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