CLASS (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Iseult Golden is an actor, writer and director. Writing work includes: CLASS (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2017, co-written with David Horan), The Roy Rap for the Little Roy Series (Jam Media / CBBC), co-writer on The Importance of Being Whatever for RTÉ (IFTA Winner 2012) and Belonging to Laura for Accomplice/TV3 (IFTA Nomination 2009). Also Fireworks, a one-act play for Tall Tales Theatre Company (published as part of the collection TXTs). Directing highlights include: Connected by Will Irvine and Karl Quinn (Dublin Fringe/Project Arts Centre), Payback by Marion O’Dwyer and Maria McDermottroe, Mangan’s Last Gasp by Gerard Lee and Buridan’s Ass by SR Plant (Bewley’s Café Theatre). Iseult also teaches at the Lir National Academy, Dublin.

David Horan is a theatre director and writer, Artistic Director of Bewley's Café Theatre and a core Acting Tutor at the Lir National Academy, Dublin.

Writing credits include: Sandpaper on Sunburn (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2024); a stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín's The Blackwater Lightship (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2022); and CLASS (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2017, co-written with Iseult Golden).

Directing highlights include: Beowulf: The Blockbuster by Bryan Burroughs, These Halcyon Days by Deirdre Kinahan (Edinburgh Fringe First Winner), Moment by Deirdre Kinahan (Bush Theatre, London), Moll by John B Keane (Gaiety, MCD/Verdant Productions), Pineapple by Phillip McMahon (Calipo/DTF), Hue and Cry by Deirdre Kinahan (IAC New york Times Critics Pick, Bewleys), Macbeth and Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel (Second Age), In The Next Room by Sarah Ruhl and Three Winters by Tena Stivicic (Lir Academy) and the award-winning Tick My Box! (Inis Theatre) among others.

Author photo by Doreen Kilfeather