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Aidan Harney

AIDAN HARNEY  (1973 - )

 Nationality:    Irish
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below is a list of Aidan Harney's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Being Miss Ross         Hollywood Valhalla         Monarch In Hollywood, A         Submarine Man: the Little-Known Life Of John P Holland         Titus         Unsuccessful Suicide Of Trish O'Malley, The

Being Miss Ross

Synopsis:
there is a huge amount going on in Being Miss Ross, and it is a testament to aidan Harney's writing that he manages to keep all balls in the air for the length of the play. the work is described as a comedy, and while it is wonderfully funny, it is much more than that. Harney has his finger on the pulse of contemporary Dublin life. For all its laughs, Being Miss Ross is a socially engaged and very serious play that tackles some very thorny issues in contemporary Ireland. It does so in an intelligent way that never slips into bland moralising, saccharine sentimentality or dullness. It had a raw immediacy and vitality to it, theatre stripped down to its essentials, something which can be hard to find in more polished productions. the cast are well chosen and uniformly excellent. Graham Singleton as the homeless young man Connor, both streetwise and vulnerable, was particularly good. Well written, directed and acted, it is that rare thing in theatre, a play with a lot of head and a lot of heart.

Notes:
Staged reading

1st Produced:
-    2005

Organisations:
Wonderland Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hollywood Valhalla

Synopsis:
Hollywood 1985. Rock Hudson, a faded screen legend, struggles to keep his private life out of the spotlight as he secretly comes to terms with a devastating new illness. as his closest friends desert him and the media glare becomes blinding, an unlikely friendship grows between Rock and his fitness instructor, Toby. Faced by a society steeped in paranoia and ignorance, will the haunting memories from Rocks unresolved past prompt him into one final act of selfless courage? Hollywood Valhalla is a touching and poignant new Drama about love, friendship and redemption during the Reagan era of the 1980's.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Monarch In Hollywood, A

Synopsis:
Hollywood in the 1950s, and a boy fresh from Iowa has taken the name that will turn him into a movie star. Dalton York (Derrick Devine) has everything: picture deal, mansion, adulation. But his is an invented life, intricately groomed for the press, and when his manager pressures him into marriage, the secrets - and the company - York has been keeping begin to rupture the polished surface. It is hardly an unpredictable plot, and the dangers of cliche are manifold, but aidan Harney's writing is dextrous enough, his dialogue witty and well-judged enough, to resist them and to allow the inevitability of York's downfall to evolve with tension rather than tedium. In a cast of strong performances, eamon Rohan and Pep Garcia-Pascual are irresistible as York's manipulative manager and his manipulated lover respectively. Devine is also engaging, if subject to too many first night glitches. Fringe time is as good as any to see well-crafted naturalistic theatre. (Belinda McKeon.)

Notes:
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1st Produced:
T36, Dublin, Ireland    2002

Organisations:
DaRK Productions, commissioned by Rough Magic Theatre Company and Dublin Fringe Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Submarine Man: the Little-Known Life Of John P Holland

Synopsis:
Captivated by the allure of the sea, man has always been intrigued by underwater exploration and the mysteries of the deep. the year is 1873. Dundalk-based, noviciate Christian Brother, John Philip Holland is obsessed with his design for a bizarre, submergible craft. His other obsession happens to be his house-keeper, Maggie B. Farrell. When Holland casts aside his cassock and follows his sweetheart to America, he finds himself caught up in the frantic, international race to tame 'the Mistress of the Sea'. Infused with the inventiveness of the eccentric genius, this true-story Drama tells the little-known tale of the father of the modern submarine. "a tongue-in-cheek combination of knockabout comedy and Synge-style dialogue. Never a dull moment." Irish Mail on Sunday

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Droichead Arts Centre, Ireland    2008

Organisations:
Upstate Live!

1st Published:
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Music:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Titus

Synopsis:
SUPeRHeRO? SaINT? MaRTYR? MaDMaN? Language is set ablaze in this inventive and witty one-man piece, based on true events, exploring the true price of humanity in a time of terror. Just how did one little, Dutch friar - Titus Brandsma - provoked so much frustration among the Third Reich? Why did he journey to Ireland in the 1930s? and most crucially, if he had acted sooner could he have changed the course of history?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the Carmel Hall, Whitefriars Church, Dublin    2007

Organisations:
DaRK productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unsuccessful Suicide Of Trish O'Malley, The

Synopsis:
Tom, if you are reading this note. . .I am dead. I hope I don't look too bad. I did my hair. . .there is a fresh leek and hazelnut quiche in the oven. . .Dog is fed. Cat is fed. Children are in Jackie'sGoodbye, Tom. Your loving wife. . .who you have been cheating on, with a peroxide floozy, with bad roots, for the past two years. She is a minger. You utter bastard. Trish. This irreverent comedy tackles an unpalatable subject with gusto and absolutely guarantees to give Dublin audiences a great laugh. Trish O'Malley is a well-heeled housewife who discovers her politician husband is cheating on her. When a teenage student interrupts Trish's suicide plans, the developments are as hilarious as they are unexpected!

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Organisations:
Red Kettle Theatre Company

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Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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