John Comiskey

APPOINTED 23 MAY 2024

John Comiskey has worked extensively in theatre, music, film and television.

He has won Best Design at the Irish Theatre awards (for Copenhagen) and has been nominated several times for Best Lighting Design. He curated and designed the first Irish participation at the Prague Quadrennial exhibition of world theatre design.

Film directing credits include the award-winning dance drama Hit and Run (with CoisCéim); documentaries on German singer Agnes Bernelle and the history of Ireland's mental asylums; and the live transmission of the Eurovision Song Contest. He recently completed DreamCatchr, an opera film.

Music projects have included Antarctica with David Power and Linda Buckley; Ich Liebe Dich with Gavin Friday; The Well and The Frost is All Over with Tony MacMahon.