London

Kieran trained at LAMDA and Loughborough Univerity.

His acting credits include: 71 Coltman Street (Hull Truck Theatre), Operation Crucible (Finborough Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and NYC), Toast (UK Tour and NYC), The Taming of the Shrew and The Winter’s Tale (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Witches Promise (Birmingham REP), Losing Paradise (BBC Radio 4).

Writing includes: Some People Feel the Rain and Red Brick, Render (Royal Exchange Theatre), Chicken Soup. (Sheffield Crucible), Operation Crucible (Finborough Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and NYC), 31 Hours (Bunker Theatre), Comet (The Pleasance), Cornerstone and Operation Crucible (BBC Radio 4). Kieran has twice been nominated for the OffWestEnd best newcomer award and was long listed for the Bruntwood prize for his play Wilt in 2019 which was due to be performed at the Theatre by the Lake but was cancelled by COVID.

Abigail is an award winning freelance Theatre Director and Educator.

Directing work includes: Merchant of Venice (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe), Aladdin by Vikki Stone (Lyric Hammersmith). MUM by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Francesca Moody Productions, Plymouth Drum/Soho Theatre), Earthquakes in London (Guildhall); The Tyler Sisters (Hampstead); Linda (RADA); 31 Hours (The Bunker); Dogville (Rose Bruford) Death of a Salesman (Royal and Derngate/UK Tour); And Now: The World! (OpenWorks, UK tour); Timmy Failure:  Mistakes Were Made (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh); Debris (OpenWorks, Southwark Playhouse); Molly Sweeney (Print Room/Lyric Belfast/Northern Ireland tour); Blue Heaven (Finborough) and The Boy and The Dog Who Walked to the Moon (Pleasance, Edinburgh).

Her production of Aladdin at The Lyric Hammersmith won 3 awards at the UK Pantomime Awards, including Best Panto.

From 2013-2017 she was the founding Artistic Director of OpenWorks Theatre, an organisation dedicated to changing who goes to the theatre by changing who makes it.

She was Director of The Bush Theatre’s Neighbourhood Company 2020-21 and created a piece of work with them and Titas Halder which premiered at the Bush and online in June 2021

She was the the Director of the Lyric Hammersmith Ensemble 2019-2020 for whom she commissioned Titas Halder to write a new play. Sadly, due to Covid-19 the production never happened.

Abigail has directed community and education projects for The Young Vic (Maria Theatre and Maudsley Hospital), National Youth Theatre, Clean Break and Almeida, and has worked as a Mentor Director for National Theatre Connections since 2015. She has also been a guest speaker for The Arvon Foundation and taught acting at The Globe.

Work as a film director: Timetable (Anderson Shelter Productions)

Theatre work as an Associate Director includes Great Expectations (Bristol Old Vic), Death and the Maiden (West End), Ruined (Almeida), The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic), Enron, Wallenstein, Separate Tables (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Abigail is on the board of Stage Directors UK and Attic Theatre.

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