Photo by Tamara Him
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Zia is an award winning Lighting and Set Designer. She works internationally designing for theatre, dance, opera and live music events.
She is a B.A. (Hons) graduate of Drama and Theatre Studies, Trinity College Dublin. She went on to participate on the Rough Magic SEEDS Programme 2012-2013 and was the Resident Associate Designer with PAN PAN Theatre 2016-2018. Her work has included designs for performances as part of the Dublin and Belfast Theatre Festivals, The Dublin Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Vaults London, IPAY, On The Edge, The Next Wave, Galway International Arts, Kilkenny Arts, Baboró and 10 Days In Dublin festivals, as well as assistant design credits for performances on the West End. |
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Awards/ Nominations:
Best Production Nomination - The Irish Times Theatre Awards - 2022
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Production:
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Audience Choice Award Winner - The Irish Times Theatre Awards - 2020
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Outstanding Production Nomination - Theatre & Technology Awards - 2019
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Show of the Week Winner - Vault Festival Awards - 2019
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Fringe Groundbreaker Award Winner - The Wee Review - 2018
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Best Theatre Show Winner - Broadway World - 2018
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Best Lighting Design Winner - The Irish Times Theatre Awards - 2017
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Best Lighting Design Nomination - Off West End Awards - 2017
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Fringe First Award Winner - The Scotsman - 2016
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Best Production Nomination - The Irish Times Theatre Awards - 2015
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Best Design Nomination - Absolut Fringe Festival - 2012
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Best Lighting Design Winner - Irish Student Drama Association - 2009
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Disco Pigs
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Design Credits:
Theatre Credits :
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Production
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Company
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Director
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Venue
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Credit
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Year
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The Border Game
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Prime Cut and Lyric Theatre Belfast
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Emma Jordan
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Lyric Theatre Belfast
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Lighting Designer
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2021
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Tonic
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Fionn Foley and Rough Magic
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Ronan Phelan
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Kilkenny Arts and Dublin Fringe Festivals
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2021
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Skin Hunger
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Dante or Die
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Daphna Attias
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Stone Nest, London
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Lighting Designer
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2021
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In These Four Walls
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Arts Ed
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Ameera Conrad
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre,
Arts Ed, London |
Lighting Design
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2020
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Totally Over You
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Arts Ed
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Ameera Conrad
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre,
Arts Ed, London |
Lighting Design
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2020
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EMBARGO
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Fishamble
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Maisie Lee
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Pump House, Dublin Port
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2020
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Solar Bones
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Rough Magic
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Lynne Parker
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Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2020
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TWO
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Hull Truck Theatre and Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
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Mark Babych
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Hull Truck Theatre and Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
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Lighting Designer
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2020
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MEAT
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45 North and Theatre 503
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Lucy Jane Atkinson
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Theatre 503, London
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Lighting Designer
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2020
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Flights
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One Duck Theatre
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Thomas Martin
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Glór, Ennis;
Project Arts Centre, Dublin; Omnibus Theatre, London |
Lighting Designer
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2020
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Promises Promises
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Centrál Színhás
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Puskás Tamás
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Centrál Színhás, Budapest
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Lighting Designer
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2019
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Teenage Dick
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Donmar Warehouse
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Michael Longhurst
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Donmar Warehouse, London
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Associate Lighting Designer
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2019
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Frantic Ignition 2019
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Frantic Assembly
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Neil Bettles, Sean Hollands and Gavin Maxwell
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Theatre Peckham
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Lighting Designer
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2019
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Top Hat
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SilverBlue Entertainment and Cunard
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Tom O'Brien
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Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth cruises
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Lighting Designer
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2019
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Cleft
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Rough Magic
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Lynne Parker
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Glór, Ennis;
Galway Internatinal Arts Festival; Kilkenny Arts Festival |
Lighting Designer
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2019
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User Not Found (Revival)
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Dante or Die
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Daphna Attias
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UK Tour;
Next Wave Festival, New York; Print Screen Festival, Holon |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2019
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Bullet Tongue Reloaded
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The Big House
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Maggie Norris
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The Big House, London
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Set Designer
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2019
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Bread Not Profits
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Gúna Nua Theatre
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Terry O'Donovan
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Cleeve's Factory, Limerick
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Lighting Designer
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2019
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Apologia
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English Theatre Frankfurt
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Audrey Sheffield
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English Theatre Frankfurt
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Lighting Designer
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2019
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They Called Her Vivaldi (Revival)
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Theatre Lovett
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Muireann Ahern and Carl Kennedy
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North America Tour
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2019
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Vespertilio
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Fight and Hope
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Lucy Jane Atkinson
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The Cavern, at The Vaults, London
Smock Alley, Boys School, Dublin |
Lighting Designer
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2019
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Ghost Girl //
Gwei Mui |
Jennifer Tang
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Jennifer Tang
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Camden People's Theatre, London
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Lighting Designer
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2019
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PRAVDA
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Arts Ed
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Jennifer Tang
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Arts Ed
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Lighting Designer
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2018
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Bullet Tongue
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The Big House
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Maggie Norris
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The Big House, London
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Set Designer
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2018
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The Misfits
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The Corn Exchange
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Annie Ryan
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Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2018
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The Lion In Winter
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The English Theatre Frankfurt
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Derek Anderson
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The English Theatre Frankfurt
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Lighting Designer
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2018
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User Not Found
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Dante or Die
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Daphna Attias
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Jeelie Piece Cafe
(Site Specific at The Travese Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe) |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2018
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A Feast of Bones (Revival)
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Theatre Lovett
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Muireann Ahern
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Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
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Lighting Designer
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2018
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
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Northern Stage
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Mark Calvert
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Northern Stage, Stage 1, Newcastle
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Lighting Designer
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2018
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A Further Shore
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Poetry Ireland
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Lynne Parker
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Milton Court Concert Hall, London and
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
Lighting Designer
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2018
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Hand To God
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The English Theatre Frankfurt
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Derek Anderson
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The English Theatre Frankfurt
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Lighting Designer
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2018
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They Called Her Vivaldi (Revival)
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Theatre Lovett
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Carl Kennedy and Muireann Ahern
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The Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin and
Irish National Tour |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2017
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Melt
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Rough Magic
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Lynne Parker
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Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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The Shitstorm
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The Abbey Theatre and Dublin Fringe Festival
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Maeve Stone
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Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2017
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You Forgot The Mince
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Imagine If Theatre
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Stephen Whitson
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Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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Annie
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Cork Opera House
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Ronan Phelan
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Cork Opera House
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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The Ladykillers
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The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
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Jimmy Fay
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The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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The Train
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Rough Magic
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Lynne Parker
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The Abbey Theatre, Dublin and
The MAC, Belfast |
Associate Lighting and Set Designer
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2017
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Bruiser Theatre
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Lisa May
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The MAC, Belfast
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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Before Monsters Were Made (Revival)
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15th Oak
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Ronan Phelan and Ben Kidd
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Irish National Tour
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2017
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They Called Her Vivaldi (Revival)
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Theatre Lovett
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Carl Kennedy and Muireann Ahern
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Capitol Theatre, Overture Arts Centre, Madison Wisconsin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2017
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Benighted
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Damien Tracey Productions in association with The Old Red Lion
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Stephen Whitson
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The Old Red Lion, London
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Lighting Designer
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2016
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The Importance of Nothing
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PAN PAN
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Gavin Quinn
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Project Arts Centre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2016
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The Nest
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The Lyric Theatre Belfast and The Young Vic London
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Ian Rickson
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The Lyric Theatre Belfast and The Young Vic London
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Lighting Designer
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2016
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GRACE JONES:
Bloodlight and Bami |
Musical of My Life Films DAC
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Sophie Fiennes
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Olympia Theatre Dublin
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Dublin Unit: Production Designer
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2016
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FABRIC
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Robin Rayner Productions Ltd. in association with TREMers
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Tom O'Brien
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English National Tour and Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe
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Lighting Designer
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2016
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Northern Star
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Rough Magic
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Lynne Parker
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The Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
The Tron, Glasgow. The Lyric Theatre, Belfast. |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2016
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Inhabitance
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Glass Doll Productions
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Ronan Phelan
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2016
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The Called Her Vivaldi
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Theatre Lovett
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Carl Kennedy and Muireann Ahern
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Irish National Tour
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2016
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East of Berlin
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Brinkmanship Theatre
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Lee Wilson
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2016
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The Dead
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Dublin Theatre Festival
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Conor McPherson
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Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Stage Designer
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2016
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Enjoy
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Rough Magic
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Zoe Reardon
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2015
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Anna Bella Eema
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Rough Magic
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Shane Ward
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2015
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The Night Alive
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The Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Dublin Theatre Festival
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Conor McPherson
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The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
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Lighting Designer
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2015
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The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
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Theatre Lovett
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Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett
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Smock Alley, Boys School, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2015
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East of Berlin
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The Lir Academy
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Lee Wilson
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The Lir, Studio 2, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2015
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Saints and Sinners
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Mouth on Fire
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Cathal Quinn
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The New Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2015
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Teanga an Ghrá
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Guthanna Binne Síoraí
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Tristan Rosenstock
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The New Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2015
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Before Monsters Were Made
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15th Oak
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Ben Kidd
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Project Arts Centre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2015
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HUMAN CHILD (Revival)
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Collapsing Horse
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Dan Colley
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Irish National Tour
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2015
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Northern Star
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The Lir Academy
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Lynne Parker
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The Lir, Studio 1, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2015
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FUSED (revival)
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Dan Bergin
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Dan Bergin
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2014
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On The Wire
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Wildebeest Theatre
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Terry O'Donovan
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The Sailor's Home, Limerick
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Lighting Designer
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2014
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Mavericks
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Mavericks Theatre Co.
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Nick Lee
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Theatre Upstairs, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2014
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The Unquiet Grave of Garcia Lorca
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Theatre Sotto Voce
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Hamish McDougal
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The Drayton Arms, London
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Lighting Designer
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2014
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Reckoners
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15th Oak
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Dan Herd
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The Lir, Studio 1, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2014
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Everlasting Voices
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Guthana Binne Síoraí
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Tristan Rosenstock
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Samuel Beckett Theatre, TCD, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2014
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HUMAN CHILD (Revival)
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Collapsing Horse
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Dan Colley
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Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2014
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The Last 5 Years
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Trees Rd Productions
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Christopher Collins
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Project Arts Centre,
Cube Theatre, Dublin |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2014
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The Separation
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Pixilated
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Simon Evans
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Project Arts Centre,
Cube Theatre, Dublin |
Lighting Designer
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2014
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LAMBO (Revival)
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Underscore_
Productions |
Ronan Phelan
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Irish National Tour
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2014
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Flesh and Blood Women
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Green Shoot Productions
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Noreen Kershaw
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Grand Opera House,
Baby Grand Studio, Belfast and National Tour |
Lighting Designer
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2014
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I Can't Sing!
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Stage Entertainment/
Syco Entertainment |
Sean Foley
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London Palladium,
West End |
Assistant Lighting Designer
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2014
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Assassins
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Rough Magic
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Ronan Phelan
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Project Arts Centre,
Dublin |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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Way To Heaven
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Rough Magic
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Rosemary McKenna
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Project Arts Centre,
Dublin |
Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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LAMBO
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Underscore_
Productions |
Ronan Phelan
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The New Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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FUSED
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Dan Bergin
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Dan Bergin
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The Lir, Studio 1, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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Digging For Fire
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Rough Magic
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Matt Torney
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Project Arts Centre, Dublin
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Assistant Lighting Designer
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2013
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HUMAN CHILD
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Collapsing Horse
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Dan Colley
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Smock Alley, Boys School, Dublin and Mermaid Arts Centre, Co Wicklow
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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BROADENING (Revival)
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Glass Doll Productions
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Ronan Phelan
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The Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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Broken Promise Land
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Stones Throw
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Aoife Spillaine Hinks
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Theatre Upstairs, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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Clear_The_Air
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Underscore_Productions
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Ronan Phelan
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Theatre Upstairs, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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Everyone is King Lear in His Own Home
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Pan Pan
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Gavin Quinn
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Smock Alley Theatre, Main Space, Dublin
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Assistant Lighting Designer
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2012
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BROADENING
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Glass Doll Productions
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Ronan Phelan
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The Lir, Studio 2 Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2012
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Anna In Between
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Pillow Talk
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Rosemary McKenna
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The Players Theatre, TCD, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2012
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Love in the Title
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Room To Move
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David Ferguson
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The New Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2012
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Durang Durang
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Brazen Tales
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Ronan Phelan
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The Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2012
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Purple
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Edwina Casey
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Edwina Casey
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Project Arts Centre,
Cube Theatre, Dublin |
Lighting Designer
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2012
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The Lulu House
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Siren Productions
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Selina Cartmell
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The James Joyce House, Dublin
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Assistant Lighting Designer and Technical Manager
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2011
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Does Anybody Ever
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The Children
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Sophie Meehan
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The Players Theatre, TCD, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2011
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Do You Read Me?
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Talking Shop Ensemble and Shaun Dunne
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Oonagh Murphy
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Smock Alley, Boys School, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2011
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MaDam
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Eleonore Nicholas
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Eleonore Nicholas
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The Pearse Centre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2011
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Bedbound (Revival)
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Pillow Talk
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Rosemary McKenna
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The New Theatre Dublin
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Set Designer
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2011
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The Living End
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Pillow Talk
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Rosemary McKenna
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The New Theatre
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2011
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Lovers
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Room to Move
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David Ferguson
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The New Theatre
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Lighting Designer
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2011
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I'm a Homebird (Its Very Hard)
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Talking Shop Ensemble and Shaun Dunne
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Oonagh Murphy
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The Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2011
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Bedbound
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Pillow Talk
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Rosemary McKenna
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The Samuel Beckett Theatre, TCD
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Set Designer
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2010
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Reunion
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The New Theatre
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Ronan Wilmot
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The New Theatre and National Tour
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Lighting Designer
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2010
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Paperboy
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Engine Thirteen
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Tara Robinson
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2010
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Oedipus The King
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Classic Stage Ireland
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Andy Hinds
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2010
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The Pillowman
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DU Players
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Rosemary McKenna
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The Players Theatre, TCD, Dublin
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Set Designer
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2010
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Slat
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Featherhead Productions
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Trevor Knight
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Smock Alley, Empty Space, Dublin
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Assistant Lighting Designer
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2009
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Disco Pigs
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DU Players
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Tara Robinson
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The Players Theatre, TCD, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2009
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Opera Credits:
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Production
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Company
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Director
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Venue
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Credit
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Year
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#BURNED (The Death By Fire of Giordano Bruno)
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META PRODUCTIONS
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Eric Fraad
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Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny and Mermaid Theatre, Bray
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2013
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The Perfect American
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English National Opera / Teatro Real Madrid
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Phelim McDermitt
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London Coliseum
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Assistant Lighting Designer
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2013
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Dance Credits:
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Production
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Company
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Choreographer
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Venue
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Credit
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Year
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The Bystander
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Junk Ensemble
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Jessica and Megan Kennedy
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Axis Theatre, and Project Arts Centre, Dublin and
The Mermaid Theatre, Wicklow |
Lighting Designer
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2018
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Romeo & Juliet (Revival)
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Ballet Ireland
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Morgann Runacre-Temple
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Irish National Tour 2017
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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Images Ballet Company 2017 Tour
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Images Ballet Company (London Studio Centre)
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Jennifer Jackson, Matthew Hart, Morgann Runacre-Temple, Liz Aggiss
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UK Tour
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Lighting Designer
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2017
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Unspoken
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Rough Magic
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Aisling McCormick
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2015
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The Nutcracker
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Ballet Ireland
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Morgann Runacre-Temple
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Gaeity Theatre, Dublin and UK and Irish Tour
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Lighting Designer
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2012
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A Christmas Tale and The Nutcracker Suite
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Irish National Youth Ballet
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Stephen Brennan
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Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2012
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Romeo & Juliet
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Ballet Ireland
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Morgann Runacre-Temple
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Irish National Tour 2012
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Lighting Designer
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2012
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The Little Mermaid, String Serenade and Kiss me Kate
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Irish National Youth Ballet
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Stephen Brennan, Kilian O'Callaghan, Sarah Thornton
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O'Reilly Theatre and Civic Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2012
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The Snow Queen and The Nutcracker Suite
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Irish National Youth Ballet
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Stephen Brennan
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O'Reilly Theatre and Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2011
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The Nutcracker
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Irish National Youth Ballet
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Katherine Lewis
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O'Reilly Theatre and Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2010
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The Work The Work
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Fitzgerald and Stapleton
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Emma Fitzgerald and Áine Stapleton
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Project Arts Centre, Cube Theatre, Dublin
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Lighting Designer
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2010
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Lulu
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Samuel Beckett Theatre
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Emma Martin
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Samuel Beckett Theatre, TCD, Dublin
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Lighting and Set Designer
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2009
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