Photograph from Guys and Dolls - lighting design by Clare O’Donoghue

From the show Guys and Dolls

Photograph from Freud's Last Session - lighting design by Clare O’Donoghue

Photographer: Alex Brenner | From the show Freud's Last Session

From the show Guys and Dolls

From the show Freud's Last Session

Photograph from Dido & Aeneas - lighting design by Clare O’Donoghue

Photographer: Craig Fuller | From the show Dido & Aeneas

Clare O’Donoghue

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Biography

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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.

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	Aug 2022
Gift	Musical	Webber Douglas Studio, CSSD MA Music Theatre	Lighting Designer	Director: Maja Milatovic-Ovadia Set designer: Flavio Graff	Jul 2022
Oedipus Electronica	Theatre	Watermans Arts, then touring Pecho Mamma	Lighting Designer	Director: Mella Faye Set designer: Mella Faye	Jul 2022
No Particular Order	Theatre	Theatre 503 Ellandar Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Josh Roche Set designer: Ingrid Hu	May 2022
Bird/Manchild	Dance	RichMix Amina Khayyam Dance Company	Lighting Designer	Choreographer: Amina Khayyam	Mar 2022
Helter Skelter	Theatre	The Cockpit, London, then touring Veto Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Mike Narouei Set designer: Pip Terry	Mar 2022
Helter Skelter	Theatre	The Cockpit, London, then touring Veto Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Mike Narouei Set designer: Pip Terry	Mar 2022
Freud's Last Session	Theatre	Kings Head Theatre Nearly There Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Peter Darney Set designer: Brad Caleb Lee	Feb 2022
Blu & The Magic Web	Musical	Attenborough Centre for Culture and Arts Truestory	Lighting Designer	Director: Gary Sefton Set designer: Ryan Dawson Laight	Dec 2021
Dido & Aeneas	Opera	Susie Sainsbury Theatre Royal Academy of Music	Lighting Designer	Director: Jack Furness	May 2021
Frankenstein	Theatre	Southwark Playhouse National Youth Theatre	Lighting Designer	Director: Emily Gray Set designer: Hannah Wolfe	Oct 2019
Great Expectations	Theatre	Southwark Playhouse National Youth Theatre	Lighting Designer	Director: Mumba Dodwell Set designer: Hannah Wolfe	Oct 2019
La Rondine	Opera	Daegu Opera House Deutsche Oper Berlin	Associate Lighting Designer	Lighting designer: David Cunningham Director: Rolando Villazon Set designer: Johannes Leiacker	Sep 2019
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	Mar 2019
Carmen	Opera	Winspear Opera House, Dallas Dallas Opera	Associate Lighting Designer	Lighting designer: Paule Constable Director: Sir David McVicar Set designer: Micheal Vale	Oct 2018
Carmen	Opera	Goteborg Opera Goteborg Opera	Associate Lighting Designer	Lighting designer: Paule Constable Director: Sir David McVicar Set designer: Michael Vale	Nov 2016
Tycho's Dream	Opera	Glyndebourne Opera House Glyndebourne Youth Opera	Lighting Designer	Director: Lucy Bradley Set designer: Bern O'Donoghue	Dec 2014
Down By The Greenwood Side	Opera	Harveys Depot Brighton Festival	Lighting Designer	Director: Susannah Waters Set designer: Nicola Blackwell	May 2014
Into The Harbour	Opera	Glyndebourne Opera House Glydebourne Youth Opera	Lighting Designer	Director: Lucy Bradley Set designer: Bern O'Donoghue	Nov 2013
One Snowy Night	Theatre	UK tour Seabright Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Nick Tigg/Nicola Blackwell	Jan 2012
The New World Order	Theatre	Brighton Town Hall Hydrocracker/Brighton Festival	Lighting Designer	Director: Ellie Jones Set designer: Ellen Cairns	May 2011
Guys and Dolls	Musical	Embassy Theatre, London, UK Central School Of Speech and Drama	Lighting Designer	Set designer: Keith Orton	Mar 2011
Ghatam	Dance	Atma Dance	Lighting Designer	Choreographer: Mayuri Boonham	Oct 2010
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	Aug 2010
Play Without Words	Dance	International Tour New Adventures	Associate Lighting Designer	Lighting designer: Paule Constable Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Set designer: Let Brotherston	Mar 2005
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	Jul 2004
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	Dec 2003