The Irish composer and writer Ailís Ní Ríain was born in Cork and presently lives in northern England where she produces work in a wide range of forms including opera, site-specific projects, concert music, music-theatre, electroacoustic and theatre.Her work aims are to challenge, provoke and engage through collaboration while working across diverse artistic disciplines.
Her work has been performed around Europe, in the USA and featured on BBC Radio 3 The Verb & Hear and Now, BBC 4′s The Today Programme, Woman’s Hour, RTÉ Lyric FM and RTÉ Television in addition to Channel 4′s Big Art Mob.
She received her Purcell Room, Southbank London debut in 2007 and her Carnegie Hall, New York debut in 2008.
She received her Purcell Room, Southbank London debut in 2007 and her Carnegie Hall, New York debut in 2008.
She recently won the Tom Erhardt Peggy Ramsay Award with her play Desolate Heaven which opened Paul Robinson’s first season as sole Artistic Director of London’s Theatre503 and is published by Methuen Drama.
TILT (also known as BEATEN) has received five productions in Sweden, Ireland, England, Germany and Scotland and is published by Nick Hern Books.
TILT (also known as BEATEN) has received five productions in Sweden, Ireland, England, Germany and Scotland and is published by Nick Hern Books.
