Artist Support - CN Smith & Dominic O'Brien

10 July 2025

7 & 9 July 2025
&
11 & 13 February 2025
New Work In Development

This week we welcome CN Smith & Dominic O'Brien to Draíocht's Workshop Room for another 2 days of Artist Support, as they continue developing ideas for a show that explores the Big House burnings that occurred across Ireland from 1919 to 1923.

CN Smith

CN Smith is a playwright and theatre maker from County Louth. His play Spear was a Dublin Fringe Festival Commission in 2022 and received its North American premiere in February 2024. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Lir Academy, where he was a recipient of the Patricia Leggett Scholarship.

Dominic O'Brien

Dominic O'Brien is a writer and director from Dublin. He enjoys working collaboratively to make theatre that questions the cultural legacies we’ve inherited. After studying Drama and Classics at Trinity College, he was selected to be a part of Rough Magic Theatre Company's SEEDS Programme. In early 2024, he was appointed as Rough Magic’s new Associate Director. His credits include 'Echo' (Smock Alley), 'Decameron' (Rough Weekend), and 'NEST' (Draíocht Theatre).

---

Draíocht is recognised as a creative hub and laboratory space and invests significantly in the development of artist's practice by the provision of benefit in kind support such as space, technical support, admin/marketing support and specialist expertise. We offer a wide range of opportunities to artists i.e. commissions, residencies, artist studios/rehearsal space, co-productions, co-commissions, seed funding, mentoring.

Our Artist Support Series, launched during Covid-19, has helped 79 artists in 2020, 50 artists in 2021, 74 artists in 2022, 53 artists in 2023, and 31 artists in 2024 with the provision of free rehearsal and creative space. Space to rehearse, write, create, film, dance, think & plan... whatever is needed!

With thanks to our funders Fingal County Council & The Arts Council.

#SpaceForTheArts #SpaceForMagic #SpaceForYou

Discover More

View all

Keep up to date