Una McK­e­vitt

Una McK­e­vitt is an Irish writer, direc­tor, and book edi­tor whose career spans the­atre, com­edy, live pod­casts, and pub­lish­ing. She is cur­rently expand­ing into tele­vi­sion, work­ing as a scriptwriter on a new ani­mated series from David Wal­liams’ King Bert Pro­duc­tions and Elk Stu­dios. In addi­tion, she is devel­op­ing orig­i­nal TV series both inde­pen­dently and in collaboration.

Una’s the­atre work includes One Good Turn, com­mis­sioned by the Abbey The­atre and pre­miered on its main stage in June 2021. Directed by Emma Jor­dan, the play was praised by The Guardian for its “ordi­nar­i­ness art­fully shaped into 80 min­utes,” and by The Sun­day Busi­ness Post as “a thrilling return to live the­atre for the Abbey.”

Her new play Fair Deal is cur­rently under option with the Abbey Theatre.

As a live pod­cast direc­tor, Una toured with the arena stage show of the hugely suc­cess­ful pod­cast My Ther­a­pist Ghosted Me (Global), star­ring Vogue Williams and Joanne McNally. In 2023/​24, she directed the Irish stage tour of the Spencer & Vogue Pod­cast (Global), fea­tur­ing Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams.

Col­lab­o­ra­tions with come­di­ans have been a defin­ing fea­ture of Una’s career. She has worked exten­sively with PJ Gal­lagher, cre­at­ing the acclaimed pro­duc­tion Mad­house (2018), direct­ing his 2017 stand-​up show Dick­head, and devel­op­ing Mad­house as an ani­mated series with D11 Sto­ries. She has also col­lab­o­rated with Joanne McNally on sev­eral projects, includ­ing her one-​woman the­atre show Bite Me and the stand-​up tour The Pros­ecco Express.

Una began her pub­lish­ing career as an edi­tor with PJ Gallagher’s mem­oir Mad­house, pub­lished by Pen­guin Ran­dom House in 2023. She went on to edit Big Mouth by pre­sen­ter and pod­caster Vogue Williams, pub­lished by Harper­Collins UK in May 2025.

Una lives in Dun­dalk, Co. Louth.

 

 

• Screenwriter
• Playwright
• Director
• Writer