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Paul Mercier (born 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish playwright [1] screenwriter, film and theatre director. [2] Born in Dublin and living in An Cheathrú Rua [3] he was the founder member and Artistic Director of the Passion Machine Theatre Company, and is a Director with Anne Gately of the film production company An Pointe Productions. [4]
Nov 16, 2023 · Renowned musician and composer Mel Mercier – the filmmaker’s brother – provides the soundtrack to the film. Also a playwright, Paul Mercier was a founding member of the Passion Machine ...
Mar 16, 2011 · THE JOURNEY TO HERE Playwright Paul Mercier began to make his name in the 1980s as writer and artistic director with Passion Machine Theatre Company, for whom he directed 11 of his own plays ...
Dec 6, 2011 · The playwright Paul Mercier, best-known for English-language work set in Dublin, is a Connemara resident who has always wanted… Lorna Siggins Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Aug 24, 2016 · Tubberware is a humorous and unusual short film directed by Irish playwright Paul Mercier. In a provocative exploration of Irish cultural heritage and identity in the modern world, the film presents a day in the life of an Irish-speaking district in the heart of Connemara and cleverly satirizes the effect of tourism on the community.
Paul Mercier - Paul Mercier was a founding member and artistic director of the Passion Machine theatre company. His plays have received numerous awards such as the Harvey's Irish Theatre Award for Best New Irish Work, The Sunday Independent Arts Award, The Sunday Tribune Arts Award, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and an Edinburgh Fringe First Award.
Paul Mercier's new play for The Passion Machine is an extraordinarily clever construction of seven consecutive monologues delivered by seven people who came to young adulthood in the time of such television series as The Man from Uncle and Mission Impossible , who worked together for a time in a factory in Germany before moving to Eindhoven in what they called Dopeland and then separated out ...
