Productions

My work runs the gamut from new plays that share a common thread of playfulness with form, to classic texts that tell unforgettable stories.
My interest, above all, is in connecting profoundly with audiences.

Found
by Aideen Wylde

Produced by BrokenCrow and The Everyman in association with Clonmel Junction Festival and Cork Midsummer Festival, premiere June 2023.

★★★★, Irish Times

CAST
Aideen Wylde, Aidan Crowe, Cathal Ryan,
Fiona Lucia McGarry, Siobhán Callaghan

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Aideen Wylde
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Dramaturg Deirdre Dwyer
Scenic and Lighting Designer Brian Mitchell
Costumes and Props Medb Lambert
Composer Kevin McNamara
Sound Designer Tyler Kieffer
Producer Hugh Farrell

Photo by Pato Cassinoni

Watch trailer here

The Lonesome West
by Martin McDonagh

Produced by The Everyman, July 2018

★★★★, Irish Times

★★★★, Irish Examiner

“A balanced production that offers space to contemplate the idea of faith in a godless universe, but it stands on the visceral joy to be mined in the final act's display of truth and reconcilliation as if it were conducted by Itchy and Scratchy.” Don O’Mahony, Evening Echo

CAST
Andrew Holden, John McCarthy, Gus McDonagh,
Amy McElhatton

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set & Costume Designer Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer Brian Mitchell
Sound Designer Chris Schmidt Martin

Photo by Darragh Kane

Dancing at Lughnasa
by Brian Friel

Produced by The Everyman, August 2017

★★★★, Irish Times

★★★★, Irish Examiner

“With assured direction by the Julie Kelleher, the cast brings out the deep poignancy at play here.” Colette Sheridan, Irish Examiner.

CAST
Julie Sharkey, Eva Bartley, Jeanne O’Connor,
Rosie O’Regan, Martha Dunlea, Barry McKiernan,
Gary Murphy, Jack Healy

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Brian Friel
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set & Costume Designer Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer Brian Mitchell
Sound Designer Irene Buckley
Choreographer Cathy Walsh

Photo by Darragh Kane

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
by David Greig

Produced by The Everyman, August 2015

CAST
Aideen Wylde, Frank Prendergast, George Hanover,
Evan Lordan, Dominic MacHale

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by David Greig
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set & Costume Design Julie Kelleher
Lighting Designer Brian Mitchell

Photo by Miki Barlok

The Factory Girls
by Frank McGuiness

Produced by The Everyman, July 2016

CAST
Fionula Linehan, Aine Ni Laoghaire, Mary Lou McCarthy, Antoinette Hilliard, George Hanover, Dominic Moore,
Evan Lordan

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Frank McGuinness
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set Designer Olan Wrynn
Costume Designer Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer Brian Mitchell
Sound Designer Chris Schmidt Martin

Photo by Miki Barlok

Lovers (Winners and Losers)
by Brian Friel

Produced by The Everyman, July 2015

CAST
Timmy Creed, Mary Lou McCarthy, Fionuala Linehan,
Ciaran Bermingham, Judy Donovan, Antoinette Hilliard

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Brian Friel
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set Designer Olan Wrynn
Costume Designer Deirdre Dwyer
Lighting Designer Eoin Winning
Original Music/Pianist John O’Brien

Photo by Miki Barlok

other credits

IN DEVELOPMENT

  • Evening Train, a new musical by Mick Flannery

OTHER PRODUCTIONS

  • Superior People (or) When To Kill Your Friends by Enda Walsh, 24 Hour Plays/Dublin Youth Theatre/Abbey Theatre, 2019

  • Autumn Royal by Kevin Barry (associate director on remount), The Everyman, 2018

  • Bluetooth by Rachel Thornton (director), The Everyman, 2018

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (co-adaptor & performer), Conflicted Theatre & Cork Midsummer Festival, 2013

  • Mantle by Ronan FitzGibbon (director), BrokenCrow, 2012

READINGS

  • DORM by Lynda Radley, The Everyman, 2016

  • Trade by Mark O’Halloran, Quarter Block Party, 2016

  • The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The Everyman and West Cork Literary Festival, 2015

  • The Death of Fionavar by Eva Gore Booth, UCC English Dept, 2015

Rehearsal photo from The Scarlet Letter (Conflicted Theatre), photo by Enrique Carnicero