PAUL MEADE

Paul Meade is a writer, director, actor and artistic director of Gúna Nua theatre. From Limerick, Paul trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, and later received an M.A. in modern drama from U.C.D.

As a director Paul has directed the award winning Little Gem and Scenes From a Water Cooler (co-directed with David Parnell), Taste, The Real Thing and Trousers for Gúna Nua. He has also directed Translations for Hands Turn Theatre, Medea for Threshold, Death and the Maiden for Mirage and most recently David Mamet’s The Shawl for Bewley’s Café Theatre.

Work as a writer includes Scenes From a Water Cooler, Skin Deep, Thesis, Trousers all for Gúna Nua. In 2007 Paul wrote Mushroom for Storytellers Theatre Company.  Also in 2007 Paul was awarded a play writing commission by the Irish Council for Bioethics.

As an actor Paul has worked with companies all over Ireland and toured to the U.K., U.S.A. and Austrailia. Plays include: Hamlet, Dinner with Friends and Four Storeys for Gúna Nua; Licking the Marmalade Spoon also by David Parnell; Juno and the Paycock at the Abbey; Silverlands for Druid; Petty Sessions with Red Kettle; The Ash Fire for Pigsback; Grapes of Wrath for 7:84 Scotland; Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and more with Island; Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth with Second Age; Hard Times for Storytellers; God’s Gift with Barrabas; The Glass Menagerie for Galloglass and Alone it Stands with Yew Tree Theatre.

Film and Television include: Alarm by Gerry Stembridge, The Clinic and Whistleblower for RTE, The Tudors for BBC, Lassie for Classic Media Productions, Love is the Drug for RTE, Quando for Paradox Pictures, Making Ends Meet for Indie Films, Rebel Heart, BBC, On Home Ground for RTE.