Ronan O'Shea

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Biography

Ronan is a Lighting Designer from Kerry, Ireland. He graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Screen Media (Hons) with a keen interest in Lighting Design and Directing from University College Cork.

Ronan is the proud recipient of the ETC Fred Foster Mentorship Award 2019/2020, where he attended LDI in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is under the mentorship of Designer Josh Allen.

Ronan is also a Lighting & Controls Designer for 3LR Design Inc. A global architectural lighting design firm based in North Carolina. During the pandemic, Ronan worked on many large-scale architecture projects, designing Lighting and Controls systems while his beloved theatres were closed.

A selection of his lighting design credits include; (Un)Holy Blood (Cork Circus Factory), Katty Barry, Queen of the Caol Quay (Cork Arts Theatre), Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (I.N.E.C. Arena), ELECTRA (KINO Cork), Straight On ‘Til Morning (Theatre Development Centre), Woman and Scarecrow, The Things I Could Never Tell Stephen, A Bunch of Amateurs (Granary Theatre). He also won ‘Best Lighting Design’ with U.C.C. Dramat for The Children’s Hour (Granary Theatre).

Associate Lighting Designer: This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing ( Fitzgibbon Theatre & Irish National Tour, LD. Hanan Sheedy), The Misfit Mythology (And Programmer, Cork Arts Theatre. LD Brendan Dunlea)

Assistant Lighting Designer: Gregory Porter (Royal Albert Hall. LD. Al Crawford), The Lost Colony (Waterside Theatre, Roanoke Island, NC. LD. Josh Allen) 

His Director of Photography credits include; Epitaph (Short Film), Older (Music Video), Seen But Not Heard (Short Documentary), 8 Minutes 27 Seconds (Short Film), The Way We Were (Short Film).

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Education Establishment
Opera:
Dance:
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
Concert:
Corporate:
  • Conferences
Architectural:
  • Domestic
  • Leisure & Entertainment
  • Marine & Aviation
  • Places of Worship
Non-professional:
  • Musicals
  • Plays
  • Projection / Video Design
Education:
  • Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Training

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Beauty and the Beast - Panto Theatre Everyman Cork
CADA Performing Arts & The Everyman Cork 		Lighting Designer Director: Catherine Mahon Buckley
Set designer: Olan Wrynn
Mám Dance Kelley Theatre, Fairfield University, CN, USA
Teac Damsa 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
Irish National Opera Gala Concert Concert Cork Opera House
Irish National Opera and Cork Opera House 		Lighting Designer
The Curing Line Opera Íontas
Straymaker 		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Gallen
Mám Dance Sadler's Wells, then touring
Teac Damsa 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
Mám Dance Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, then touring
Teac Damsa 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Adam Silverman
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
I Fall Down: A Restoration Comedy Theatre Crawford Art Gallery
Gina Moxley and Everyman Cork 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Michael Hurley
Director: John Mcllduff
Set designer: Sabine D'Argent
We Create The World Theatre Fitzgibbon Theatre, Graffiti Cork
Graffiti Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Various (Artistic Director Julie O'Leary)
Set designer: Davy Dummigan
(Un)Holy Blood Dance St. Lukes Cathedral
Tricycle Trauma 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Lidija Sona
Set designer: Ronan O'Shea
The Legend of Skønhed Theatre Fitzgibbon Theatre, Graffiti Cork
Graffiti Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Julie O'Leary
Set designer: Davy Dummigan
Proms at Cork Opera House Concert Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House 		Lighting Designer Director: Wayne Jordan
Set designer: Pai Rathaya
The Welkin Theatre St.Michaels Hall, then touring
Ballyduff Drama Group 		Lighting Designer Director: Ger Canning
Set designer: Donie O'Sullivan
The Morrigan Opera Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House and John O'Brien 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd
Director: John O'Brien
Set designer: Alyson Cummins
Gregory Porter UK Tour Concert
Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Al Crawford
The Same Theatre Irish Arts Centre, New York City, then touring
Corcadorca Theatre Company 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Michael Hurley
Director: Pat Kiernan
Set designer: Owen Boss
DNA Theatre Cork Arts Theatre
Four Faced Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Alison McCormack
Set designer: Ronan O'Shea
Hail to the Great Wave Theatre Corcadorca Theatre Development Centre
Corcadorca 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Aedín Cosgrove
Director: Pat Kiernan
Set designer: Owen Boss
(Un)Holy Blood Theatre Cork Circus Factory
Tricycle Trauma 		Lighting Designer Director: Lidija Sona
Set designer: Ronan O'Shea
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Musical I.N.E.C. Arena
Killarney Musical Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Kennedy
Set designer: Proscenium LTD
The Children's Hour Theatre Granary Theatre Cork
UCC Dramat 		Lighting Designer Director: Aideen Fox
Set designer: Stefan Healy
Contact method Details
Email address ronan@ronanoshea.ie