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Olwen Fouéré
Irish actor and writer

Olwen Fouéré

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Biography

Olwen Fouéré is an actress, writer and theatre artist born on the west coast of Ireland of Breton parents Yann Fouéré and Marie-Magdeleine Mauger.

Theatre

As a free-lance actress, Fouéré's has worked with the Abbey Theatre, the Gate Theatre, the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1980 she formed Operating Theatre, an avant-garde theatre company with composer Roger Doyle. She recently established an artistic entity called 'TheEmergencyRoom' for the development of her ongoing projects.

PlayRoleDirectorWriterVenueCompanyYear
The Taming of the Shrew
The Broken HeartMark O'RoweVariousAbbey Theatre World Tour2011
TerminusAMark O'RoweMark O'RoweVariousAbbey Theatre World Tour2011
The Rehearsal, Playing the DaneGertrudeGavin QuinnWilliam ShakespearePan Pan theatre
Medeasole ChorusSelina Cartmelltranslated by Robin RobertsonSiren productions
Sodome, My LoveCelle de SodomeLaurent GaudéLynne Parker (translated by Olwen Fouéré)Project Arts Centre, Dublin
The Rite of Springthe CailleachMichael Keegan-DolanLondon ColiseumFabulous Beast and ENO
Under Glass (The Test Tube)Suzy Willson and Paul ClarkeAlice OswaldThe Clod Ensemble
Paula Spencer, La Femme Qui Se Cognait Dans Les PortessoloMichel AbécassisRoddy Doyle (trans. Ian Monk and Isabelle D. Phillippe)Théatre de l'Eveil tour including Bouffes du Nord, Paris, and Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Woman and ScarecrowWomanSelina CartmellMarina CarrAbbey Theatre
The BullMaeveMichael Keegan-DolanDublin Theatre Festival 2005, Barbicanbite 2007, speilzeiteuropa08Fabulous Beast
CatastropheThe AssistantSelina CartmellSamuel BeckettBarbicanGate Theatre Beckett Festival
Titus AndronicusTamoraSelina CartmellShakespeareProject Arts Centre, DublinSiren Productions
Here LiesAntonin ArtaudSelina CartmellGalway Arts Festival 2005, Dublin and Paris 2006Operating Theatre
A Cry from HeavenNessOlivier PyVincent WoodsAbbey Theatre, Dublin
The Plough and the StarsMrs GoganBen BarnesSeán O'CaseyAbbey Theatre, Barbicanbite and Cork Opera House
The Playboy of the Western WorldWidow QuinnBen BarnesJohn Millington SyngeAbbey Theatre (USA Tour)
Passadesself and explorerSelina CartmellLee's Cash 'n Carry, DublinOperating Theatre
La MusicaWomanSelina CartmellMarguerite DurasSS Michael and John, DublinSiren Productions
The House of Bernarda AlbaAugustineMartin DruryFrederico Garcia Lorca, trans. Sebastian BarryAbbey Theatre, Dublin
MacbethLady MacbethMichael Barker-CavenShakespeareDublin and Irish tourSecond Age
LessnesssoloJudy Hegarty-LovettSamuel BeckettGare StLazare IrlKilkenny Arts Festival, Cottesloe Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival
BailegangaireDollyTom MurphyTom MurphyAbbey Theatre, Dublin
ChairsoloJohnny HanrahanOperating TheatrePeacock Theatre, DublinOperating Theatre
The Playboy of the Western WorldPegeen MikeNiall HenryJohn Millington SyngeAbbey Theatre, Dublin
Peer GyntSolveigConal MorrisonHenrik Ibsen (trans. Frank McGuinness)Royal National Theatre, London
Romeo and JulietLady CapuletTim SuppleShakespeareRoyal National Theatre, London
The TempestArielConal MorrisonShakespeareAbbey Theatre, Dublin
Life Is a DreamRosauraCalixto BietoCaldéron de la Barca (trans. John Clifford)Edinburgh Festival '98, Barbican '99, BAM,'99
The WakeMary JanePatrick MasonTom MurphyAbbey Theatre and Edinburgh Festival1988–1999
By the Bog of Cats (World Premiere)Hester SwanePatrick MasonMarina CarrAbbey Theatre (Dublin Theatre Festival '98)1988
Angel/BabelsoloLeon IngulsrudOperating TheatreProject@the mint, DublinOperating Theatre1999
Lady Windermere's FanMrs ErlynneAlan StanfordOscar WildeGate Theatre Dublin & Charleston Spoleto FestivalCompany1997–1998
The Electrocution of ChildrenMargotBrian BradyChris LeeAbbey Theatre, Dublin
Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem CardsEmpress and MoonJohn CrowleyChikamatsu Montsaemon, trans. Peter OswaldRoyal National Theatre
Play and Come and GoBairbre Ni ChaoímhSamuel BeckettGate Theatre & Lincoln Center, New York
Double HelixBickerstaffeJohn CrowleyPeacock Theatre, Dublin
Six Characters in Search of an AuthorMme. PaceJohn CrowleyLuigi Pirandello, trans. Tom KilroyAbbey Theatre, Dublin
Slaughter CityCodRon DanielsNaomi WallaceRoyal Shakespeare Company, The Pit
The Mai (World Premiere )The MaiBrian BradyMarina CarrAbbey Theatre, DublinCompanyYear
Old TimesAnnaKevin BillingtonHarold PinterGate Theatre, DublinGate Theatre Pinter Festival
Sheep's Milk on the BoilThe Inspector of WrackTom HickeyTom Mac IntyreAbbey Theatre, Dublin
HamletHamletMichael SheridanShakespeareProject Arts Centre, Dublin
The Tempest and MacbethAriel and Lady MacduffMichael BogdanovShakespeareWorld tourEnglish Shakespeare Company
The Cherry OrchardVaryaMichael BogdanovAnton ChekhovGate Theatre, DublinCompanyYear
SalomeSaloméSteven BerkoffOscar WildeGate Theatre '88, Edinburgh Festival '89 & Spoleto '90Company1988, 1989, 1990
The Master BuilderHilde WangelPaul UnwinHenrik IbsenBristol Old Vic, Bristol1989
Dancing at LughnasaAgnesPatrick MasonBrian FrielPhoenix and Garrick Theatre, London
The Master BuilderHildePaul UnwinHenrik Ibsen, trans. Michael MeyerBristol Old Vic--
BajazetAtalidePeter EyreRacine, trans. Allan HollinghurstAlmeida Theatre, London--
Cathleen Ni Houlihan & The Cuchulainn CycleCathleen and AoifeJim FlanneryWilliam Butler YeatsAbbey Theatre, Dublin--
Peer GyntSolveig and AnitraPatrick MasonHenrik Ibsen, trans. Frank McGuinnessGate Theatre, Dublin--
Les Liaisons DangereusesLa Presidente de TourvelBen BarnesChristopher Hampton (after Laclos)Gate Theatre, Dublin-
Uncle VanyaSonyaPaul UnwinAnton ChekhovGate Theatre, Dublin--
Fool for LoveMayRay YeatesSam ShephardAbbey Theatre, Dublin--
InnocenceCaterinaPatrick MasonFrank McGuinnessGate Theatre, Dublin--
The Playboy of the Western WorldPegeen MikeGarry HynesJohn Millington SyngeDruid Theatre New York Tour ‘86--
The Pantagonal DreamsoloDavid HeapSebastian BarryDamer Hall DublinOperating Theatre-
The Diamond BodysoloBrendan EllisAidan MathewsDublin, Bush Theatre London ‘84, Avignon Festival’86, Glasgow Mayfest ‘87Operating Theatre-
The AntigoneAntigoneMichael ScottAidan MathewsProject Arts Centre, Dublin-
The Old Woman BroodsKazimierz Braun-Tadeusz RosewiczProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
ExtremitiesMarjorieJulian Plunkett-DillonWilliam MastrosimoneProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
The Morning After OptimismAnastasiaMichael ScottTom MurphyProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
Three Bunches of Blood and a Lump of Fog-Michael ScottSean MacCarthyProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
Three SistersIrinaStephen ReaAnton Chekhov, trans. Brian FrielField Day 1981--
Twelfth NightViolaChristopher FitzsimonShakespeareIrish Theatre Company--
Withering Hypes and Bubblegum-Thom MacGinty--Grapevine touring company-
The Glass MenagerieLauraPaul BrennanTennessee WilliamsGate Theatre, Dublin--
Riders to the SeaKathleenBrendan EllisJohn Millington SyngePlayers Theatre, Dublin--
Not IsoloBrendan EllisSamuel Beckett.Focus Theatre, Dublin--
The Fall of the House of UsherMadeleinePeter SheridanSteven Berkoff (from Edgar Allan Poe)Project Arts Centre, Dublin--
The HostageTeresaSean TreacyBrendan BehanProject Arts Centre and Eblana Theatre, Dublin--
Marat/SadeCharlotte CordayMichael SheridanPeter WeissProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
FamineMaeveTom MurphyTom MurphyProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
DevMrs DeValeraPeter Sheridan-Project Arts Centre, Dublin--
The Risen PeopleAnnieJim SheridanJames PlunkettProject Arts Centre, Dublin--
A Month in the CountryVeraMary Elizabeth Burke-KennedyTurgenevFocus Theatre, Dublin--
EndgameNellSean TreacySamuel BeckettAPE Theatre company, Dublin--

Film

  • The Survivalist directed by Stephen Fingleton. Role: Kathryn.
  • This Must Be the Place directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Role: Mary's mother.
  • The Other Side of Sleep directed by Rebecca Daly. Role: Maggie.

    Television

    • Above Suspicion (Mrs Hughes) /Gillies MacKinnon/ ITV/ by Lynda LaPlante
    • The Ambassador /Ken Grieve/ Ecosse Film and TV
    • Ballykissangel series one /Chris Harrison / BBC
    • Hard Shoulder /MirrorFilms/RTÉ/Channel 4/ by Mark Kilroy
    • When Reason Sleeps (Celia)/ R. Wynne Simmons /RTÉ/ Channel 4
    • Time After Time (Young Nun) /Bill Hays/ BBC
    • The Irish R.M. (Miss Malone) /Roy Ward-Baker / BBC/RTÉ
    • A Painful Case (Mary Sinico) / John Lynch /RTÉ/ Channel 4
    • The Babysitters /Pat O'Connor / RTÉ

    Visual Arts

    Olwen Fouéré features in several works by artist James Coleman which continue to be shown internationally. Their first collaboration So Different and Yet... which was created in 1980 was recently shown at IMMA during March and April 2009 as part of the large James Coleman retrospective exhibition. Recently she worked with artist Andrew Duggan on unravel on Inis Oirr, Dublin Biennial and University of Lyon.

    Awards

    • 'Best Actress' in the Irish Times/ESB theatre awards 1999.
    • 'Best Actress' in the Irish Times/ESB theatre awards 2000.
    • 'Best Actress' in the Irish Times/ESB theatre awards 2006.
    • 'Best Actress' in the Irish Times/ESB theatre awards 2011.
    • 'Best Actor' at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2003.
    • 'Samuel Beckett Award' at the Dublin Theatre Festival 1998.

    Publications

    She has contributed to a number of publications on contemporary theatre and performance including:

    • The Dreaming Body, edited by Melissa Sihra and Paul Murphy;
    • Women in Irish Drama, edited by Melissa Sihra
    • Actors Voices: the people behind the performances, edited by Patrcik O'Kane
    • The Theatre of Marina Carr, edited by Cathy Leeney and Anna McMullan
    • Theatre Talk, edited by Lilian Chambers, Ger Fitzgibbon and Eamonn Jordan
    • Operating Theatre 1980–2008

      Documentary

      A documentary of a year in her life, "Theatre in the Flesh" directed by Dara McCluskey, was produced for RTÉ's Arts Lives series in 2005.

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