Paul Keogan is a set and lighting designer for Theatre, Opera and Dance performances. He studied drama at Trinity College Dublin and Glasgow University and is based in Belfast and Dublin.
Awards and Nominations
2019 Irish Times Theatre Award Best Lighting Design for The Big Chapel X (Asylum Productions), Blood in the Dirt (Landmark Productions) & The Glass Menagerie (Gate Theatre, Dublin)
2017 Irish Times Theatre Award Best Lighting Design for Far Away (Corcadorca) Shared with Aedín Cosgrove
2015 UK Theatre Award for Best Design with Dick Bird and Timothy Bird for The Hudsucker Proxy, Nuffield Theatre/Liverpool Everyman
2014 Knight of Illumination Award for No Man's Land by English National Ballet
2008 Irish Times Theatre Award Best Set Design for Dead Man Walking (Opera Ireland)
2006 Irish Times Theatre Award Best Lighting Design Tejas Verdes (B*Spoke Theatre Company) & Titus Andronicus (Siren Theatre Company)
1999 Irish Times Theatre Award Best Lighting Design for Quay West (Bedrock Theatre Company)
List Of Productions
2024
KING LEAR | Director: Kenneth Branagh & Rob Ashford | The Shed, USA
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD | Director: Rachel O'Riordan | Lyric Hammersmith
A HANDFUL OF STARS | Director: Conall Morrison | Wexford Arts Centre / Pavillion, Dun Laoghaire
THE SUGAR WIFE | Director: Annabelle Comyn | Abbey Theatre, Ireland
AINADAMAR | Director: Deborah Colker | Metropolitan Opera New York
DANCING AT LUGHNASA | Director: Caroline Byrne | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
FAITH HEALER | Director: Rachel O'Riordan | Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
JILLY MORGAN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Joan Sheehy | Belltable, Limerick
NA PEIRSIGH/PERSIANS | Director: Connor Hanratty | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Landmark Productions, Dublin, Ireland
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Irish National Opera
2023
KING LEAR | Director: Kenneth Branagh | Wyndham's Theatre, West End
QUAKE | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Conall Morrison | Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland / Mermaid Arts Centre
AINADAMAR | Director: Deborah Colker | Welsh National Opera
HAPPY DAYS | Director: Caitríona McLaughlin | Cork Opera House / 3Olympia, Dublin, Ireland / Birmingham Rep
LOBBY HERO | Director: Annabelle Comyn | The Lir Academy
MASTERCLASS | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Conor Hanratty | Smock Alley Theatre
FOUNTAIN OF TEARS (AINADAMAR) | Director: Deborah Colker | Detroit Opera
TALES FROM THE HOLYWELL | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Conor McPherson | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
2022
SEMELE | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Patrick Mason | Kilkenny Arts Festival/ Pavillion Theatre Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
GUESTS OF THE NATION | Set and Lighting Design | Corcadorca Theatre Company | Cork Opera House
MEASURE FOR MEASURE | Director: Joe Dowling | The Lir Academy
SCANDALTOWN | Director: Rachel O’Riordan | Lyric Hammersmith
THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM | Director: Louise Lowe | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
TRANSLATIONS | Director: Caitríona McLaughlin | Lyric Theatre Belfast & Abbey Theatre
PORTIA COUGHLAN | Director: Caroline Byrne | Abbey Theatre
AINADAMAR | Director: Deborah Colker | Scottish National Opera
DOUBT: A PARABLE | Director: Lia Williams | Chichester Festival Theatre
2021
THE TREATY | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Conall Morrison | Fishamble
DUCK DUCK GOOSE | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Jim Culleton | Fishamble
FIDELIO | Director: Annabelle Comyn | Irish National Opera
THE GONDOLIERS/UTOPIA LTD | Director: Stuart Maunder | Scottish National Opera/ D'Oyly Carte Opera/ State Opera South Australia
WALLS AND WINDOWS | Director: Jason Byrne | Abbey Theatre
THE NAKED HAND | Director: Amanda Coogan | Lyric Theatre, Belfast
ELEKTRA | Set, Ligtig and Video Design | Director: Conall Morrison | Irish National Opera
SEMELE | Set and Lighting | Director: Patrick Mason | Opera Collective Ireland
SADIE | Director: Conleth Hill | Lyric Theatre Belfast/ BBC Arts
HAPPY DAYS | Director: Caitríona McLaughlin | Landmark Productions
2020
20 SHOTS OF OPERA | Irish National Opera
SHIRLEY VALENTINE | Set and Lighting) | Director: Patrick J O'Reilly | Lyric Theatre Belfast
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE | Director: Rachel O’Riordan | Lyric Hammersmith
I THINK WE ARE ALONE | Director: Kathy Burke & Scott Graham | Frantic Assembly Tour
2019
BLOOD IN THE DIRT | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Caitríona McLaughlin | Landmark Productions
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Sean Kearns | The Mac, Belfast
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET | Director: Gemma Bodinetz | Liverpool Everyman
SAMA | Choreographer: Andrea Miller | Rambert
CITYSONG | Director: Caitríona McLaughlin | Abbey Theatre
LOST | Choreographer: Ludovic Ondiviela | Ballet Ireland
BIG CHAPEL X | Director: Donal Gallagher | Asylum Productions, Callan Co Kilkenny
REMOVED | Director: Emma Jordan | Prime Cut Productions
LAST ORDERS AT THE DOCKSIDE | Director: Graham McLaren | Abbey Theatre
THE GLASS MENAGERIE | Director: Tom Cairns | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
THE SNAPPER | Revival | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
CYPRUS AVENUE | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court
POSTCARDS FROM THE LEDGE | Director: Jimmy Fay | Landmark Productions Tour
2018
HAMLET | Director: Yaël Farber | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
DOUBLE CROSS | Director: Jimmy Fay | Lyric Theatre, Belfast/ Abbey Theatre
CYPRUS AVENUE | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Abbey Theatre/ MAC Belfast/ Public Theater NY, US
ON RAFTERY'S HILL | Director: Caitríona McLaughlin | Abbey Theatre
THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS | Director: Sean Holmes | Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
THE SNAPPER | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Patrick Mason | Opera Collective Ireland
AIDA | Director: Michael Barker-Caven | Irish National Opera
PORCELAIN | Director: Cathal Cleary | Abbey Theatre
DE PROFUNDIS | Director: Mark Rosenblatt | Classic Spring Theatre Company
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN | Director: Kathy Burke | Vaudeville Theatre, West End
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Patrick Mason | Irish National Opera
2017
POSTCARDS FROM THE LEDGE | Director: Jimmy Fay | Landmark Productions
THE CARETAKER | Director: Christopher Haydon | Bristol Old Vic
KATIE ROCHE | Director: Caroline Byrne | Abbey Theatre
A SHORT HISTRY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN | Director: Mark Babych | Hull Truck
FAR AWAY | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Pat Kiernan | Corcadorca Theatre Company
TRIBES | Director: Kate Hewitt | Crucible Studio, Sheffield
SINNERS | Director: Mick Gordon | Lyric Belfast
GISELLE | Choreographer | Ludovico Ondivieia | Ballet Ireland
NO MAN'S LAND | Choreographer | Liam Scarlett | Queensland Ballet
THE MISER | Director: Sean Foley | Theatre Royal Bath/ Garrick Theatre, West End
2016
A TALE OF TWO CITIES | Director: James Dacre | Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Touring Consortium
THE GAUL | Director: Mark Babych | Hull Truck
FLIGHT | Ballet Rambert | Lowry, Salford
HERE COMES THE NIGHT | Director: Jimmy Fay | Lyric Belfast
POWDER HER FACE | Director: Carlos Wagner | Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, Spain
OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Headlong/ Abbey Theatre/ Glasgow Citizens/ Liverpool Co-Production
FALSTAFF | Director: David McVicar | Wiener Staatsoper, Germany
BREAKING DAD | Director: Jimmy Fay | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
CYPRUS AVENUE | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court Theatre & Abbey Theatre Co-Production
THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS | Director: Sean Holmes | Abbey Theatre Dublin, Ireland/ UK Tour
BIG MAGGIE | Revival | Director: Garry Hynes | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
2015
SHIBBOLETH | Set and Lighting Designer | Director: Hamish Pirie | Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre Dublin, Ireland
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE BIG BAD WOLF | Set and Lighting Design | Paul Bosco McEneaney | Lyric Belfast
MATCH BOX | Set and Lighting Design | Joan Sheehy | Galway International Arts Festival, Ireland
CHRISTMAS EVE CAN KILL YOU | Set and Lighting Design | Dan Gordon | Lyric Belfast
THE HUDSUCKER PROXY | Simon Dormandy/Toby Sedgwick | Nuffield Theatre/ Liverpool Everyman
THE GIRL WHO BELIEVED IN MAGIC | Show Design | Created by Julie Feeney | Project Arts Dublin, Ireland
MACBETH | Director: Jatinder Verma | Tara Arts
LOST | Director: Ludovic Ondievla | Ballet Ireland
LA BOHEME/EUGENE ONEGIN | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Grange Park Opera
SAMSON ET DELILA | Director: Patrick Mason | Grange Park Opera
BLASTED | Director: Richard Wilson | Sheffield Theatres
THE WALWORTH FARCE | Director: Sean Foley | Olympia Theatre/ Landmark Productions
BREAKING DAD | Revival | Director: Jimmy Fay | Cork/ Dublin, Ireland/ Landmark Productions
2014
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Director: Michael Barker-Caven | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
BORSTAL BOY | Director: Connall Morrison | Gaeity Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
OUR FEW AND EVIL DAYS | Director: Mark O’Rowe | Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
CASSANDRA | Choreographer | Ludovic Ondiviela | Royal Opera House, Linbury
TALE OF TWO CITIES | Director: James Dacre | Royal & Derngate
HEARTBREAK HOUSE | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Abbey Theatre, Ireland
INTO THE WOODS | Director: Tom Creed | The Lir Academy, Dublin, Ireland
NO MAN’S LAND | Choreographer | Liam Scarlett | English National Ballet, Barbican
BREAKING DAD | Director: Jimmy Fay | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
AFTERPLAY | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Sheffield Crucible Studio
THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Director: Peter Relton (Revival), Anthony McDonald (Original) | Grange Park Opera
DON QUICHOTTE | Director: Charles Edwards | Grange Park Opera
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Gemma Bodinetz | Liverpool Everyman Playhouse
THE EPIC ADVENTURES OF NHAMO THE MANYIKA WARRIOR AND HIS SEXY WIFE CHIPO | Director: Lucian Msamati | Tiata Fahodzi / UK Tour
2013
BREAK | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Veronica Coburn | HotForTheatre/ Dublin Festival Fringe, Ireland
THE EPIC ADVENTURES OF NHAMO | Director: Lucian Msamati
THE MANYIKA WARRIOR AND HIS SEXY WIFE CHIPO | Tiata Fahodzi/ Tricycle Theatre
MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES | Director: Conor Hanratty | Cork Opera House, Ireland
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Ethan McSweeny | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
MIXED MARRIAGE | Director: Jimmy Fay | Lyric Theatre, Belfast
IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE/THERESE LA NAVARRAISE/CHRISTINA, REGINA DI SVEZIA | Wexford Festival Opera
HANSEL AND GRETEL | Choreographer | Liam Scarlett | Royal Opera House, Linbury
THE MISANTHROPE | Director: Gemma Bodinetz | Liverpool Playhouse Theatre/ ETT
DRUM BELLY | Director: Sean Holmes | Abbey Theatre, Dublin
EUGENE ONEGIN | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Grange Park Opera/ Nevill Holt
CARMELITES | Director: John Doyle | Grange Park Opera
PREVIOUS THEATRE
ROMEO & JULIET | Director: Pat Kiernan | Cork Opera House, Ireland/ Corcadorca Theatre Company
CINDERELLA THE MIDNIGHT PRINCESS | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh | Rose Theatre Kingston
THE LAST SUMMER | Director: Toby Frow | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE | Director: Patrick Mason | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
BEFORE IT RAINS | Director: Roisin McBrinn | Bristol Old Vic
LA BOHÉME | Director: Stephen Langridge | Angers Nantes Opera, France/ Nationale Reisopera, The Netherlands
DA | Director: Toby Frow | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
BIG MAGGIE | Director: Garry Hynes | Druid Theatre Tour
SCHEHERAZADE & 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS | Director: Morgann Runacre-Temple | Ballet Ireland Tour
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Gemma Bodinetz | Liverpool Everyman Playhouse
B FOR BABY | Director: Mikel Murfi | Abbey Theatre Dublin/ UK Tour
THE WINTER’S TALE | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Pat Kiernan | Cork Opera House, Ireland/ Corcadorca Theatre Company co-production
MOLLY SWEENEY | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Patrick Mason | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS | Director: Jimmy Fay | Abbey Theatre Dublin, Ireland
REQUEST PROGRAMME | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Pat Kiernan | Corcadorca Theatre Company, Ireland
THE STOCK DA’WA | Director: Kathy Burke | Hampstead Theatre, Michael Frayn Space
BETWEEN FOXROCK AND A HARD PLACE | Director: Jimmy Fay | Landmark Productions
NO ROMANCE | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Wayne Jordan | Peacock, Abbey Theatre
PENELOPE | Director: Mikel Murfi | Druid Theatre Tour
GOD OF CARNAGE | Director: Alan Stanford | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
YERMA | Director: Róisín McBrinn | West Yorkshire Playhouse
NOVECENTO | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Donmar Warehouse season at Trafalgar Studios
OPERA AND DANCE
IDOMENEO | Director: Charles Edwards | Grange Park Opera
THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Director: Antony McDonald | Grange Park Opera
UNE EDUCATION MANQÉE/LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO | Director: Roberto Recchia | Wexford Festival Opera
MARIA PADILLA | Director: Marco Gandini | Wexford Festival Opera
THEATRE
BOSS GRADY’S BOYS | Set and Lighting Design | Director: Jim Culleton | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL | Director: Joshua Edelman | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Landmark Productions
THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Timothy Sheader | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park