A Hundred Words for Snow
The Canadian premiere of A Hundred Words for Snow, by Tatty Hennessy starring Siobhan O’Malley and directed by Jonathan Goad. A Hundred Words For Snow is about being an explorer in a melting world. It's a coming-of-age story. With polar bears.
Cast and Creative
Playwright: Tatty Hennessy
Director: Jonathan Goad
Starring: Siobhan O’Malley
Tatty Hennessy is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg, screenwriter and director, known for her bold, imaginative writing and her flair for creating work that resonates across ages and audiences.
Her breakthrough play A Hundred Words for Snow opened at the Arcola before transferring to Trafalgar Studios in 2019, where it was nominated for four Offies including Best New Play and Most Promising New Playwright. She has since become a sought-after voice for young audiences: in 2024 she was shortlisted for Polka Theatre’s inaugural Playwriting Award with her unproduced play The Elephant, and in 2025 her acclaimed adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm returned in a major co-production between Leeds Playhouse, Stratford East and Nottingham Playhouse, directed by Amy Leach, earning an Olivier nomination for Best New Production in an Affiliate Theatre and a UK Theatre Award nomination for Best Play Revival.
Jonathan Goad
Fifteen seasons at The Stratford Festival: Henry VIII, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Alchemist, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Pentecost, Phèdre, The Music Man, King John, Pericles, Orpheus Descending, Henry IV, Henry VI, Fiddler on the Roof, As You Like It, Fuente Ovejuna, Julius Caesar, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Bartholomew Fair, The Brothers Karamazov. Elsewhere: A Whistle in the Dark, Speaking in Tongues (Company Theatre); Our Class, The Laramie Project (Studio 180); King Lear (Soulpepper); Arcadia (Theatre Junction). Directing: The Crucible by Arthur Miller (Stratford Festival); John by Annie Baker (Company Theatre). Film/TV: Reign, Alias Grace, Dark Matter, Dorsal, Nikita, Republic of Doyle, Heartland, Murdoch Mysteries, Unnatural History, Othello, Rookie Blue. Training: NTS, Birmingham Conservatory, University of Waterloo, Banff Centre. Teaching: NTS, Fanshawe College.
Siobhan O’Malley is thrilled to be joining Here For Now for her second season. She will be playing Rory in the Canadian premiere of A Hundred Words for Snow as well as Rue in the re-mount of Whack!. Siobhan trained at The Lir, Ireland’s National Academy of Dramatic Art. Her past credits include Pygmalion (Guild Festival Theatre), Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre by the Bay), Mary’s Wedding, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players of Prince Edward County), Much Ado About Nothing (The Secret Shakespeare Series), Love and Information, In the Next Room, By the Bog of Cats, As You Like It, and Uncle Vanya (The Lir).