Tom O'Brien

Tom O’Brien is a native of Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, Ireland, and is a full time writer and playwright. Performed plays include: Money from America, Cricklewood Cowboys, On Raglan Road. Johnjo, Gorgeous Gaels, Brendan Behan’s Women, Down Bottle Alley etc. Blogging at http://www.gorgeousgael.com Twittering at https://twitter.com/gorgeousgael Books include: Confessions of an Altar Boy and Confessions of a Corner Boy, Cassidy’s Cross. Formerly a construction worker, Tom has lived in Hastings UK since 2000. Published books include: CHASING THE RAINBOW........ISBN 0953187500 CONFESSION OF AN ALTAR BOY....ISBN 1-59129-164-X CONFESSIONS OF A CORNER BOY....ISBN 1-4137-1179-0 DOWN BOTTLE ALLEY......ISBN 978-1-906451-21-9 Plays performed at venues include: MONEY FROM AMERICA - The Tabard, Pentameters, Old Red Lion JOHNJO - Kings Head, The Old Red Lion, Buxton, Touring. CRICKLEWOOD COWBOYS - The Tabard. JACK DOYLE- GORGEOUS GAEL - Kings Head BEHAN'S WOMEN - Canal Café Theatre, London ON RAGLAN ROAD - Old Red Lion - New York - Irish Tour. QUEENIE PUT YOUR SWEET LIPS... THE MISSING POSTMAN OF MICE AND MEN (adaption) FRIGHTENING THE CROWS DOWN BOTTLE ALLEY-White Rock, Hastings, Irish Centre, Camden (published by Circaidy Gregory Press 2010) KAVANAGH - Irish Tour, Winnipeg I'LL TELL ME MA... Irish Club, London OLIVER CROMWELL'S TOUR OF IRELAND Courtyard, N1 LONDON FALLING FROM GRACE (a musical based on the life/times of Shane MacGowan of The Pogues) KATHY KIRBY - ICON (Etcetera Theatre, Camden 16-20th AUG 2012) RACE RELATIONS (latest) Copies of plays can be emailed to interested parties.