Kieran Hurley

Kieran is an award-winning writer, performer, and theatre maker based in Glasgow. ‘One of the leading Scottish dramatists to emerge in the new millenium’ (The National), his plays have been produced across the globe and translated into many languages, including German, Portuguese, Turkish, Basque and Korean.

He is currently working on a number of projects across film, TV, and theatre.

Kieran’s work is published by Methuen and can be found here.

Film

Production
Company
Notes

BEATS
Rosetta Productions/Sixteen Films/Wild Bunch/Altitude/BFI/ Creative Scotland.
Based on Kieran’s play of the same name / Co-written and directed by Brian Welsh
BIFA Nominated for Best Debut Screenplay
WGGB Nominated for Best Screenplay.
“BEATS is more than just a big-screen rave: it’s funny and euphoric, heartfelt and harrowing” The Sunday Times
⭐⭐⭐⭐The Guardian, ⭐⭐⭐⭐, The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐, Evening Standard ⭐⭐⭐⭐, Time Out, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scotsman

Theatre

Production
Company
Notes

VL
Francesca Moody Productions
Co-written with Gary McNair / Winner of the 2024 Popcorn Writing Award / ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Stage

ADULTS
Traverse Theatre
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times, The Telegraph, The Herald

THE ENEMY
National Theatre of Scotland
Directed by Finn Den Hertog /⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Theatre Scotland ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Observer ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scotsman

MOUTHPIECE
Soho Theatre
“Gripping, truthful and engaged … Mouthpiece reaffirms Kieran Hurley’s place as a hugely talented playwright for today” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage

MOUTHPIECE
Traverse Theatre
⭐⭐⭐⭐The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Herald

SQUARE GO
Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
Co-written with Gary McNair / FRINGE FIRST AWARD WINNER 2018 / “funniest show of the festival… Hilarious and human high-school two-hander that’s just brilliant fun” The Stage ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A SIX-INCH LAYER OF TOPSOIL AND THE FACT IT RAINS
Verbatim Theatre / Perth Theatre tour
“Fascinating verbatim play” The Stage “Kieran Hurley’s new touring show for Perth Theatre has that special quality of listening to the voices of a community, and reflecting it back to itself” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman

HEADS UP
Edinburgh Fringe Festival & UK Tour
Winner: Fring Frist Awards
Winner: Cats Best New Play

AN INJURY
Ovalhouse Theatre

BEATS
Soho Theatre

BEATS
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Written and performed by Kieran Hurley
Winner: Cats Best New Play 2012
“A tremendous piece of storytelling that takes us back to 1994… One of the best shows of the Edinburgh Festival last year” The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An impressive piece of storytelling’ The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐

RANTIN
National Theatre of Scotland & Scotland Tour
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian

CHALK FARM
Òran Mór / International tour 2014 – produced by ThickSkin
"Brilliant, sharp, poetic, passionate, full of searing insight into the politics of blame" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scotsman

HITCH
Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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