Kaite O'Reilly
Kaite O'Reilly is an award-winning playwright and a recipient of two Cultural Olympiad Commissions. She blogs about writing and the process of writing with a focus on four forthcoming productions, which revolve around disability issues.
15 May 2012
Opening up the rehearsal process. Guest blog by LeanerFasterStronger director Andrew Loretto
And here we are at the end of week 2 of rehearsals for the Sheffield Theatres/Chol Theatre co-production of the world premiere of LeanerFasterStronger by Kaite O’Reilly. Time has flown by in...Comments: 0
14 March 2012
Rosaleen McDonagh discusses her new play Mainstream and the challenges of casting and performance
My friend and mentee the playwright Rosaleen McDonagh sent me this link to her article in this month's Irish Theatre Magazine, which I have put on my blog. She talks about...Comments: 0
27 February 2012
In praise of disability poet Jim Ferris: a call for opportunities to hear him read!
The acclaimed American crip poet Jim Ferris is coming to Wales in mid-March to work with Disability Arts Cymru. He's doing a workshop and a reading - I've arranged for two other readings...Comments: 1
2 January 2012
That was the year that was. Has anything changed? (continued)
Kaite O'Reilly continues her run-down of events in 2011. Cardiff, November 2011: I'm in a studio with a group of outstanding performers, some internationally renowned, others forging reputations as...Comments: 0
28 December 2011
That was the year that was. Has anything changed?
I began this blog back in August 2011 after I realised that 2012 would bring an embarrassment of riches production-wise. As the forthcoming work is diverse in aesthetic, process and content, I felt...Comments: 0
5 December 2011
Further news of 'In Water I’m Weightless'
I am delighted to see 'In Water I’m Weightless', my Unlimited Commission to be produced by National Theatre Wales in 2012, was included in the preview guide to London 2012....Comments: 0
21 November 2011
In Water I’m Weightless: in development...
Many text-based productions are straight-forward in content and form: they are interpretations of existing scripts. So what's the process for a ensemble piece using music, design, movement and...Comments: 2
9 November 2011
Preparations for Unlimited with the 'Cymru Crips'
When I received the Arts Council Wales Creative Wales Major Award back in 2008, I spent a year exploring the form of the dramatic monologue, seeing solo work in Europe and the US, meeting and being...Comments: 0
9 November 2011
‘Cripping up is the twenty first century answer to blacking up.’ Peeling and The ‘d’ Monologues
Some years ago I received a Creative Wales Major Award from Arts Council Wales, to begin a project I called The ‘d’ Monologues – short dramatic solos written...Comments: 0
28 October 2011
LeanerFasterStronger: blurbs, images, publicity
I have a love-hate relationship with publicity materials and the PR machine. I know production images, blurb and press releases are essential for the successful publicising of a production, but that...Comments: 0
13 October 2011
LeanerFasterStronger: Bodies in motion, extraordinary moves
I'm in Canada, revising the next draft of LeanerFasterStronger, the Cultural Olympiad commission from Chol Theatre in a co-production with Sheffield Theatres. The project is part of Extraordinary...Comments: 0
22 September 2011
Kaite researches a Cultural Olympiad commission: LeanerStrongerFaster
I get an email from Andrew Loretto, creative producer of Sheffield Theatres. It is short, focused, almost telegraphed, as is the nature of missives from scarily busy individuals. How about if the...Comments: 0