John McCarthy

Height: 6′

Hair: Light Brown

Eyes: Blue

Native Accent: Cork

Based: Cork

Irish Speaker:

Driver Licence: Yes

Film & Television

ProductionRoleCompanyDirector
Small Things Like TheseFather with BoyBarrow PicturesTim Mielantes
The SchoolJohnCccahoots & RTÉTadhg Hickey
Private ReportMarkIndependent CompanyMaximilian le Cain

Theatre

ProductionRoleCompanyDirector
SnugTambJohn McCarthyKatrina Foley
Blackwater BabbleYipBroken Crow Theatre CompanyJoe Meagher
WhaleUnkleCork Opera House/Cork Midsummer FestivalJohn McCarthy
This Girl Laughs – This Girl Cries – This Girl Does NothingVariousGraffiti Theatre CompanyNiall Cleary
The Big ChapelProctorAsylum Productions/Abbey TheatreDonal Gallagher
Evening TrainPaulieThe EverymanAnnabelle Comyn
CityCityThe EverymanNiall Cleary
The Lonesome WestValene ConnorThe EverymanJulie Kelleher
Blackwater BabbleNopeBroken Crow Theatre CompanyJoe Meagher
BluetoothBluThe EverymanJulie Kelleher
The GardnenerUncle HarryGraffiti Theatre CompanyEmelie Fitzgibbon
The TempestTrinculoNorfolk & Norwich FestivalWilliam Galinsky
HollanderHollanderHammergrinSara-Jane Power
_The IOWA ProjectDouglasHammergrinSara-Jane Power
Closed CircuitOllieGraffiti Theatre CompanyEmelie Fitzgibbon
The Snow QueenCrowGraffiti Theatre CompanyEmelie Fitzgibbon
Beats n PiecesMarkMeridian Theatre CompanyJohnny Hanrahan
About
Theatre Artist in Residence at Cork Opera House-UCC 2018 – 2020. A mentor on the Young Playwrights Programme with Fighting Words Cork, creator of Hammergrin’s In Darkness Vast. Wrote Stage Irish, which won the Writers Guild of Great Britain Playwrights Progress Award and co-wrote Hollander, nominated Best Production at the Irish Theatre Awards
Skills:
Guitar, Baritone Voice, Basic horse-riding.
Awards:
Irish Times Theatre Awards Nominee 2019 Best Supporting Actor ‘The Lonesome West’.