'Be careful, and do not seek to know too much about us' - Sidhe


Niall is a freelance Irish scenographer and visual artist working in performance, film, painting and collage. 

Following a Foundation Degree in Art and Design, Niall went on to study Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Art.  In 2018, Niall was awarded the Max Rayne Design residency at the National Theatre, where he was Associate Designer on Translations.  In 2022, he designed Northern Ireland Opera’s Into The Woods, which won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for ‘Best Production’. He was also nominated for ‘Best Set’. 

Recent design credits include: The Tragedy of Richard III, (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), Peter Pan (Gate Theatre Dublin), Tosca (Northern Ireland Opera at Grand Opera House Belfast), Under The Kundé Tree (Southwark Playhouse), The Dry House (Marylebone Theatre), Into The Woods (His Majesty’s Theatre Perth), This Beautiful Future (Jermyn Street Theatre)

In 2023 he made his international debut transferring Into The Woods to His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Australia. He recently made his West End debut, as Associate Set Designer on Waiting For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket with designer Rae Smith, directed by James Macdonald.


Upcoming:

- Oedipus, (Old Vic Theatre) - Associate set designer. Directed by Matthew Warchus. 


Current: 

- Eugene Onegin, (Northern Ireland Opera, Grand Opera House Belfast) - Set Design. Directed by Cameron Menzies

- The Tragedy of Richard III, (Lyric Theatre, Belfast) - Set and Costume design. Directed by Oisín Kearney

- Waiting For Godot, (Theatre Royal Haymarket) - Associate Set Designer. Directed by James Macdonald. 


Awards / Accolades:

- 2024 Performing Arts WA Awards nomination: Best Production. Into The Woods 

- 2022 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards nomination: Best Set. Into The Woods 

- 2022 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards winner: Best Production. Into The Woods

- 2021 JMK Award winner: Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act, directed by Diane Page

- 2021 OFFIE AWARDS nomination: Best Production. This Beautiful Future

- 2019  Max Rayne Design residency award. National Theatre 


Associate / Assisting work: 

- Translations, (National Theatre) - Associate to Rae Smith 

- The Trials (Donmar), Missing Julie (Theatr Clwyd), Klippies (Young Vic), Dick Whittington (National Theatre) - Assistant to Georgia Lowe

- Peter Gynt, (National Theatre) - Assistant to Richard Hudson


Within his visual art practice, he is currently investigating folklore and urban mythic spaces as a way to dissect the conflicted and problematic attitudes towards cultural hijacking and identity within Northern Ireland. Who are we? Maybe it’s about time we had that conversation.


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