Alan Mooney

Biography Credits

Biography

Alan Mooney is a Lighting Designer and theatre-maker from Cork, Ireland.

He is a graduate of University College Cork. He is a current member of the Irish Society of Stage and Screen Designers (ISSSD) and was a Lumière on the ALD 20:20 Lumière Scheme, where he was mentored by Charles Balfour. 

A full list of production photographs and biography can be found on his website https://www.alanmooneydesign.com/

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • International
  • West End
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
Opera:
  • Large scale
Dance:
  • International
  • Large Scale
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
Concert:
  • Stage Touring
  • Festival
Corporate:
  • Conferences
  • Exhibition Stands
  • Award Ceremonies
Architectural:
Non-professional:
Education:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Dancehall Dance The Mac, Belfast
Luail, Irish National Dance Company 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Emma Martin
Set designer: Emma Martin
Where We Bury The Bones Opera Project Arts Centre, Dublin, then touring
Dumbworld 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Director: John Mcllduff
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
Her Father's Voice Opera Draíocht
Lovano 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Director: Annabelle Comyn
Set designer: Joanne Parker
Octopus Children Theatre Project Arts Centre
THISISPOPBABY 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Director: Oonagh Murphy
Set designer: Jack Phelan
Dancehall Dance The Mac Belfast, then touring
Luail, Irish National Dance Company 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Emma Martin
Set designer: Emma Martin
Where We Bury The Bones Opera The Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, then touring
Dumbworld 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Director: John Mcllduff
Set designer: Sabine Dargent
Scorched Earth Dance The Black Box Galway
Attic Projects 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Luke Murphy
Set designer: Alyson Cummins
Scorched Earth Dance The Abbey Theatre, then touring
Attic Projects 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Luke Murphy
Set designer: Alyson Cummins
Change Dance Firkin Crane
Croí Glan 		Lighting Designer Set designer: Deirdre Dwyer
Three Short Comedies by Seán O' Casey Theatre Roscommon Arts Centre, then touring
Druid 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: James F. Ingalls
Director: Garry Hynes
Set designer: Francis O'Connor
It Was Paradise, Unfortunately Theatre Brian Friel Theatre
The Collective 		Lighting Designer Director: Aisling Ormonde & Jocelyn Clarke
Set designer: Myrto Stampoulou
Bridgerton: After Dark Concert Skibbereen Town Hall
Glas Quartet 		Lighting Designer
Bridgerton: After Dark Concert Glór
Glas Quartet 		Lighting Designer
Belfast 2024: Shadow Dock Environmental Titanic Dry Dock
Three's Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney & Conal Clapper
Director: Anna Leckey
Pitch'd Dance The Everyman
Cork Circus Factory 		Lighting Designer
It Was Paradise, Unfortunately Theatre Goethe-Institut Irland
The Collective 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Director: Aisling Ormonde & Jocelyn Clarke
Set designer: Myrto Stampoulou
Gatman! Theatre Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Everyman Theatre 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Director: Sophie Motley
Set designer: Stephen Dodd
Endgame Theatre Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Druid 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: James F. Ingalls
Director: Garry Hynes
Set designer: Francis O'Connor
Kilter, Matter and Ghosts Theatre Gus Healy Swimming Pool
Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Director: Natasha Bourke
Sentient Dance Everyman Playhouse Liverpool, then touring
Liz Roche Company 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Sinéad McKenna
Choreographer: Liz Roche
Set designer: Katie Davenport
Gatman! Theatre The Everyman Theatre, Cork
The Everyman Theatre Cork 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Director: Sophie Motley
Set designer: Stephen Dodd
Dances Like A Bomb Dance The Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire, then touring
Junk Ensemble 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Choreography created in collaboration with the cast
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
Echo Theatre Smock Alley Boys School
Lighting Designer Director: Dominic O'Brien
How to be a Dancer in Seventy Two Thousand Easy Lessons Dance Theatre des Abbesses, then touring
Teac Damsa 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Hyemi Shin
You Belong To Me Theatre Smock Alley
Rough Magic Theatre Company 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Director: Lynne Parker
Set designer: Alan Farquharson
Breathwork Opera Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Irish National Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: John Mcllduff
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
How to be a Dancer in Seventy-Two Thousand Easy Lessons Dance The Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire
Teac Damsa 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Hyemi Shin
How to be a Dancer in Seventy-Two Thousand Easy Lessons Dance The Everyman Theatre Cork
Teac Damsa 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Hyemi Shin
Dances Like A Bomb Dance Zoo - Southside
Junk Ensemble 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Choreography created in collaboration with the cast
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
The Half Moon Theatre Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Emily Foran & Alice Malseed 		Lighting Designer Director: Emily Foran
Set designer: Pai Rathaya
The Half Moon Theatre The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Emily Foran & Alice Malseed 		Lighting Designer Director: Emily Foran
Set designer: Pai Rathaya
How to be a Dancer in Seventy Two Thousand Easy Lessons Dance The Black Box Galway, then touring
Teac Damsa 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Hyemi Shin
ROOMS: Cloakroom Theatre The Shed
Galway International Arts Festival 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Enda Walsh & Paul Fahy
Director: Enda Walsh & Paul Fahy
Set designer: Paul Fahy
Fun Home Musical The Gate Theatre Dublin
The Gate Theatre Dublin 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sinéad McKenna
Director: Roisin McBrinn
Set designer: Paul Wills
Werther Opera An Grianan, then touring
Irish National Opera 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Director: Sophie Motley
Set designer: Sarah Bacon
The New Electric Ballroom Theatre The Everyman Theatre, Cork
The Gate Theatre Dublin 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ciaran Bagnall
Director: Emma Jordan
Set designer: Kat Heath
Something Different Theatre The Mac Belfast
Tinderbox Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Patrick J. O' Reilly
Set designer: Saoirse O'Shea
REGGIE’S GUIDE TO SOCIAL CLIMBING Theatre The Everyman Theatre, Cork
The Everyman Theatre Cork 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Aedín Cosgrove
Director: Pat Kiernan
Set designer: Aedín Cosgrove
Nobody / Somebody Opera Elmwood Hall
Northern Irish Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: Andrea Ferron
Dream Factory Theatre Everyman Cork
Lords of Strut 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Mark Galione
Director: Jenny Jennings
Set designer: Ellen Kirk
The History of the Troubles (Accordin' to My Da) Theatre Grand Opera House Belfast, then touring
GBL Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Frankie McCafferty
SPLICED Theatre National Handball Centre, Croke Park, then touring
Chalk It Down Productions 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Eoin Winning
Director: Gina Moxley
Conversations on a Crosstown Algorithm Theatre The Granary Theatre
National Sculpture Factory 		Lighting Designer Director: Doireann O'Malley
Set designer: Doireann O'Malley
SPLICED Theatre INEC Killarney, then touring
Chalk It Down Productions 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Eoin Winning
Director: Gina Moxley
Dances Like A Bomb Dance
Junk Ensemble 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Choreographer: Choreography created in collaboration with the cast
Set designer: Sabine Dargent
Cinderella (Pantomime) Theatre The Everyman Theatre, Cork
The Everyman Theatre & CADA 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Dónal McNinch
Director: Catherine Mahon-Buckley
T-Kuir Theatre The Black Box, Belfast
Outburst Queer Arts Festival 		Lighting Designer Director: Natalia Mallo
Solar Bones Theatre The Everyman Theatre, Cork
Rough Magic Theatre Company 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Zia Bergin-Holly
Director: Lynne Parker
Set designer: Zia Bergin-Holly
Tipperary International Dance Festival 2022 Dance The Source Arts Centre
Tipperary International Dance Festival 		Lighting Programmer
Lie Low Theatre Project Arts Centre, Dublin, then touring
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Ciaran Bagnall
Director: Oisín Kearney
Set designer: Ciaran Bagnall
Present Laughter Theatre Cork Arts Theatre
Ian McGurk 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Director: Mary Curtin
Set designer: Elisa Gallo Rosso
How to be a Dancer in Seventy Two Thousand Easy Lessons Theatre The Gate Theatre Dublin
Teac Damsa 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Director: Rachel Poirier and Adam Silverman
Set designer: Hyemi Shin
Anthem Theatre The Vault Belfast
Eastside Arts Festival 		Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Baxter
Morrígan Opera Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House and The Everyman 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Director: John O’Brien
Set designer: Alyson Cummins
Muc Rí Theatre Offsite
Fíbín 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Michael Cummins
Director: Philip Doherty
Set designer: Sabine Dargent
Guests of the Nation Theatre Cork City
Corcadorca Theatre Company 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Aedín Cosgrove and Paul Keogan
Director: Pat Kiernan
Set designer: Aedín Cosgrove and Paul Keogan
The Wakefires Theatre Elizabeth Fort
ANU Productions 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ciaran Bagnall
Director: Louise Lowe
Set designer: Marie Kearns
Julius Caesar Theatre TU Dublin Blackbox
TU Conservatoire 		Lighting Designer Director: Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Set designer: Medb Lambert
A MACBETH R&D Theatre Union Theatre, London
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Lucy Carter
Director: Fin Walker
Mavra / Pierrot Lunaire Opera Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Lucy Carter
Director: Anthony Almeida
Set designer: Rosanna Vize
The Half Moon Theatre The Mac Belfast, then touring
Green Shoot Productions 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Director: Emily Foran
Set designer: Pai Rathaya
The Revolution Will Be Streamed Theatre Smock Alley Boys School
Headrush, Ireland 		Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan M. Daley
All The Angels Theatre The Everyman Theatre, Cork
Rough Magic Theatre Company 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Director: Lynne Parker
Set designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Hatch Dance The Civic Theatre, Dublin, then touring
Fidget Feet Aerial Dance 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alan Mooney
Anthem Theatre Sunflower Bar
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Baxter
Two Fingers Up Theatre
SkelpieLimmer 		Lighting Designer Director: Gina Donnelly & Seon Simpson
Blackwater Fitup Festival Theatre
Blood In The Alley 		Lighting Programmer
Three Men in a Boat Theatre Cork Arts Theatre
Minnow Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Mags Keohane
Set designer: Davy Dummigan
SPLICED Theatre Site-specific (GAA Halls), then touring
The Everyman Cork in assoc, with Chalk It Down Productions 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Eoin Winning
Director: Gina Moxley
The Worst Café in The World Theatre Site Specific
Big Telly Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Zoe Seaton
Bingo Wings Dance
Fidget Feet Aerial Dance 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
A Night in November Theatre
Soda Bread Theatre 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Conleth White
Director: Matthew McIlhenny
Set designer: Chris Hunter
A Thought For Your Pennies Theatre Site specific piece
Tinderbox Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Patrick J. O' Reilly
Assembly Required Theatre The Lyric Theatre Belfast
Headrush, Ireland 		Lighting Designer Director: Conal Clapper
Set designer: Tracey Lindsay
Bouncers Theatre The Mac, Belfast
The MAC in association with Big Telly Theatre Company 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Director: Zoe Seaton
Set designer: Dianna Ennis
The Wrongs and Rites of Grosvenor Square Theatre Smock Alley
Lighting Designer Director: Simon Coury
He Ain't Heavy Theatre Smock Alley Boys School
Silver Bullet 		Lighting Designer Director: Emily Foran
Double Cross Theatre The Lyric Theatre Belfast
The Lyric Theatre & The Abbey Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Paul Keogan
Director: Jimmy Fay
Set designer: Ciaran Bagnall
Sweet Sensations Musical Smock Alley
Lighting Designer Director: Teri Fitzgerald
We Like It Here Theatre The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Headrush, Ireland 		Lighting Designer Director: Emily Foran
Set designer: Tracey Lindsay
Borderland Theatre The Lyric Theatre Belfast
Soda Bread Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Rhiann Jeffery
Cock Theatre Granary Theatre
Theatre Creature Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: John Donovan
Set designer: Patrick Lehane & Niamh Birkett
Song Factory Concert Granary Theatre
Colaiste Stiofain Naofa 		Lighting Designer
Mary and Me Theatre
Wild Productions and Patrick Talbot Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Belinda Wild
Set designer: Lisa Zagone