At Forum 2011, Denis Conway, the actor, read the Stephen Levine poem, In the Realm of the Passing Away.
Denis is Artistic Director
of Ouroboros Theatre Company. He produced and appeared as Hugh O’Neill in the
company's touring production of Brian Friel’s Making History which toured to 35 venues in Ireland and nine venues in Europe
following Hugh O'Neill's path on the Flight of the Earls.
Previously for Ouroboros he has played
Muller/Mulcahy in The Death of Harry Leon, Odysseus in Myrmidons,
Salieri in Amadeus, the title role in Macbeth, Jupiter/Tereus in Tales from Ovid, Ulysses in Troilus and Cressida, Hugh in Mutabiltie and the title role in Richard III
for which he was presented with the 2002 Irish Times/ESB Theatre Award for Best
Actor.
His work for the Abbey and Peacock theatres
includes: Hugh in the Abbey's recent production of Translations and
previously he has appeared in Christ Deliver Us, The Recruiting Officer, A
Cry From Heaven, Homelands,
The Comedy of Errors, The Crucible, April Bright, The Colleen Bawn, The Freedom of the City, Judas of the Gallarus, The Wild Duck
and in the trilogy Riders to The
Sea/Purgatory/Dandy Dolls.
He has appeared as Finbar in The Weir
at the Gate Theatre and as Butler in Wallenstein
at the Chichester Festival.
For Druid he recently completed an
international tour (Galway Arts Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival, Edinburgh
Festival, St. Anne's Warehouse Brooklyn, New York, The Hampstead Theatre London
and the Studio Theatre in Washington DC), playing Dunne in Enda Walsh's Penelope
following his portrayal of Dinny in Walsh's Walworth Farce which
also toured internationally.
He has also played Old Mahon in The
Playboy of the Western World for Druid in Perth
Australia
and appeared as The Irishman in Tom Murphy's The Gigli Concert for which
he was presented with The Irish Times award for Best Actor in 2010.
His television work includes: Showbands 1 and 11,
Single Handed, Hide and Seek,
The Clinic, Bachelor’s Walk, On Home Ground, Fair City (RTE),
The Return (Granada), Casualty, Custer’s Last Stand-Up, Ballykissangel
and Rebel Heart (BBC), Yesterday’s
Children (CBS), Trí Sceal, Boghaisini,
An Turas (TG4). He played
Vincent in the hit show The Running Mate
directed by Declan Recks for Treasure Films/TG4.
Film includes The Wind That Shakes The
Barley (dir, Ken Loach), Tiger's Tale (dir John Boorman), Alexander (dir,
Oliver Stone), I Went Down (dir Paddy Breatnach), Boy Eats Girl (dir. Stephen Bradley), Intermission (dir. john crowley), Michael Collins (dir Neil Jordan) and in
Mark O’Halloran’s award-winning film Garage
directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Denis appeared in the central role as Nearchus
in Alexander written and
directed by Oliver Stone and starring Colin Farrell.
He also appeared as Rendell in series I and
II of Showbands directed by
Ian Fitzgibbon forRTE/Parallel Films. He appeared as
Inspector O’Kane in season three of Single
Handed (RTE/Touchpaper/ITV).