DEREK MASTERSON – WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Derek is a Graduate of UCD having studied English and Psychology (B.A. Hons). He has written,produced and directed thirteen professional shows within the last five years, including, critically acclaimed “Bound”, “Angel”, “A Nice Bed to Die In”, and most recently “Queens of Pimlico” all of which played to sell out audiences throughout some of Dublin’s most popular theatres. His plays “My Second Self” and “Two Sides of a Coin” were selected to be a part of the 2013 and 2014 International
Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. Derek has also had short pieces staged in New York City as part of The Break Away Project’s “Creating Connectivity” ; been selected for The New Theatre’s New Writing Week in 2013 ; partook in the recent “spcedLIMERICK” collaborative, and was part of Dublin Theatre Festivals “Play On” initiative in 2013. Upcoming projects include a (“back by popular demand”) third run of “Queens of Pimlico” and the premiere of “A Mother’s Love”, both of which will be
staged in Civic Theatre, Tallaght in November and December ; “Lusmor” which was commissioned by The Break Away Project and will be staged this Halloween in The Crypt and touring in 2015, and “Smoking Section”, “Rumour” and Skin Deep”, all of which will go into full production in 2015. In 2009 he founded the prodigious No Tears Productions theatre company who will shortly stage their 13th production with “A Mother’s Love”.
Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. Derek has also had short pieces staged in New York City as part of The Break Away Project’s “Creating Connectivity” ; been selected for The New Theatre’s New Writing Week in 2013 ; partook in the recent “spcedLIMERICK” collaborative, and was part of Dublin Theatre Festivals “Play On” initiative in 2013. Upcoming projects include a (“back by popular demand”) third run of “Queens of Pimlico” and the premiere of “A Mother’s Love”, both of which will be
staged in Civic Theatre, Tallaght in November and December ; “Lusmor” which was commissioned by The Break Away Project and will be staged this Halloween in The Crypt and touring in 2015, and “Smoking Section”, “Rumour” and Skin Deep”, all of which will go into full production in 2015. In 2009 he founded the prodigious No Tears Productions theatre company who will shortly stage their 13th production with “A Mother’s Love”.
Coming Of Age
