Kevin Murphy is an award-winning lighting designer from Ireland based between London and Dublin. He works across theatre, dance, music and circus arts.
Kevin graduated from The Lir Academy’s MFA Stage Design in 2021.
Credits include Saturation (Dublin Modular); Malignant Humour (Hannah Gumbrielle); Double Act (Honey & Lemon); Bent (The Lir); Eurydice (The Lir); Red Lines (Monika Palova & Sean McIlraith); Dog Shit (Bellaray Bertrand-Webb); Ruining The Act (Emily Kilkenny Roddy); AKEDAH (Hampstead); The Naughty Fox (Toucan Theatre); Anatomy of a Night (Nick Nikolaou); The Blue House (Helikon Theatre); Cross Street (Fregoli).
Credits as an Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer include Emma (Abbey Theatre, with Lighting Designer Sinead McKenna); Between Riverside & Crazy (Hampstead Theatre, with Lighting Designer Anna Watson); Wasted (MICA Theatre with Lighting Designer Pablo Fernández Baz); Dublin Old School (Emmet Kirwan, Olympia Theatre, with Lighting Designer Sarah-Jane Shiels); An Ant Called Amy (Julie Sharkey, The Ark, with Lighting Designer Sarah-Jane Shiels).
In 2023 he was awarded ‘Best Lighting Design’ at Dublin Fringe Festival for his work on Red Lines (Monika Palova & Sean McIlraith).
