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Aidan Harney

Aidan Harney is an award-winning playwright from Dundalk, Ireland. He has completed commissioned work for: Rough Magic Theatre Company and the Dublin Fringe Festival ('A Monarch in Hollywood' 2002), Upstate Theatre Company ('Submarine Man' 2008 and a second tour in 2009), The Focus Theatre/PurpleHeart Theatre ('Hollywood Valhalla' 2012) and Drogheda Arts Festival/Upstate Theatre Company ('Ship Street Revisited' 2012). In 2007, he won a national playwrighting award from Red Kettle Theatre Company for his piece 'The Unsuccessful Suicide of Trish O'Malley' which was staged as part of the 21st celebrations of Red Kettle. In 2006, Harney was shortlisted in the international QPlays Series competition run by Compass Theatre, San Diego, USA, for his play 'Love, Sex, Nicotine'. Other work includes 'Titus' 2005 (Dublin Fringe Festival). He was awarded a place at the Stewart Parker Trust residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, in 2008 and completed The Abbey Theatre's playwright programme in 2009/2010. CURRENTLY Harney is completing work on a new piece which he began when he was named as one of the participants in The Abbey Theatre’shttp://www. abbeytheatre. ie/ New Playwrights Programme, an 11-month programme built to support six playwrights. Writing Credits: 1. Ship Street Revisited (Aidan Harney, 2012, Dir. Paul Hayes) A Drogheda Arts Festival/Upstate Theatre Company commission. "An accomplished artistic... picture of industry, of community, but most vividly one of people; alive to the emasculation of brewery layoffs, the unofficial fashion show of Sunday morning Mass, or, in one of Harney’s most lingering tales, the difference between duties and dreams. " THE IRISH TIMES, May 2012, Peter Crawley Full Irish Times Review, May 9th, 2011 http://www. irishtimes. com/newspaper/features/2012/0509/1224315796697. html "The most dramatic event of the arts festival. " DROGHEDA INDEPENDENT, May 2012, Hubert Murphy 2.