Jim Nolan

Jim Nolan was born in Waterford in 1958 and continues to live there. A founder member and former Artistic Director of Red Kettle Theatre Company, Jim is a member of Aosdána,  a former writer-in-Association at the Abbey Theatre and at Garter Lane Arts Centre.

His plays Moonshine (1992), The Salvage Shop (1998), Blackwater Angel (2001), Sky Road (2007),  Brighton (2010),  Dreamland (2014) and Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye (2017) and Castel Gandolfo (2024) are published by The Gallery Press. 

Jim has worked as a writer and director with some of Ireland’s leading theatre companies, including Barnstorm, Field Day, Rough Magic and the Abbey Theatre. He has won several awards for his work, including Sunday Independent Play of the Year for The Salvage Shop and Irish Times Theatre Awards Best New Play nominations for The Salvage Shop and Dreamland.

The premiere of Four Rivers’ Castel Gandolfo, directed by Ben Barnes (Artistic Director of Four Rivers), takes place Garter Lane Theatre on 4 October 2024 with the following cast: Carrie Crowley, Michael Power, Garrett Lombard, Sarah Madigan and Elishka Lane.