Emma Jane Nulty

Experience

Lir Academy Training

• MFA Stage Design - 2027

Other Experience

Emma has a deep love of story-telling and all things imaginative. She has always been involved with theatre and has designed and directed plays for the last 10 years. Her practice works closely with directors, creatives and actors, to produce exciting designs to enhance storytelling: something that is faithful to the original play but interprets it and presents it in a new and exciting way for today’s audience. She is passionate about design and working in collaboration with others. She loves bringing a play to life.

Recent credits include Sive (Keane), Dalkey Town & Heritage Centre & various, Nominated Best Stage,Design. & Director, RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival 2026, The Crucible (Miller) The Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre, June 2024 (Stage & Costume Design, Director) Winner, The Abbey Theatre Award, 2024, By the Bog of Cats, (Carr) 2023, (Stage & Costume Design, Director) Winner, RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival 2023, Best Director 2023, Eurydice (Ruhl) Nominated for Best Experimental Theatre Award, RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival 2022, The Mill on the Floss (Elliott, adapted by Edmondson) 2019, (Stage Design, Director) Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Ruhl) 2017, (Stage Design, Director) Winner, RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival 2017, Best Director 2017 & Nominated for Best Stage Design 2017.

Alongside theatre making, she has extensive experience in team building, facilitation, conflict resolution and working in communities experiencing disadvantage. You can read more about her work here.

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