Kaite is a Writer, Playwright, Dramaturg and Director and identifies as a disability artist.

Kaite worked with Graeae Theatre From 1987 - 88 on their British and Malaysian Tour. In 2002 Graeae commissioned her to write ‘peeling’, which was a huge success, touring nationally in 2002 and across Europe in 2003, when it was chosen as part of the ‘Best of British’ British Council showcase at the Edinburgh Festival. ‘peeling’ won the Theatre-Wales Best New Writing Award in 2003.

She has been involved within the disability movement and culture for many years – editing the anthology ‘Shelf Life’ for National Disability Arts Forum and 'Face On: Disability Arts In Ireland and Beyond' for Arts Disability Ireland. She worked with Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre for many years, writing and directing several productions. She is a contributor in Maggie Hampton's forthcoming book about disabled and Deaf women artists, 'Living Where the Nights Jive'. She has lead many workshops for writers with North West Disability Arts Forum, the most recent being 'Off The Page' as part of the 2008 Liverpool Biennial Live Art Festival. She co-ordinated and led the renowned ‘disPlay4’ project for writernet, Graeae and Soho Theatre Companies – a project seen as ‘best practice’ when working with Disabled writers (see writernet’s website for a download of the report). Between 2003-06 she was Arts and Humanities Research Council creative fellow at Exeter University, her research project being ‘Alternative Dramaturgies informed by a Disability and d/Deaf perspective’.

She founded The Fingersmiths Ltd with Jean St Clear and Jeni Draper, exploring bilingal performance (spoken/projected English and theatricalised BSL), co-creating and directing 'In Praise of Fallen Women' in London and on tour in 2006. ‘Silent Rhythm’, a project with long term collaborators Deaf dancer/choreographer Denise Armstrong and visually-impaired visual artist Alison Jones, was commissioned by the Liverpool International Biennial Live Art Festival in 2004. Her latest play, 'The Almond and the Seahorse', which launched Sherman Cymru in March 2008, was about survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury and received outstanding national reviews, including 5 stars in the Guardian. She was fortunate to receive a Creative Wales major Award this year, to create the 'D' monologues - work specifically written for Deaf and disabled performers in Wales.

Other work includes YARD at the Bush Theatre, which won the Peggy Ramsay Award and ‘Perfect’ at the Contact, which won Manchester Evening News Best Play of 2004. Her plays have been produced in eleven countries worldwide and she writes extensively for BBC radio drama. She wrote and directed ‘Mouth’, a short film which appeared internationally in film festivals and on Channel 4. Her plays are published by Faber&Faber, Oberon and Aurora Metro and her short fiction has been widely anthologised. She is completing her first novel on a bursary from Academi. For further information, see www.kaiteoreilly.com.