Ciara Elizabeth Smyth facts for kids
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is a talented writer and director from Ireland. She creates exciting plays that are performed on stage for audiences to enjoy.
Who is Ciara Elizabeth Smyth?
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an Irish playwright, which means she writes plays for the theatre. She also works as a director, helping actors bring her stories to life on stage. Her work often explores interesting ideas and characters, making her plays popular with audiences.
What Does a Playwright Do?
A playwright is like a storyteller, but instead of writing books, they write scripts for plays. These scripts include all the dialogue (what characters say) and stage directions (what characters do and where they are). Playwrights imagine entire worlds and situations that actors then perform in front of an audience.
Her Amazing Plays
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth has written many plays that have been performed in famous theatres across Ireland. Her plays are known for being engaging and thought-provoking.
- In 2015, she wrote Pour it out., which was performed at the Smock Alley Theatre.
- The next year, 2016, saw her play TRIANGLES performed at the Smock Alley Theatre, Nuns Island Theatre in Galway, and the International Bar.
- Also in 2016, her play All honey premiered at The New Theatre.
- All honey was very successful! In 2017, it was featured at the Dublin Fringe Festival and won the prestigious Fishamble New Writing Award. It was performed again in 2018 at Bewley's Cafe Theatre Powerscourt and in 2020 at the Project Arts Centre.
- In 2018, she wrote We Can't Have Monkeys in the House, which was performed at The New Theatre. This play was later performed at the Peacock Theatre in 2019.
- Ciara also created Mouth of the Grand Canal for the The National Gallery of Ireland in 2019.
- Another play from 2019 was SAUCE, which was part of the Dublin Fringe Festival.
- During 2020, she contributed Party Party to the Dear Ireland project at the Abbey Theatre.
- She also wrote Wild Horses for Tiny Plays 24/7, a project by Fishamble: The New Play Company.
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth continues to be an important voice in Irish theatre, bringing new and exciting stories to the stage.
