Des Kennedy is 27 and from Belfast. He has worked as Director on attachment at the Royal Court Theatre, the Bush Theatre and Rough Magic Theatre Company, Dublin.

Directing credits include: GraceOnline (YMT), Woman and Scarecrow (Solas Nua, Washington D.C), Seven Jewish Children (Brian Friel Theatre), Salaam Mr Bush! (Royal Court Young Writer's Festival), The Mandate (Island Arts Theatre), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Queens Studio Theatre), Scenes from the Big Picture (Solas Nua, Washington D.C) - Helen Hayes Nomination, Gleaming Dark (Trafalgar Studios), Blocked (Lyric Theatre), Twelfth Night (Waterfront Studio), The Missing (Brian Friel Theatre), Barren (Old Vic), The Laramie Project (Bush Theatre) - Best Director Award, Sunday Times NSDF’04.

Assistant Director credits include: Now or Later (Royal Court. Dir: Dominic Cooke), Paradise Regained (Royal Court. Dir: Mark Ravenhill) Crooked (Bush. Dir: Mike Bradwell), Dream me a Winter (Old Vic. Dir: Josie Rourke) and The Elixir of Love (Welsh National Opera. Dir: John Doyle).

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