Conor Murphy
Awards
2017 Winner of the World Stage Design Bronze award for Performance Design.
2013 Winner of the World Stage Design Bronze award for Exceptional Achievement.
2006 Winner of the Irish Times Theatre Awards Best Opera Production.
Conor trained at Wimbledon School of Art, London and subsequently gained an MA in scenography at the European Scenography Centre, Utrecht, Holland. Conor has had designs exhibited at World Stage Design, the Prague Quadrennial, the Transformation & Revelation and Make/Believe exhibitions at the V&A.
Ice Road - Raucous
The most awe-inspiring part is Conor Murphy’s snow-coated set, particularly the ramshackle monument of scaffolding at one end of the hall...
Tribes - Gate Theatre
Director Oonagh Murphy strikes every important note in this complex work, maintaining perfect clarity and communication. Everything is perfectly signed. Conor Murphy’s set and costumes are slick and flash, using colour and its absence to excellent effect.
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2019
Production |
Company |
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Alceste | Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon), Dir. Graham Vick |
2018
Production |
Company |
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Orphée et Eurydice | La Scala (Milan), Dirs. John Fulljames & Hofesh Shechter |
West Side Story | Artscape Opera House (Cape Town), Dir. Matthew Wild |
Tristan und Isolde | Staatsoper Hannover, Dir. Stephen Langridge |
The Merry Widow | Korea National Opera, Dir. Guy Joosten |
2017
Production |
Company |
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Elektra | Göteborg Opera, Dir. Stephen Langridge |
West Side Story | Mandela Theatre (Johannesburg), Dir. Matthew Wild |
Tribes | Gate Theatre (Dublin), Dir. Oonagh Murphy |
Ice Roads | Raucous (Bristol), Dir. Kate Hewitt |
2016
Production |
Company |
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Madame Bovary | Liverpool Playhouse & Bristol Old Vic, Dir. Gemma Bodinetz |
Salomé | Cape Town Opera, Dir. Matthew Wild |
Lohengrin | Korea Nationa Operal (Seoul), Dir. Carlos Wagner |
Tomorrow | Rambert Dance Company, Chor. Lucy Guerin |
Madame Bovary | Liverpool Everyman & Bristol Old Vic, Chor. Gemma Bodinetz |
2015
Production |
Company |
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Orphée et Eurydice | The Royal Opera, Dir. John Fulljames |
West Side Story | Fugard Theatre at Artscape (Capetown), Dir. Matthew Wild, Based on concept by Johan Engels |
The Stick House | Raucous, Bristol, Dir. Anna Ledwich |
Richard III | West Yorkshire Playhouse, Dir. Mark Rosenblatt, Costume Des. Gabrielle Dalton |
Educating Rita | Liverpool Playhouse, Dir. Gemma Bodinetz |
2014
Production |
Company |
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La clemenza di Tito (Revival) | Opera National de Lorraine (France), Dir. John Fulljames |
Juno and the Paycock | Liverpool Playhouse & Bristol Old Vic, Dir. Gemma Bodinetz |