Damian Smyth
Damian Smyth was born in Downpatrick, Co Down, in 1962.
His collection are Downpatrick Races (Belfast, Lagan
Press, 2000); and The Down Recorder (Lagan Press, 2004).
He has also written a stage play, Soldiers of the Queen, which was premiered in Downpatrick, 2002 and later staged at the Belfast
Festival at Queen’s, and on tour. It is published by Lagan Press, 2002.
He is a former deputy and arts editor of Fortnight magazine and former
editor of Causeway, the journal of cultural traditions.
He is a former reviewer of theatre in Ireland for the London Independent
and has written and reviewed extensively on theatre in Ireland as well
as on literature, visual arts and cultural politics for a variety of
publications and on television and radio.
He has edited Joseph Tomelty: All Souls’ Night and Other Plays (2002); John
Hewitt: Two Plays (1999); and Martin Lynch: Five Plays (2002).
He has been Public Affairs Officer with the Arts Council of Northern
Ireland since 1995.
