cracked Forge Theatre, November 2016
Lighting and Video Designer Morgan Moroney
Taking Alfred Hitchcock to the stage, Cracked was an adaptation of three silent films - The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps in a three-act dinner theatre/cabaret style experience. Audience were seated amongst a series of platforms and skeletal structures punctuated with concentrated lighting to fluidly create the multitude of locations.
ABOUT
Morgan Moroney (he/him) is an emerging multidisciplinary designer for stage and screen, originally from the land of the Kaurna people and currently working on Bidjigal and Gadigal land. He has a particular passion for experimentation with integrated-media live performance. A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art's Bachelor of Fine Arts Technical Theatre and Stage Management degree, Morgan combines his passions for storytelling and technology to collaborate on distinctive and innovative works.
In 2021, Morgan's collaborations include Cleansed dir. Dino Dimitriadis (Apocalypse Theatre) as co-Lighting and Video Designer; Significant Other
dir. Hayden Tonazzi (New Theatre), The Marriage Agency dir. Kenneth Moraleda & Jennifer Rani (kwento & bAKEHOUSE) and The Construct (Circus Monoxide & Quiet Riot) as Lighting Designer; and Outdated dir. Mark Kilmurry (Ensemble) as co-Video Designer.
His Associate Lighting Designer credits include the world premiere of This Bitter Earth (New Theatre), The Tempest and Othello (Sport for Jove).
His Video Design Associate & Realiser credits include Ernani (Opera Australia & Teatro Alla Scala) and Claudel (Tinderbox Productions). While at NIDA, Morgan’s collaborations included FAUST, A Respectable Wedding, And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens, The Cat as Lighting Designer; Marat/Sade as Video Designer, Ghosts and ANTIGONICK as Lighting and Video Designer. Additional credits include Everybody (Cross Pollinate)
and Pit (sandpaperplane) as Lighting Designer, and audio-visual installation noise at Articulate Project Space as co-Designer & Producer.
Image: Clare Edmondson
SELECTED PROJECTS
Upcoming
Lilac dir. Shane Anthony | Lighting Designer | sandpaperplane & bAKEHOUSE Theatre | King's Cross Theatre
Cleansed dir. Dino Dimitriadis | Co-Lighting and Video Designer | Apocalypse & Redline | Old Fitz Theatre (postponed due to COVID-19)
The Marriage Agency dir. Kenneth Moraleda & Jennifer Rani | Lighting Designer | kwento & bAKEHOUSE Theatre | King's Cross Theatre (postponed due to COVID-19)
Falling dir. Amelia Burke | Lighting Designer | GRL PWR Productions & bAKEHOUSE Theatre | King's Cross Theatre (cancelled due to COVID-19)
2021
Othello dir. Damien Ryan | Lighting Associate/Realiser | Sport for Jove | Seymour Centre, York Theatre & Riverside Theatre
The Tempest dir. Damien Ryan | Lighting Associate/Realiser | Sport for Jove | Seymour Centre, York Theatre & Riverside Theatre
Significant Other dir. Hayden Tonazzi | Lighting Designer | New Theatre
Claudel dir. Wendy Beckett, chore. Meryl Tankard | Video Realiser | Tinderbox Productions | Sydney Opera House Playhouse
The Twins dir. Terence Serio & Sarah Butler | Lighting Designer (transfer) | Shark Island Institute | Seymour Centre, Reginald Theatre with Melbourne and Canberra tour
Outdated dir. Mark Kilmurry | Video Co-Designer & Programmer | Ensemble Theatre
The Construct dir. Zebastian Hunter | Lighting Designer | Circus Monoxide & Quiet Riot | Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Bruce Gordon Theatre
Cool Pool Party 2: Graduation (workshop development) | Lighting Designer | ban shakespeare | NIDA Studio Theatre
Ernani dir. Sven-Eric Bechtolf | Video Realiser/Programmer | Opera Australia & Teatro Alla Scala | Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
2020
ANTIGONICK dir. Zoë Hollyoak | Lighting & Video Designer | NIDA | Space Theatre
The Cat dir. Amelia Burke | Lighting Designer | NIDA | Space Theatre
And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens... dir. Liam McIlwain | Lighting Designer | NIDA | Space Theatre
Ghosts dir. Priscilla Jackman | Lighting & Video Designer | NIDA | Reg Grundy Studio
noise (audiovisual installation) | Co-Designer & Producer | Articulate Project Space
On My Own dir. Zoë Hollyoak (music video) | Co-Lighting Designer | NIDA & Triple J
Ghost Lights dir. Katy Alexander (transmedia) | Project Manager & Creative Producer | NIDA | Digital Theatre Festival
Everybody dir. Gabriel Fancourt | Lighting Designer | Cross Pollinate Productions & bAKEHOUSE Theatre | King's Cross Theatre
Pit dir. Mikala Westall | Lighting Designer & Promotional Content | sandpaperplane | Old 505 Theatre
DavidDavis@ dir. Andrew McInnes (development production) | Lighting & Surtitle Designer | Sydney Conservatorium of Music | Music Workshop
Talkback dir. Elise Wilson | Video Designer & Promotional Content | sandpaperplane | Blue Room Theatre
2019
FAUST dir. Sam Trotman | Lighting Designer | NIDA | Space Theatre
A Respectable Wedding dir. Tait De Lorenzo | Lighting Designer | NIDA | Space Theatre
Marat/Sade dir. Gavin Robins & John Bashford | Video Designer & Systems | NIDA | Studio Theatre
håmlet - a newer australian play | Video Designer | ban shakespeare | Bondi Pavillion Theatre
and presented as part of 'Here We Are' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Inhabit (movement installation) | Co-creator | NIDA | Studio Theatre Substage
This Bitter Earth dir. Riley Spadaro | Associate Lighting Designer | New Theatre
Ophelia (video installation) | Co-creator | NIDA | Parade Theatre Sound Stage
2018
Ex Machina dir. Finn Caldwell | Video Associate | NIDA | Space Theatre
NIDA Class of 2017 Graduation Ceremony | Video Systems/Operation | Parade Theatre
2017
Hell Hath No Fury (Antigone + Machinal) | Lighting & Video Designer | The Forge Theatre
Echoes of the Mask | Lighting & Video Designer | The Forge Theatre