January Gone - a BAFTA Microshort, written by Catherine O’Shea starring Zara Edwards pictured.
DEATH CLOAK, a pilot script Catherine co-wrote with Markus Meedt has been selected as a quarter-finalist in Final Draft’s BIG BREAK SCREENWRITING CONTEST 2023
Catherine is a co-writer on The Entertainer, a feature film starring Alex Arnold, Fanta Barrie, Florence Keith Roach, Mehdi Mezkar and Jake Davies and directed by David Clay Diaz. Coming in 2023
In September 2021 Catherine’s short January Gone produced by BAFTA microshorts was accepted into the Berlin Flash Film Festival.
In January Catherine was accepted into BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2021 as a screenwriter.
In June 2020 Catherine’s play Milton Keynes State of Mind was performed as part of the Around the Globe in 80 Days Play Festival (raising money for the Globe Theatre) and was featured in Lights Down Productions showcase:
In July 2020 Catherine was interviewed by Stage Launch :
SHARDS REVIEWS - Camden People’s Theatre
Shards is an exciting story of swing dancing, dating and particle physics.
Selina Begum, The Upcoming *****
Lyn Gardner - Pick of the week 15 August 2019 · Follow on Stagedoor
“There is still plenty on offer at the Camden Fringe. While a great deal of it is very much an unknown quantity, it’s a chance to take a punt and hope for a delightful discovery at any of the many host venues across the city. It may be called the Camden Fringe but its scope extends way beyond the borough. A show with lindy hop dancing sounds fine by me and that is what Shards offers in a four-hander about love, loss, swing dancing and particle physics.”
Always Time for Theatre Interview with the creative team
Catherine O'Shea's two interactive play John Simmonds; A Trafalgar Journey and Tamera the Time Traveller are on at the National Maritime Museum every month. Performance starts from the Sammy Ofer Wing.
Reviews for Transient Pleasance edfringe Pleasance Undergrand:
“A thought-provoking piece from this young company which incorporates elements of dance into its dreamlike passage and makes excellent use of the found space”- The Stage
“this is a fragmentary, fragile and promising piece of work that combines text and movement to good effect, creating an elegy for small people casually swept aside by history” – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“an amazing theatrical experience that is profoundly affective…” -Three Weeks
“a cold shiver runs down your spine and stays there long afterwards” - The Scotsman
Reviews Fit for Purpose edfringe Pleasance:
“It is not just the asylum system that is not “fit for purpose”, O'Shea suggests; the failure to treat refugees humanely represents Britain's betrayal of its own values and identity”. – The Lancet
“Fit For Purpose is truly eye-opening for all who are unfamiliar with the way asylum seekers are treated in this country. It is a strong and fluid production, effectively executed by the charity End Child Detention Now. Undoubtedly the most insightful part of this production is the plot. Like the pages of a book it unfolds before your eyes, as the layers of involvement personalise each of the characters” – Broadway Baby
“the most potent and moving confrontation is not physical but emotional trauma, sensitively conveyed. Fit for Purpose is to be commended for its willingness to confront us with the most unsettling aspects of how the British state polices its borders. And the narrative, despite this, is subtle: unravelling stories at a pace which creeps up on you” – Ceasefire Magazine