SJ Shiels

SJ began designing lighting in Dublin Youth Theatre, completing M.Sc in Interactive Digital Media 2021 and a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies 2006 (Trinity), and the Rough Magic Seeds3 programme 2006 - 2008. From 2010 – 2017, she was co-artistic director of WillFredd Theatre. Previous designs for the Lyric include All Mod Cons and Educating Rita. Other recent lighting designs include SHIT, Conversations After Sex (This Is Pop Baby), All the Angels (Rough Magic Theatre Company), Book of Names (ANU Productions), The Veiled Ones (Junk Ensemble), Afterlove (Stephanie Dufresne, Galway Dance Project, Galway Arts Festival), One Good Turn (Abbey Theatre), Hansel and Gretel (Irish National Opera, Theatre Lovett, Abbey Theatre), A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Collapsing Horse).