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
    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