Stage Director

At its original production in February 1926, the audience rioted. Now regarded as a masterpiece, this provocative play is an essential part of our understanding of Irish history and Irish theatre.

The Plough and the Stars

Abbey Theatre

Mary Motorhead
Mary Motorhead has been locked in a prison cell after stabbing her husband in the head with a 12-inch carving knife. While he lies in intensive care, Mary reflects on the events that have brought this turbulent rural marriage to such a crisis.

Trade
In a guesthouse in Dublin’s north inner city, a vulnerable and confused young rent boy sits with a middle-aged client. The older man has blood on his shirt. A lot has happened since the two last met. 

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Trade / Mary Motorhead

Cork Opera House

Watergate Theatre

Pavilion Theatre

Glór

Solstice Arts Centre

Siamsa Tire

LA Opera's multi-season collaboration with the groundbreaking Beth Morrison Projects continues with a double bill of extraordinary West Coast premieres by Irish composer Emma O'Halloran.
In the compelling monodrama Mary Motorhead, a convicted murderer invites us to hear her secret history—the disappointments and betrayals that shaped her life—in the hope that it may shine some light upon the darkness of her actions. Mezzo-soprano Naomi Louisa O’Connell stars as the woman pushed to the edge by circumstance, now finding the road back to herself.
TRADE  is the story of a rent boy and his closeted client in working-class Dublin, both trapped within their own lives. Meeting secretly in a cheap hotel, they wrestle with their own inner demons and their need for each other. Three-time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch (star of LA Opera's Wonderful Town and anatomy theater) portrays a family man whose world is crumbling apart, with international recording artist Kyle Bielfield as a young hustler determined to take charge of his future.

Mary Motorhead / TRADE

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Mozart’s Don Giovanni hurtles between comedy, danger, and seduction as a notorious libertine pursues pleasure until vengeance and justice close in. From a deadly duel to a ghostly reckoning, the drama ignites in the historic stable yards of Lismore Castle with sharp humour, beauty, and a touch of the supernatural.

Stage Director

Tom Creed

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 27 - Apr 30, 2026

The Plough and the Stars · Abbey Theatre

May 27 - Jun 1, 2026

Don Giovanni · Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

Past events

Feb 27 - Apr 30, 2026

The Plough and the Stars · Abbey Theatre

Aug 8 - Oct 26, 2024

Trade / Mary Motorhead ·

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