2026

Stockholm Syndrome

Work in development

I spent a happy week workshopping the new script with these great people.

It is incredibly helpful to have practical development time - just to see how a new play is working (and what’s not working.)

Movement Director Katherine O’Malley. Actors; Hilda Fay, Ali White and Orla Fitzgerald.

Playwriting with the Memory Harbour

This was a fascinating project and an inspiring way to end 2025.

Read all about it here

Created in collaboration with the Dundrum Elders and Floating World Productions, ‘The Somewhat Imagined…’ tells the story of 1930s Abbey playwright Teresa Deevy.

Final Two Performances!

Friday 31st Jan Saturday 1st Feb 2025, 7.30pm, the Mill Theatre, Dundrum

Culture Night

Written & Performed by Michelle Read

Music by Brian Keegan

‘…it enchants as it pays tribute to the value of memory...’

Friday 20th September 2024

Pavilion Theatre

6pm

Dun Laoghaire

Free but ticketed

by Michelle Read

The Oasis is a fantastical and slightly down at heel Dublin hotel. Its clientele are long -standing and faithful as are its loyal staff, but nothing stays the same forever. When the owner drops dead, and the sharks begin to circle will The Oasis survive?

Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th June 2024

Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin

Written for the graduating students of the Gaiety School of Acting class of 2024.

Is back May 2024!

With music by Brian Keegan

Roscommon Arts Centre Friday 17th May at 2pm

Bewleys Café Theatre Monday 20th May to Saturday 8th June at 1pm

Soiree Performance Thursday 30th May at 7pm

Delighted to be leading two Improv Workshops for the Bealtaine Festival.

Workshops are for actors, improvisers and anyone who would like to dip their toe in the water. A relaxed and fun way to flex your improv muscles.

On A House Like A Fire at Galway Theatre Festival Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th of May 2023