Ken Bourke
Caption: Ken Bourke
Photographer: Trevor Hart
- Surname
- Bourke
- First Name(s)
- Ken
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Mobile
- +353 (0)86 078 8704
- Email
- ken.bourke@oceanfree.net
- Website
- http://kenbourkeplays.blogspot.com/
- Job Type
- Playwright
- Job Type
- Dramaturg/Script Editor
Playwright, script workshop facilitator, script editor.
"Little Rudolf" was produced by Barnstorm Theatre Company in Kilkenny in 2006, and revived for an Irish tour in November 2007.
"Buck Jones and the Body Snatchers" was produced and directed by Joan Sheehy, at The Georgian House, Limerick, in June 2008, with the assistance of a Special Projects Grant from The Arts Council. See bodysnatchers.blogs.ie for details. The production was nominated for Best Production in The Irish Times Theatre Awards for 2008 and featured as part of the 2009 Dublin Theatre Festival.
In 2010, "Casa Lisa" was produced by the Gaiety School of Acting and performed by the graduates of the 2-year full-time acting course at Project in Dublin, directed by Liam Halligan.
In 2011, "The Lost Prince" was produced by Equinox Theatre Company at Cleere's in Kilkenny, directed by Donal Gallagher.
Since 2010, I have been facilitating creative prose, story-telling and playwriting workshops in Carlow and Kilkenny on behalf of the local Library Services and Kilkenny Co. Co. Arts Office.
- Professional Interests/Special Skills
- Febg Shui practitioner.
Background in Human Resources management
- Training/Qualifications
- National Diploma in Industrial Relations Studies
Former Member of the Institute of Personnel Management (MIPM)
Trained in Intuitive Feng Shui with William Spear
Trained in Group Facilitation
- Awards
- Listowel Writers Week prize for Wild Harvest 1989
Best Production nomination for Buck Jones and the Body Snatchers 2008
- Languages
- Irish, French
- Other Information
- Full driver's licence
- External Links
- http://kenbourke.wordpress.com/http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?PersonID=209http://kilkennyfengshui.blogspot.ie/
- Last Modified
- 05 Dec 2012
- Image 1
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- Caption
- Little Rudolf and Friends
- Comment
- Puppet by Miriam Lambert
- Photographer
- Ken Bourke
- Image 2
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- Caption
- Buck Jones and the Body Snatchers Poster Image
- Comment
- Paul Meade and Roisin Gribbin as Buck and Elvira
- Photographer
- Trevor Hart