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Alison most recently appeared as Julia in The Rivals directed by Patrick Mason at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. She is from Dublin and trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College. Recent theatre work includes: Ibsen’s The Lady From The Sea in a new version by Frank Mc Guinness and An Enemy Of The People in a new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz both at the Arcola Theatre, London. Also Tic a new play by Elizabeth Moynihan for Storytellers, ( Bewleys Cafe Theatre ), Terry Johnson’s Hysteria for b*spoke theatre company (Project Arts Centre – nominated Best Actress, Irish Times Awards) ; Tom Murphy’s version of The Cherry Orchard directed by Patrick Mason, The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Patrick Mason, The Colleen Bawn directed by Conall Morrison (nominated for Irish Times / ESB Best Supporting Actresss Award ) and Tom Kilroys version of Six Characters in Search of an Author directed by John Crowley (all at the Abbey Theatre). Fay Weldon’s adaptation of Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice directed by Alan Stanford, Hugh Leonard’s version of Great Expectations and Brian Friel’s Aristocrats (all at the Gate Theatre & Aristocrats also in NY ). U.K. theatre includes: The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh) , Mutabilitie by Frank McGuinness directed by Trevor Nunn, Night Of the Iguana by Tennesse Williams directed by Richard Eyre (both at the Royal National Theatre), A Woman of No Importance directed by Marianne Elliot and The Colleen Bawn directed by Garry Hynes (Manchester Royal Exchange), The Hostage directed by Michael Bogdanov (RSC Barbican), The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourne (Basingstoke), The Glass Menagerie directed by David Lan (Watford Palace Theatre) Young Writers Festival directed by Ian Rickson (Royal Court), Hysteria directed by Loveday Ingram ( Minerva Theatre, Chichester). Film and Television includes: The Clinic ( Parallel Films ) The Bill ( Thames TV ) , Pie in the Sky( BBC – Linda, 10 eps), The Ambassador ( Ecosse Films – Jennifer, 6 eps), The Cassidys ( RTE, Emma, 6eps), Fair City ( RTE – 8 eps ) , Bossanova Blues ( RCA ) directed by Kieron J Walsh,The Actors directed by Conor McPherson,The Fifth Province directed by Frank Stapleton, The American directed by Paul Unwin, When Reason Sleeps, Three Wishes For Jamie and Now I Know. Radio work includes The Night Manager and Haunting Women by Dermot Bolger for Radio 4, and A Midsummers Nights Dream, Loonies, The Funeral, The Importance of Being Earnest for RTE Radio 1. Alison co-founded b*spoke theatre company and has produced Electra in a version by Frank Mc Guinness, The Drunkard by Tom Murphy after WH Smith & A Gentleman, Boston Marriage by David Mamet, Family Stories by Biljana Shriblanovic, Hysteria by Terry Johnson,Tejas Verdes by Fermin Cabal, Honour by Joanna Murray Smith and The Sanctuary Lamp by Tom Murphy.
For U.K. projects please contact Jean Diamond at Diamond Management, tel: +44 207 631 0400
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