Ailis Ni Riain

Ailís Ní Ríain

The Tallest Man in the World

Ailís Ní Ríain is an Irish writer for performance. Her first play, BEATEN, began as a poem and was gradually extended and developed over two years into her first play. It was subsequently produced in England, Scotland, Germany, Sweden and Ireland. Beaten is published as ‘Tilt’ by Nick Hern Books, UK. Desolate Heaven was produced by London’s Theatre503 in 2013 and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. It received a second production at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Ireland in 2015 and long-listed for the James Tait Black Award. In 2016 she was shortlisted or the Octagon Prize, attended a La Mama International Retreat with Mac Wellman and had a reading of Shadow on Summer in Ireland. www.ailis.info