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Aidan Turner
Biography
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Aidan graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting Diploma course (2004) and since then has appeared as Corp. Stoddard in the Abbey Theatre's production of The Plough and the Stars in the Barbican Theatre, London, in the Dublin Fringe Festival show Suddenly Last Summer at the Focus Theatre, as Ardan in Vincent Woods' new play A Cry from Heaven directed by Olivier Py at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin,as Hercules in The Performance Corporation's new play Yokohama Delegation directed by Jo Mangan for Kilkenny Arts Ferstival, as Demetrius in 'Titus Andronicus' at the Project directed by Selina Cartmell, as Pan in Storytellers production of The Crock of Gold at the Olympia Theatre and on tour. Aidan appeared in Drive-by directed by Jo Mangan for the Cork Mid-Summer Festival, the Dublin Fringe Festival 2006 and the Cantebury Arts Festival 2007 and most recently appeared in La Marea directed by Mariano Pennsotti for Bedrock Theatre Co/DTF 2007 and Cyrano, directed by Vernonica Coburn for Barabbas...the Company, at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Television and Film include: The Clinic, (RTE) and The Tudors (Showtime/Peace Arch) which aired in the US in early 2007 and on BBC2 in Autumn 2007. Aidan will soon appear in the leading role of Kevin in the independant feature film Porcelain directed by Gavin Cleland for Bedoli FIlms.
Aidan recently completed filming the leading role of Mal in Alarm an independent feature film written and directed by Gerard Stembridge for Venus Films and due for release in 2008. He is currently rehearsing the role of Paris in Romeo and Juliet directed by Jason Byrne at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
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