WHEN RACHEL MET FIONA received a rehearsed reading as part of The New Theatre's New Writing Week 2020 in December.  It will have its UK premiere in The Space Performing Arts Centre, London from September 28th to October 2nd, 2021.  The zoom adaptation THEN AND NOW will feature at The Main SOS Theatre Festival, Santa Clarita, CA on May 22nd, 2021.

Colette's short monologue EVERYONE'S SORRY will be performed by Rachel Leslie on zoom for The Drawing Board at 7pm EST on April 26th.  EVERYONE'S SORRY was one of Fishamble: The New Play Company's Tiny Play Challange winners and has been produced in the UK by Slackline Productions and Aktualise Theatre.  Colette directed it for The LAVA Centre's Greenfield, MA's 'Facing the Future: Climate Change Theatre' online festival which will be reprised for Earth Day on April 22nd.

DEEP SHADOWS an audio crime drama series Colette co-wrote with Aaron Mays for Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Chicago is available from all major podcast sites.

We presented a work-in-progress version of FAMILY TREE at the Scene + Heard Festival 2019 in The Boys' School, Smock Alley, Thursday February 28 & Saturday March 2. A short version of FAMILY TREE was staged in Get Over It Production's 'The Scene' New Writing Festival in The Tabard Theatre London on August 1st, 2018; at Full Disclosure Theatre's XPOSED in Southwark Playhouse on November 7th, 2018; and, Bashir Productions' Creative Collisions in the Cockpit Theatre on November 27th, 2018.

Colette's monologue OUT OF THE SHADOWS was staged in Acting Out's GALA award-winning '25/The Decriminalisation Monologues' in Outhouse Theatre from June 14th to 16th, 2018.  Colette's short duologue BESTGIRL88 was part of Redact the Abstract's New Writing Night in Craftory, London on December 13th, 2018.  Colette's short play BROKEN THING was part of Stichin' Fiction's Original New Writing Night in Theatre Deli on September 24th, 2018.

Oure show TENDER MERCIES premiered in Smock Alley Main Space on February 16th & 17th as part of the Scene + Heard 2017 festival before going to the Garter Lane Theatre in Waterford on March 2nd, 3rd & 4th.  Here are some of the reviews we received.

"Colette Cullen's script layers Mary Fortune's journey with telling detail....Denise Quinn dazzles as Mary Fortune.  Her expressive eyes always seem to include and her gestures are the movements of a woman on the edge." Waterford News & Star

"Quinn blows life into her character and creates an unforgettable one woman show.  Her doubtlessly outstanding performance is hugely suported by the thoroughly written script.  You cry, you laugh, you are left in awe....a must-see of the year." Unforgetable Lines

Our last show YES completed a successful run in The Pearse Centre Theatre as part of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival from May 9th to May 14th, 2016.  Denise Quinn (GINA) was nominated Best Female Performer in the Gala Awards.  Here are some of the reviews we received.

"Cullen's characters are deeply touching with each single one of them being a beautifully fleshed out person. Moreover, the ensemble of four brilliant actors does wonderful justice to their respective characters" Unforgetable Lines

"It would be impossible to single one performance out of this ensemble, who are all very well served by Cullen's tightly wound script...Cullen succeeds in creating an uplifting, clever and funny piece that has real heart." The Outmost

Here are some of the reviews of BLIND DATE at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival from May 11th to 16th, 2015.  Conor Marren (MARK) was nominated Best Male Performer in the Gala Awards.  BLIND DATE was also shortlisted for RTE's P J O'Connor Radio Drama Awards 2015. 

"It is a testament to Cullen's writing, and four great performances from Laura Canavan-Hayes, Michael O'Kelly, Conor Marren and Alan McNally...that Blind Date never descends into melodrama and hits a nail on the head that is rarely tackled. Canavan-Hayes has a line that will have you cringing in your seat, and she delivers it with such realism, you forget you're watching a play...The bar has been steadily rising over the past 12 years of the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival, this play brings it a notch higher." Brian Finnegan, GCN/Outmost.com

"Cullen guides her cast with the same approachingly poignant touches with which she moulds her script" Joe Madsen, The Thin Air

"Without giving anything away, the theme this play deals with is unexpected, powerful and certainly worth an audience. All the cast perform their roles to the best of their very-clear ability...both light humour and powerful drama are to be found in this play" Scott de Buitléir, EILE Magazine

"the four actors here all do a really good job in their roles and handle the often gritty material well...Worth checking out" Frances Winston, No More Workhorse.

Here are some of the reactions we received to our production BEASTS in Smock Alley as part of Collaborations 2015 on February 18th and 19th, 2015.

“Just wanted to drop you a quick mail to say WELL DONE on your production. Slick, funny and professional. I really enjoyed it - Great performances!” (Caoimhe Connolly, Collaborations Producer 2015)
 
“...absolutely fantastic, amazing, brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed it “(Orla Tobin, Frasers Models and Actors)

Colette's short play BESTGIRL88 was shortlisted for the Little Pieces of Gold September 2015 Showcase in The Cockpit Theatre, London.

TENDER MERCIES