Rita McGrinder is Still Here
​Omnibus Theatre, 2023
A dark, darkly funny and disturbing tale of life lived in an age of tumult. One woman’s story that runs from tragedy to comedy to a kind of redemption. Hers is a story that, despite all its rural mundanity, encompasses violence, sex, scientific discovery, illiterate nuns, hypocrisy, terrorism, sock laundry, Daniel O’Donnell, showbands, dying priests, Jedward, and strap-ons.
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★★★★ - breakingthefourthwall
"A masterpiece in the making" - The Morning Star"​
….brilliant writing…beautifully observed…McGrinder is played superbly by Mary O’Sullivan, so well in fact that it is hard to register that this is not actually O’Sullivan’s tale…" - thereviewshub
Mosley Must Fall
The McEnroes, a poor Irish family, struggle to stay together in the crowded Irish and Jewish ghettoes of London’s East End of the 1930s. Around them is growing discontent and agitation caused by Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists. How can Liam, a disillusioned veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, keep his sons out of the fray?
"McNAMARA’S Mosley Must Fall is a gem,,, a warning from history today" ★★★★ Morning Star
“The makings of a classic play. Kudos to McNamara for another solid and moving production that will stay with me for a long time.” – View From The Cheap Seats
Dennis
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A short monologue, read by Donal Cox and produced by Green Curtain Theatre.
For anyone who has ever been to an Irish wake, or know the name Count John McCormack
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Your Ever Loving
Best play of Edinburgh Fringe 2017 - Theatre Weekly "Even if you don’t consider yourself a 'political' person, Your Ever Loving MUST be seen for the sheer
force of theatre and humanity it embodies" GGG ★★★★★ "A passionate outburst against injustice" Morning Star "thoughtful, compelling piece of theatre... rush off and see this fine polemical play" trafficlighttheatregoer
"Very powerful and thought-provoking... uncomfortable viewing but utterly compelling” **** London Theatre1 "Your Ever Loving was completely brutal. I loved every moment of it" Northern Echo "Stefan McCusker's performance shines in a promising play about injustice" The Stage
★★★★★ Basic Theatre Review ★★★★ London Box Office ★★★★ CarnsTheatrePassion ★★★★ Everything Theatre ★★★★ LondonPubTheatres ★★★★ breakingtheforthwall ★★★★ The List
I.E.D.
"Powerfully realistic drama" - Morning Star
" Jordan Fyffe's monologue as Iain is one of the strongest performances I have ever seen - viewfromthecheapseats
"Safron Beck's remarkable performance... McNamara has created a memorable character in Agnes Bennett," - trafficlighttheatregoer
"superb performances, multi-layered and thoughtful" ★★★★ pubtheatre1 “thoroughly genuine and well-crafted” ★★★★-spyinthestalls
"Aside from Lyon’s direction and McNamara’s writing, a large part of the play’s success can be attributed to Beck, I can’t imagine anyone else pulling off the role of (Agnes) Bennett so deftly - ★★★★- breakingthefourthwall
Traitors, Cads & Cowards
An Irish Rebel, an army deserter and a conscientious objector walk into a gaol cell...
World War One drama set in a cell on the military wing of Wandsworth Prison, 1916
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"A stark, powerful performance that will linger with you long after you leave the theatre" ★★★★ carnstheatrepassion
"A moving exploration of the effects of war and oppression" ★★★★ pubtheatres1
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theatre
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Mosely Must Fall
Traitors, Cads & Cowards
I.E.D.
Your Ever Loving
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms (short)
Distraction(short)
Traitors, Cads & Cowards
The Parting Glass
Your Ever Loving
Coral's Anus
Angel of Death (short)
Three short plays: I.E.D./Coral's Anus/A Wake
The Magic Hour
Hostile Reconnaissance
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Lion & Unicorn, Bread & Roses, JW3
Wandsworth Prison, London
Theatre N16, London
Underbelly, Edinburgh & London Irish Centre
Irish Culture Centre
The Bunker
Bread & Roses, Lion & Unicorn and Colour House Theatre
London Irish Centre
Theatre N16 & Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
Theatre N16
Cog Artspace/Fractured Lines, London
Theatre 503, London
Brockley Jack, London
Soho Theatre, London
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2018
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2017
2017
2017
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2016
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2010
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“McNamara’s dialogue is well–observed, sparklingly comic” - British Theatre Guide
awards
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Your Ever Loving, Best Play of Edinburgh Fringe; Theatre Weekly
Invited member of Royal Court writers groups IED, Player Playwrights Play Of The Year
IED, longlisted, Bruntwood Prize
Coral's Anus, shortlisted, British Theatre Challenge
Member of Royal Court writers group
Member of the inaugural New Dramatists Club
