Limerick playwright to raise the curtain on new her production
PLAYWRIGHT Joanne Ryan from Limerick has announced the premier of a new show, In Two Minds, at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival.
Fishamble, The New Play Company will present In Two Minds, a play which aims to tell a personal, inventive and uplifting story that examines the charms and challenges of living with bipolar disorder and its impact on a family.
Written by Lustrum award-winning Limerick woman, Joanne Ryan, and directed by Sarah Jane Scaife, the play will tour Ireland following its premiere, making its way to the Belltable for October 18-21.
Starring Pom Boyd and Karen McCartney, In Two Minds was originally commissioned by Belltable: Connect and was developed with the support of The Arts Council, Limerick City and County Council, The Community Foundation of Ireland and Fishamble's New lay Clinic.
Joanne Ryan is a an award-winning writer and performer based in Limerick. She made her professional solo debut in 2016 with her show Eggsistentialism.
Since then, she's toured with the show in London, Liverpool, Cyprus, Malaysia and Australia.
Joanne has won the Lustrum Award for Best Festival Moment at Edinburgh Fringe, The Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award,
The Sydney Fringe Critics’ Pick Award and was nominated for Best Performance at Melbourne Fringe. In 2018 Eggsistentialism won the Stroller’s Network Touring Award.
Joanne is an Artist in Residence in Ormston House and Theatre Artist in Residence in Lime Tree Theatre / Belltable. She was a Six-in-the-Attic artist at Irish Theatre Institute in 2021.