Geraldine Aron
Geraldine Aron was born in Galway, Eire and educated in Dublin and London. She
has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. She has twin daughters and
currently lives in London. Her theater credits include: My Brilliant Divorce (The Apollo Theatre, London; Druid Theatre,
Ireland; Olivier Award nominee for Best Entertainment), Miracle Conway, Namaste, Mr Roper, Auntie Essie, Rustlers (Artscape
Theatre, Cape Town), Olive And Hilary
(The Arts Theatre, Ireland; Alex McGregor Trophy, McMarten Cup), The Donahue Sisters ( Druid Theatre,
Ireland, Dublin Theatre Festival, Wimbledon Studio Theatre, London. Edinburgh
Festival. Irish Arts Theatre, New York; winner All-Ireland One-Act Play
Festival, Best Play, Drama Festival of France. Best Play, New Zealand Drama
Festival. Dick Lauder Trophy 2010, The MacLennan Prize 2010, Mackenzie Shield
2010), A Galway Girl: (Druid Theatre,
Ireland. Lyric Studio, London and Alan Ackbourn's Scarborough repertoire;
Nominated for Best Play, 2010 London Fringe Awards, Edinburgh Fringe First.
Winner All-Ireland One-Act Play Festival. BBC's choice for Prix Italia Awards
Entry), Spider (Gate Theatre,
Dublin), Same Old Moon (Gielgud
Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London; Amstel Playwright of the Year Award. Best
Play, Ulster Play Festival 2001), Joggers
(Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough), The
Stanley Parkers (Druid Theatre, Ireland; winner US Interstate Play
Festival. The Alex McGregor Trophy. Wallace Bennett Cup 2010), and On The Blue Train (Arkansas Rep, USA..
Artscape, Cape Town, Grahamstown Drama Festival SA), Why Strelitzias Cannot Fly (Artscape, Theatre, Cape Town), The Spare Room (Artscape Theatre, Cape
Town, Opera House, Pretoria, Durban. Academy Theatre, Johannesburg), Mickey Kannis Caught My Eye: (The Kings
Head, London. The Edinburgh Festival. The Space Theatre, Cape Town. The
Intimate, Johannesburg), The Shrinking Of
Alby Chapman (Baxter Theatre Cape Town. Grahamstown Drama Festival), Zombie (The Space Theatre, Cape Town.
The Port Elizabeth Opera House, S.A), Mr McConkey's
Suitcase (Baxter Theatre, Cape Town), Bar
And Ger (Space Theatre Cape Town, The Druid Theatre, Ireland, Royal
National Theatre (Cottesloe) London, King's Head, Pentameters, The Lyric
Studio, Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe First. Variety Magazine’s
Edinburgh’s Best Ten. Salter’s Cup UK, Kentucky State Thespian Award. RAPS Best
Play.(South Africa) Transvaal Drama Festival, Best Play. The Eileen Harper
Memorial Trophy). Film credits include The
Donahue Sisters, Maestro (also released as The Young Toscanini), and Bar
and Ger. Television credits include Mickey
Kannis Caught My Eye (SABC-TV; SABC-TV Best Play Award. 'Tonight'
Award for Best Single Drama), Jimmicks
(SABC-TV; SABC-TV Best Play Award), Harry’s
Kid (SABC-TV; SASWA's Best Television Play Award. SABC-TV's Most Popular
Drama Award), “The Touch of Pink” (SABC-TV), and Spider (SABC-TV).