Stuart
Carolan

Playwright and writer for television

Stuart Carolan is an Irish playwright and screenwriter who started out as a producer for television and radio.

Stuart's first play, Defender of the Faith, won the George Devine award when it premiered at the Abbey Theatre in 2004, after which Stuart went on to write commissions for the National Theatre and the Druid Theatre in Dublin.

In 2008 Stuart turned to television writing, winning an IFTA nomination for his RTE project Little White Lies. He has since worked on a number of successful series, including RTE's fast paced kitchen drama Raw and five series of the award-winning Love/Hate.  Set in Dublin's violent underworld the series has been the most successful TV drama in Ireland's history and Stuart has won the IFTA for Best TV Writer for four consecutive years.  

Stuart is currently working on a feature adaptation of Paul Murray's novel, Skippy Dies.


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Television

Writer & Executive Producer 

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness
Creator Caleb Carr
Starring
  • Dakota Fanning
  • Luke Evans
  • Daniel Bruhl
    •

    Showrunner on the 2nd series of The Alienist


    TNT for Netflix

    Writer & Creator & Executive Producer 

    Love/Hate: Series 5
    Winner: Best Script Drama, IFTA
    6 x 60'
    Producer Steve Matthews & Suzanne McAuley
    Director David Caffrey
    Starring
  • Tom Vuaghan-Lawlor
  • Peter Coonan
  • Charlie Murphy
  • Ian Lloyd Anderson
  • Siobhan Shanahan
    •

    Fifth series of the gritty crime drama set in Dublin

    Octagon Films for RTE
    Love/Hate: Series 4
    Winner: Best Screenplay Television Drama, IFTA
    6 x 60'
    Starring
  • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
  • Charlie Murphy
  • Susan Loughnane
  • Peter Coonan
    •
    Fourth series of the award-winning Irish crime drama
    Octagon Films for RTE
    Love/Hate: Series 3
    Winner: Best Script Drama, IFTA
    6 x 60'
    Starring
  • Peter Coonan
  • Charlie Murphy
  • Killian Scott
  • Robert Sheehan
  • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
    •
    Third series of the drama set in the criminal underworld of Dublin
    Octagon Films for RTE
    Love/Hate: Series 2
    Winner: Best Writer Television Drama, IFTA
    6 x 60'
    Producer Suzanne McAuley
    Starring
  • Aidan Gillen
  • Robert Sheehan
  • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
  • Peter Campion
  • Susan Loughnane
    •

    Second series of RTE's popular series

    Octagon Films for RTE
    Love/Hate: Series 1
    4 x 60'
    Producer Suzanne McAuley
    Director David Caffrey
    Starring
  • Aidan Gillen
  • Robert Sheehan
  • Ruth Negga
  • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
  • Brian Gleeson
    •
    Crime drama set in Dublin's gangland
    Octagon Films for RTE

    Writer 

    Little White Lie
    Starring
  • Andrew Scott
  • Anthony Morris
    •

    TV Movie
    Taken Down
    Director David Caffrey
    Starring
  • Lynn Rafferty
  • Sean Fox
  • Orla Fitzgerald
    •

    Crime drama series set in Dublin.

    RTE One
    Raw: Series 1, Episode 3
    1 x 60'
    Starring
  • Liam Garrigan
  • Shelley Conn
  • Michael Colgan
  • Charlene McKenna
  • Shelley Conn
    •
    Fast paced television drama following the lives and loves of the staff at a stylish Dublin restaurant
    Ecosse Films for RTE
    Little White Lie
    Nominated: Best TV Script, IFTA
    1 x 90'
    Producer Catherine Magee
    Director Nicholas Renton
    Starring
  • Andrew Scott
  • Elaine Cassidy
  • David Murray
  • David Pearse
  • Caoilfhionn Dunne
    •
    Comedy drama about an actor searching for love after being rejected by his high-flying girlfriend
    Element Films for RTE
    No Laughing Matter
    Nominated: Best Television Drama, IFTA
    1 x 90'
    Director Nick Renton
    Starring
  • David Pearse
  • Philip Judge
  • Elaine Cassidy
  • Andrew Scott
    •
    Romantic comedy
    Element Pictures for RTE

    Film

    Writer 

    Skippy Dies
    Feature

    Adaptation of the novel by Paul Murray

    Octagon Films
    In development

    Theatre

    Writer 

    Empress of India
    Producer Druid Theatre
    Director Garry Hynes
    Play about an Irish family
    Galway Arts Festival
    Defender Of The Faith
    George Devine Award 2005
    Director Wilson Milam
    Debut play about a fractured family in Ireland
    Abbey Theatre, Dublin