CLARE MONNELLY

Clare Monnelly is a writer and actor. Her first play Charlie’s a Clepto was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards (Best New Play, Best Actress) and the Stewart Parker New Playwright Bursary. Her second play minefield premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2019 and was nominated for three Fringe Awards (Best Design, Fishamble New Writing Award, First Fortnight Award).

Her play The Shed is currently in development with Livin Dred, Pavilion Theatre and Droichead Arts Centre. Funny Story had a staged reading as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival in November 2019 while Clare was a participant in the Lyric Theatre Belfast’s New Playwrights Programme.

In 2020, Clare took part in Corcadorca’s SHOW programme and began development on Iceberg, a site-specific piece for St James’ graveyard Dublin.

As an actor, she is best known for her portrayal of Fidelma in Sky One’s Moone Boy and Mary in RTÉ’s Nowhere Fast. She has worked with Druid, the Gate, the Abbey and Livin Dred among others and on screen for Element, Doubleband Films and TG4. She is an alumnus of Irish Theatre Institute’s Six in the Attic programme.

Clare is currently developing a comedy pilot for Deadpan Pictures.

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