Biography

Joanne Ryan is an award-winning Limerick-based playwright and performer. Her critically acclaimed debut solo show Eggsistentialism premiered in Belltable and Dublin Fringe in 2016, was part of Culture Ireland’s 2017 Edinburgh Showcase and has since toured extensively with runs in London, Liverpool, Cyprus, Malaysia and Australia. Eggsistentialism has won the Lustrum Award for Best Festival Moment at Edinburgh Fringe, The Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award, The Sydney Fringe Critics’ Pick Award and was nominated for Best Performance at Melbourne Fringe. In 2018 it won the Stroller’s Award leading to an extensive Irish tour in 2019. Joanne’s radio adaptation of the play for RTÉ’s Drama on One won the 2023 Writer’s Guild Award for Best Radio Drama Script. Her second play In Two Minds, produced by Fishamble; The New Play Company, was presented at Dublin Theatre Festival in 2023 and won the Greenroom Award for Best New Play. It now runs in Traverse Theatre as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Joanne is currently an Artist-in-Residence in Ormston House. She was Theatre Artist in Residence at Lime Tree Theatre in 2023, Limerick’s PLATFORM 31 artist in 2022 and was a Six-in-the-Attic artist at Irish Theatre Institute in 2021. She teaches Professional Development For The Performing Arts and works as a mentor to artists across artforms.