Ferdia Murphy | Set Designer

Born in Dublin, Ferdia trained at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London. His most recent work includes The Home Place (An Grianan, Letterkenny/Lyric, Belfast), Lay Me Down Softly at the Abbey (Nominated Best Set Design, Irish Theatre Awards 2008), and Macbecks at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin. He was nominated for Best Design at the Theatre Management Association (UK) Awards 2007 for Dancing at Lughnasa at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. He was recently made an Honorary Scenographer by OISTAT (International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians). Other work includes The Burial at Thebes, The Recruiting Officer, The School for Scandal, True West, Henry IV (Part 1), Ensuite, A Quiet Life (Abbey), Magick Macabre (Riverdream Productions), Don Gregorio (Wexford Festival Opera), Knots (CoisCéim), Amadeus, Making History (Ouroboros), Shooting Gallery, Blasted (Bedrock Productions), Dinner with Friends (Gúna Nua/Lane Productions), Macbeth, Tales from Ovid, Richard III, Mutabilitie (Theatreworks), Blown (Theatre Royal, Plymouth), True West, The Blind Fiddler (Lyric, Belfast), Sweeney Todd (Bridewell, London), Passades (Operating Theatre), The Chance, Dealer’s Choice (Prime Cut), The Consul, Inside Out (Cochrane, London), In the Dark Air of a Closed Room (Loose Canon), Playing from the Heart, Rudolf the Red (The Ark), Devotion, Bumbogs and Bees (TEAM), Top Girls, Dolly West’s Kitchen, Interludes, The Triumph of Love, The Dispute, Camino Royale (Samuel Beckett Centre) and Alternative Miss Ireland VI-IX (Olympia). Last year Ferdia made his production design debut on the feature film Porcelain.

Denis Clohessy | Sound Designer

Denis’s theatre work includes The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, An Ideal Husband, Big Love, Three Sisters, The Seafarer, Burial at Thebes, Fool for Love, Romeo and Juliet, Woman and Scarecrow, The Crucible and Julius Caesar (Abbey and Peacock theatres). All My Sons, The Real Thing, The Yalta Game, Hedda Gabbler and Festen (Gate Theatre), Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer, Life is a Dream, Is This About Sex?, Attempts on Her Life, Don Carlos and Dream of Autumn (Rough Magic)The Pride of Parnell Street (Fishamble), Macbeth and Titus Andronicus (Siren Productions), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Corn Exchange), Magick Macabre (Riverdream), Alice in Wonderland (Landmark), Rashomon and The Dream of a Summer Day (Storytellers), Talking to Terrorists and Operation Easter (Calypso) Hysteria, Family Stories, Tejas Verdes (B*spoke) Splendour, Winter, The System (RAW). Film work includes music for the documentary feature films Babyface goes to Hollywood and A Bloody Canvas (Fastnet films). Denis has also composed for a number of short films including the European Academy award winning Undressing My Mother and Useless Dog (Venom Films), for which he won Best Achievement in Film Music at the 2005 European Short Film Biennale.

Kevin Treacy | Lighting Designer

Kevin’s designs include The Shawshank Redemption (Wyndhams Theatre, West End), Flavio English Touring Opera, The Nose (The Performance Corporation – winner for Best Lighting Design, Irish Times Theatre Awards for 2008), Dr.Ledbetter’s Experiment (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Kilkenny Festival-nominated Best Production, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2004), The Yokohama Delegation (Kilkenny Festival), Drive-By (Dublin Fringe Festival and Canterbury Festival), This is our Youth (Bedrock Productions) Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, Hansel und Gretel, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Il Viaggio a Reims, Pagliacci, The Medium and Suor Angelica (Wexford Festival Opera 2002-2008), La Tragédie de Carmen (WFO and ETO - nominated Best Opera, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2007), The Little Magic Flute (ETO and Opera Theatre Company), The Kiss, Hansel and Gretel, The Barber of Seville, Bastien & Bastienne, Acis & Galatea and Xerxes (OTC). www.kevintreacy.com