Annabelle Comyn
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Biography
Annabelle is an Irish freelance theatre director, artistic director of Hatch Theatre Company and Head of Theatre Directing at The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ireland. She has directed for The Abbey Theatre, Druid, The Gate, The Everyman, The Lyric, Dublin Theatre Festival, The Hampstead, and The Kiln among others, and Hatch Theatre Company. In 2013 she won Best Director at Irish Times Theatre Awards for her production of The House by Tom Murphy. Annabelle is currently in pre-production for The Abbey, and The Jesus Trilogy by JM Coetzee in an adaptation by Eoghan Quinn in collaboration with Comyn for DTF 2024.
Credits
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
HER FATHER'S VOICE 2025 |
Lovano Productions, Dublin Theatre Festival at O'Reilly Theatre |
by Shane O’Reilly |
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ESCAPED ALONE 2025 |
Hatch Theatre Company, Once Off Productions, The Everyman; Cork Midsummer Festival |
by Caryl Churchill |
|
THE JESUS TRILOGY 2024 |
Hatch Theatre Company, Once Off, The Mermaid; Dublin Theatre Festival |
by J.M. Coetzee |
|
THE SUGAR WIFE 2024 |
The Abbey Theatre |
by Elizabeth Kuti |
|
GIRL ON AN ALTAR 2023 |
The Abbey Theatre |
Written by Marina Carr |
|
LOBBY HERO 2023 |
The Lir |
Written by Kenneth Lonergan |
|
colic 2022 |
Hatch Theatre Company / Pavilion Theatre |
Written by Eoghan Quinn |
|
GIRL ON AN ALTAR 2022 |
Kiln Theatre |
Written by Marina Carr |
|
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE 2021 |
Hatch Theatre Co. |
Also played at The Everyman, Cork Midsummer Festival, and Pavilion Theatre |
|
OUR NEW GIRL 2020 |
The Gate Theatre |
Written by Nancy Harris |
|
EVENING TRAIN 2019 |
The Everyman, Cork |
Songs by singer-songwriter Mick Flannery, written by Ursula Rani Sarma |
|
RAVENS: SPASSKY VS. FISCHER 2019 |
Hampstead Theatre |
By Tom Morton-Smith |
|
ASKING FOR IT 2018 |
Landmark Productions, Everyman Cork and The Abbey |
Adaption of Louise O’Neill’s novel by Meadhbh McHugh in collaboration with Annabelle Comyn |
|
LOOK BACK IN ANGER 2018 |
The Gate, Dublin |
By John Osborne |
|
CRESTFALL 2017 |
Druid, Galway International Festival - The Mick Lally Theatre |
By Mark O’Rowe |
|
HELEN AND I 2016 |
Druid, The Mick Lally Theatre |
By Meadhbh McHugh |
|
THE WAKE 2016 |
Abbey Theatre |
By Tom Murphey |
|
DANCING AT LUGHNASA 2015 |
Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
by Brian Friel |
|
HEDDA GABLER 2015 |
Abbey Theatre |
In a new adaptation by Mark O’Rowe |
|
THE VORTEX 2014 |
Gate Theatre, Dublin |
By Noël Coward |
|
MAJOR BARBARA 2013 |
Abbey Theatre |
By Bernard Shaw |
|
THE TALK OF THE TOWN 2012 |
Hatch Theatre Company/ Landmark Productions and Dublin Theatre Festival |
By Emma Donoghue |
|
THE HOUSE 2012 |
Abbey Theatre |
by Tom Murphy. |
|
THE SIT 2011 |
Bewley's Cafe Theatre |
by Gavin Kostick |
|
PYGMALION 2011 |
Abbey Theatre |
By Bernard Shaw |
|
LOVE AND MONEY 2009 |
Hatch Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre |
by Dennis Kelly |
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FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING 2008 |
Hatch Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre |
by Zinnie Harris |
|
A NUMBER 2007 |
Abbey Theatre Peacock Stage |
By Caryl Churchill |
|
CRUEL AND TENDER 2007 |
Hatch Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre |
by Martin Crimp |
|
BLUE/ORANGE 2006 |
Abbey Theatre Peacock Stage |
by Joe Penhall |
|
PYRENEES 2006 |
Hatch Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre |
by David Greig |
|
WHEREABOUTS 2006 |
Fishamble in co-production with Temple Bar Cultural Trust |
Dublin Noir; My Brother is Disappearing and Eclipsed 1 and 11 for The Irish Times Award |
|
BLOOD 2005 |
Hatch Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre |
by Lars Norén |
|
THE COUNTRY 2004 |
Hatch Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre |
by Martin Crimp |
| CHURCHILL x3; TERRORISM; LOVEPLAY; THE STRIP; THE POSSIBILITIES;MAD FOREST | Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin | |
| TOP GIRLS | NYU Tisch |
By Caryl Churchill |
| ASHES AND SAND | Nukutheater, Estonia |
by Judy Upton |
| TWELFTH NIGHT | The Granary Theatre, Cork |
By William Shakespeare |
| GOOD-BYE ROY | Royal Court Theatre, (Exposure) |
By Holly Baxter Baine |
| B22 | Royal Court Theatre, (Young Writers’ Festival) | |
| ROUGH ROAD TO SURVIVAL | Royal Court Theatre, (Class) | |
| UNDER THE SKIN | in association with London Weekend Television and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital | |
| THE LAMENT FOR ARTHUR CLEARY | Brockley Jack, London |
by Dermot Bolger |
| THE ROCK STATION | Finborough Theatre, London |
by Ger FitzGibbon |
Opera
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
FIDELIO 2021 |
INO at The Gaiety | |
|
DUBLINERS: COUNTERPARTS AND THE BOARDING HOUSE 2017 |
OTC and Wexford Opera Festival |
Two new operas by Andrew Synnott (composer) and Arthur Riordan (librettist), each based on one story from James Joyce’s Dubliners. |
