JENNY WHYTE
Performance Designer & Visual Artist
About Jenny Whyte
Jenny Whyte is a set and costume designer working across Dublin, Cork, and Wicklow. She is also a visual artist and a part-time Theatre Design lecturer at MTU Cork School of Music.
Her practice is rooted in collaboration and driven by the impact of visual storytelling to shape an audience’s emotional and sensory experience. Jenny creates inclusive, richly textured worlds for performance, often foregrounding social themes and sparking conversation through her scenography choices.
Jenny has worked with a wide range of companies, including Netflix, Once Off Productions, Cork Opera House, ANU, the Everyman Theatre, ALSA Productions, and Opera Collective Ireland, bringing her design expertise to both intimate projects and large-scale productions.
Recent Production Credits Include:
MISTERMAN
Set & Props Designer | 2025 | ALSA Productions
Dir: Al Dalton
(Theatre)
CAUTIONARY TALES
Costume Designer | 2025 | Opera Collective Ireland
Dir: Sarah Baxter
(Opera)
A DEADLY AMERICAN MARRIAGE
Art Director / Set Designer | 2025 | Netflix & Sandpaper Films
Dir: Jenny Popplewell
(Film)
STITCH
Set Designer | 2025 | Mighty Oak Productions
Dir: Regina Crowley
(Site-specific Theatre)
THE HARE
Set & Costume Designer | 2024 | Once Off Productions
Dir: Bob Kelly
(Theatre: National Tour)
CORTISOL
Set & Costume Designer | 2024 | Burnt Toast & Once Off Productions
Dir: Jeda de Brí
(Theatre)
SKIN
Set & Costume Designer | 2024 | National Sculpture Factory
Dir: Hanan Sheedy
(Site-specific Theatre)
LIGHT FALLS
Set Designer | 2024 | MTU Cork School of Music
Dir: Regina Crowley
(Theatre)
BUILT ON BRIDGES
Costume & Set Designer | 2023 | Firkin Crane Dance
Dir: Helga Deasy
(Dance)
CURA
Costume Designer | 2023 | Firkin Crane Dance
Dir: Helga Deasy
(Dance)
HUMANS: A ROBOT MUSICAL
Costume Designer | 2022 | Graffiti Theatre Company & The Everyman
Dir: Niall Cleary
(Children’s Musical Theatre)
MORRÍGAN
Prop Maker | 2022 | Cork Opera House & The Everyman
Dir: John O’Brien
(Opera)
WAKEFIRES
Scenic Artist | 2022 | ANU Productions
Dir: Louise Lowe
(Site-specific Theatre)
BLÁTHANNA
Costume Designer | 2022 | Cork Arts Theatre
Dir: Kelby Guilfoyle
(Children’s Theatre)
EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON
Costume Designer | 2020 | MTU Cork School of Music
Dir: Regina Crowley
(Theatre)
TALL TAIL
Costume Designer | 2019 | ALSA Productions
Dir: Al Dalton
(Children’s Theatre)
MACHINAL
Director | 2019 | MTU Cork School of Music
(Theatre)
Additional Credits Include
In 2024, Jenny was selected by the Irish Society of Performance Designers (ISPD) for their Arts Council–funded mentorship programme, working as Assistant Costume Designer to Catherine Fay on GATMAN! (Everyman Theatre). She later re-joined Fay for MAKING HISTORY (Everyman Theatre, 2025) as Costume Supervisor and Textile/Costume Breakdown Artist.
In 2021, she was Design Assistant on HEART OF A DOG (Everyman Theatre), which was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Costume Design in 2022.