London Irish Theatre focuses on producing new Irish work from emerging Irish writers, directors and actors drawn from the London Irish diaspora.

London Irish Theatre tours new Irish work both to audiences in London and further afield, focussing on touring Ireland and beyond on a regular basis.

London Irish Theatre is based at the London Irish Centre, best placing itself to work closely with user groups and individuals at the centre including people who may currently be excluded from mainstream theatre arts.

John has written, directed and produced a number of critically acclaimed plays, many of which have premiered at the King's Head Theatre, London under the artistic directorship of Syd Golder's Elephant Theatre. his key Irish works consists of Famine, 1916, Belfast an an adaptation of Liam O'Flaherty's The Informer. John also writes issue plays and classic adaptations of English novels. In the last twenty years or so John has forged a career as an arts worker, theatre director and producer. He has also been director of an arts centre in Hampshire as well as company stage manager at the King's Head Theatre, Islington. John has done every job in the theatre except act!

Tom O'Brien Has written many plays, some of which have been produced by John Dunne under the banner of London Irish Theatre (aka Croft Productions). Notably O'Brien plays include Johnjo, Behan's Women, Money from America and On Raglan Road. Tom and John have recently worked on Down Bottle Alley, a play about street drinking based on Brian Harding's autobiography This Damn Puppeteer. Forthcoming Tom shows include a two-handed version of On Raglan Road, simply called Kavanagh and a brand new show about Liam Clancy called, I'll Tell Me Ma.