Director

Davey Kelleher

Fledermaus

Biography

is a Dublin-based director working across opera and theatre. Opera credits include Mozart’s The Magic Flute for Cork Opera House, Music Rooms with The Ark/INO, and Conor Mitchell’s A Message for Marty for Irish National Opera’s acclaimed 20 Shots of Opera. With INO, he was Associate Director for Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte and Assistant Director for Puccini’s Tosca, Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s Aida, and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. He was a member of the INO Opera Studio 2021–22.

In theatre, he developed and directed the award-winning Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar, presented by the Abbey Theatre. Other credits include the Irish premieres of Tim Price’s Isla and Michelle Read’s Bang! for Dublin Theatre Festival, as well as A Short Cut to Happiness (Edinburgh Fringe, nominated for the Scotsman Mental Health Award). His work spans multi-form productions such as Glowworm, Birdy, and These Lights (Dublin Fringe), and international touring, The Olive Tree (European Theatre Festival of Lebanon)

Davey has directed Absolute Hell by Rodney Ackland, The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman, and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and As You Like It for the Lir Academy, Dublin, where he is a visiting tutor. He is an associate artist at The Civic, Tallaght, a mentor on the Tenderfoot programme and a member the Dramaturgs’ Network of Ireland. He is the Artistic Director of Dublin Youth Theatre. Upcoming projects include The Cork Proms 2025 and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel for Cork Opera House.

February 2024