Ray graduated from University College Cork with a BA in English and Philosophy in 2000. His first play BREATHING WATER was written while still at college and toured to the Dublin and Edinburgh Festivals in 2000. Ray graduated from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland with an MA in Screenwriting in 2004.
A significant new talent The Irish Times.
If the renaissance of Irish Theatre ever needs a modern day Shakespeare, his name will be Raymond Scannell Edinburgh Evening News.
Scannell shows the seeds of being a Great Irish Writer The Sunday Independent.
UNDER COMMISSION (The Metropolitan, Draft 3 (Cork Midsummer Festival/Arts Council Commission) (Before Talkies (Silent), Draft 3, in development with Fishamble’s Play Clinic)
PLAYS
MIMIC
Premiered at Cork Midsummer Festival 2007. Toured to Galway Arts Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival 2008. Also; PS122, New York as part of COIL festival 2010, The Cultural Centre Irlandaise in Oct 2010, and the Irish Arts Center, New York 2011.
TWO FOR JOY As part of the NAYD (National Association for Youth Drama Ireland) ‘New-Stage ‘08’ project. A programme designed to facilitate youth theatres nationally to engage with and produce specially commissioned work.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PENCIL
Commissioned by Graffiti Theatre Company. Toured schools throughout Ireland in 2004/2005/2008. Presented by Arizona State University (ASU)/ Graffiti Theatre Co in 2007.
CLOSED CIRCUIT
Commissioned and produced by Graffiti Theatre Company, Cork (2006)
RED SUN
Short play for children commissioned and presented by City of Culture 2005 to celebrate the opening of Cork’s tenure as Capital of Culture.
LOSING STEAM
Commissioned by Corcadorca Theatre Company. A play based on the closure of Ford and Dunlop’s plants in 1980’s Cork. Produced by Corcadorca Theatre Company for Cork Midsummer Festival 2004.
BEATS N PIECES
Commissioned by Rough Magic Theatre Company SEEDS new writing initiative. Rehearsed reading at the Project Arts Centre Dublin (2002). Produced by Meridian Theatre Company in 2003.
MIX IT UP
Short play commissioned and produced by Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork (2002).
WORKSHOPS/TALKS
Attended:
Ruth Little (Workshop)
Former literary manager of Out of Joint, Soho Theatre and Royal Court, London. Organised through Theatre Forum, Ireland.
A. Smith (Workshop)
Performer and director of Tim Crouch’s work. Organised through Dublin Fringe Festival.
MAKE 2011
A development incentive involving Theatre Forum, Cork Midsummer Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival Stewart Parker Trust workshop facilitated by Graham Whybrow ex-Literary Manager, Royal Court at the
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamaghkerrig.
Given:
Niamh Lawlor/ The Glucksman Gallery- UCC, Cork, Ireland. Invited to speak at (live artist Niamh Lawlor’s) Seminar on Misinformation, on the nature of Reality through the medium of dramatic writing.
Workshop Facilitator/ Meridian Theatre Company- Presentation Brothers College, Cork Conducted workshops with 4th Year Students. Assisting in devising and performing their plays as part of the Transition Year Drama module.
Cork Film Festival
Invited to give workshops in Screenwriting for young Filmmakers.
Workshops Officer/ Real Event Solutions Conducted workshops in Drama at the Summer School of Performing Arts or ‘FUSE 2003’.
OTHER
Next Stage 2008 /Dublin Theatre Festival, The Abbey Theatre, Theatre Forum Ireland Chosen as one of eighteen to be part of the Programme, which included attendance at the majority of plays at the Dublin Theatre Festival, daily workshops with visiting International Companies, and group review sessions.
Artist in Residence/ City of Culture 2005, Cork Worked with the Independent Worker’s Union as Artist in Residence. Devised play with the members, entitled Combination, a rehearsed reading of which was performed at a press launch at the Beamish Crawford on the 28th of April 2005
Playwright/ Actor/ Workshop Facilitator- Graffiti Theatre Co., Cork STRIKING DISTANCE, taken as reference material, studied and performed for the New York University, Theatre-In-Education students’ Summer School at the Granary Theatre, Cork. (As part of an exchange programme with Graffiti) Various Theatre-in-Education productions as writer and actor.
AWARDS
Best Male Performer, (for Mimic) Dublin Fringe Festival 2008 Judges Discretionary Award for Innovation (for first play BREATHING WATER), ISDA 2000
‘Best Comedy of 2002 (MIX IT UP) ‘, The Evening Echo
1997-2000 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English and Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland 2003-2004 Masters in Screenwriting (Hons), Institute of Art, Design and Technology,
(IADT)Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland