Patrick Connellan
Set & Costume Designer
Patrick was the first winner of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design. He is a lecturer in Design for Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. His designs include: Educating Rita (National Tour); The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Perm, Russia); The Incident Room (New Diorama and Edinburgh Fringe); The Hook (Theatre Royal Northampton and Liverpool Everyman).
Awards and Nominations
List Of Productions
2022
FIGHTING IRISH | Directors: Hamish Glen & Corey Campbell | Belgrade Theatre
2020
EDUCATING RITA | Director: Max Roberts | UK Tour/ Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
THE INCIDENT ROOM | Director: David Byrne | New Diorama Theatre
EDUCATING RITA | Director: Max Roberts | UK Tour
2019
THE INCIDENT ROOM | Director: David Byrne | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival
EDUCATING RITA | Director: Max Roberts | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
2018
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Co-Design | Director: Chris Honer | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
WE'LL LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TOWNS | Director: Hamish Glen | Belgrade Theatre
READ ALL ABOUT IT | Belgrade Theatre
WHISKY GALORE | Director: Kevin Shaw | Oldham Coliseum
A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN | Director: Mark Babych | Hull Truck
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE | Director: Michael Hunt | TUZ, Perm, Russia
THE FATHER | Director: Kevin Shaw | Oldham Coliseum/ Harrogate Theatre
THE RED LION | Director: Max Roberts | Live Theatre, Newcastle/ Trafalgar Studios
2016
THE GAUL | Director: Mark Babych | Hulltruck
ROLLOVER BEETHOVEN | Director: Bob Eaton | Belgrade Theatre
IRIS | Director: Max Roberts | Live, Newcastle
MARTHA, JOSIE AND THE CHINESE ELVIS | Director: Mark Babych | Octagon Bolton
2015
THE HOOK | Director: James Dacre | Royal & Derngate/ Liverpool Everyman
THE LADYKILLERS | Director: Mark Babych | New Vic Theatre/ Hull Truck/ Stephen Joseph Theatre
PREVIOUS THEATRE
THREE MINUTE HEROES | Director: Bob Eaton | Belgrade Coventry
ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER | Revival | Director: Hamish Glen | Belgrade Theatre
TAMING OF THE SHREW | Director: Pete Meakin | Derby Live
WHERE HAVE I BEEN ALL MY LIFE | Director: Theresa Heskins | New Vic Theatre, Stoke
20TH CENTURY BOY: THE MUSICAL | Director: Gary Lloyd | New Wolsey Theatre
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF | Director: David Thacker | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER | Director: Hamish Glen | Belgrade Theatre
THE PRICE | Winner: Best Production Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards | Director: David Thacker | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton / UK Tour
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Pete Meakin | Derby Live
SILENT ANGER | Director | Reveal Theatre Tour
ALPHABETICAL ORDER/ COPENHAGEN | Director: Gwenda Hughes & James Dacre | New Vic Theatre, Stoke
GHOSTS | Director: David Thacker | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
THE SEAFARER | Director: Mark Babych | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
ALL MY SONS | Director: David Thacker | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
AMONGST FRIENDS | Director: Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre
MEET THE MUKHERJEES | Director: Mark Babych | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
LIFE AFTER SCANDAL | Hampstead Theatre/ Plymouth Theatre Royal
TAKING CARE OF BABY | Hampstead Theatre/ The Door, Birmingham
NATHAN THE WISE | Hampstead Theatre
DOUBLE BILL: OSAMA THE HERO and A SINGLE ACT | Hampstead Theatre
THE MATHS TUTOR | Director: All Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre & the Door, Birmingham Rep
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Mark Babych | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
BROKEN GLASS | Director: Damian Cruden | The Octagon Theatre Bolton/ Theatre Royal York
BLAME | Director: Deborah Bruce | York Theatre Royal/ Sphinx
INTO THE WOODS | TMA Best Musical Award nomination | Director: Karen Hebden | Derby Playhouse
ARTURO UI | Director: Janice Dunn | Mercury Theatre, Colchester
THE BAT | based on DIE FLEDERMAUS | Director: Chris Monks | New Vic Theatre
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE | Director: Jeremy Bond | Watford Palace
AS DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER
ABIGAIL’S PARTY | New Vic Theatre, Stoke
POPCORN | The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
THIS LIME TREE BOWER | Coventry Belgrade/ Edinburgh Festival
OTHER LONDON THEATRE
EDWARD III | Director: Anthony Clark | Royal Shakespeare Company/ Gielgud Theatre, West End
WHEN THE NIGHT BEGINS | Director: Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre
MY BEST FRIEND | Hampstead/ The Door, Birmingham
THE SLIGHT WITCH | Director: Anthony Clark | National Theatre/ The Door, Birmingham Rep
PADDY IRISHMAN, PADDY ENGLISHMAN, PADDY… | Director: Anthony Clark | Tricycle/ Birmingham Rep
A PASSIONATE WOMAN | Director: Ned Sherrin | Comedy Theatre
MISERY | Director: Simon Moore | Criterion Theatre
OTHER WORK AT BIRMINGHAM REP
MORNING GLORY | Director: Lawrence Till | Door Theatre, Birmingham/ Watford Palace/ Cambridge Arts
ST JOAN | CONFIDENCE | DOWN RED LANE | ROUGH | PYGMALION | THE ATHEIST’S TRAGEDY | CIDER WITH ROSIE | THE PIED PIPER | THE GRAPES OF WRATH | NERVOUS WOMEN | JULIUS CAESAR | Director: All Anthony Clark
OTHER WORK AT THE OCTAGON THEATRE
BOLTON | LITTLE MALCOLM | THE WEIR | THE HYPOCHONDRIAC | HAM! | MISS JULIE | THE BLUE ROOM | Director: All Mark Babych
TIME AND THE CONWAYS | Director: Lawrence Till
OTHER WORK AT THE BELGRADE THEATRE COVENTRY
Patrick was also Head of Design at Belgrade Theatre.
THE RINK | Director: Hamish Glen
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Patrick & Richard Hayhow
THE DICE HOUSE | SILAS MARNER | SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | LEADER OF THE PACK | Director: All Bob Eaton
NEVILLE’S ISLAND | Director: John Adams
THE WEDDING | Director: Kathi Leahy
BIG NOSE | Set | Director: Chris Monks
NO 1 TOURS | HEAVEN CAN WAIT | Director: Peter Rowe
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES | Director: Bob Eaton
LEADER OF THE PACK | Director: Peter Rowe
CONDUCT UNBECOMING | Director: John Adams
CORIOLANUS | Director: Steven Berkoff
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED | THE RIVALS | Director: Both John Adams
OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE | SHE KNOWS YOU KNOW | Director: Both Gwenda Hughes | Both New Vic Theatre, Stoke
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Chris Monks | Scarborough
THE WIZARD OF OZ | Set | Director: Paul Kerryson
MISERY | Director: John Adams
PERFECT DAYS | Director: Peter Rowe | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich/ Greenwich
ROAD | Director: Janice Dunn | Mercury, Colchester
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE | Director: Rob Swain | Harrogate Theatre/ Arts Council Tour
A PASSIONATE WOMAN | Gloria Theatre, Athens, Greece
TOP GIRLS | Director: Jonathan Church | Salisbury Playhouse/ The Drum Plymouth