Welcome to the official website of Vicky Ireland

Vicky Ireland is one of the foremost theatre practitioners in the UK. She is a freelance Children's Theatre Director and Writer.

In 2002 she was awarded the MBE medal in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours list for services to children’s drama, the first of its kind.

Vicky positions include:
Co-Director with Kumiko Mendl of A Thousand Cranes Theatre - www.athousandcranes.org.uk
Vice Chair of Action for Children's Arts - www.childrensarts.org.uk
Board Member of TYA - ASSITEJ UK - www.tya-uk.org
Patron of Polka Theatre - www.polkatheatre.com

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NEWS - 2009
Coming up:
Vicky has been commissioned by Replay Theatre, Belfast to write a pay for 5yrs+ to tour to Northern Irish schools from 2010.

The first draft of Mickey and Lionel, based on the fable of The Mouse and the Lion was performed as work in progress at the 'Pick 'n' Mix' festival held in the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, where it has a very possitive reception. The new Artistic Director of Replay, David Fenton directed. Vicky is very much looking forward to getting 'stuck into' the next draft.

She and Kumiko, co-directors of A Thousand Cranes were awarded a Grants for the Arts from Arts Council England to do research and developement on a new show, working title The Paper Washi Wish, for 3-5 year old children. This has since been chosen to present 20mins of work in progress on Friday 18 September at the ACE festival DECIBEL 2009 It will be performed in the Royal Exchange studio at 1pm. Do come along!!

From 28th October - 11th December, Vicky will be directing a children's play with E15 students which will tour local schools.

So far:
Vicky's dramatization of The Ugly Duckling toured this spring by The Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, to local Junior Schools.

Two dramatizations of Jacqueline Wilson books, The Suitcase Kid and Secrets, have been published by Nick Hern Books.

In March Vicky visited VISIONI DI FUTURO, VISIONI DI TEATRO Testoni Ragazzi Theatre - Bologna – Italy. A festival of theatre work for 0-3 yrs.

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