WRITING

Ali began writing and performing her own work in 2018. After graduating from drama school she wrote and staged four plays and was thrilled to have been commissioned to write for film and television from these productions. Ali is represented as a writer by Georgia Kanner at Independent Talent. Learn more about Ali’s writing projects below.

FILM AND TELEVISION

In 2022 Ali wrote and performed in her comedy short film MAGIC which you can watch here.
Ali currently has 6 original projects in development:

  • THAT’S SO FEIS - COMEDY SHORT FILM with 2024 funding from Screen Ireland (shooting in Feb 2025)

  • PRIVATE LIES - COMEDY DRAMA TV SERIES, with Treasure Entertainment.

  • KNOCKOFF - COMEDY THRILLER TV SERIES, with Keeper Pictures

  • SOUTHBOUND - DRAMA TV SERIES, with Firebird Pictures

  • DIRTY LITTLE SLEUTH - THRILLER TV SERIES

  • ELECTRIC - COMEDY FEATURE FILM

As a theatre maker, Ali held the prestigious position of chairperson at the 2022 Dublin Fringe Festival where she was formally a resident artist.
She was also a resident artist with the Civic Theatre Tallaght and was awarded the esteemed Patron Donation Award from Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire.
Ali has written 4 different stage plays in which she also performed which you can find more information on below.

THEATRE

THE DEATH OF PABLO

Co-comissioned by The Pavilion Theatre Dun Laogahire and Civic Theatre Tallaght. Staged for a rehearsed reading as part of The Dublin Theatre Festival 2021.

An explosive comedy about friendship, loss, Wezz, What’s App and Jesus.

An estranged group of friends come back to town for the funeral of their beloved childhood friend Pablo. The events surrounding Pablo’s death are suspicious and no one seems quite sure how he died. In their quest to understand what happened, dark secrets and old rivalries quickly resurface and the group find themselves reverting back into what they have spent the last 8 years trying to escape.

ELECTRIC

Ali’s first full length play, written in 2017 which went on to tour Ireland ant the UK until August 2019.
Tour locations included Dublin, Limerick, Belfast, Kerry, Brighton and 3 weeks at Underbelly as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.

★★★★★ - 5 STARS, THE ARTS REVIEW: “Ali Hardiman’s astonishingly impressive debut play” “Smart, funny, utterly engaging, with surprising subtlety and depth, “ELECTRIC” is not just irresistible good fun, it’s the closest thing to heaven you’re likely to experience for quite some time." “

★★★★- 4 STARS, THE REVIEWS HUB:"Their new relationship throws existing friendships into sharp focus and forces the characters to assess what they really value in themselves and in others. Supplemented by the engaging and humourous Electric is a comedy with a heart."

★★★★ - 4 STARS, BROADWAY BABY: “ELECTRIC is well, just that - electric”

★★★★ - 4 STARS IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY: "Without sounding too po-faced about comedy, a thoughtful reflection on relationships and the meaning of life."

★★★★ - 4 STARS, EVERYTHING THEATRE
★★★★ - 4 STARS, BROADWAY WORLD
★★★★ - 4 STARS, FRINGE BISCUIT
★★★★ - 4 STARS, TN2 MAGAZINE
★★★★ - 4 STARS, THE STUDENT

Baby wipes, glitter and cans at the ready, Joni and Scarlett head off on their respective weekends. From two sides of Dublin City and residing on two sides of the festival, the pair unexpectedly meet in the neon fields of Electric Picnic. Hysterically riotous and soul-stirring ELECTRIC probes our innate  prejudices and preconceived notions of who we are, while taking you on the session of a lifetime!

DISCONNECTED

Disconnected was Ali’s second show which she wrote and staged in 2019. It enjoyed a complete sell out 2 week run at THE NEW THEATRE.

GLITTER. CONFETTI. DENIAL.

Tonight is the biggest party of the year. 
Emma and Clementine are prepped to impress, it's all they have been waiting for. 
But Cassie is acting weird. 
She has a secret. 
It's not pretty. 
Only pretty fits in Emma's world. 
When appearance is no longer enough she dares to dig a little deeper and with it, risks everything...

24HR PLAYS

In 2020 Ali was one of 6 writers selected to stage a play with THE 24HR PLAYS at The Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre.

She wrote a play called THE PARTY which was directed by Eoghan Carrick and featured Maeve O’Mahony and Ste Murray among others.

FINTAN AND SILE ARE GETTING MARRIED

This was a play Ali staged as part of a Work in Progress festival; SCENE + HEARD in Dublin.

Best News Ever! Right?

Fintan & Síle are getting married. They’ve invited Síle’s sister Pauline over to tell her the great news. But Pauline has some news of her own...