Clare O’Donoghue

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Biography

www.clareodonoghue.lighting

Clare has lit many productions of opera, theatre, dance, and site specific performance, as well as reviving several operas worldwide. Alongside design, she has worked extensively as a freelance production engineer, making lighting effects for UK and international shows and exhibitions. 

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Opera:
  • International
  • Large scale
  • 'Country House'
  • Small scale
  • Touring relights
  • Education Establishment
Dance:
  • UK National Company
  • Small Scale
  • Touring relights
Concert:
Corporate:
Architectural:
Non-professional:
Education:
  • Workshops
  • Training

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Candide Opera New Rotterdam Wharf, Glasgow
scottish opera 		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Furness
Set designer: Tim Meacock
Gift Musical Webber Douglas Studio, CSSD
MA Music Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Maja Milatovic-Ovadia
Set designer: Flavio Graff
Oedipus Electronica Theatre Watermans Arts, then touring
Pecho Mamma 		Lighting Designer Director: Mella Faye
Set designer: Mella Faye
No Particular Order Theatre Theatre 503
Ellandar Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Josh Roche
Set designer: Ingrid Hu
Bird/Manchild Dance RichMix
Amina Khayyam Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Amina Khayyam
Helter Skelter Theatre The Cockpit, London, then touring
Veto Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Mike Narouei
Set designer: Pip Terry
Helter Skelter Theatre The Cockpit, London, then touring
Veto Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Mike Narouei
Set designer: Pip Terry
Freud's Last Session Theatre Kings Head Theatre
Nearly There Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
Set designer: Brad Caleb Lee
Blu & The Magic Web Musical Attenborough Centre for Culture and Arts
Truestory 		Lighting Designer Director: Gary Sefton
Set designer: Ryan Dawson Laight
Dido & Aeneas Opera Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Royal Academy of Music 		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Furness
Frankenstein Theatre Southwark Playhouse
National Youth Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Emily Gray
Set designer: Hannah Wolfe
Great Expectations Theatre Southwark Playhouse
National Youth Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Mumba Dodwell
Set designer: Hannah Wolfe
La Rondine Opera Daegu Opera House
Deutsche Oper Berlin 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: David Cunningham
Director: Rolando Villazon
Set designer: Johannes Leiacker
Der Rosenkavalier Opera Opera House Oslo
Norwegian National Opera 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Director: Sir David McVicar
Set designer: Sir David McVicar
Carmen Opera Winspear Opera House, Dallas
Dallas Opera 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Director: Sir David McVicar
Set designer: Micheal Vale
Carmen Opera Goteborg Opera
Goteborg Opera 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Director: Sir David McVicar
Set designer: Michael Vale
Tycho's Dream Opera Glyndebourne Opera House
Glyndebourne Youth Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: Lucy Bradley
Set designer: Bern O'Donoghue
Down By The Greenwood Side Opera Harveys Depot
Brighton Festival 		Lighting Designer Director: Susannah Waters
Set designer: Nicola Blackwell
Into The Harbour Opera Glyndebourne Opera House
Glydebourne Youth Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: Lucy Bradley
Set designer: Bern O'Donoghue
One Snowy Night Theatre UK tour
Seabright Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Nick Tigg/Nicola Blackwell
The New World Order Theatre Brighton Town Hall
Hydrocracker/Brighton Festival 		Lighting Designer Director: Ellie Jones
Set designer: Ellen Cairns
Guys and Dolls Musical Embassy Theatre, London, UK
Central School Of Speech and Drama 		Lighting Designer Set designer: Keith Orton
Ghatam Dance
Atma Dance 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Mayuri Boonham
Hansel and Gretel Opera Opera de Lyon
Opera de Lyon 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Joel Adam
Director: Laurent Pelly
Set designer: Barbara de Limburg
Play Without Words Dance International Tour
New Adventures 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Set designer: Let Brotherston
La Traviata Opera Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Jean Kalman
Director: Richard Eyre
Set designer: Bob Crowley
Play Without Words Dance National Theatre - Lyttelton, then touring
New Adventures 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Set designer: Lez Brotherston
Contact method Details
Email address clareodonoghue@me.com
Home phone 07788 410336