
Róisín McBrinn
Róisín is the current Artistic Director of The Gate Theatre in Dublin.
She was the joint Artistic Director of Clean Break theatre company from 2018-2022.
Productions
2023 | |
DIXON AND DAUGHTERS | National Theatre |
2022 | |
THE TAXIDERMIST'S DAUGHTER | Chichester Festival Theatre |
2019 | |
THE SNAPPER (Revival) | Gate Theatre, Dublin |
2018 | |
THE SNAPPER | Gate Theatre, Dublin |
2015 | |
JOANNE | Soho Theatre Upstairs |
2014 | |
AFTERPLAY | Sheffield Crucible Studio |
HEARTBREAK HOUSE | Abbey Theatre |
VILLA & DISCURSO | Prime Cut Productions, MAC Belfast |
previous theatre | |
IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR by Ostrovsky | Sherman Cymru |
BEFORE IT RAINS | Bristol Old Vic/Sherman Cymru |
PETER PAN | Sherman Cymru |
THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES by Alan Evans | Sherman Cymru |
THE GET TOGETHER | Sherman Cymru |
SIXTY-SIX BOOKS | Bush Theatre |
YELLOW MOON | Rustaveli Theater of Georgia |
YERMA | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
PERVE | Peacock, Abbey Theatre Dublin |
NOVECENTO | Donmar Warehouse season at Trafalgar Studios |
NO ESCAPE | Peacock, Abbey Theatre Dublin |
CITYSCAPE (STATION and PATROLOPHOBIA) | Sherman Cymru |
FUGITIVE KIND | Donmar Warehouse (Reading) |
THE FAIRER SEX | Abbey Theatre |
NEW WRITING PROJECT | Angle Theatre at Hackney Empire |
NEW CONNECTIONS DIRECTOR | National Theatre |
THE WAKE | Royal Academy of Dramtic Art |
INPARENTHESIS | One of the winners of THE METAMORPHOSIS project at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley with ATG. |
CRESTFALL by Mark O’Rowe | Theatre 503 |
ROBERTO ZUCCO by Bernard-Marie Koltes | LAMDA |
SLEEPING BEAUTY by Rufus Norris | Helix Theatre, Dublin |
THE FIELD by John B Keane | Tricycle Theatre |
WHEREABOUTS | Fishamble Theatre Co |
TEJAS VERDES by Fermín Cabal | b*spoke theatre – Project Dublin |
A THOUSAND YARDS by Abi Zakarian | Southwark Playhouse |
REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALÍ MAKE ME HOT by José Rivera (Evening Standard ‘Must See Fringe’) | Arcola Theatre |
GOMPERS by Adam Rapp (Time Out Review of the week and Critics’ Choice) | Arcola Theatre |
GIANTS HAVE US IN THEIR BOOKS by José Rivera (Nominated Best Production, Dublin Fringe Festival) | International Studio Dublin |
SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY by José Rivera (Nominated sexiest show, Dublin Fringe Festival) | Cube @ Project Dublin |
A IS FOR AXE by Mike McCormack | Irish National Tour |
as assistant director | |
SMALLER by Carmel Morgan | Phil McIntyre Productions with Dawn French and Alison Moyet on UK tour and West End – as resident director, directed by Kathy Burke |
SHOOT THE CROW by Owen McCafferty | Sonia Friedman Productions in the West End- as staff director, directed by Robert Delamere |
FUDDY MEERS by David Lindsey-Abaire | Scamp productions (Arts Theatre)- as staff director, directed by Angus Jackson |
THE QUARE FELLOW by Brendan Behan | Oxford Stage Company tour- as staff director, directed by Kathy Burke |
as resident assistant director at the donmar warehouse | |
AFTER MISS JULIE by Patrick Marber | Directed by Michael Grandage |
HOTEL IN AMSTERDAM by John Osborne | Directed by Robin Lefevre |
PACIFIC OVERTURES by Stephen Sondheim | Directed by Gary Griffin |
CALIGULA by Albert Camus | Directed by Michael Grandage |
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST by Dario Fo | Directed by Robert Delamere |
workshops | |
Readings and workshops directed include Director’s Week at the National Theatre Studio; National Studio Writer’s Development project (American writer’s residency); Soho Theatre Writer’s Development project and showcase (Launchpad); The Actors Centre; Reading The Decades at the Abbey Theatre Dublin; and the Donmar American writer’s residency |
education | |
Róisín has an MA (hons) Drama and Spanish from Trinity College, Dublin (1996-2000) and received a full scholarship to complete year three at the University of California, San Diego (98-99). She also speaks fluent Spanish and intermediate French and Gaelic. |