Olohan, John

Abbey Career

Actor during: 1969 - to date

Assistant Stage Manager during: 1972

Director during: 1985 - 1990

Playwright during:

NOTES: Trained at the Abbey School of Acting.

Abbey Production Involvement

RoleCharacterProduction
Author Not applicable Storytime II
Author Not applicable Storytime
Actor Warriors, sailors,friars etc Let The Ravens Feed 1969 (Peacock)
Actor Dona Ferentes At Swim-Two-Birds 1970 (Abbey)
Actor The Hag's Son The Dandy Dolls 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Dona Ferentes At Swim-Two-Birds 1970 (Abbey)
Actor The Hag's Son The Dandy Dolls 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Labourers King of the Castle 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Man Cook The Seagull 1970 (Abbey)
Actor Dona Ferentes At Swim-Two-Birds 1970 (Peacock)
Actor The Newcomer Retreat 1970 (Peacock)
Actor The Chorus In The Train 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Railroad Worker The Plebians Rehearse The Uprising 1970 (Peacock)
Actor Men The Well of the Saints 1970 (Tour)
Actor The Hag's Son The Dandy Dolls 1970 (Tour)
Actor Second Angel The Devil at Work 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Brownie Borstal Boy 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Abscombe Borstal Boy 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Newsboy Borstal Boy 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Crowd The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Abscombe Borstal Boy 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Newsboy Borstal Boy 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Brownie Borstal Boy 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Crowd The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Crowd The Playboy of the Western World 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers, Thanes and Messengers Macbeth 1971 (Abbey)
Actor Prickle Green The Serpent Prince 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Mr. Tuggit The Serpent Prince 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Machinist The Plebians Rehearse The Uprising 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Na Beo I bPocleim Poc Leim 1971 (Peacock)
Actor 3rd Old Man/Mask The Player Queen 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Countrymen/women The Player Queen 1971 (Peacock)
Actor 3rd Old Man/Mask The Player Queen 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Countrymen/women The Player Queen 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Ted, New Guard The Blue Demon 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Ted, New Guard The Blue Demon 1971 (Peacock)
Actor Soldiers Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Actor Soldiers Arrah-na-Pogue - The Wicklow Wedding 1972 (Abbey)
Props Not applicable Sceal Scealaí - Story theatre in Irish 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Ted, New Guard The Blue Demon 1972 (Peacock)
Props Not applicable Sceal Scealaí - Story theatre in Irish 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Richard's Cork Leg 1972 (Peacock)
Set Designer Not applicable The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Garda Hatchet 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Set Designer Not applicable The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Garda Hatchet 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Eye-Winker, Tom-Tinker 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Pull Down A Horseman 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable They Feed Christians To Lions Here, Don't They? 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Eye-Winker, Tom-Tinker 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable Pull Down A Horseman 1972 (Peacock)
Assistant Stage Manager Not applicable They Feed Christians To Lions Here, Don't They? 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Players The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Set Designer Not applicable The Play's The Thing 1972 (Peacock)
Music Not applicable The Golden Apple 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Gardener The Golden Apple 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Doctor The Golden Apple 1972 (Peacock)
Actor Doctor The Golden Apple 1973 (Peacock)
Music Not applicable The Golden Apple 1973 (Peacock)
Actor Gardener The Golden Apple 1973 (Peacock)
Actor Skippeen The Golden Horseshoe 1973 (Peacock)
Actor Skippeen The Golden Horseshoe 1974 (Abbey)
Actor Francis Struensee 1974 (Peacock)
Actor October The Happy-Go-Likeable Man 1974 (Peacock)
Actor Performers Wonder Ponder Time 1975 (Abbey)
Actor Fabian Twelfth Night - What you will 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Second Elder Oda Oak Oracle 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Birdlike Lad Figuro in The Night 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Boy The Moon Shines on Kylenamoe 1975 (Peacock)
Actor Mouse, Slave to Moozli Witches Brew 1975 (Tour)
Set Designer Not applicable Witches Brew 1975 (Tour)
Actor 1st Waiter The Servant of Two Masters 1978 (Abbey)
Actor Puck A Midsummer Night's Dream 1979 (Abbey)
Actor Elevator Boy Portrait of a Madonna 1979 (Peacock)
Actor Tim Haffigan John Bull's Other Island 1980 (Abbey)
Actor Micheal Maginnis The Scythe and the Sunset 1981 (Abbey)
Actor Russian Sailor The Hostage 1981 (Abbey)
Actor Silver McNab Thompsons 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Brinsley At Swim-Two-Birds 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Orlic At Swim-Two-Birds 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Toon The Silver Dollar Boys 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Harry The Cat's Opera 1981 (Peacock)
Actor Seamus, a stableboy She Stoops to Conquer - The Mistakes of a Night 1982 (Abbey)
Actor 2nd S.S Guard Kolbe 1982 (Abbey)
Actor Seamus, a stableboy She Stoops to Conquer - The Mistakes of a Night 1982 (Abbey)
Actor Archie The Hidden Curriculum 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Woodruff Gately PVT Wars 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Archie The Hidden Curriculum 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Toon The Silver Dollar Boys 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Shimmell Shitzman The Pushcart Peddler 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Doc Yeukface the Yeuk and The Spotty Grousler 1982 (Peacock)
Actor Cornelius Hamlet 1983 (Abbey)
Actor 2nd Gravedigger Hamlet 1983 (Abbey)
Actor Captain Hamlet 1983 (Abbey)
Actor Oliver Da 1983 (Abbey)
Actor Oliver Da 1983 (Abbey)
Actor Oliver Da 1983 (Abbey)
Actor Pierrot Don Juan 1983 (Peacock)
Actor Tom Patterson The Lugnaquilla Gorilla 1983 (Peacock)
Actor Eusebius Cassidy Tarry Flynn 1984 (Abbey)
Actor Yasha The Cherry Orchard 1984 (Abbey)
Actor Oliver Da 1984 (Abbey)
Actor Doc Porter Crimes of the Heart 1984 (Peacock)
Actor Anatomist The Bearded Lady 1984 (Peacock)
Actor O Halloran Auld Dacency 1984 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Storytime 1984 (Peacock)
Actor Performers Storytime 1984 (Peacock)
Actor Mike Glavin Sive 1985 (Abbey)
Actor Scully Souper Sullivan 1985 (Abbey)
Actor Giollanoir Candide '85 1985 (Peacock)
Actor The One Candide '85 1985 (Peacock)
Actor Nixer Candide '85 1985 (Peacock)
Actor Michael King Anna Liffey Knockers 1985 (Peacock)
Actor Cathal O'Shannon Execution 1985 (Peacock)
Actor I.R.A speaker Execution 1985 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Storytime II 1985 (Peacock)
Actor Performers Storytime II 1985 (Peacock)
Actor Scrub The Beaux Stratagem - Virtue at a Price 1986 (Abbey)
Actor Mike Glavin Sive 1986 (Abbey)
Actor Toon The Silver Dollar Boys 1986 (Abbey)
Actor Second Guard Antigone 1986 (Peacock)
Actor Martin Fool For Love 1986 (Peacock)
Actor Mick Flanagan The Field 1987 (Abbey)
Actor Mr. Myles Moore Say Cheese 1987 (Abbey)
Actor Mick Flanagan The Field 1987 (Abbey)
Actor Mick Flanagan The Field 1987 (Abbey)
Actor Kavvo Doyle Madigan's Lock 1987 (Abbey)
Actor Shawn Keogh The Playboy of the Western World 1988 (Abbey)
Actor Shawn Keogh The Playboy of the Western World 1988 (Abbey)
Actor Teddy Big Maggie 1988 (Abbey)
Actor Seph Carthaginians 1988 (Peacock)
Actor Medvediev The Lower Depths 1989 (Abbey)
Actor Seamus The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche 1989 (Abbey)
Actor Teddy Big Maggie 1989 (Abbey)
Actor Mr. Mulligan The Shadow of a Gunman 1989 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Bedtime Story 1989 (Peacock)
Actor Mr. Mulligan The Shadow of a Gunman 1989 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Bedtime Story 1989 (Tour)
Actor Teddy Big Maggie 1990 (Abbey)
Actor The Navvy Ulysses in Nighttown 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Hobgoblin Ulysses in Nighttown 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Lord Mayor Harrington Ulysses in Nighttown 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Peter Gillane Kathleen ni Houlihan 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Old Man Purgatory 1990 (Peacock)
Director Not applicable Mamie Sighs 1990 (Peacock)
Actor Mr. Mulligan The Shadow of a Gunman 1990 (Tour)
Actor Mr. Mulligan The Shadow of a Gunman 1990 (Tour)
Acting Manager Mr. Maguire The Shadow of a Gunman 1990 (Tour)
Director Not applicable Danny, the Witch and the Gobbin - Hans, the Witch and the Gobbin 1991 (Peacock)
Actor Tom Noone Moving 1992 (Abbey)
Actor Tom Mooney Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living? 1992 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Dancing at Lughnasa 1992 (Abbey)
Actor Mike Glavin Sive 1993 (Abbey)
Actor Michael Dancing at Lughnasa 1993 (Tour)
Actor Michael Dancing at Lughnasa 1993 (Tour)
Actor Chas Mangan Senna for Sonny - Chamber Music 1994 (Abbey)
Actor Michael O'Rourke The Duty Master 1995 (Peacock)
Actor Mick Maguire A Little Like Paradise 1995 (Peacock)
Actor Reverend Jenks She Stoops To Folly 1996 (Abbey)
Actor Bunty The House 2000 (Abbey)
Actor Mick The Muesli Belt 2000 (Peacock)
Actor Detective Sonny 2003 (Peacock)
Actor Michael James Flaherty The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Abbey)
Programme Note Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Abbey)
Actor Pax Savoy 2004 (Peacock)
Actor Michael James Flaherty The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Tour)
Programme Note Not applicable The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Tour)
Actor Michael James Flaherty The Playboy of the Western World 2004 (Tour)
Actor Peter Hurley Drama at Inish - Is Life Worth Living? 2005 (Abbey)
Actor George Tannin Spider and the Lily 2007 (Peacock)
Actor Mr. Burke The Evidence I Shall Give 2010 (Peacock)
Actor Matt Haffigan John Bull's Other Island 2011 (Peacock)
Actor Snug A Midsummer Night's Dream 2015 (Abbey)
Actor Himself The Remains of Maisie Duggan 2016 (Peacock)
Actor Bishop of Ely Richard III 2018 (Abbey)
Actor King Edward IV Richard III 2018 (Abbey)