Alan Mooney
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/
Previous productions
Forthcoming productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team | Opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It Was Paradise, Unfortunately | Theatre |
Brian Friel Theatre The Collective |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aisling Ormonde & Jocelyn Clarke Set designer: Myrto Stampoulou |
22 Nov 2024 |
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast 2024: Shadow Dock | Environmental |
Titanic Dry Dock Three's Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Alan Mooney & Conal Clapper Director: Anna Leckey |
Sep 2024 |
| Pitch'd | Dance |
The Everyman Cork Circus Factory |
Lighting Designer | Sep 2024 | |
| 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 |
Sep 2024 |
| Gatman! | Theatre |
Project Arts Centre, Dublin Everyman Theatre |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd Director: Sophie Motley Set designer: Stephen Dodd |
Aug 2024 |
| Endgame | Theatre |
Town Hall Theatre, Galway Druid |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: James F. Ingalls Director: Garry Hynes Set designer: Francis O'Connor |
Jun 2024 |
| Kilter, Matter and Ghosts | Theatre | Gus Healy Swimming Pool | Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Alan Mooney Director: Natasha Bourke |
Jun 2024 |
| Sentient | Dance |
Everyman Playhouse Liverpool, then touring Liz Roche Company |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Sinéad McKenna Choreographer: Liz Roche Set designer: Katie Davenport |
May 2024 |
| Gatman! | Theatre |
The Everyman Theatre, Cork The Everyman Theatre Cork |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Stephen Dodd Director: Sophie Motley Set designer: Stephen Dodd |
Mar 2024 |
| 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 |
Jan 2024 |
| Echo | Theatre | Smock Alley Boys School | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dominic O'Brien |
Jan 2024 |
| 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 |
Dec 2023 |
| 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 |
Dec 2023 |
| Breathwork | Opera |
Project Arts Centre, Dublin Irish National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Mcllduff Set designer: Sabine D'Argent |
Sep 2023 |
| 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 |
Sep 2023 |
| 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 |
Sep 2023 |
| 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 |
Aug 2023 |
| The Half Moon | Theatre |
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Emily Foran & Alice Malseed |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emily Foran Set designer: Pai Rathaya |
Aug 2023 |
| The Half Moon | Theatre |
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast Emily Foran & Alice Malseed |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emily Foran Set designer: Pai Rathaya |
Jul 2023 |
| 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 |
Jul 2023 |
| 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 |
Jul 2023 |
| Fun Home | Musical |
The Gate Theatre Dublin The Gate Theatre Dublin |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Sinéad McKenna Director: Roisin McBrinn Set designer: Paul Wills |
Jul 2023 |
| Werther | Opera |
An Grianan, then touring Irish National Opera |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels Director: Sophie Motley Set designer: Sarah Bacon |
Apr 2023 |
| 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 |
Apr 2023 |
| Something Different | Theatre |
The Mac Belfast Tinderbox Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Patrick J. O' Reilly Set designer: Saoirse O'Shea |
Mar 2023 |
| 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 |
Mar 2023 |
| Nobody / Somebody | Opera |
Elmwood Hall Northern Irish Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrea Ferron |
Mar 2023 |
| Matilda The Musical Jr | Musical |
The Everyman Theatre, Cork The Everyman Theatre Cork |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aideen Mc Auliffe |
Feb 2023 |
| Dream Factory | Theatre |
Everyman Cork Lords of Strut |
Production Electrician |
Lighting designer: Mark Galione Director: Jenny Jennings Set designer: Ellen Kirk |
Feb 2023 |
| The History of the Troubles (Accordin' to My Da) | Theatre |
Grand Opera House Belfast, then touring GBL Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Frankie McCafferty |
Jan 2023 |
| SPLICED | Theatre |
National Handball Centre, Croke Park, then touring Chalk It Down Productions |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Eoin Winning Director: Gina Moxley |
Jan 2023 |
| Conversations on a Crosstown Algorithm | Theatre |
The Granary Theatre National Sculpture Factory |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Doireann O'Malley Set designer: Doireann O'Malley |
Dec 2022 |
| SPLICED | Theatre |
INEC Killarney, then touring Chalk It Down Productions |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Eoin Winning Director: Gina Moxley |
Dec 2022 |
| 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 |
Dec 2022 |
| Cinderella (Pantomime) | Theatre |
The Everyman Theatre, Cork The Everyman Theatre & CADA |
Production Electrician |
Lighting designer: Dónal McNinch Director: Catherine Mahon-Buckley |
Nov 2022 |
| T-Kuir | Theatre |
The Black Box, Belfast Outburst Queer Arts Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Natalia Mallo |
Nov 2022 |
| 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 |
Oct 2022 |
| Tipperary International Dance Festival 2022 | Dance |
The Source Arts Centre Tipperary International Dance Festival |
Lighting Programmer | Oct 2022 | |
| Lie Low | Theatre | Project Arts Centre, Dublin, then touring | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Ciaran Bagnall Director: Oisín Kearney Set designer: Ciaran Bagnall |
Sep 2022 |
| Present Laughter | Theatre |
Cork Arts Theatre Ian McGurk |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Alan Mooney Director: Mary Curtin Set designer: Elisa Gallo Rosso |
Sep 2022 |
| 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 |
Aug 2022 |
| Anthem | Theatre |
The Vault Belfast Eastside Arts Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Baxter |
Aug 2022 |
| 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 |
Jul 2022 |
| Muc Rí | Theatre |
Offsite Fíbín |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Michael Cummins Director: Philip Doherty Set designer: Sabine Dargent |
Jul 2022 |
| 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 |
Jun 2022 |
| The Wakefires | Theatre |
Elizabeth Fort ANU Productions |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Ciaran Bagnall Director: Louise Lowe Set designer: Marie Kearns |
Jun 2022 |
| Julius Caesar | Theatre |
TU Dublin Blackbox TU Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aoife Spillane-Hinks Set designer: Medb Lambert |
May 2022 |
| A MACBETH R&D | Theatre | Union Theatre, London | Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Lucy Carter Director: Fin Walker |
May 2022 |
| 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 |
May 2022 |
| 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 |
Apr 2022 |
| The Revolution Will Be Streamed | Theatre |
Smock Alley Boys School Headrush, Ireland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan M. Daley |
Feb 2022 |
| 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 |
Nov 2021 |
| Hatch | Dance |
The Civic Theatre, Dublin, then touring Fidget Feet Aerial Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Alan Mooney |
Oct 2021 |
| Anthem | Theatre | Sunflower Bar | Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Baxter |
Sep 2021 |
| Two Fingers Up | Theatre | SkelpieLimmer | Lighting Designer |
Director: Gina Donnelly & Seon Simpson |
Aug 2021 |
| Blackwater Fitup Festival | Theatre | Blood In The Alley | Lighting Programmer | Jan 2020 | |
| Three Men in a Boat | Theatre |
Cork Arts Theatre Minnow Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mags Keohane Set designer: Davy Dummigan |
Nov 2019 |
| 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 |
Nov 2019 |
| The Worst Café in The World | Theatre |
Site Specific Big Telly Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Zoe Seaton |
Oct 2019 |
| Bingo Wings | Dance | Fidget Feet Aerial Dance | Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Sarah Jane Shiels |
Sep 2019 |
| A Night in November | Theatre | Soda Bread Theatre | Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Conleth White Director: Matthew McIlhenny Set designer: Chris Hunter |
Sep 2019 |
| A Thought For Your Pennies | Theatre |
Site specific piece Tinderbox Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Patrick J. O' Reilly |
Aug 2019 |
| Assembly Required | Theatre |
The Lyric Theatre Belfast Headrush, Ireland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Conal Clapper Set designer: Tracey Lindsay |
Jul 2019 |
| 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 |
May 2019 |
| He Ain't Heavy | Theatre |
Smock Alley Boys School Silver Bullet |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emily Foran |
Feb 2019 |
| The Wrongs and Rites of Grosvenor Square | Theatre | Smock Alley | Lighting Designer |
Director: Simon Coury |
Feb 2019 |
| 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 |
Oct 2018 |
| Sweet Sensations | Musical | Smock Alley | Lighting Designer |
Director: Teri Fitzgerald |
Sep 2018 |
| We Like It Here | Theatre |
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast Headrush, Ireland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emily Foran Set designer: Tracey Lindsay |
Jul 2018 |
| Borderland | Theatre |
The Lyric Theatre Belfast Soda Bread Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rhiann Jeffery |
Jun 2018 |
| Cock | Theatre |
Granary Theatre Theatre Creature Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Donovan Set designer: Patrick Lehane & Niamh Birkett |
Oct 2017 |
| Song Factory | Concert |
Granary Theatre Colaiste Stiofain Naofa |
Lighting Designer | May 2017 | |
| Mary and Me | Theatre | Wild Productions and Patrick Talbot Productions | Lighting Designer |
Director: Belinda Wild Set designer: Lisa Zagone |
Nov 2016 |
Location availability:
- Africa
- Australasia & Asia Pacific
- Central Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Far East & East Asia
- Middle East & West Asia
- North America
- Scotland
- South America
- UK London
- UK Provinces
- Western Europe & Scandinavia
- Worldwide
Availability notes:
Have nomad, will travel?
I am very open to travelling for work.
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
News
Appearing here soon... a collection of articles from the Focus magazine archives.
Portfolio
Press quotes
A Thought For Your Pennies
Isaac Gibson’s choice of songs and sound effects add, but only when necessary. Alan Mooney’s lighting again is perfectly selected. As fight scenes are intertwined with the daily life of living with someone who has pissed himself once again, tried to wash clothes in the microwave or talking to someone, ‘vacant…it’s like watching the sun deciding to stop shining’.
Conor O’Neill, Culture Crush NI 13/08/2019
Assembly Required
The foreboding, brooding score and intense original songs composed by Katie Richardson (Goldie Fawn) matched with the flickering and atmospheric lighting from Alan Mooney’s lighting design bring the set to life and create an atmosphere.
Chris Caldwell, Pastie Bap 05/07/2019
