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Caption: Peter Hussey

Photographer: Kieran Galvin

Surname

Hussey

First Name(s)

Peter

Address 1

2 Athgarvan Road

Address 2

Newbridge

County

Kildare

Country

Republic of Ireland

Telephone

+353 (0)45 448309

Mobile

+353 (0)87 275 9420

Email

crookedhouse@riverbank.ie

Website

http://www.crookedhouse.ie

Job Type

Director

Theatre director largely working with young or emerging actors and companies in Ireland and abroad. Irish premieres include plays by Mark Ravenhill, Enda Walsh, Jon Fosse and Dennis Kelly. Work also on classics and physical theatre.

The Irish premiere of the work of Dennis Kelly - a play called 'DeoxyriboNucleic Acid' (March 2007); a new physical theatre piece called 'Seventy-Eight' (PostBanhoff, Berlin in June 2007). Currently working on Mark Ravenhill's new play 'Scenes from Family Life' to be staged in Ireland in March 2008.

Working with Blue Drum in Dublin to develop and implement a theatre-based project in six communities exploring the issue of suicide and depression.

Professional Interests/Special Skills

Working with contemporary new scripts;
Working with young and recently trained actors (and training actors);
Devising physical theatre;
Shakespeare and Marlowe;
Political theatre;
Participatory theatre.

Training/Qualifications

BA, MA, H Dip ACE (NUI Maynooth);
Workshop, residential and masterclass training with Max Stafford Clark, Patsy Rodenberg, Teatre du Soleil, Augusto and Julian Boal, Richard Eyre, Phyllida Lloyd, Scarlet, Frantic Assembly, Jeremy Stockwell, Anne Bogart and Jana Sanskriti.

Awards

Patrick Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Gay Theatre (2007);
National Theatre Shell Connections 2003 Winner with 'Totally Over You' by Mark Ravenhill;
DGTF 2005 Best Production ('Citizenship' by Mark Ravenhill).

Member of Company

Crooked House Theatre Company

Role in Company

Artistic Director

Languages

Irish, French, Latin and Anglo Saxon (difficult to hold conversations with living beings though)

Other Information

Full driver's licence

External Links

http://www.kyt.iehttp://www.crookedhouse.iehttp://www.kildareyouththeatre.bebo.com

Last Modified

14 May 2008