Jeda de Brí
Selected credits
- Of A Midnight MeetingBewley's Café Theatre
- Animal Farm: The MusicalDublin Youth Theatre/ Smock Alley
- Windows 21Fighting Words/ The Abbey Theatre
- SauceDublin Fringe Festival 2019 & 2022
- Brendan Galileo for Europe Dublin Fringe Festival 2018
- TrystProject Arts/Civic Theatre/Dublin Fringe
- Brendan Galileo for EuropeDublin Fringe 2018 Little Gem Award
About
Jeda de Brí is a director and writer for stage and film/TV. She co-wrote and directed Tryst, which was nominated for the Fishamble Best New Writing Award, and was seen at Project Arts Centre, Civic Theatre, Dublin Fringe, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, and Vault Festival. It is now being developed for screen with Treasure Entertainment and Screen Ireland.
Other stage directing credits include Animal Farm: The Musical (Dublin Youth Theatre/ Smock Alley), Windows 21 (Fighting Words/ Abbey Theatre), Sauce (Dublin Fringe Festival/ Bewley’s Café Theatre), Brendan Galileo for Europe (Dublin Fringe Festival/ Edinburgh Fringe), All Honey (New Theatre/ Dublin Fringe Festival), The Egg is a Lonely Hunter, written and performed by Hannah Mamalis (Edinburgh Fringe/Dublin Fringe- nominated for Little Gem Award), Mimes in Time at Edinburgh Fringe, Tiger Dublin Fringe (nominated for Little Gem Award), The Grimm Tale of Cinderella (Smock Alley Theatre) and Tactics (Theatre Upstairs, Dublin).
Featured work
Of A Midnight Meeting
Bewley's Café Theatre
Written by Katie McCann
Directed by Jeda de Brí
Set Design by Chrysi Chatzivasileiou
Costume Design by Toni Bailey
Lighting Design by Colm Maher
Sound Design by Danny Forde
‘Jeda de Bri’s direction (is) a masterclass in opening up claustrophobic spaces by compositionally arranging energies that crackle with life.’
★★★★ The Arts Review
Animal Farm: Musical
Dublin Youth Theatre/ Smock Alley, Dublin
Directed by Jeda de Brí
Musical Direction by Morgan Cooke
Set & Costume Design by Florentina Burcea
Lighting Design by Dara Hoban
Written by George Orwell, adapted by Peter Hall, with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Richard Peaslee.
Sauce
WRITTEN by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
DIRECTED by Jeda de Brí
SET & COSTUME DESIGN Ellen Kirk
LIGHTING DESIGN Colm Maher
COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGN Jennifer O'Malley
‘A really funny (and very saucy) show that delights in and provokes hysterics’
★★★★ Irish Times
‘SAUCE will break your heart with a gorgeous vulnerability, while having you smirking at the cleverness of it all and laughing out loud’
★★★★★ The Arts Review
Windows 21
Presented by Fighting Words & The Abbey Theatre
DIRECTED BY Jeda de Brí
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Dara Hoban
SOUND DESIGN BY Danny Forde
Brendan Galileo For Europe
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY Fionn Foley
Directed by Jeda de Brí
PRODUCER & LIGHTING DESIGNER David Doyle
STAGE MANAGER & OPERATOR Sinead Purcell
COSTUME DESIGNER Nicola Burke
NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR AWARD, BROADWAYWORLD IRELAND 2018
Developed as part of Show In A Bag, an artist development initiative of Dublin Fringe Festival, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Theatre Institute to resource theatre makers and actors.
TRYST
Written by Jeda de Brí & Finbarr Doyle
Directed by Jeda de Brí
Produced by Davey Kelleher
Set Design by Katie Foley
Costume Design by Nicola Burke
Lighting Design by Dara Hoban
NOMINATED FOR THE FISHAMBLE BEST NEW WRITING AWARD 2016
“Jeda de Bri and Finbarr Doyle have written a truly terrific representation of an aspect of contemporary life, with sure-fire dialogue and wonderfully layered levels of rage, fear and disintegrating trust. It’s a complex, unresolved treatment of a very modern insoluble problem; a serious, extraordinarily well-made play that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping…….splendidly directed by de Bri.”
The Sunday Independent
All Honey
DIRECTED BY Jeda de Brí
WRITTEN BY Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
SET DESIGNER Sinéad Purcell
LIGHTING DESIGNER Dara Hoban
COSTUME DESIGNER Ellen Therese Fleming
‘Fast, furious, and fiercely funny, “All Honey” is a laugh-out-loud joy, featuring some seriously impressive comedy talent.’
The Arts Review
The Grimm Tale of Cinderella
DIRECTOR Jeda de Brí
PRODUCTION MANAGER Miriam Duffy
SET DESIGNER Ger Clancy
LIGHTING DESIGNER Jack Cawley
COSTUME DESIGNER Nicola Burke
SOUND DESIGNER Osgar Dukes
‘Jeda de Brí, [is] a director to watch. Leaving not an ounce of fat on the stage, de Brí’s meticulous attention to detail ensures her cast are always informing the central action, even if it’s with a half seen gesture on the periphery of vision.’
The Arts Review
