Emmet Kirwan

Emmet Kirwan is an Irish stage & screen actor, playwright & screenwriter. He has performed on The Abbey, The National, Donmar Warehouse, The Gate and Project Arts centre stages. As a writer his play ‘Dublin Oldschool’ won the Stewart Parker award for writing, it ran for 7 successful sell out runs at Project arts centre Dublin before transferring to the Dorfman in The National Theatre in London. The play was adapted into a feature film which Emmet wrote and starred in and was released in cinemas nation wide to critical acclaim in 2018. He is a long time collaborator with Project arts centre having produced all of his plays including multiple runs of the comedy ‘Straight to Video and ‘Accents’. He is also known for writing and performing the IFTA award winning poetry short film Heartbreak (2017) and for being the writer and star of the Irish television comedy series, Sarah and Steve (2010) His distinctive voice can be heard narrating many Irish documentaries and television shows. His debut novel will be published by Harper Collins and is due for publication in 2024.