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AOIFE KAVANAGH
Composer & Sound Designer

'The Saviour'
Sound design for theatre
(2023)
Sound designer
Run time: 90 minutes
Produced by Landmark Productions
Written by Deirdre Kinahan
Directed by Louise Lowe
Cast: Marie Mullen & Jamie O’Neill
Lighting and Set: Ciaran Bagnall
Costume: Joan O’Clery
Sound Design: Aoife Kavanagh
Stage Manager: Leanna Cuttle
ASM: Alannah O’Leary
Production: Eamonn Fox and Ste Bourke
Performances:
Irish Rep Theatre, New York (June-July 2023)
Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire (Sept-Oct 2023) as part of Dublin Theatre Festival
(2023)
Sound designer
Run time: 90 minutes
Produced by Landmark Productions
Written by Deirdre Kinahan
Directed by Louise Lowe
Cast: Marie Mullen & Jamie O’Neill
Lighting and Set: Ciaran Bagnall
Costume: Joan O’Clery
Sound Design: Aoife Kavanagh
Stage Manager: Leanna Cuttle
ASM: Alannah O’Leary
Production: Eamonn Fox and Ste Bourke
Performances:
Irish Rep Theatre, New York (June-July 2023)
Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire (Sept-Oct 2023) as part of Dublin Theatre Festival

'Citysong'
Composition and sound design for theatre
(2023)
Composer / Sound designer
Run time: 90 minutes
A TU Dublin Conservatoire Production
Written by Carys D Coburn
Directed by Peter Gallagher
Cast: Graduate class BA Drama Performance of TU Dublin Conservatoire
Lighting: Blu Hanley
Set and Costume: Sinead O’Donnell-Carey
Composition and Sound Design: Aoife Kavanagh
Stage Manager: Muirenn Lyons
Premiered in the Blackbox Theatre, TU Dublin Grangegorman, May 2023.
(2023)
Composer / Sound designer
Run time: 90 minutes
A TU Dublin Conservatoire Production
Written by Carys D Coburn
Directed by Peter Gallagher
Cast: Graduate class BA Drama Performance of TU Dublin Conservatoire
Lighting: Blu Hanley
Set and Costume: Sinead O’Donnell-Carey
Composition and Sound Design: Aoife Kavanagh
Stage Manager: Muirenn Lyons
Premiered in the Blackbox Theatre, TU Dublin Grangegorman, May 2023.

'Ghosts'
Sound design for theatre
(2023)
Composer / Sound designer
Run time: 100 minutes
A Landmark Productions and Abbey Theatre co-production
By Henrik Ibsen
A new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe
• Helena Alving: Cathy Belton
• Regina Engstrand: Simone Collins
• Pastor Manders: Declan Conlon
• Jacob Engstrand: Lorcan Cranitch
• Oswald Alving: Calam Lynch
• Written by: Henrik Ibsen
• Set Designer: Francis O’Connor
• Costume Designer: Joan O’Clery
• Lighting Designer: Sinéad McKenna
• Sound Designer: Aoife Kavanagh
• Image: Patrick Redmond
Premiered in the Abbey Theatre, April 2023.
(2023)
Composer / Sound designer
Run time: 100 minutes
A Landmark Productions and Abbey Theatre co-production
By Henrik Ibsen
A new version written and directed by Mark O’Rowe
• Helena Alving: Cathy Belton
• Regina Engstrand: Simone Collins
• Pastor Manders: Declan Conlon
• Jacob Engstrand: Lorcan Cranitch
• Oswald Alving: Calam Lynch
• Written by: Henrik Ibsen
• Set Designer: Francis O’Connor
• Costume Designer: Joan O’Clery
• Lighting Designer: Sinéad McKenna
• Sound Designer: Aoife Kavanagh
• Image: Patrick Redmond
Premiered in the Abbey Theatre, April 2023.

'The Asylum Workshop'
Sound design for theatre
(2022)
Composer/ Sound designer
Run time: 100 minutes
A TU Dublin production
Written by Colin Murphy
Directed by Peter McDermott
Cast: BA Drama final year students
Lighting Design: Matt Burke
Stage manager: Tamar Keane
Performances:
Blackbox Grangegorman, TU Dublin (Dec 2022)
(2022)
Composer/ Sound designer
Run time: 100 minutes
A TU Dublin production
Written by Colin Murphy
Directed by Peter McDermott
Cast: BA Drama final year students
Lighting Design: Matt Burke
Stage manager: Tamar Keane
Performances:
Blackbox Grangegorman, TU Dublin (Dec 2022)

'Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar'
Sound design for theatre
(2022 / remount 2023)
Sound designer
Run time: 60 minutes
Winner of ‘Best New Play’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2022
Written and performed by Tom Moran
Directed by Davey Kelleher
Performances:
The New Theatre (2022) as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, national tour (2023), Edinburgh Fringe (2023).
(2022 / remount 2023)
Sound designer
Run time: 60 minutes
Winner of ‘Best New Play’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2022
Written and performed by Tom Moran
Directed by Davey Kelleher
Performances:
The New Theatre (2022) as part of Dublin Fringe Festival, national tour (2023), Edinburgh Fringe (2023).

'The Galaxy of Occupations'
Music for contemporary dance
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer
Run time: 45 minutes
A Roisin Whelan Dance production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan in collaboration with the dancers
Cast: Ellie Marsh, Michael McEvoy
Costume Design: Claire Smythe
Producer: Michelle Cahill
Performances:
Primary schools throughout Tipperary (Oct 2022)
Libraries throughout Dublin City (Oct 2022)
Watergate Kilkenny (Nov 2022)
VISUAL Carlow (Nov 2022)
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer
Run time: 45 minutes
A Roisin Whelan Dance production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan in collaboration with the dancers
Cast: Ellie Marsh, Michael McEvoy
Costume Design: Claire Smythe
Producer: Michelle Cahill
Performances:
Primary schools throughout Tipperary (Oct 2022)
Libraries throughout Dublin City (Oct 2022)
Watergate Kilkenny (Nov 2022)
VISUAL Carlow (Nov 2022)

'The Glasshouse'
Music for ballet
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer
Run time: 45 minutes
A Ballet Ireland production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan
Costumes: Laura Fajardo Castro
Lighting: Matt Burke
Performances:
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan (2022)
Draíocht, Blanchardstown (2022)
Babaró International Arts Festival for Children (2022)
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer
Run time: 45 minutes
A Ballet Ireland production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan
Costumes: Laura Fajardo Castro
Lighting: Matt Burke
Performances:
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan (2022)
Draíocht, Blanchardstown (2022)
Babaró International Arts Festival for Children (2022)

'Julius Caesar'
Sound design for theatre
(2022)
Sound designer
Run time: 2.5 hrs
A TU Conservatoire Dublin production
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Cast: BA Drama graduate class
Lighting Design: Alan Mooney
Set & Costume Design: Medb Lambert
Fight Coordinator: Jonathan East
Performances:
Black Box Theatre, TU Dublin Grangegorman campus (May 2022))
(2022)
Sound designer
Run time: 2.5 hrs
A TU Conservatoire Dublin production
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Cast: BA Drama graduate class
Lighting Design: Alan Mooney
Set & Costume Design: Medb Lambert
Fight Coordinator: Jonathan East
Performances:
Black Box Theatre, TU Dublin Grangegorman campus (May 2022))

'The Long Christmas Dinner'
Music for theatre
(2021, remounted in 2022)
Sound Designer
Run time: 60 minutes
An Abbey Theatre production
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Raymond Keane and Sarah Jane Scaife
Costume Design: Sinead Cuthbert
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Set Design: Sally Withnell
Cast: Liam Bixby, Bryan Burroughs, Emmet Byrne,
Rachael Dowling, Eoin Fullston, Fionnuala Gygax,
Aisling Kearns, Fiona Lucia McGarry, Máire Ní Ghráinne,
Rachel O’Byrne, Will O’Connell, Valerie O’Connor
Performances:
Peacock Theatre (Nov-Dec 2021)
(2021, remounted in 2022)
Sound Designer
Run time: 60 minutes
An Abbey Theatre production
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Raymond Keane and Sarah Jane Scaife
Costume Design: Sinead Cuthbert
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Set Design: Sally Withnell
Cast: Liam Bixby, Bryan Burroughs, Emmet Byrne,
Rachael Dowling, Eoin Fullston, Fionnuala Gygax,
Aisling Kearns, Fiona Lucia McGarry, Máire Ní Ghráinne,
Rachel O’Byrne, Will O’Connell, Valerie O’Connor
Performances:
Peacock Theatre (Nov-Dec 2021)

'Nasc'
Music for aerial dance
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator
Run time: 60 minutes
Produced and performed by Infinite Pants
Cast: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Oran Leong, Jenny Tufts, Jennifer de Brún
Lighting and Set Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Performances:
Roscommon Arts Centre
(Jan 2022)
Choreography by Infinite Pants
Cast: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Jenny Tufts, Oran Leong, and Jennifer de Brún
Director: Raymond Keane
Lighting Designer: Sara Jane Sheils
Synopsis:
An exciting new show blending dance, theatre and jaw dropping circus, NASC explores the invisible connections between us all and what happens when we find ourselves isolated. Using a beautiful blend of dance and aerial circus the performers take us on a journey through connection and what it means to be human.
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator
Run time: 60 minutes
Produced and performed by Infinite Pants
Cast: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Oran Leong, Jenny Tufts, Jennifer de Brún
Lighting and Set Design: Sarah Jane Shiels
Performances:
Roscommon Arts Centre
(Jan 2022)
Choreography by Infinite Pants
Cast: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Jenny Tufts, Oran Leong, and Jennifer de Brún
Director: Raymond Keane
Lighting Designer: Sara Jane Sheils
Synopsis:
An exciting new show blending dance, theatre and jaw dropping circus, NASC explores the invisible connections between us all and what happens when we find ourselves isolated. Using a beautiful blend of dance and aerial circus the performers take us on a journey through connection and what it means to be human.

'Man Down'
Music for contemporary dance
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator
Run time: 60 minutes
A Roisin Whelan Dance production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan in collaboration with the dancers
Cast: Matilda Maginnis, Ellie Marsh, Michael McEvoy, Joshua Scott
Lighting Design: Matt Burke
Set & Costume Design: Florentina Burcea
Stage Managers: Sile Mahon and Faith Boucher
Producer: Michelle Cahill
Production Manager: Stephen Bourke
Performances:
George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow (Feb 2022)
Backstage Theatre Longford (Feb 2022)
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator
Run time: 60 minutes
A Roisin Whelan Dance production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan in collaboration with the dancers
Cast: Matilda Maginnis, Ellie Marsh, Michael McEvoy, Joshua Scott
Lighting Design: Matt Burke
Set & Costume Design: Florentina Burcea
Stage Managers: Sile Mahon and Faith Boucher
Producer: Michelle Cahill
Production Manager: Stephen Bourke
Performances:
George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow (Feb 2022)
Backstage Theatre Longford (Feb 2022)

'Post-Dance'
Music for performance art
(2019)
Composer
Run time: 60 minutes
Commissioned and curated by Sarah Muthi
Dancer: Oran Leong
Filmographer: Kristian Mantalvanos
Performances:
Project Arts Centre, Dublin (Aug 2019)
(2019)
Composer
Run time: 60 minutes
Commissioned and curated by Sarah Muthi
Dancer: Oran Leong
Filmographer: Kristian Mantalvanos
Performances:
Project Arts Centre, Dublin (Aug 2019)
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