In tribute to my young cousin Johnny Healy who died earlier today. Johnny, you were greatly loved and you’ll be very much missed. Rest in peace xoxo.
April 20, 2013
So Long, Johnny, RIP
By suehealy
About suehealy
From Ireland, Sue Healy is Literary Manager at the Finborough Theatre, London, a full-time Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln. Her book on theatre literary management is published by Routledge, December 2022.
Sue is an award-winning writer for stage, TV, and prose writer.
TV
Her current project, a 6x60minute TV series, is under option. She is under commission with Lone Wolf Media, producers behind PBS’ “Mercy Street”, to co-write the pilot and treatment for a six-part TV series.
Stage
Her most recent stage-play, Imaginationship (2018), enjoyed a sold out, extended run at the Finborough and later showed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Her previous stage productions include Cow (Etcetera Theatre, 2017) and Brazen (King’s Head Theatre, 2016), funded by Arts Council England. Sue’s short plays have been performed at the Criterion (Criterion New Writing Showcase), Arcola (The Miniaturists) and Hackney Attic (Fizzy Sherbet Shorts).
Radio
Her radio work includes nine plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (Opening Lines winner), WLRfm and KCLR96fm.
Prose
Sue has won The Molly Keane Award, HISSAC Prize, Escalator Award, Meridian Prize and has been published in nine literary journals and anthologies including: The Moth, Flight, Tainted Innocence, New Writer, Duality, HISSAC, New European Writers. She has been writer-in-residence on Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, and at the Heinrich Boll Cottage on Achill Island. She has also benefitted from annual artist residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and at Ginestrelle, Assisi in Italy.
An academic with a PhD in modern theatre history, specifically the Royal Court Theatre, Sue has presented her research internationally. She spent eleven years in Budapest, editing Hungary A.M. She has a PhD in modern theatre history (Royal Court Theatre) and is a UEA Creative Writing MA alumnus.
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April 20th, 2013 at 12:21
*sends virtual flowers to provide comfort*
April 20th, 2013 at 22:24
I am sorry for your loss.
April 22nd, 2013 at 09:36
So sorry for your loss. Very tragic.
April 22nd, 2013 at 16:36
My condolences to you and your family.
April 23rd, 2013 at 01:50
So sorry for you.
April 23rd, 2013 at 15:29
Sorry for your loss, Sue.
April 24th, 2013 at 07:04
That is a gorgeous family. I don’t know which one is Johnny…but I think maybe the younger on the right side? They are beautiful men all…with lovely smiles and I can see their good hearts. I am very sorry that you would have lost one of them. I know a lovely Healy family here…7 boys and 2 girls they had. They could be related. I would be very sorry if it were my family. I’m sorry for your loss.
April 27th, 2013 at 16:02
Thanks for your kind words, all. Johnny is the third from the left. His identical twin, Brian is beside him and the twins are flanked by their uncles Alvin and Aiden. Johnny had epilepsy and had an attack in bed last week. Life can be so cruel. Johnny was young, fun, funny, sensitive and thoughtful and this is heartache for his parents and siblings – especially his twin, Brian. Life is precious. Make the most of it.