Interview

Kaite O’Reilly and Phillip Zarrilli in conversation with Seamus O’Mahony: Join playwright Kaite O’Reilly and director Phillip Zarrilli of Gaitkrash Theatre’s Cosy, receiving its Irish premiere as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2019, as they discuss our attitudes to end-of-life scenarios with Seamus O’Mahony, writer of the award-winning book The Way We Die Now. 

Has our society lost the ability to deal with death? Join the conversation as the three guests reflect on their work and the last great taboo: dying.

Crawford Art Gallery (lecture theatre)
21 June | 5.30pm | 2019

Feature

A Witty, Feminist, Disability Perspective on Shakespeare: Kaite O'Reilly writes for Exeunt magazine on cripping up, and how her new production offers a witty, feminist, alternative disability perspective on Shakespeare's history play. Read the article here. 20th February 2018

Essay

Regarding Disability and Difference: An essay commissioned by Howlround about the necessity of diverse voices in the Theatre, especially with regards to disability and difference. You can read the article here. 2nd July 2017

Feature

Why Diversity Matters: A short feature commissioned by booksbywomen.org about the importance of diversity and 'Atypical Plays for Atypical Actors'. You can read the article here. 24th May 2017

Essay

Interview

‘I come from a family of rebels’: Award-winning playwright Kaite O’Reilly on deaf culture, dissident sensibilities, and her ‘big growling play’ Cosy at Cardiff Millennium Centre. Exeunt magazine, 25 February 2016

Interview

Kaite O’Reilly and the cast of In Water, I’m Weightless talk about the production, Disability Arts Online, 31 August 2012

Feature

The Poetry Society: ‘Judges Gillian Clarke, Stephen Raw, and Jeanette Winterson awarded the 2010 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry to Kaite O’Reilly for her extraordinary retelling of Aeschylus’ play, The Persians.’