ABOUT JENNY
Hello and welcome to my website!
My name is Jenny and I am a theatre artist, performance designer and Theatre Design lecturer at MTU
Cork School of Music. I specialises in costume, set and prop design.
I am originally from Wicklow where I studied Art, Craft and Design before moving to Cork to earn a BA
Honours in Theatre and Drama Studies from MTU.
Alongside performance design, I am a visual artist who specialises in portrait painting and murals.
My most recent production credits include, Set & Costume design for THE HARE (Once Off
Productions. Developed with support from the Abbey Theatre and Cairde Sligo Arts Festival).
Set & Costume design for SKIN (National Sculpture Factory), Set, Costume & Prop design for BUILT ON BRIDGES (Helga Deasy Dance / Firkin Crane). Art Director/Set Designer for MEADOWLANDS (Netflix / Sandpaper Films) Prop Maker for MORRIGAN (Cork Opera House / Everyman), Set Designer for LIGHTFALLS (MTU
Cork School of Music), Scenic artist for THE WAKEFIRES (ANU Productions) and Design
Assistant for THE HEART OF A DOG (Everyman / Dublin Theatre Festival) which was
nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Costume Design in 2022.
Additional Costume Design credits include; THE CAILLEACH (Pitch’d Productions), HUMANS: A ROBOT MUSICAL (Graffiti Theatre / Everyman), CURA (Helga Deasy Dance / Firkin Crane), BLÁTHANNA (ScareFlowers),
EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON (MTU Cork School of Music), TALL TAIL (ALSA Productions)
and Costume Design Assistant for GATMAN (Everyman Theatre).
In February 2024, The Irish Society of Performance Designers (I.S.P.D), in partnership with The Everyman Theatre, appointed me 'Assistant Costume Designer' to Catherine Fay. This appointment was through the ISPD's mentorship programme for costume designers in the early stages of their career; funded by The Arts Council Arts Grant Funding.
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