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Rachel O'Riordan (born 1974) is an Irish theatre director. She is currently the artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith, London. [2] Early life and education. Born in Cork, Ireland to poet and novelist Robert Anthony Welch and Angela O'Riordan Welch, O'Riordan first trained as a ballet dancer.
- Irish
- 1974 (age 48–49), Cork, Ireland
- Theatre director
- Artistic director, Lyric Theatre
Rachel O’Riordan. By Amy Belson • Tue 21 May. Rachel O’Riordan was appointed the Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in February 2019, her first programmed season will begin in September 2019. Rachel was the Artistic Director and CEO of Sherman Theatre from February 2014 – February 2019.
15 gen 2024 · THE RUN MUST END 13 APRIL. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW LYRIC.CO.UK. Full casting is announced today for the powerful Faith Healer, written by Olivier and Tony Award-winning Brian Friel and directed by the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan.
- Getting to Know The Audience
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- Q&A Rachel O’Riordan
- ‘Younger People Should Take Heart’
- Swift Education
- Cv Rachel O’Riordan
As well as a broad view of the nation’s theatre, her journey has instilled an intense dislike of dismissive or patronising talk of ‘the regions’. “I hate that term,” she says. “I don’t use it. I ran a theatre in the capital of a country, Wales, in Cardiff. I ran a theatre company in the capital of Northern Ireland, in Belfast. There’s nothing ‘regi...
O’Riordan is fresh from a meeting with fellow director Conor Mitchell, who she showed around her new workplace. “I brought him into the auditorium afterwards and we sat there for half an hour just talking about ideas and what we might make together. And he said: ‘God, these theatres… They take you somewhere, don’t they?’ And they do. There’s someth...
What was your first professional theatre job? It was as a movement director, for the Belfast company Kabosh, on a show called Strange!, which was directed by Karl Wallace. What was your first non-theatre job? Bar work and waitressing; lots of it. In London and in Belfast. What is your next job? I’ve been here six months… So who knows? What do you w...
O’Riordan knew she had found her thing. “But it took a long time to get there, and I think younger people should take heart, because it isn’t always step by step by step, particularly if you’re not networked in, as I wasn’t, or if you don’t have loads of money. It can feel really impenetrable. I don’t want to sound chippy, but there’s a lot of priv...
It was also a swift education in the more hard-headed side of the artistic director role, knowledge that would become vital when, three years later, she moved to Wales to take over at the Sherman Theatre – only to see the theatre’s entire Cardiff Council grant cut before her tenure had even begun. As if that weren’t enough, the Sherman was “not in ...
Born: 1974, Cork, Ireland Training: None Landmark productions: • Hurricane, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh (2003),Soho Theatre (2004),East 59th Street Theatre, New York (2004) • The Absence of Women, Lyric Belfast/TricycleTheatre (2011) • The Seafarer, Perth Theatre/ Lyric Belfast (2013) • Iphigenia In Splott,Sherman (2015), National Theatre (2016) • Ki...
7 ott 2022 · Lyric Hammersmith. 1.92K subscribers. Subscribed. 6. 593 views 1 year ago. Rachel O’Riordan, Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, discusses her direction of Iphigenia in Splott...
Rachel O’Riordan. By cog-admin • Tue 20 Dec. Rachel O’Riordan is Artistic Director and CEO of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre where she launched her critically acclaimed debut season in Autumn 2019 with a triumphant adaptation of A Doll’s House by Tanika Gupta.
13 ott 2021 · The Beauty Queen of Leenane is at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, to 6 November. More theatre reviews on theartsdesk. The director on the renewed power of Martin McDonagh's 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' 25 years on. First Person by Rachel O'Riordan.
