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Mick Donnellan works as a successful Playwright, Novelist and Screenwriter. Film credits include Tiger Raid  adapted from Mick’s Play Radio Luxembourg. Optioned by London Film Company Dixon/Baxi/Evans, the script was developed in London and shot in Jordan. Starring Brian Gleeson, Damian Molony and Sofia Boutella, it was accepted into the Tribeca film festival (New York) and was also seen at Cannes and Edinburgh.

The Irish Premiere was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh and you can watch the Tiger Raid trailer here.

Mick’s most recent production was Outlaw Pete and you can: Read More Here

He is also the author of five novels.

Galway Blues – (Click here to buy)

El Niño – (Click here to buy)

Fisherman’s Blues – (Click here to buy)

The Dead Soup – (Click here to buy)

The Naked Flame – (Click here to buy)

He received the Agility Award through the Arts Council of Ireland (June 2023) and the Mayo Theatre Bursary through Mayo Arts Office (April 2024).

His Play Nally was supported by Westmeath Arts Office and he recently had a monologue (The Crucified Silence) chosen as part of the Scripts Ireland Play festival. After a week of intensive workshops with Playwright Eugene O’Brien, the monologue was directed by Jim Culleton (Fishamble) and performed by Aaron Monaghan.

Mick was recently part of the Galway Theatre Development Programme run by Andrew Flynn in conjunction with Galway’s Town Hall Theatre. Other Plays include Sunday Morning Coming Down, Shortcut to Hallelujah, Gun Metal Grey,  Velvet Revolution and Checkpoint Charlie.

He is listed on the Irish theatre institute here: http://irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=47564

Mick’s most recent work of fiction Galway Blues was published in December 2024

About the Plays and Truman Town

Truman Town Theatre exploded on to the theatrical circuit with their Play – Sunday Morning Coming Down. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director Mick Donnellan, the Play immediately sold out the Town Hall Studio for five nights on it’s first run. Following that, the crew brought the Play to Mayo, selling out Lisloughrey Lodge, Cong,The Valkenburg Niteclub, Ballinrobe and the Linenhall in Castlebar. It also enjoyed large audiences on the Main Stage on Galway’s Town Hall and went on a National Tour covering – Glor Ennis, St. John’s Listowel, Cork Arts Theatre and it sold out five nights at The New Theatre, Dublin. It was also performed by DRUID as a public reading during the Galway Arts Festival.

Truman Town followed this phenomenal success with a second Play – Shortcut to Hallelujah. Again, written and directed by Mick Donnellan, it deals with the curse on the Mayo football team. It sold out the Town Hall Studio, went on tour to Ballinrobe and the Linenhall in Castlebar and then down to St. John’s Theatre, Listowel Co. Kerry where the Play was requested back to headline Friday night of Listowel Writer’s week.

Between this, a third Play was produced as part of the Galway Theatre Festival. It was titled Gun Metal Grey and sold out to great applause.

Shortcut to Hallelujah returned from Listowel Writer’s Week to perform on the Main Stage Galway for a wildly successful five nights.

Velvet Revolution, the fourth Truman Town production, also written by Mick Donnellan, was premiered in St. John’s Theatre, Listowel. It went on tour to Kilmallock, Kenmare and Waterville, then up to Ballinrobe, on to Galway and recently ran for ten days as part of the Galway Fringe. Mentioned as Highlight of the festival by the Irish times, it was also performed in Campbell’s Tavern, Cloghanover, Headford, Electric Picnic and The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin.

Radio Luxembourg, Mick’s fifth Play, was bought by a London Film Company (Dixon/Baxi/Evans) and has been adapted for the screen.

The title for the movie version is “Tiger Raid”. Starring Brian Gleeson, Damian Molony and Sofia Boutella, it was accepted into the Tribeca film festival and was also seen at Cannes and Edinburgh and the Irish Premiere was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Currently Mick has is working on the exciting screen adaptation of “Shortcut to Hallelujah” with Florence Films. The screenplay is titled “Sam” and is based around the gypsy curse supposedly set on the Mayo Football team as they returned home as All Ireland Champions in 1951.

“Sam” is set in the present day and the team haven’t won the Sam Maguire cup since. Drenched in Irish lyricism and modern day dark humour, the script has been been met with keen interest by film producers and actors throughout the industry.

Other upcoming theatre work includes Mick’s new Play  – Checkpoint Charlie which is due to be produced late 2024.