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Mark O'Halloran

MARK O'HALLORAN

  
Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd  represented by Rachel Holroyd

Multiple award-winning Mark OHalloran is one of Irelands most celebrated screenwriters and has received worldwide acclaim with his films Adam & Paul and Garage.

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below is a list of Mark O'Halloran's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Accessorize         Death in Ennis         Head of Red O'Brien, The; or, The Last Monologue         Lippy         Mary Motorhead         One Too Many Mornings         Too Much of Nothing         Trade

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Synopsis:
Car Show involves four concurrent performances, each set in a different car. An audience of three witnesses each fifteen minute performance.

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1st Produced:
Portlaoise Arts Festival    2001

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Genre:
Short Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Death in Ennis

Synopsis:
Car Show involves four concurrent performances, each set in a different car. An audience of three witnesses each fifteen minute performance.

Notes:
devised by Mark O'Halloran And Tony Flynn

1st Produced:
October Arts Festival in Ennis, Ireland    1999

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Head of Red O'Brien, The; or, The Last Monologue

Head of Red O'Brien, The; or, The Last Monologue
After a near fatal attack by his wife, Red O'Brien is wondering where it all went wrong. From Global Aphasia to the Hunt for Red October, from great literature to the humble Ford Cortina, Red tries to reassemble the pieces and find a way forward. the Head of Red O'Brien is a love story telling of two ordinary people driven to madness by their irreconcilable differences.

Notes:
Written by Mark O'Halloran And David Wilmott

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Freshly Brewed" published by the Stinging Fly Press   978-1906539047

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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lippy

Lippy
In 2000 in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, an aunt and three nieces made an extraordinary decision which seemed to defy explanation. they boarded themselves into their home and entered a suicide pact that lasted 40 days. We didn't know them. We weren't there. We have no idea what they said. This is not their story

Notes:
Created by Bush Moukarzel with cameo-playwright Mark OHalloran, director Ben Kidd, and sound & music by Adam Welsh. Winner of the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production (2013), and inspired by a real-life event involving the suicide pact of four women in a small town outside Dublin, Lippy is a play about authorship and the role of the writer

1st Produced:
the Lir Academy - Studio 1, Dublin Fringe Festival    10 Sep 2013

Organisations:
Dead Centre

1st Published:
Oberon Books (2014) >>>    978-1783191635

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Genre:
75 min piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Mary Motorhead

Synopsis:
Mary 'motorhead' is in prison. She lies on her bed reading, while scenes of the outdoor world as seen from the window of a car are projected onto the wall behind her. She is doing six years for stabbing her husband, Red, in the head with a knife. History is invention, she tells us, a story made up based on sometimes scant knowledge of the available facts. Each of us has a known history and a secret one. the secret history, she explains, is what really happened - what was going on inside - something that regular history, or reportage, or maybe representation, can never really know. So, Mary invites us to hear her secret history. A profound, honest and hilarious portrayal of a woman who is pushed to the edge by her circumstances, bet succeeds in finding the road back to herself.

Notes:
A companion piece to 'the Head of Red O'Brien'

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Organisations:
Produced by TrueWest Theatre in association with Bewley's.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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One Too Many Mornings

One Too Many Mornings
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Freshly Brewed" published by the Stinging Fly Press   978-1906539047

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Too Much of Nothing

Too Much of Nothing
Two lovable losers from the outer margins of Dublin society grapple with their personal demons and confront what they regard as the major preoccupations of the new millennium.

Notes:
written by Mark O'Halloran And David Wilmot

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Organisations:
Bewley's Cafe Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Freshly Brewed" published by the Stinging Fly Press   978-1906539047

Music:
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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Trade

Trade
In a guesthouse in Dublins north inner city, a vulnerable and confused young rent-boy sits with a middle-aged client. Its not the first time theyve met but today the older man has blood on his shirt. A lot has happened since they last met.

Notes:
Performed in A real-life bed And breakfast, Trade is A provocative And moving exploration of desire, morality And duty

1st Produced:
Meeting Point: O'Reilly theatre    29 Sep 2011

Organisations:
THISISPOPBABY are part of Project Catalyst, an initiative of Project Arts Centre

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Genre:
piece 50 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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