Geoff O’Keeffe A.D.A.

Geoff O’Keeffe Geoff O’Keeffe is a theatre director, visual artist, and drama adjudicator. His recent credits as a director include, The Gallant John-Joe at dlr Mill Theatre and Town Hall Theatre, Cavan. Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth. Roald Dahl’s The Twits, Fantastic Mr Fox and James and The Giant Peach. Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, Tennessee William’s Talk to Me Like the Rain And Let Me Listen, Frank Pig Says Hello by Pat McCabe and Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. He has also written and directed fourteen highly successful Christmas shows for young audiences all at dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum. Other work as a director includes Cock for Blue Heart Theatre Company (The New Theatre), The Astonished Heart for Behind the Moon Productions (Players Theatre), At the Black Pig’s Dyke for Cavan Culture Theatre Project and Lost Weekend for Gillian Grattan | Evil Little Genius Productions (Axis Theatre). Notable adjudicating credits include The All Ireland One Act Finals, Roscommon Arts Centre, 2013, The All Ireland Confined Finals, Claremorris, 2014, The RTE All Ireland Drama Festival Finals, Athlone, 2017, The All Ireland One Act Drama Finals, Glor Theatre, Ennis, 2021 and The All Ireland Confined Finals, Glenamaddy, 2023. In 2027 he will once again adjudicate The RTE All Ireland Drama Festival Finals, Athlone. He has facilitated workshops for drama groups all over the country as well as tutoring at the DLI Summer School at The University of Limerick. He holds an MA in Theatre Studies from DCU. He is delighted to be returning to adjudicate at Tipperary Drama Festival