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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 & Drama. His designs include: Educating Rita (UK Tour); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Perm, Russia); The Incident Room (New Diorama Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival); The Hook (Royal & Derngate Northampton and Liverpool Everyman).

Theatre

Credits

A TIDY BOY
2026
Grand Ambition / Swansea Grand Theatre
Director: Christian Patterson
Richard iii
2026
Gatehouse Theatre
Director: Richard Cheshire
Oliver Twist
2025
Hull Truck Theatre
Director: Mark Babych
hamlet
2025
Gatehouse Theatre
Director: Richard Cheshire
the borrowers
2024
Hull Truck Theatre
Director: Mark Babych
fighting Irish
2022
Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Director: Hamish Glen & Corey Campbell
educating rita
2020
UK Tour
Director: Max Roberts
the incident room
2020
New Diorama Theatre
Director: David Byrne
educating rita
2019
Theatre by the Lake
Director: Max Roberts
the incident room
2019
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: David Byrne
beauty and the beast
2018
Theatre by the Lake
Director: Chris Honer
Co-Designer
we'll live and die in these towns
2018
Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Director: Hamish Glen
read all about it
2018
Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Director: Leon Phillips & Oliver Scott
whisky galore
2018
Oldham Coliseum
Director: Kevin Shaw
a short history of tractors in Ukrainian
2018
Hull Truck Theatre
Director: Mark Babych
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
2018
TUZ / Perm / Russia
Director: Michael Hunt
the father
2018
Oldham Coliseum / Harrogate Theatre
Director: Kevin Shaw
the red lion
2018
Live Theatre Newcastle / Trafalgar Studios
Director: Max Roberts
the gaul
2016
Hull Truck Theatre
Director: Mark Babych
rollover Beethoven
2016
Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Director: Bob Eaton
iris
2016
Live Theatre Newcastle
Director: Max Roberts
Martha, Josie and the Chinese elvis
2016
The Octagon Theatre Bolton
Director: Mark Babych
the hook
2015
Royal & Derngate Northampton / Liverpool Everyman
Director: James Dacre
the ladykillers
2015
New Vic Theatre / Hull Truck Theatre / Stephen Joseph Theatre
Director: Mark Babych
PREVIOUS THEATRE

THREE MINUTE HEROES | Director: Bob Eaton | Belgrade Theatre Coventry

ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER | Revival | Director: Hamish Glen | Belgrade Theatre Coventry

TAMING OF THE SHREW | Director: Pete Meakin | Derby Live

WHERE HAVE I BEEN ALL MY LIFE | Director: Theresa Heskins | New Vic Theatre

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 Coventry

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

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 | Director: Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre / Plymouth Theatre Royal

TAKING CARE OF BABY | Director: Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre / The Door, Birmingham Rep

NATHAN THE WISE | Director: Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre

DOUBLE BILL: OSAMA THE HERO and A SINGLE ACT | Director: Anthony Clark | Hampstead Theatre

THE MATHS TUTOR | Director: 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 | Theatre Royal York / 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

POPCORN | The Octagon Theatre Bolton

THIS LIME TREE BOWER | Belgrade Theatre Coventry / 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 Theatre / The Door, Birmingham Rep

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 | The Door, Birmingham Rep / 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 Coventry.

THE RINK | Director: Hamish Glen

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Patrick Connellan & 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

HEAVEN CAN WAIT | Director: Peter Rowe | No 1 Tours

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

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Chris Monks | Scarborough

THE WIZARD OF OZ | 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

Patrick Connellan

Set & Costume Designer