Deirdre Kinahan

Deirdre Kinahan is a Dublin-based playwright and theatre producer who founded and runs the production company Tall Tales. is a board member of Theatre Forum Ireland.

Deirdre wrote her first play in 1999 when a group of women at Ruhama Women's Project asked her to write a play about their lives as prostitutes. Be Carna was widely regarded as a powerful debut.

Deirdre's play Moment played at The Bush to critical acclaim and sell-out audiences. Her play Bogboy opened in New York in September 2011.