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Ciaran Bagnall

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Winner Best Set Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 - “RED” & “The Great Gatsby
Winner Best Design Manchester Theatre Awards 2016 - “Singin’ in the Rain
Winner Best Lighting Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2014 - “Pentecost
Winner Best Design Manchester Theatre Awards 2009 - “Oleanna

 

Nominated Best Lighting Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017 - “RED” & “The Great Gatsby
Nominated Best Set Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2016 -
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme
Nominated Best Design Manchester Theatre Awards 2013 - “Of Mice & Men
Nominated Best Design Manchester Theatre Awards 2012 - “Arabian Nights
Nominated Best Design Manchester Theatre Awards 2011 - “Secret Thoughts
Nominated Best Lighting Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2011 -
Guidelines for a long and happy life

Productions

2024

SIVE

Director: Andrew Flynn
Gaiety Theatre

ANIMAL FARM

Director: Iqbal Khan
Octagon Theatre, Derby Theatre & Hull Truck Theatre

2023

OH, HOLLY NIGHT
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Michael Cameron
Theatre at the Mill

TOSCA
(Lighting)

Director: Michael Gieleta
Irish National Opera

THE GLASS MENAGERIE
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
The Everyman, Cork

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
(Set & Lighting)

Director:  Emma Jordan
Lyric Theatre & Prime Cut

OF MICE AND MEN
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Birmingham Rep & UK Tour

HANGMEN
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
The Gaiety Theatre

OLD GHOSTS
(Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
ANU/Irish National Opera

THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM
(Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
The Gate, Dublin

2022

OPENING CEREMONY COMMONWEALTH GAMES
(Assistant Artistic Director)
Birmingham
STAGING THE TREATY
(Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
ANU Productions

THE SHOP AT THE TOP OF THE TOWN
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Colm G Doran
Theatre at the Mill, Antrim

THE GIGGLER TREATMENT
(Set)

Director: Sophie Motley
The Ark

TOSCA
(Lighting)

Director: Michael Gieleta
Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin

THE LONESOME WEST 
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

WAKEFIRES
(Lighting)

Directors: Louise Lowe & Owen Boss
ANU Productions 

THE WHITE HANDKERCHIEF
(Set & Lighting)

`Director: Kieran Griffiths
The Guildhall, Derry

OUR LITTLE WORLD
(Set)

Director: Louise Lowe
Exit Pursued by a Bear

THE CAVALCADERS
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Aaron Monaghan
Druid Theatre & Tour

X'TIGONE
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan 
The MAC, Belfast

2021

ROMEO & JULIET
(Lighting)

Director: Kimberley Sykes
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

THE BORDER GAME
(Set)

Director: Emma Jordan
Lyric Theatre, Belfast

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck

ROUGH GIRLS
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Kimberley Sykes
Lyric Theatre, Belfast

THE SECRET SPACE
(Lighting)

Director: Owen Boss
ANU Productions

DISTORTION
(Set)

Director: Rhiann Jeffery
The MAC, Belfast

FATHER THE FATHER
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
The MAC, Belfast

2020

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN: 1972 VOICES FROM THE HEART OF THE TROUBLES

Director: Kieran Griffiths
The Playhouse Theatre, Derry
THE WHIP
(Set & Lighting)
 

Director: Kimberley Sykes
Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company

THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

2019

PETER PAN
(Set & Lighting)
Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck Theatre, Hull
 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Selina Cartmell
Gate Theatre Dublin
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Director: David Thacker
Shanghai Theatre Academy, RSC Cultural Exchange
 
NATURAL DISASTER
(Set & Lighting)
 

Director: Patrick J O'Reilly
Tinderbox Theatre Company

SCRAPEFOOT

Director: Owen Boss
ANU Productions

THE ANVIL

Director: Louise Lowe
ANU Productions

DOUBLE BILL: EAST BELFAST BOY & EVERYDAY I WAKE UP HOPEFUL
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan/Rhiann Jeffrey
Irish Tour
UBU THE KING
(Set & Lighting)
Director: Patrick J O'Reilly
The MAC, Belfast
 
THE LAST YANKEE
(Set & Lighting)
 

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton, Bolton Library

THE MAGIC FLUTE
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Caroline Staunton
Irish National Opera

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
Gaiety Theatre

2018

OLIVER
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck Theatre

THE GREAT GATSBY
(Revival, Set & Lighting)

Director: Alexander Wright
Gate, Dublin

AND DID THOSE FEET
(Set & Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Theatre, Bolton (Off-Site)

DOUBLE CROSS
(Set)

Director: Jimmy Fay
Lyric Theatre, Belfast/Abbey Theatre, Dublin

THE MAI
(Set & Lighting) 

Director: Andrew Flynn
Irish Tour/Dublin Theatre Festival

THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Rachel Logan-Fee
The MAC, Belfast

THE LOST O'CASEY
(Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
ANU Productions/Abbey Theatre, Dublin

THESE ROOMS
(Lighting)

Directors: David Bolger & Louise Lowe
LIFT Festival, Shoreditch Town Hall

HARD TO BE SOFT
(Revival, Set & Lighting)

Choreographer: Oonagh Doherty
Abbey Theatre, Dublin

LOVERS
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Lyric Theatre, Belfast

SNOW PATROL - "Don't Give In" & "Dark Switch"
(Set & Lighting Installation)

Director: Brett Simon
Music Video Design

HAMLET 
(Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Theatre, Bolton

EVERYDAY I WAKE UP HOPEFUL

Director: Rhiann Jeffery
The MAC, Belfast

EAST BELFAST BOY

Director: Emma Jordan
The MAC, Belfast

THE MAN WHO FELL TO PIECES
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Patrick J. O’Reilly
The MAC, Belfast

2017

BEAUTY & THE BEAST
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Paul Boyd
Lyric Theatre, Belfast

WHAT THE REINDEER SAW
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Tony Devlin
Lyric Theatre, Belfast

HARD TO BE SOFT
(Set & Lighting)

Oona Doherty Dance
The MAC, Belfast

DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE
(Lighting)

Director: Kimberly Sykes
Royal Shakespeare Company

THE GREAT GATSBY
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Alexander Wright
Gate, Dublin

AFTER THE DANCE
(Lighting)

Director: Philip Wilson
Theatre by the Lake

RED
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Lyric Belfast

THE TRAIN
(Revival, Set & Lighting)

Director: Lynne Parker
Abbey Theatre, Dublin

FAMLA
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Patrick J. O'Reilly
The MAC, Belfast

MAIDEN VOYAGE TRIPLE BILL
(Lighting)

Choreographers: Rachel de la Neita Lopez, Oonagh Doherty & Nicole Curry  The MAC, Belfast

ASHES
(Set & Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Theatre, Bolton

SCORCH
(Revival, Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Holden Street Theatre, Adelaide
EDUCATING RITA
(Set & Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon Theatre, Bolton

 

2016

CHRISTMAS TREASURE ISLAND
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck

THE THREE SISTERS
(Lighting)

Director: Selina Cartmell
Lyric, Belfast

ST JOAN
(Lighting)

Director: Jimmy Fay
Lyric, Belfast

SCORCH (Revival)
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Roundabout Theatre, Edinburgh

MACBETH
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

THE BELFAST OPERA
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Conor Hanratty
Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast

COPORATION STREET
(Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
HOME, Manchester

SINGIN IN THE RAIN
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
UK Tour

OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME
(Set)

Director: Jeremy Herrin
UK Tour
SUNDER
(Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
Site Specific, Dublin

THE VIRGIN FATHER
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
Lyric Theatre Belfast

AFTER MISS JULIE
(Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Project Arts entre Dublin

TWO & TWO 2
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon, Bolton

PARALLEL MACBETH
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Caroline Byrne
Clare Studio, Young Vic

 

2015

SLEEPING BEAUTY
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck

SCORCH
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
MAC, Belfast

THE FLOOD
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Daniel McCabe
Lyric Belfast

MYDIDAE
(Lighting)

Director: Rhiann Jeffery
MAC, Belfast

THE TRAIN
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Lynne Parker
Irish Tour

LEMONADE SANDWICH
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Tony Devlin
Lyric Belfast

VERNON GOD LITTLE
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
Irish Tour

THE HOLY, HOLY BUS
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Tony Devlin
Lyric Belfast

OTHELLO
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
RSC

MAN IN THE MOON
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Tony Devlin
Lyric Belfast

LALLY THE SCUT
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
MAC Belfast

THE PILLOW MAN
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
The Gaiety, Dublin

THE GOD OF CARNAGE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
MAC, Belfast

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon, Bolton

 

2014

CINDRELLA
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck
NEITHER EITHER
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Liz Roche
Irish Tour

UNHOME
(Set)

Director: Mick Duke
MAC, Belfast

PENTECOST
(Lighting)

Director: Jimmy Fay
Lyric Belfast

PERSEVERANCE DRIVE
(Lighting)

Director: Madani Younis
The Bush, London

LOVE STORY
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon Bolton

ANGEL MEADOW
(Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
Site Specific, Manchester

TEJAS VERDES
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Sophie Motley
MAC, Belfast

VILLA
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Roisin Mcbrinn
MAC, Belfast

DISCURSO
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Roisin Mcbrinn
MAC, Belfast

A TASTE OF HONEY
(Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Hull Truck

QUARTET FOR 15 CHAIRS
(Lighting)

Director: Enrique Cabrera
MAC, Belfast

TWELFTH NIGHT
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton

PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
Lyric Belfast

 

2013

ROBIN HOOD
(Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon Bolton

WANTED! ROBIN HOOD
(Lighting)

Director: Amy Leech
Lowry, Salford

THE CONQUEST OF HAPPINESS
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan/Haris Pasovic
Europe and Bosnia Tour

HOME
(Lighting)

Director: Nadia Fall
The Shed, NT

BIG HOUSE FESTIVAL
(Design)

Director: Jo Mangan
Castletown House, Celbridge

PIAF
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon Bolton

COOKING WITH ELVIS
(Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Derby Theatre

DIGGING FOR FIRE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Matt Torney
Project Arts Theatre, Dublin

THE GLASS MENAGERIE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton

THE SWEETY BOTTLE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Tony Delvin
Grand Opera House, Dublin

TULL
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton

PLANET BELFAST
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
MAC, Belfast

OF MICE & MEN
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton

THE RE:PLAY BUBBLE/BLISS
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Anna Newell
School Tour

 

previous works

PETER PAN
(Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon, Bolton

ARABIAN NIGHTS
(Lighting)

Director: Amy Leech
Lowry, Salford

PAISLEY & ME
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Matt Torney
Irish Tour

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
(Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
RSC and West End

I AM MY OWN WIFE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
MAC, Belfast
THE RISE & FALL OF LITTLE VOICE
(Set)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon Bolton

PLANTS & HOPES
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Suzannah McCreight
Irish Tour

THE BATHS
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Louise Lowe
Set Specific Venue, Belfast

WHITE STAR OF THE NORTH
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Des Kennedy
Lyric Belfast

SHOOT THE CROW
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Grand Opera House, Belfast

SNOOKERED
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
UK Tour

MACBETH
(Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton

THE LITTLE PRINCE
(Lighting)

Director: Richard Croxford
Lyric Belfast

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
(Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon Bolton

LUCA & THE SUNSHINE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Matt Torney
Smock Alley, Dublin

BOG BOY
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Jo Mangan
Irish Arts Center, New York

HABEAS CORPUS
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon Bolton

GUIDELINES FOR A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
(Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
Old Printer Works, Site Specific Venue, Belfast

ALL THE WAY HOME
(Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Lowry, Salford

SLATTERYS SAGO SAGA
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Jo Mangan
Irish Tour

THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Arts Theatre, London

SCARBOROUGH
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Ramanda Encore Hotel, Belfast

SWEENY TODD
(Lighting)

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Octagon, Bolton

SWAMPOODLE
(Set and AV)

Director: Jo Mangan
Uline Arena, Washington Dc

WUTHERING HEIGHTS
(Lighting)

Director: Mark Babych
Aberystwyth Arts Centre & Uk Tour

SECRET THOUGHTS
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon, Bolton

ROMEO & JULIET
(Lighting)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon, Bolton

EVERYTHING BETWEEN US
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Kathleen Akerley
Crescent Arts Center, Belfast

THE CLEAN ROOM
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
Crescent Arts Center, Belfast

WONDERLAND
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Riverside Studios London & Edinburgh Fringe

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
(Set)

Director: David Thacker
Octagon, Bolton

RAFTA, RAFTA
(Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Octagon, Bolton

TREEMONISHA
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
UK Tour

MICKY & LIONEL
(Set and Lighting)

Director: David Fenton
Irish Schools Tour

THE SIGN OF THE WHALE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
Grand Opera House, Belfast

FLAT STANLEY
(Lighting)

Director: Matt Aston
Lakeside Arts Center, Nottingham

PIRATES OF PENZANCE
(Lighting)

Director: Steve Elis
Uk Tour

SLEEP EAT PARTY
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
Omac, Belfast

THE MUSICIAN
(Lighting)

Director: Matt Peover
Irish Tour

HIS DARK MATERIALS
(Lighting)

Director: Adel Al-Salloum
Curve, Leicester

BULLETPROOF
(Lighting)

Director: Adele Thomas
Irish Tour

THE VIRGIN FATHER
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Mick Duke
Omac, Belfast

OLEANNA
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Octagon, Bolton

ALIBI
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Sandie Fisher
Omac, Belfast

THE GATHERING
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Claire Lamont
Omac, Belfast

WOMAN & SCARECROW
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Omac, Belfast

POWERPOINT
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Jo Mangan
Camden Court Hotel, Dublin

THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE
(Lighting)

Director: Paul Bosco Mceneaney
Grand Opera House Belfast And Tour

EMPTY BED BLUES
(Lighting)

Director: Matt Aston
Lakeside Arts Center, Nottingham

THE HAPPY PRINCE
(Lighting)

Director: Matt Aston
Lakeside Arts Center, Nottingham

THE NOSE
(Set)

Director: Jo Mangan
Project Arts Center, Dublin

ANTIGONE
(Lighting)

Director: Owen Mccafferty
Waterfront Hall, Belfast

DOUBLE BASS
(Lighting)

Director: Darragh Mckeown
Mermaid Theatre, Bray

BRUISED
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Anna Newell
Omac, Belfast

SLOW TIME
(Lighting)

Director: Keith Saha
UK Tour

BABUL & THE BLUE BEAR
(Lighting)

Director: Keith Saha
Contact Theatre, Manchester

PUMP GIRL
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Flynn
Irish Tour

AFTER THE END
(Lighting)

Director: Emma Jordan
Omac, Belfast

A SLIGHT ACHE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Lyttelton, National Theatre

LANDSCAPE
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Lyttelton, National Theatre

ENJOY
(Lighting)

Director: Damien Cruden
York Theatre Royal

BOUNCERS
(Lighting)

Director: Damien Cruden
York Theatre Royal

TIGER AT THE GATES
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
NT Studios, London

WUTHERING HEIGHTS
(Lighting)

Director: Sue Dunderdale
York Theatre Royal

PORO, RE DELL’INDIE
(Lighting)

Director: Christopher Cowell
Britten Theatre, RCM

EXCAVATE
(Lighting)

Director: Daniel Clarke
Leicester Haymarket

THAT PESKY RAT
(Lighting)

Director: Jon Lloyd
Soho Theatre

TOO CLOSE TO HOME
(Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Lyric Theatre

THE CARETAKER
(Lighting)

Director: Andrew Breakwell
Nottingham Playhouse

THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE
(Lighting)

Director: Asha Kahlon
Harrowgate Theatre

THE BOGUS WOMAN
(Lighting)

Director: Kully Thiarai
UK and International Tour

CONTAMINATED CANDY
(Lighting)

Director: Daniel Clarke
Leicester Haymarket

THE CRANE
(Lighting)

Director: Amanda Wilde
Leicester Haymarket

STOLEN
(Lighting)

Director: Adel Al-Salloum
Leicester Haymarket

IN THE BOX
(Lighting)

Director: Alison Barry
Unicorn Theatre, London

EAST IS EAST
(Lighting)

Director: Damien Cruden
York Theatre Royal & Octagon, Bolton

THE MAIDS
(Lighting)

Director: Nadia Fall
Lyric Theatre

THE SWANSONG
(Lighting)

Director: Lucy Jameson
Tron, Glasgow

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
(Lighting)

Director: Marcus Romer
York Theatre Royal

BLESSED BE THE IMMACULATES
(Lighting)

Director: Lucy Jameson
Minerva Theatre, Chichester

DANCING WITHIN WALLS
(Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Contact Theatre, Manchester

BOY WITH THE BEBOP
(Lighting)

Director: Kully Thiarai
Polka Theatre, London

THE THREEPENNY OPERA
(Lighting)

Director: Sarah Chiswell
Leicester Haymarket

MADAM BUTTERFLY
(Set and Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Lyric Theatre

BOLLYWOOD JANE
(Lighting)

Director: Kully Thiarai
Leicester Haymarket

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMANN
(Lighting)

Director: Paul Kerryson
Leicester Haymarket

OTHELLO
(Lighting)

Director: Iqbal Khan
Leicester Haymarket

BED
(Lighting)

Director: Sarah Chiswell
Leicester Haymarket

MINE
(Lighting)

Director: Adel Al-Salloum
Leicester Haymarket

SAFE PASSAGE
(Lighting)

Director: Nazli Tabatabai
Leicester Haymarket

OEDIPUS THE KING
(Lighting)

Director: Sarah Chiswell
Leicester Haymarket