I recorded 2 short stories, both of which come from films or animations I am developing.
"Kate Murphy: the Brave" & "The Veg Plot"
I narrate these for The Hidden Station. Here's the link
Short film "Haven" written by Ivan Cush & Rehan Ali won the Kerry County Council Short Film Award.
I will be directing and John Kennedy, producing.
Short film "Lambing" written by Katie McNeice won the Kildare County Council Short Film Fund.
I will be producing and Katie, directing.
Gods of the Ozarks
Played Phoebe in "Gods of the Ozarks" again but it was filmed in the theatre space due to Covid.
Radio Play:"Black Cherry" by Krystal Sweedman
I played, "April".
Due to Covid, we all recorded our voices from home.
Gorgeous script. Looking forward to hearing it.
Myself & Graham Molloy are nominated for short script
"Sherry Trifle"
at the awesome
Catalyst International Film Festival 2021.
The U.S. Versus One Book called,
"Ullysses"
by
Colin Murphy
Performed Reading of new play via Zoom
Watch HERE
SwitchBox TV Podarooney with Joe Rooney
Did a zoom podcast with the lovely and brill Joe Rooney!
Thanks so much Joe! :)
Click here
I did this podcast interview with the brilliant & very lovely
Geoffrey D. Calhoun from the best-selling book,
"The Successful Screenwriter"
Check it out,
here
HUM
is an
OFFICIAL SELECTION
of
VIRGIN MEDIA DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
DELIGHTED!
I have been chosen as a mentee for the Screen Skills Ireland Mentoring Scheme. This is an incredibly competitive process so I was beyond delighted when they told me I had been chosen.
My mentor is the amazing Emma Norton.
Emma Norton is a producer at
Element Productions
and most recently produced the incredible "Normal People".
I am beyond chuffed, excited and grateful!
Thank you Screen Skills Ireland!
Delighted to get my very first job with Ireland's National Theatre; The Abbey Theatre.
It was a lovely job to get.
50 actors from all over Ireland would ring customer's phone numbers and recite prose and poetry down the phone to them.
It is one of the most special and moving jobs I have ever done.
Was a lovely way to end 2020.
Thanks Abbey Theatre!
Watch cast & crew sing Happy Birthday here
SPA Weekend has it's USA Debut with 1st Irish Festival 2020
It will play online Jan 12th & 28th
Get your tickets here
Broadway wrote up a nice article on it here, so too Stage & Cinema here
How many times do you get to play "Rizzo the Rat" from "A Christmas Carol"?!
Well, usually once - if you're lucky! And I am. I got to play Rizzo with brillo Anna Nugent. Twas great craic altogether!
Watch us sing Happy Birthday here
WE MADE A FILM FESTIVAL!!!
I set up Dublin International Comedy Film Festival back in March 2020.
It was the first year and I went ahead with it online for the dates Dec 3rd & 4th and it was a great success!
We had films people could access online, zoom links to industry Q & A's, to stand-up comics & to the Awards!
Above is a highlight reel for your perusal.
The dates of the fest were Dec 3rd & 4th.
We will be back Dec 3rd & 4th 2021 and hopefully in person at the Generator Hostel, Smithfield Square, Dublin 7
EVE
Eve is a short Zoom film, we made entirely on lockdown during June and July of 2020. We are so delighted it is now doing the festival rounds. It's first outing with the awesome Dublin Smartphone Film Festival 2021.
Cast: Helen Roche & Rachel Walshe
Written by Camila Reyes & Tommy Creagh
Directed/Edited & Produced by Mo O'Connell
Prod. Des: Jenny Owens
Music: Natasa Paulberg
Graphics: Danny Chase
I was delighted to take part in AboutFace Theatre & Film Co's new play reading festival in November 2020, "NEWvember".
I acted in "Strange Times" by Kieron McGowan
&
I directed for the first time for AboutFace! I directed the wonderfully brilliant play, "HITCH" by James McLindon.
The above picture is from "HITCH".
The stunningly brilliant actors were Daricel Calcano and Alan Buckley with narration from the wonderful Lizzie Morrissey. Was very honoured to direct this beautiful piece.
And delighted to find out the writer, James McLindon won the Playwright's Pen Award 2020.
TESCO CHRISTMAS AD CAMPAIGN CASTING
Was really delighted to get cast in the Tesco Christmas Ad Campaign during October in 2020.
I was finishing up on post-production on HUM and getting ready to direct HITCH for NEWvember and was also gearing up for the inaugural
Dublin International Comedy Film Festival
so I was so happy to get the news that I got it!
I needed the money (every little helps!) but besides that, it was a great comedic script and I had such fun on the set with the wonderful cast and crew!
Lovely atmosphere on set.
The 2 ads I did can be viewed here:
Ad 1
Ad 2
MO O'CONNELL INTERVIEWS ROCHENDA SANDALL
FOR
WOMEN IN FILM & TV IRELAND
I interviewed my old RADA classmate, the incredible Rochenda Sandall for Women in film & Television Ireland back at the start of October 2020.
Here
is the podcast for you to listen to.
HUM
HUM is the first funded short film I have directed.
It was funded by the awesome Screen Ireland or "Fís Éireann".
We shot in the Hugh Lane Gallery in July & August 2020 in the amazing Seán Scully Room and under Seán's blessing.
It is written by Ivan Cush and the DOP is Burschi Wojnar.
The amazing cast is Barry John Kinsella and Bosco Hogan.
It had it's World Premiere at the Cork Film Festival in November 2020.
FILM IRELAND'S
CORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROUNDTABLE
LED BY GEMMA CREAGH
WITH FILMMAKERS:
DAVID PRENDEVILLE, EDWINA CASEY & MO O'CONNELL
DAVID PRENDEVILLE - SINS OF A WEREWOLF
EDWINA CASEY - ALGORITHIM
MO O'CONNELL - HUM
TO LISTEN, CLICK
HERE
I completed a Screen Skills Course on How to Write a Web-Series taught by the amazing Eilish Kent in July 2020. I found I really developed my self-confidence with regard to writing my own content. Very happy to have done it!
SPA WEEKEND
ANNOUNCED AS A FINALIST
IN THE
BEST FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
AT THE
CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
INTERVIEW WITH CARDIFF HERE
AWARDS CEREMONY HERE
CHAT WITH THE FILLUM SHOW WAS GREAT FUN!
THANKS TO EMMA FAGAN.
CLICK HERE FOR INTERVIEW
THE FILLUM SHOW
MO O'CONNELL WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY EMMA FAGAN
FROM THE FILLUM SHOW ABOUT ALL THINGS INDIE FILMMAKING
TONGIHT 27TH AUG 2020 AT 8PM
TUNE IN!
HERE
SPA WEEKEND
WINS
THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD
AT IT'S BRITISH PREMIERE, THE
UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL 2020
YOU CAN WATCH THE ZOOM AWARD CEREMONY, CLICKING HERE.
SPA WEEKEND WILL HAVE IT'S UK PREMIERE AT THE
UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL 2020
SPA WEEKEND HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 4 AWARDS:
Best Actor for Steven Neeson,
Best Actress for Mo O'Connell
Best Foreign Film: SPA Weekend
Best Director: Mo O'Connell
INTERVIEW WITH FESTIVAL DIRECTOR JAMES WREN
FROM UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL
ABOUT ALL THINGS
'SPA WEEKEND'
WITH MAUREEN O'CONNELL, STEVEN NEESON & TIM CASEY. CLICK BELOW.
INTERVIEW
THESPISH SELECTED FOR TRI RIVERS FILM FESTIVAL 2020
WILL SCREEN ONLINE SATURDAY 18TH JULY
TKTS HERE:
http://tririversfilmfestival.co.uk
PROCLAIM!, THESPISH & MEITHERHOOD ARE ALL SELECTED FOR STONEYBATTER FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Maureen O'Connell & Gemma Creagh have been selected for Screen Ireland's Spotlight Scheme to develop Maureen's short film GIRLS into a feature film called FAIR GAME.
Here, they are interviewed by the lovely Megan from
Dublin city FM about the award. Click Below.
INTERVIEW
Mo did an online performance of a 3 minute play by Melisa Annis for AboutFace Theatre Company.
It is called 'Beginnings' and also features the wonderful Richard Topol. To watch, click below.
BEGINNINGS
The brilliant actor & mate of mine,
JORDAN MIFSUD,
has put this awesome Actor Q & A together for students and budding actors during the Covid-19 Lockdown. I partake a wee bit.
Here is the first link & here is the second.
JOIN THE CRAIC
COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL
HAS GONE ONLINE AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS
SO, YOU CAN VIEW MEITHERHOOD IN FULL ON THEIR WEBSITE ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER WONDERFUL FILMS FROM MIDNIGHT 30TH APRIL 2020 UNTIL MIDNIGHT 1ST MAY 2020
& VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE FILM! AND IT'S ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE! FOR MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY AWARE. DO DONATE IF YOU CAN!
CLOSER
NEW TUNE FROM THE BAND
TIN PIGEONS
I PARTOOK IN A SMALL ROLE IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO BY TOMMY CREAGH & CONOR TOBIN
GREAT VIDEO & CHOON
AND THE PEOPLE STAYED HOME
A POEM BY
KITTY O'MEARA
I PARTOOK IN A RECITING OF KITTY O'MEARA'S BEAUTIFUL POEM.
THIS VIDEO IS DIRECTED BY SILVANA BENEDETTO & DANIELE BIZZOZZERO (PICTURED BELOW)
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LIGHT ON STONEYBATTER
I PARTOOK IN A POETRY EXCHANGE ONLINE. YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR OWN POEM AND READ IT OUT. THEN YOU TAG SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM. THIS IS THE POEM I CHOSE TO DO.
HERE IS A POEM I WROTE A GOOD FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I LIVED IN THE 'BATTER. IT IS CALLED, "LIGHT ON STONEYBATTER"
BELOW ARE SOME PHOTOS AND ART OF THE 'BATTER.
"THE DEVIL HIMSELF"
A PLAY
BY PAUL NUGENT
WORKSHOP, REHEARSAL OF FIRST FEW SCENE AND AN ONLINE PERFORMANCE
I partook in a Work-in-progress presentation of
THE DEVIL HIMSELF
by
Paul Nugent
A tale of love, honour and revenge from the Gilded Age, based on historical events. 🎥
I played "LIZZIE NUTT"
We rehearsed on ZOOM for a week and then did a livestream of it on YouTube.
It was the most fun I've ever had sitting at my PC!
(IF THE LINK IS STILL AVAILABLE)
WATCH HERE:
http://aboutfacetheatre.ie/ 🎥
It was live on 10th April 2020
3pm Irish Time #newwriting #livestream #irishtheatre #thedevilhimself
Theatre Company in Residence at @civictheatretallaght
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WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION
IRELAND
HAVE RELEASED TWO LOVELY ARTICLES SHOWCASING MEMBERS' WORK DURING THIS LOCKDOWN.
PROCLAIM!
&
A TRAILER FOR
SPA WEEKEND
FEATURE IN THEM BOTH
THANK YOU WFT.I !!!
LINK 1
LINK 2
MEITHERHOOD
IS AN
OFFICIAL SELECTION
FOR THE
JOIN THE CRAIC - COMEDY FOR THE MIND- COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL
APRIL 30TH 2020
*BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS, THIS FESTIVAL WILL BE ONLINE*
MEITHERHOOD
is an
Official Selection
for the
Catalyst International Film Festival March 2020
Good Times!
NEW ACTOR SHOWREEL
CLICK HERE
Delighted to announce that SPA Weekend has been Officially Selected for 3 Irish Film Festivals:
Kerry International Film Festival, The Richard Harris International Film Festival & Carlow International Film Festival 2019
NeWvember
Enjoyed myself immensely taking part in the awesome NeWvember New Play Reading Festival by AboutFace Ireland Theatre Company. I played ATHENA in new play, 'Telemachus Unbound'.
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY
WE MADE A SHORT VIDEO FOR THE WONDERFUL CHARITY 'FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY', CALLED,
"BUDDHA BUDDIES"
SEA CHANGE
I was invited to Sea Change Film Lab and Film Festival on the Isle of Tiree, Scotland, in September 2019 to do workshops in acting & filmmaking.
WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION IRELAND
I feature in the 'MEMBER IN FOCUS' issue this month.
VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM!
CLICK HERE TO READ
FANTASTIC REVIEW FOR
SPA WEEKEND
IN THE
DUBLIN INQUIRER
CLICK HERE
THE GODS OF THE OZARKS
A NEW PLAY BY
MATTHEW COLE KELLY
CIVIC THEATRE, TALLGHT, DUBLIN
AUGUST 20TH - 24TH
Delighted to play PHOEBE, the lovable village prostitute, in this brilliantly written new play by Matthew Cole Kelly & directed by Anna Nugent
for AboutFace Theatre Co.
CLICK ON LINKS
Brilliant Review from Irish Independent
Trailer for The Gods of the Ozarks
Meet The Cast of The Gods of the Ozarks
Meet the Writer of The Gods of the Ozarks
Meet Anna & Paul Nugent, the amazing twosome who run AboutFace Theatre Company.
East Coast FM Radio interviewed me twice for this awesome show on August 7th & 17th. If you're good at finding these links on their website, do let me know!!
The Gods of the Ozarks Portrait by Darina Gallagher
SPA Weekend
Cast & Crew Screening
Thank you so, so much to
Movies@Dundrum Cinema
AWARD-WINNING WORLD PREMIERE OF SPA WEEKEND AT THE
FEMALE FILMMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL OF BERLIN 2019
SPA Weekend won the
SHE IS ON FIRE
Award
TRAILER 3
FROM
SPA WEEKEND
TRAILER 2
from
SPA Weekend
Crowdfunder Indiegogo Campaign
Please help Kate Kaminski from the awesome Bluestocking Film Series (Portland, Maine, USA) with her new and very special project!
Or if you can't afford to contribute anything right now, please share the indiegogo crowdfunder link!
Many thanks in advance :)
Click HERE for their page
Read Film Ireland's article on the making of PROCLAIM!
Click here for article
PROCLAIM!
Just click to view film here
AFTER MANY NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS,
"PROCLAIM!"
AN AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM BY
MAUREEN O'CONNELL
IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE.
3 HOT WHISKEYS PRODUCTIONS
JOLLY BOY
IS INTO THE AWESOME
FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL 2019
I was delighted to be named on this fabulous list on
International Women's Day 2019
by
WFT.i & SDGI
SPA WEEKEND
PRESS
DUBLIN GAZETTE
ODBOX INTERVIEW
DUBLIN CITY FM RADIO INTERVIEW
G-REQUEST SHOW INTERVIEW
On Monday 11th February 2019, I directed a Valentine's skit to go online for Valentine's Day. So, it was quite the scramble to get the edit done for Thursday morning on the 14th. But, we did it!
And here it is
FOREVER
"SPA WEEKEND"
TRAILER
A LOW-BUDGET TRULY INDY FEATURE FILM
CO-WRITTEN BY MAUREEN O'CONNELL & KARL ARGUE
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY MAUREEN O'CONNELL
STARRING MAUREEN O'CONNELL, STEVEN NEESON & SHANE CONNELLAN
OFFICIAL SELECTION
FOR
SPA WEEKEND
AT THE AWESOME
FEMALE FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL OF
BERLIN
IN JUNE 2019
DE-LIGHTED! WOOHOO!
GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO WORKED ON IT!
GREAT NEWS!
MEITHERHOOD
OFFICIAL SELECTION
WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL
2018
CLICK HERE FOR TEASER
MEITHERHOOD
OFFICIAL SELECTION
OF
CARLOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2018
THESPISH
OFFICIAL SELECTION
OF
CARLOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2018
MEITHERHOOD
OFFICIAL SELECTION
OF
KERRY FILM FESTIVAL
2018
PROCLAIM!
SCREENED AT
MOVING PARTS FILM FESTIVAL LA
ON SEPTEMBER 14TH 2018
DELIGHTED TO BE IN HOLLYWOOD LA!
DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE
JOLLY BOY
IS OFFICIALLY SELECTED FOR THE
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 2018
I produced Jolly Boy for director Shane Conaty for Warlord Films.
MEITHERHOOD
IS OFFICIALLY SELECTED FOR THE
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 2018
I directed, edited & co-produced (through my own company 3 Hot Whiskeys Prods.)
alongside Christiane O'Mahony for
"For the Birds" Company.
THRILLED!
OFFICIAL SELECTION
FOR
PROCLAIM! & THESPISH
AT
DISAPPEAR HERE BALLYLIFFIN FILM FESTIVAL Sept. 2018
A BLOG YOU SHOULD FOLLOW...
Hello ALL! My friend Aoife Flood, who works for Price Waterhouse Coopers, is writing this blog on pregnancies- tough pregnancies to be more precise! Trying to raise awareness so people know how unbelievably hard it can be and so that other mothers don't think they're on their own! She's amazing! Have a read of it and she is open to anyone wanting to contribute their own experiences!!
BLOG
STILL VOICES SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 2018
THRILLED
to announce that
PROCLAIM!
has been
Officially Selected
for
Best Short Film
in the
Moving Parts Film Festival Hollywood LA 2018
Absolutely DE-lighted!!!
Proclaim! is into Wexford Film Festival 2018!
It will be screened at this prestigious festival from
August 3rd -5th.
Thanks SO much to EVERYONE who worked on it!!
All legends!
ONLY DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE FURTHER GOOD NEWS!
THESPISH IS ON IT'S WAY TO NEW YORK USA!!!
IT WILL BE SCREENED ON JULY 21ST 2018 AT THE NEW YORK HUDSON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Here's their trailer for the fest
WE WON THE IFFY!!!
THESPISH IS NOW AN AWARD-WINNING FILM!
WE WON THE IFFY AWARD AT THE IFFY FILM FESTIVAL LAST NIGHT
ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!
ONWARDS!
IFFY IS SUCH A COOL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN CITY CENTRE.
STAFF ARE SO FRIENDLY. THEY PROVIDED FREE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FREE WINE AND POPCORN ALL NIGHT AND THE FILMS WERE TOP CLASS.
WE HAD SUCH A LOVELY NIGHT!
AND EVER MORE GREAT NEWS!!!
THESPISH
HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY AT THE
BATON ROUGE IRISH FILM FESTIVAL 2018
DELIGHTED!
HERE WE COME LOUISIANA USA!!!
More Great News!
THESPISH
Will screen as part of the IFFY Film Festival 2018
June 29th 7pm
Pearse Centre
Dublin City Centre
Here is an IFFY Trailer
Fantastic
NEWS!
PROCLAIM!
has been selected to screen at the Still Voices Film Festival August 2018
Delighted!
The GREAT news keeps coming!!
THESPISH has been accepted into the Sleeping Giant's Film Festival 2018
Delighted!!!
THRILLED with the news that
PROCLAIM!
has been selected as a
Semi-Finalist
at
Moving Parts Film Festival in LA, USA 2018
The short online promo called REPEAL has gone online.
If you would like to view it in it's entirety, click here
If you do not have the time, here is a trailer.
Click here for an interview with Karl Callan for CinÉireann film magazine.
And here are some reviews.
GirlCrew.com
CrippleBaby.com
Her.ie
And more great news!
Apparently, PROCLAIM! and THESPISH went down so well at the Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington DC that they want to screen them again on St. Patrick's Day at the AFI.
Great News!
The Irish Film Festival, New Jersey, USA, want to screen Thespish & Proclaim! another 2 times!
Once more for their sponsors as Best of Irish Shorts and a second time in the summer to promote their festival.
Delighted!
PROCLAIM!
shares a double bill with Mark O'Connor's acclaimed,
"King of the Travellers" starring the legend, John Connors.
When?
March 7th 4pm 2018
Where?
Odeon Cinema 3Arena
CHICAGO
is a beautiful city & I had such a wonderful time there celebrating the screening of
Thespish at the amazing Chicago Irish Film Festival 2018
Thanks to everyone who worked on THESPISH
My YDA Award Nominated short film
GIRLS
will be screened on RTE 2 Shortscreen once more on Monday 5th March at 11.55pm 2018
It will then be on the RTE iPlayer for 2 months afterwards.
Delighted!
Click here for trailer.
More fab news!
PROCLAIM! & THESPISH
will get 2 screenings each on the
23rd & 24th February 2018
at the
Irish Film Festival in New Jersey USA
Click here for schedule
Thanks ALL who worked on them & thanks to the Irish Film Festival, New Jersey
GREAT NEWS!
I have received a travel grant from
Culture Ireland
to go to Chicago for the
Chicago Irish Film Festival in March 2018
to see my film THESPISH being screened there.
So Excited!!!
My 2 films, PROCLAIM! & THESPISH will screen on different days at the AFI in Washington DC with
PROCLAIM! in programme 1
and
THESPISH in programme 2.
Have a look at the schedule here
CLICK HERE FOR A
SCENE I DID WITH ACTOR GERRY CANNON FROM CLASS AT THE
ACTORS COMEDY STUDIO LA
PROCLAIM!
will screen at Filmbase in Temple Bar on February 16th at 7pm with some other wonderful short films.
€10 on the door and BYOB
See you there!
REPEAL
Online Short Film
REPEAL
is an online short film about abortion and it very much supports the notion that women should be allowed the right to choose.
It shows several different true life scenarios where abortion was not permitted and the results.
I play 'Nurse Cara'.
Karl Callan wrote & directed & Sofia Bwcka produces. I'd a lovely time on set.
I am Co-Editor on REPEAL
THESPISH will screen just before the fantastic feature film, "Writing Home" at the Chicago Film Festival 2018. Very happy with that program slot!
Click HERE for details
Delighted to announce that PROCLAIM! will have it's US and international premiere at the super prestigious AFI (American Film Institute) in Washington D.C. at the
Capital Irish Film Festival
in March 2018.
And THESPISH will have it's US and international premiere TWICE simultaneously in TWO major US cities at the same time.
THESPISH will screen at the
Chicago Irish Film Festival
AND the
Capital Irish Film Festival
both on in March 2018.
After this amazing news, comes yet more ....!
Both PROCLAIM! & THESPISH will now also screen at the
Irish Film Festival New Jersey
in April 2018.
Thrilled at this news!
GREAT NEWS!
THESPISH IS INTO THE CHICAGO IRISH FILM FESTIVAL IN MARCH 2018
DELIGHTED!
MEITHERHOOD
Cathy just wants to celebrate her 35th birthday in peace but her friends and the universe have other plans
Meitherhood is a comedy short film that I am directing at the moment. We began shooting it on December 17th 2017 and will shoot the last 2 remaining days very soon. Christiane O'Mahony wrote, produces and stars in it.
JOE
Joe's a woman. Joe's pregnant. Joe's got a gun.
I had a wonderful time, in November 2017, directing brilliant actors in a rehearsed read-through for a short film screenplay called, "JOE", written by Tamryn Reineke for Pale Rebel Productions.
We hope to get funding for it & go into production soon.
CHARLOTTE'S LETTERS
I'm very excited to be a part of this new play reading with the lovely people at
AboutFace Theatre Company.
I am going to be playing/reading Emily Bronte in a new play called,
"Charlotte's Letters" by Jennifer O'Grady.
It will take place on Saturday 18th November 2017 @ 7pm @
Belvedere House, 6 Denmark Street Great, Dublin 1.
Do come along, great new scripts and great people!
Proclaim!
screens with the fabulous short film,
The Lion's Share
in aid of
St. Aidan's Day Care Centre & Pethelpers.ie
Where?
Movies@Gorey Cinema
When?
Thursday November 16th 2017
Time?
7pm
See you there!
EVER MORE WONDERFUL NEWS!
THESPISH HAS BEEN OFFICALLY SELCTED FOR THE BRILLIANT
WATERFORD FILM FESTIVAL
3rd - 5th NOVEMBER 2017
EXCITED & DELIGHTED!
JUST FINISHED A VERY SUCCESSFUL RUN OF KING LEAR, PLAYING 'REGAN', IN DUBLIN END OF OCT 2017
MORE GREAT NEWS FOR OUR NEWEST SHORT FILM, THESPISH.
IT WILL SCREEN AT THE BRILLIANT KERRY FILM FESTIVAL 2017. ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!
NEWEST SHORT FILM, "THESPISH" WILL HAVE IT'S IRISH PREMIERE AT THE
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 (DISFMF)
DELIGHTED & EXCITED!
DIR: MAUREEN O'CONNELL
WRITER & PRODUCER: SHANE CONNELLAN
PRODUCTION COMPANY: 3 HOT WHISKEYS
GIRLS
screens tonight 01/09/2017
as part of an inhouse screening of Film Network Ireland.
Tickets here
Some great films on show tonight! Looking forward to it!
A4 Sounds 6pm BYOB
PROCLAIM!
Screens at The Bleeding Pig Film Festival on September 4th 2017 8pm at Keelings in Donabate
So excited!
And another screening!
Delighted that my short film Proclaim! has been chosen alongside other brilliant short films to screen at the fabulous Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin tonight:
31/07/2017 at 6pm
Click HERE for more info!
*NEW*
Maureen has just wrapped on an Energia commercial! Great times!
AND...
Maureen plays/voices the lead character 'Sarah' in new Virtual Reality Game:
"Epilogue X"
And here's the fantastic line-up for the awesome Bluestocking Film Series 2017- GIRLS is alongside some cracker short films!!
Just click
HERE
Awesome News!
GIRLS will be screened at Bluestocking Film Series Re-Dux on July 15th 2017 at the Maine College of Art in Portland, USA.
&
PROCLAIM! will be screened at the Bleeding Pig Festival in Donabate on September 4th in Dublin.
Delighted!
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GIRLS
WILL SCREEN ON RTE 2 (IRELAND'S NATIONAL BROADCASTER) ON MAY 1ST 2017
@ 5 past midnight
If you miss it, you can catch HERE it on RTE iPlayer
"MAUREEN IS INTERVIEWED BY THE LOVELY LYNN LARKIN FOR "FILM IRELAND'S"
'THE ACTORS PODCAST'
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
PROCLAIM! TO SCREEN ONCE MORE FOR DISFMF!!!
WONDERFUL NEWS!
I HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A
YDA AWARD
(YOUNG DIRECTOR AWARD)
FROM THE VERY PRESTIGIOUS ICAD
MY SHORT FILM,
"GIRLS"
ABSOLUTELY THRILLED & HONOURED!
PROCLAIM! TAKES TOP BILLING AT THE LIGHTHOUSE!
DELIGHTED THAT PROCLAIM! WILL TAKE TOP BILLING AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA'S O.I.C. MEDIA CHARITY EVENT FOR THE CAPUCHIIN DAY CENTRE.
DATE? 30TH JANUARY
TIME? 6.30PM
WHERE? LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA, SMITHFIELD, DUBLIN 7
SEE YOU THERE!
LOVELY NEWS!
MAEVE MCGRATH AT THE KERRY FILM FESTIVAL IS GOING TO SCREEN PROCLAIM! AT TECH AMERGIN IN WATERVILLE, KERRY ON FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2016.
DELIGHTED!
WE HOPE THEY ENJOY IT!
MORE FANTASTIC NEWS!!!
PROCLAIM! HAS WON THE BEST SCRIPT AWARD AT THE DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE FESTIVAL FULL OF SO MUCH NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL TALENT..SO, WE WERE MORE THAN DELIGHTED AT THE WIN!
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AMAZING NEWS!!!
PROCLAIM! HAS WON THE BEST 1916 CENTENARY SHORT FILM AWARD AT THE PRESTIGIOUS
FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEYOND DELIGHTED!!!
PROCLAIM! HAS BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST 1916 CENTENARY AWARD AT THE PRESTIGIOUS FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL! ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!!!
SO, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE SUCCEEDED IN OUR 15 DAY INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN. WE ASKED FOR €2000.00 & RECEIVED OVER €2800.00!!! SO, WE WERE DELIGHTED! I MADE THIS THANK YOU VIDEO AGES AGO BUT NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO PUT IT UP SO, HERE IT IS! (JUST CLICK BELOW...)
THANK YOU!!!
MORE GREAT NEWS FOR PROCLAIM! & GIRLS
BOTH PROCLAIM! & GIRLS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM AWARD CATEGORY
&...
MAUREEN O'CONNELL HAS BEEN NOMINATED IN THE BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER AWARD CATEGORY
AT THE BARCELONA PLANET FILM FESTIVAL
ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!!!
WONDERFUL NEWS FOR BOTH PROCLAIM! & GIRLS
THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN ACCEPTED ONTO THE
BARCELONA PLANET FILM FESTIVAL'S
PROGRAMME!!!
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DELIGHTED!!!
AND PROCLAIM! IS INTO THE BRILLIANT KERRY FILM FESTIVAL 2016
WE CANNOT WAIT TO ATTEND!
AND PROCLAIM! IS INTO THE AMAZING DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016
OCTOBER 6TH - 9TH
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!!!
THE WINNERS FROM LAST YEAR'S DISFMF'S FESTIVAL ARE BELOW....
WE CANNOT WAIT TO ATTEND!!!
DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT PROCLAIM! WILL BE HAVING IT'S IRISH PREMIERE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016
DATE: OCTOBER 1ST
TIME: 5PM-8PM
WHERE: MOVIES@SWORDS CINEMA
GIRLS SCREENS AT THE O.I.C. MEDIA EVENT AT THE AMAZING LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA, SMITHFIELD.
I HAD THE GREAT HONOUR TO ATTEND AND WATCH OUR FILM BE SCREENED SO WELL ON THE GLORIOUS LIGHTHOUSE SCREEN.
THE OTHER SHORT FILMS SHOWN WERE WONDERFUL AND IT WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INVOLVED.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WENT TO A LOVELY CHARITY, THE CAPUCHIN DAY CENTRE.
AND GALWAY FRINGE FESTIVAL'S PROGRAM, "FILM ON THE EDGE" ARE SCREENING BOTH OF MY FILMS, "GIRLS" & "PROCLAIM!" (THIS IS A PREVIEW FOR PROCLAIM! AND NOT A PREMIERE!) THIS SATURDAY 9TH JULY AT 2PM AT NUN'S ISLAND THEATRE
VERY EXCITED!
PROCLAIM!
My newest short film. Please go to PROCLAIM!'s new website or to my filmmaking page to find out why I'm so excited about it!!
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Bluestocking Film Series 2015 was a major success & I am delighted to have been a part of it.
GIRLS is coming to Portland, Maine for the Bluestocking Film Series and I'm going to be there to see it... cannot wait!
GOOD GIRL went amazingly well at the RADA Festival and we were very pleased with the response it received. We got lots of "interest"...of this we will divulge about more later. But for now, let's just say, well, that we were and are extremely pleased with ourselves.
"There are two types out there. There are good girls and there are sluts.
Which do you want to be?"
Which do you want to be?"
GOOD GIRL
A NEW PLAY BY
MAUREEN O'CONNELL
WHEN? 26TH JUNE 2015
TIME? 4PM
WHERE? GIELGUD THEATRE, RADA, LONDON
WHAT? A REHEARSED READ THROUGH AS PART OF RADA FESTIVAL 2015
BUY TICKETS HERE:
https://www.rada.ac.uk/whats-on/rada-festival/good-girl
GIRLS goes to the STATES!
(& I go with it!)
GIRLS has been officially invited to screen at the amazing Bluestocking Film Series in Portland, Maine in the U.S.A. This will be GIRLS' U.S. Premiere and I'm very proud of it! It's a wonderful festival & I'm very excited!
Juno & the Paycock
I am delighted to announce that I have been cast as 'Mary Boyle' alongside Niamh Cusack and Des McAleer in Seán O'Casey's "Juno & the Paycock". It will run for September at the Bristol Old Vic and for October at the Liverpool Everyman. So, I will finish the West End show of "A Handful of Stars" on 25th July and begin rehearsals for "Juno & the Paycock" a week later. I am thrilled! Click here for the trailer.
A Handful of Stars goes to the West End!
A Handful of Stars will run from 25th June until the 25th July at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End. Please do come and catch us! Here is an article about it
BBC 1's Father Brown Episode 9, "The Grim Reaper" aired in the States
That's me as 'Oona Crawford' in BBC 1's Father Brown. I starred alongside Mark Williams, James Fleet and Sorcha Cusack. It is now being aired Stateside.
Billy Roche's "A Handful of Stars" begins 30th April at Theatre 503
A HANDFUL OF STARS
I am so delighted to tell you the news that I have been cast in Billy Roche's play, "A Handful of Stars" at the wonderful Theatre 503 in London.
I will be playing the only female part in the play; 'Linda'. I am so so happy and grateful about this, I don't think I can actually put my happiness into words!
It will be on for the month of May. Please come and see us!!! More details to follow soon...
I will be playing the only female part in the play; 'Linda'. I am so so happy and grateful about this, I don't think I can actually put my happiness into words!
It will be on for the month of May. Please come and see us!!! More details to follow soon...
Watch me in Father Brown here
Watch me on Father Brown, Episode 9, "The Grim Reaper", here before the BBC i-player expires! If you're watching in Ireland the BBC i-player will probably be useless for you, so here's a link that should work for you. And it's me, below, in my "Oona Crawford" costume in my trailer on set.
Father Brown Series 2 on BBC 1
"Father Brown" is beginning it's 2nd series on Monday 6th January at 2.15pm. I am in this series and play 'Oona Crawford'.
Orson Welles' "A Christmas Carol" at Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin and Dundrum House in Tipperary December 2013.
I play the New York actress, Arlene Francis, in this performed radio play. It's a beautiful piece.
GIRLS officially invited to screen at Courts des iles Film Festival this November
I am more than delighted to announce that out of the blue, my short film GIRLS, has been officially invited to a wonderful film festival in Tahiti, French Polynesia. This means that it is automatically entered into their festival- pending I accept the invite- which of course, I have! It also means I pay nothing to enter. Good times!
Cake-Run & The Arthur Guinness Project Awards
I am setting up Cake-Run. It is a community-based charity project centred around baking cakes for your neighbours. I have applied for a grant from the Arthur Guinness Project Award.
To know more about Cake-Run, visit the website here.
And to VOTE for Cake-Run to win the Arthur Guinness Grant please follow this link here. Please keep in mind that you have to log onto Facebook or Twitter to vote- it tells you if you follow the link anyway.
THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!!
To know more about Cake-Run, visit the website here.
And to VOTE for Cake-Run to win the Arthur Guinness Grant please follow this link here. Please keep in mind that you have to log onto Facebook or Twitter to vote- it tells you if you follow the link anyway.
THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!!
Father Brown
I have just won a leading part in an episode of BBC One's 'Father Brown' with Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack and James Fleet. I am delighted and look forward to my time in the Cotswolds to shoot it.
Stephen Jeffreys Scriptwriting Masterclass
I did Stephen Jeffreys Scriptwriting Masterclass at RADA from March - May this year. It was wonderful and his expertise were hugely helpful. Stephen has written many masterpieces including the play and film, "The Libertine" and the new film coming out this September about Princess Diana.
Quick Cuts
Just finished playing the part of "Mandy" for BBC's new comedy show, Quick Cuts starring Doon Mackichan of 'Smack the Pony' fame. It was great fun!
Fiona Shaw & The Maids of Lucretia
On Monday, I was asked to work with Fiona Shaw on her upcoming opera, The Maids of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten. We went to the beautiful Glyndebourne and spent the whole day working through various scenes of this stunning opera.
Work
I did a wonderful rehearsed reading two weeks ago with director Colin Blumenau of Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmonds. We did "Rory O'More" and I played the leading lady, 'Kathleen'. It was great fun and the cast were a lovely bunch.
I finished shooting BBC's Doctors last week, in Birmingham. It was great fun and I was put up in a hotel for three days; sweet.
On Monday 26th, I played a homeless teenager in BBH's promo for Centrepoint Charity, directed by Peter Montgomery. It was such a wonderful, challenging, brilliant shoot. I learned so much from it and felt I really met the challenge of playing a homeless teenager very well.
Last Saturday (01/12/2012), I played a London teenager again. This time it was for the Directors Lab UK. I played the lead, 15 year old Alex in a feature film called "Undone". It is directed by Stefan Stuckert and written by Carole Budgen. It is in the development phase and they will use what they shot as a promo for the film.
I finished shooting BBC's Doctors last week, in Birmingham. It was great fun and I was put up in a hotel for three days; sweet.
On Monday 26th, I played a homeless teenager in BBH's promo for Centrepoint Charity, directed by Peter Montgomery. It was such a wonderful, challenging, brilliant shoot. I learned so much from it and felt I really met the challenge of playing a homeless teenager very well.
Last Saturday (01/12/2012), I played a London teenager again. This time it was for the Directors Lab UK. I played the lead, 15 year old Alex in a feature film called "Undone". It is directed by Stefan Stuckert and written by Carole Budgen. It is in the development phase and they will use what they shot as a promo for the film.
DOCTORS - 08/11/2012
I have just won a part on the BBC's TV Series Doctors. I am delighted about this and will begin work on it shortly.
Irish Daily Mail
Above is an advert I did for Irish B&B's and it was featured with many pictures in the Irish Daily Mail Newspaper. It was great fun. I was fed gorgeous cakes and serenaded by a troupe of male singers on a hot, sunny day. Doesn't get much better than that!
RADA Graduation 2012
I am now a RADA graduate. My graduation ceremony, on 13th July, was lovely and I am happy as my cheesy photo demonstrates. Onwards and upwards from here now, as they say!
CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
I am playing 'Pisanio' in William Shakespeare's, "Cymbeline" in the Vanbrugh Theatre at RADA from 31st May until 9th June. It's a great show! Please come along to see it. You can buy tickets here and when you've enjoyed Cymbeline, go enjoy the other two fantastic shows that are on at RADA: "You Never Can Tell" and "Stars In The Morning Sky".
Workshop Training, Soupface, my Werewolf Screenplay and the TREE
So, I very much enjoyed "From Both Hips" at RADA and so did the audience if their reaction was anything to go by!
Directly after I finished the run of "From Both Hips", I began training with Nona Shepphard to become a Workshop Leader. I trained for less than a week with people from my year and then we each gave a workshop to teenagers who came to RADA to learn about acting. It was challenging yet satisfying.
After my break from the Soupface read-through, I am preparing myself to go back in and re-excavate, re-work and re-write the whole thing. And as my 'kit-kat' breaks from Soupface, I shall be taking up the reins on my werewolf screenplay once more.
But the MOST important date coming up in my calendar is the . . . TREE
The "Tree" (at the end of April), is RADA's showcase for 3rd year students. It's the biggest event for all of us as we have to do a speech and a scene with a partner in front of every industry professional in London. So, no pressure then...
Directly after I finished the run of "From Both Hips", I began training with Nona Shepphard to become a Workshop Leader. I trained for less than a week with people from my year and then we each gave a workshop to teenagers who came to RADA to learn about acting. It was challenging yet satisfying.
After my break from the Soupface read-through, I am preparing myself to go back in and re-excavate, re-work and re-write the whole thing. And as my 'kit-kat' breaks from Soupface, I shall be taking up the reins on my werewolf screenplay once more.
But the MOST important date coming up in my calendar is the . . . TREE
The "Tree" (at the end of April), is RADA's showcase for 3rd year students. It's the biggest event for all of us as we have to do a speech and a scene with a partner in front of every industry professional in London. So, no pressure then...
From Both Hips by Mark O' Rowe
I have been cast as 'Adele 'in Mark O' Rowe's play,"From Both Hips" that will be playing at RADA in the Gielgud Studio in March. I am delighted to be cast as Adele and to have the opportunity to work with lots of friends from my year that I haven't had a chance to work with yet and to work with director, Donnacadh O' Briain. Tickets sell out very quickly at RADA, so buy your tickets now, here.
Soupface
"Soupface" is a feature film I have written. I have only just written a first draft but am reasonably happy with it. I know there is a hell of alot more work to be done on it. So, I am going to have a read-through of it next week with actors from my year who have very kindly agreed to read it for me so that I can hear how the story feels when it is spoken and acted out. I am quite excited about it as the actors seem to really like it. Hopefully, it goes well and I can find out what needs to be cut and where more work is needed.
Nell Gwynn - 6th & 7th Jan 2012
I was asked along to a workshop of a Nell Gwynn play in the making. I was only delighted to be asked as I love Nell Gwynn and I love working with Jessica Swale who directed me in "The House of Special Purpose" at RADA in October 2011. She is developing a play about Nell Gwynn and needed actors to read aloud some of her scenes. It was so enjoyable and I met lots of new and wonderful people.
"Archangel" T.V. Series Script Read-Through Performance - 3rd Jan 2012
I was asked by Anna Olson Nugent, to be a part of a performed script read-through of a new police t.v. series called "Archangel" by Lindsay Sedgwick. It is an excellent script. To give you an idea of what it is about: it could be likened to a female Irish version of "Cracker". The episode we read is called "The Changeling" and is about child-murder and abduction. I read the part of 'Amy Johnson', an innocent, simple-minded young woman that inadvertently gets herself caught up in the police investigation.
I knew Anna from a show I did years ago called, "The Glory of Living" for her company AboutFace. She has since moved back to the States so it was lovely to meet her and alot of the old gang that had worked on "The Glory of Living" again.
The read-through took place tonight at The Lab, Foley Street and alot of industry professionals came along who very much enjoyed the piece. It was a fantastic night and a great success.
I knew Anna from a show I did years ago called, "The Glory of Living" for her company AboutFace. She has since moved back to the States so it was lovely to meet her and alot of the old gang that had worked on "The Glory of Living" again.
The read-through took place tonight at The Lab, Foley Street and alot of industry professionals came along who very much enjoyed the piece. It was a fantastic night and a great success.
