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Christian O’Reilly

Playwright, Writer

    About Christian O’Reilly

    Christian is a playwright and screenwriter based in Galway, Ireland. His plays have been produced in Ireland and internationally by companies such as Druid, Northlight and Rough Magic. He was a recipient of the Stewart Parker Trust New Playwright Bursary for his debut play THE GOOD FATHER.

    Christian is a graduate of the BBC Writers’ Academy, where he was trained to write for DOCTORS, CASUALTY, EASTENDERS and HOLBY CITY. Christian is currently developing a number of original projects for stage and screen.

    TV

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • ROS NA RUN
      • Storyliner
      • RED ROCK
      • 2 x 30'
      • DECEPTION
      • TV3
      • 1 x 60'
      • HOLBY CITY
      • BBC 1
      • 1 x 30'
      • CASUALTY
      • BBC 1
      • 2 x 50'
      • DOCTORS
      • BBC 1
      • 1 x 30'
      • ON HOME GROUND
      • Little Bird / Wildfire / RTE
      • 2 x 60'
      • NICK AND PERRY
      • Magma
      • 2 x 12'

    Film

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • SANCTUARY
      • Zanzibar Films
      • Directed by Len Collin
        Galway Film Fleadh 2016 – Best Irish First Feature Award
        Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2017 – Best Irish Film
        Best Irish Film 2017 voted by the readers of the Irish Times
        London Evening Standard *****, The Guardian ****, Financial Times ****, The Independent ****, Radio Times ****, Daily Express ****, Empire ****
      • INSIDE I’M DANCING
      • Octagon Feature film
      • Edinburgh Film Festival – Audience Award
        Irish Film & TV Awards – Best Script
        Irish Film & TV Awards – AIB People’s Choice Award for Best Film
      • THE RING
      • Calipo / Sharp Focus
      • Short Film
      • THE BIRTHDAY
      • Wildfire Films / Film FourShort film
      • Short Film
      • THE KISS OF LIFE
      • Asylum Films
      • Short film

    Theatre

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • UNSPEAKABLE CONVERSATIONS
      • Once Off Productions / Galway International Arts Festival
      • Written by Christian O’Reilly in collaboration with Liz Carr, Mat Fraser and Olwen Fouéré
        ⭐⭐⭐⭐The Guardian
      • THE TABLE
      • Branar / Abbey Theatre
      • Directed by Marc Mac Lochlainn
      • NO MAGIC PILL
      • Magic Pill Productions
      • National Tour of Ireland
        Winner: Audience Choice Award, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2022
      • THE GOOD FATHER 
      • Rise Productions
      • National Tour of Ireland
      • CHAPATTI
      • Northlight Theatre / Galway Arts Festival
      • Original stage play, starring John Mahoney
        Nominated for a Jeff Award for Best New Work
        "A gentle, sublime and honest script that drills home the need for and the power of human companionship" Chicago Critic
      • SANCTUARY
      • Blue Teapot
      • Original stage play, commissioned by Blue Teapot
      • HERE WE ARE AGAIN STILL
      • Galway City Council Per Cent for Art commission
      • Decadent Theatre / Galway City Council / Galway Theatre Festival 2009 / Nun’s Island Theatre / St John’s / Bealtaine Festival / National Tour 2011
      • IS THIS ABOUT SEX?
      • Rough Magic / Edinburgh Fringe / Dublin Theatre Festival
      • Winner of ZeBBie for Best Theatre Script at the 2008 Irish Writers’ Guild Awards
      • THE AVENUE
      • Kerry County Council Per Cent for Art commission
      • St John’s Theatre, Listowel, Co. Kerry
      • TEACHER
      • Galway Youth Theatre / Galway Arts Festival
      • TREBLE
      • Abbey Outreach
      • IT WON’T BE GREAT WHEN I’M NOT HERE
      • Tyger Theatre Company / Dublin Fringe Festival
      • PROBLEM SOLVERS ANONYMOUS
      • Tyger Theatre Company / Dublin Fringe Festival
      • THE GOOD FATHER
      • Druid / Galway Arts Festival / National Tour
      • Stewart Parker Trust New Playwright Bursary
      • IT JUST CAME OUT
      • Druid Debut
      • Joint runner-up, OZ Whitehead Award

    Audio

      • Production
      • Company
      • Notes
      • MY SPANISH COUNTESS GRANNY
      • RTE / Lyric FM
      • CHAPATTI
      • RTE Radio 1
      • THE GOOD FATHER
      • BBC Radio Four
      • THE GOOD FATHER
      • RTE Radio One
      • THE PLAY
      • RTE Radio One
      • Third prize, PJ O’Connor Awards

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