Nicola Lindsay
Encyclopedia
Nicola Lindsay is an English
writer/actor
, living for the past forty years in the Republic of Ireland
. She writes novel
s, poetry
, screenplay
s, children's books and material for radio
and the theatre
.
in Cambridge where she was known as Nicky Townley. She trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital
, London before moving to Dublin where she completed a modelling course with the Miriam Woodbyrne Agency.
She lived in West Africa
, studying drama with the Festival Players and playing in the Pro Musica chamber orchestra for five years before returning to Ireland. On her return, she studied flute in the Royal Irish Academy of Music
with Doris Keogh and later with Andre Prieur.
Moving to County Wicklow
in 1975, Nicola Lindsay continued to play the flute with the Dublin Orchestral Players and the Dublin Symphony Orchestra. She also wrote and illustrated her first book for children
, which was published several years later.
In 1994 she started to write seriously and, to date has had five novel
s published by Poolbeg Press (A Place for Unicorns, Diving through Clouds, Eden Fading, Tumbling Jude and Butterfly), two illustrated children's books (Batty Cat and My Magic Place) and a collection of her poetry
, Lines of Thought.
Nicola Lindsay records her own work on RTÉ 1 and has read her short stories and monologues and talked about her work in a wide variety of venues, including schools, Trinity College, Dublin, Mount Juliet and also for the Irish Country Women's Association.
Nicola Lindsay returned to serious acting in 2008, playing Ana in The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl in The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin.
She has had numerous articles, scripts, short stories and poems published in magazines, journals and collections in both the UK and Ireland. Her novel, Diving Through Clouds, has been published in the USA and in the Reader's Digest Select Editions
in several countries. A Place for Unicorns has also been published in Germany.
Nicola Lindsay has hosted an Arts slot on East Coast Radio
and has written and recorded many scripts for the Sunday Miscellany programme on RTE Radio One
and has read her work on the Book on One and Lyric FM
. She has been interviewed on radio and television on the BBC
, RTE 1
and TV3. For several years she has performed her own one woman show in a wide variety of venues.
In 2007 she completed a screenwriting
course and is now involved in writing both for the theatre and the screen. Her monologues have been performed by members of the Attic Studio, Dublin and also on the radio and stage. The Dry Rain Theatre Company has also performed her revue, Electric Gas.
In 2008 Nicola Lindsay returned to acting, completing workshops at the Gaiety School of Acting
in Dublin and also with directors Vinny Murphy and Graham Cantwell
. She has worked in feature and short films and television commercials
and is also a voice-over
artist (www.piehole.ie).
Nicola Lindsay completed her first full length script for the stage, 'Christmas Fairy Tells All' - a wacky, alternative Christmas show for grown ups. It was staged at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin from Monday 29 November to Saturday 4 December 2010.(www.thenewtheatre.com)(www.Lindsay-HepworthProductions.com)(http://connector.tv/blog/2010/12/03/christmas-fairy-tells-all-a-charming-christmas-tale/)
In February 2011, Nicola joined the cast of Ireland's only soap, Fair City, on RTE 1 television, playing the part of Grace Cleary.
She is a member of Irish Actors' Equity, the Irish Film and Television Academy, Spotlight (www.spotlight.com)(under the stage name of Nicola Hepworth) and the Irish Writers’ Union
. She is also a member of Piehole voice-over agency (www.piehole.ie) She has three adult daughters and lives in County Kildare
in Ireland with her husband, Charles Dudley. More details can be found on her website: www.nicolalindsay.ie
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
writer/actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, living for the past forty years in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. She writes novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s, poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
s, children's books and material for radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and the theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
Biography
Nicola Lindsay was born in London in 1944 and was educated at the Perse School for GirlsPerse School for Girls
The Stephen Perse Foundation is an independent, fee-paying day school situated near the centre of Cambridge, England. The Foundation is made up of four schools: The Stephen Perse Pre-Prep School, for boys and girls aged 3-7, Perse Girls Junior School,for girls aged 7-11, Perse Girls Senior School,...
in Cambridge where she was known as Nicky Townley. She trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south east London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It is a large teaching hospital and is home to the King's College London School of Medicine...
, London before moving to Dublin where she completed a modelling course with the Miriam Woodbyrne Agency.
She lived in West Africa
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
, studying drama with the Festival Players and playing in the Pro Musica chamber orchestra for five years before returning to Ireland. On her return, she studied flute in the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Royal Irish Academy of Music
The Royal Irish Academy of Music is a linked college of Dublin City University located in Dublin, Ireland.It was founded in 1848 by a group of music enthusiasts and moved to its present address in Westland Row in 1871. The following year it was granted the right to use the title "Royal"...
with Doris Keogh and later with Andre Prieur.
Moving to County Wicklow
County Wicklow
County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...
in 1975, Nicola Lindsay continued to play the flute with the Dublin Orchestral Players and the Dublin Symphony Orchestra. She also wrote and illustrated her first book for children
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, which was published several years later.
In 1994 she started to write seriously and, to date has had five novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s published by Poolbeg Press (A Place for Unicorns, Diving through Clouds, Eden Fading, Tumbling Jude and Butterfly), two illustrated children's books (Batty Cat and My Magic Place) and a collection of her poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, Lines of Thought.
Nicola Lindsay records her own work on RTÉ 1 and has read her short stories and monologues and talked about her work in a wide variety of venues, including schools, Trinity College, Dublin, Mount Juliet and also for the Irish Country Women's Association.
Nicola Lindsay returned to serious acting in 2008, playing Ana in The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl in The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin.
She has had numerous articles, scripts, short stories and poems published in magazines, journals and collections in both the UK and Ireland. Her novel, Diving Through Clouds, has been published in the USA and in the Reader's Digest Select Editions
Reader's Digest Select Editions
The Reader's Digest Select Editions are a series of hardcover fiction anthology books, published bi-monthly and available by subscription, from Reader's Digest...
in several countries. A Place for Unicorns has also been published in Germany.
Nicola Lindsay has hosted an Arts slot on East Coast Radio
East Coast FM
East Coast FM is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland...
and has written and recorded many scripts for the Sunday Miscellany programme on RTE Radio One
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926...
and has read her work on the Book on One and Lyric FM
RTÉ lyric fm
RTÉ lyric fm is an Irish classical music radio station, owned by the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station, which is based in Limerick, was launched in 1999 and is available on FM in Ireland, on satellite, on Sky Digital in Ireland and United Kingdom and via the...
. She has been interviewed on radio and television on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, RTE 1
RTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
and TV3. For several years she has performed her own one woman show in a wide variety of venues.
In 2007 she completed a screenwriting
Screenwriting
Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession....
course and is now involved in writing both for the theatre and the screen. Her monologues have been performed by members of the Attic Studio, Dublin and also on the radio and stage. The Dry Rain Theatre Company has also performed her revue, Electric Gas.
In 2008 Nicola Lindsay returned to acting, completing workshops at the Gaiety School of Acting
The Gaiety School of Acting
The Gaiety School of Acting is an Irish drama school. It is located on Essex Street West in Temple Bar, Dublin 8.The school was founded in 1986 by actor and director Joe Dowling, who currently serves as the chairman of the school, in response to the lack of full time actor training in Ireland at...
in Dublin and also with directors Vinny Murphy and Graham Cantwell
Graham Cantwell
Graham Cantwell is an Irish film and television director. He is best known for directing feature film which achieved a three week domestic cinema release and was nominated for three Irish Film and Television Awards in 2009. His short film A Dublin Story was shortlisted for Academy Award Nomination...
. She has worked in feature and short films and television commercials
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
and is also a voice-over
Voice-over
Voice-over is a production technique where a voice which is not part of the narrative is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations...
artist (www.piehole.ie).
Nicola Lindsay completed her first full length script for the stage, 'Christmas Fairy Tells All' - a wacky, alternative Christmas show for grown ups. It was staged at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin from Monday 29 November to Saturday 4 December 2010.(www.thenewtheatre.com)(www.Lindsay-HepworthProductions.com)(http://connector.tv/blog/2010/12/03/christmas-fairy-tells-all-a-charming-christmas-tale/)
In February 2011, Nicola joined the cast of Ireland's only soap, Fair City, on RTE 1 television, playing the part of Grace Cleary.
She is a member of Irish Actors' Equity, the Irish Film and Television Academy, Spotlight (www.spotlight.com)(under the stage name of Nicola Hepworth) and the Irish Writers’ Union
Irish Writers’ Union
The Irish Writers’ Union is an organization devoted to furthering the professional interests and needs of writers in various media in Ireland. The Union is based in the centre of Dublin at 19 Parnell Square.-History:...
. She is also a member of Piehole voice-over agency (www.piehole.ie) She has three adult daughters and lives in County Kildare
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
in Ireland with her husband, Charles Dudley. More details can be found on her website: www.nicolalindsay.ie