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Bairbre Ni Chaoimh

BAIRBRE NI CHAOIMH  

 Nationality:    Irish
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Bairbre Ni Chaoimh is an Irish actor, director and playwright. As well as being a freelance actor and Theatre maker she has worked as an Associate Artist at the Abbey Theatre and was Artistic Director of Calypso Productions, winning many awards along the way. She co-wrote 'Stolen Child' with Yvonne Quinn for Calypso, adapted Oscar Wilde's 'the Birthday Of the Infanta' for Bewleys Cafe Theatre and co-created a site specific piece called 'Hand Me Down the Moon' with visual artist Aideen Barry for Women In Space. Contact: bairbreni@gmail.com

Research:    http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=1001

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below is a list of Bairbre Ni Chaoimh's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Birthday of the Infanta, The         Hand Me Down the Moon         Stolen Child

Birthday of the Infanta, The

Synopsis:
the Birthday of the Infanta is Oscar Wilde's bittersweet tale about the doomed meeting between the young Princess of Spain and a hunchbacked dwarf who lives in the forest. the Infanta lives a strange and isolated life in the palace and is only allowed mingle with other children once a year on her birthday. the hunchback is one of many entertainers brought in for her twelfth birthday celebrations. He performs a wild woodland dance for her and mistakes the audience's uproarious laughter for rapturous approval. Indeed, when the delighted Princess gives him a rose and insists that he dance again for her after dinner, the hunchback is convinced that she has fallen in love with him. He goes into the palace in search of her and stumbles on a room with a large mirror, in which he sees his own grotesque reflection for the first time. He realises that the Infanta and her friends have been laughing at him and dies of a broken heart.

Notes:
Based on A short story by Oscar Wilde

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Bewley's Cafe Theatre

1st Published:
Online version available on request from bairbreni@gmail.com   -

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Genre:
Short play - 45 mins

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Hand Me Down the Moon

Synopsis:
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Notes:
by Bairbe Ni Chaoimh with visual artist Aideen Barry for Women In Space

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site specific multimedia piece

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Stolen Child

Synopsis:
the play tells the story of a young Dublin woman's journey to find her natural mother. She enlicits the help of a shambolic private detective whose irreverent humour and hard-drinking lifestyle mask a deep understanding of human frailty. Parallel to her quest is the heartbreaking personal story of her mother's upbringing by nuns in a 1940s Industrial school and the harsh facts surrounding the enforeced adoption of her newborn baby. 'Stolen Child' was acclaimed as an impotant and ground-breaking new play when first presented by Calypso Productions in 2002. It was one of the first works to explore the secret history of Ireland's Industrial schools.

Notes:
written by Bairbre Ni Chaoimh And Yvonne Quinn. Applications for copies of the script and performance rights should be sent to bairbreni@gmail.com or to 3, Saint Laurences Place, Fontenoy Street, Dublin 7.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Calypso Productions

1st Published:
Liberties Press in 2007   987-1-905483-35-8

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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