Jim
Nolan was born in Waterford in 1958. He is a founder member and
former Artistic Director of Red Kettle Theatre Company. His play,
The Gods Are Angry Miss Kerr launched the company and his
other plays for Red Kettle include The Black Pool, The
Boathouse, Moonshine, The Guernica Hotel and
The Salvage Shop. The Salvage Shop, directed by
Ben Barnes, was nominated for the Irish Times/ESB Best New Play
Award and won the Sunday Independent/Ford Spirit of Life Award
for Play of the Year. His most recent play, Blackwater Angel
was presented at the Abbey Theatre in 2001. Moonshine,
The Salvage Shop and Blackwater Angel are published
by The Gallery Press.
He has directed many plays for Red Kettle and has also worked as a
writer and director with Waterford Dramatic Society, Meridian Theatre
Company, Field Day, and TEAM Theatre. Recent productions include
the premieres of The Queen and Peacock, by Loughlin Deegan
and The Kings of the Kilburn High Road, by Jimmy Murphy.
Jim
Nolan has been Writer-in-Association at the Abbey Theatre and is
a member of Aosdána.
