OISÍN KEARNEY
Writer Director Filmmaker
Oisín Kearney is a writer and director for stage and screen.
Working across TV, Film and Theatre since 2013, Oisín is represented by Curtis Brown. He directed hit plays My Left Nut and Lie Low and co-wrote My Left Nut, The Alternative (Winner of 2 Irish Time Theatre Awards and nominated for Best New Play) and The Border Game. Oisín co-wrote the BBC Three series My Left Nut (Winner of 4 Royal Television Society awards).
Theatre Director
Directing credits:
LIE LOW (Dublin Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe), Wheel of Justice (Lyric Theatre: Live to Digital), NEW SPEAK (Lyric Theatre), My Left Nut (Pan Narrans & Prime Cut), How These Desperate Men Talk (Belfast Culture Night).
Assistant Director: Educating Rita (Lyric Theatre; directed by Emma Jordan), Good Vibrations (Lyric Theatre; directed by Des Kennedy), Kiss Me Kate (Lyric Theatre; directed by Walter Sutcliffe), Driving Home for Christmas (Lyric Theatre; directed by Frankie McCafferty).
Oisín directing Wheel of Justice at The Lyric Theatre - Johnny Frazer
Playwright
Published writing credits: The Alternative (Fishamble’s ‘A Play For Ireland’, winner of two Irish Times Theatre Awards and nominated for Best New Play), and My Left Nut (‘Show In a Bag’ and BBC Three series). Oisín localised Willy Russell’s Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine to Belfast for the Lyric Theatre, and was resident Assistant Director from 2019-20. He and Mick are currently under commission with Prime Cut Productions for their third play.
Filmmaker
Oisín works as a filmmaker and has directed several documentaries, including All For Show (BBC NI True North), Bbeyond (BBC Arts Show), Borderlands and Unfinished Revolution (De Correspondent, NPO2). Assistant Producer 66 DAYS (BBC Storyville), Emmy-nominated ELIÁN (CNN Films). His first feature as Director BOJAYÁ: Caught In The Crossfire (Aljazeera) premiered at Hot Docs Film Festival 2019.
Oisín directed his first funded fiction short film in 2023. SLAY & PREPARE was funded through Short Circuit’s Sharp Shorts programme, and stars Michelle Duncan, Dougray Scott, and Robin Laing.
Contact: mutiny dot oisin at gmail dot com