODUCTIONS FROM
1994 TO 1997
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