Conor McGowan

Lighting designer.

Conor is lighting designer and theatre-maker based in Dublin, with interests in Irish-language theatre, youth theatre, new musicals and dance.He holds a BA in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Galway (2020), he also studied with the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2019, and he has trained with Youth Theatre Ireland in drama facilitation. He was worked with theatre makers thoughout the country as well as with a number of Dublin bands.


Portfolio

Theatre

Ní Liomsa an Teach Álainn Seo, Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe, Galway Theatre Festival 2024.
Written and directed by Anna Ní Dhúill.
Images by Samuel Tuohy.


Bird About Town, Lir Academy, Dublin Fringe Festival, 2024.
Written by Jessie Doyle. Directed by Michael Curran-Dorsano.
Images by Stephen Golden.


Sorry You Felt That Way, Project Arts Centre - Cube, Dublin Fringe Festival, 2024.
Written by Harry Butler. Directed by Anthony Biggs.
Images by Michael Lowther.


Tart, Mick Lally Theatre, Galway Theatre Festival, 2022.
Written by Eimear Finan. Directed by Amy Reade.
Images by Aoife Delany-Reade and Emilijia Jefremova.


Paradise Cabaret, Residency week at VISUAL Carlow, 2024.
Written and directed by Cian Kinsella.
Images by Brian Wallace.


Princess Melancholy - Scene and Heard, Smock Alley Boy's School, 2024.
Written by Sophia Wren. Directed by Bláithín De Búrca.
Images by Carol Cummins.


Robbie Ross? - Smock Alley, Boy's School - Scene and Heard, 2024.
Written by Ivan Cush. Directed by Niamh McGowan.
Images by Carol Cummins.


Shauna Carrick Wants a Dog - Smock Alley, Dublin Fringe, 2023.
Written by Shauna Carrick and Conor O'Rourke. Directed by Mollie Molumby.
Images by Simon Lazewski.


Medea - Bank of Ireland Theatre, Galway, 2020.
By Euripdes, adapted by Liz Lochead.
Directed by Martina Tierney.
Images by Sarah Dervin.


Live Music

MT. Heads at Workman's Cellar. October 2023.
Images by Marta Hervás Oroza.


The District Fish N' Chips Launch Party at Whelan's Upstairs. May 2023.
Images by Liam McCafferty.


Other Projects:

Production design and costume design for screen.

If I Should Fall from Grace with God - Short film written and directed by Patrick Fogarty, 2023.
Images by Alan Dunne and Manuela Mentel.