Biography

GREGOR DONNELLY

Set and Costume Designer

Gregor is an internationally recognised, award nominated theatre designer. Gregor trained in Set and Costume design on the very last Motley Theatre Design Course in 2011. 

Designs highlights include, Women on the Verge of HRT (Gaeity Theatre, Dublin, Grand Opera House, Belfast and tour), I Loved Lucy (Jermyn St Theatre / Arts Theatre / Lucille Lortel Theatre, NYC, Woodstock Theatre, NY), Rumi (London Coliseum and D’reesha Arts Festival, Qatar), Theatre Café Channel episodes 1-5 starring a range of leading westend stars (Broadway HD), Umm Kulthum and the Golden Era (London Palladium, Dubai Opera House, Ithra Theatre, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain National Theatre), Stones in his Pockets (Barn Theatre / Belfast Lyric), Media Suite and interval show designer for Olivier Awards (Royal Albert Hall), Broken Wings and The Throne (Charing Cross Theatre), Rags (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester and Park Theatre, London), Laughing Matters, Celia Imrie’s one woman show (Crazy Coques), The Great British Musicals (St James Theatre / London Hippodrome), Dirty Dating (Stockport Plaza / Epstein Theatre, Liverpool), Rumpy Pumpy (Windsor Theatre Royal / Union Theatre). Peter Pan and The Snow Queen (Park Theatre), The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit (Hope Mill Theatre), The Jazz Age and Shirley Mander (Playground Theatre), Daddy Long Legs, Marry Me A Little and Peter Pan (Barn Theatre, Cirencester), Me and My Girl (Frinton on Sea summer theatre), My Son Pinocchio (Southwark Playhouse),  Jack and the Blingstalk (Harold Pinter Theatre), Shirley Valentine (Byre Theatre) Damn Yankees (Unicorn Theatre), The Great British Musicals (St James Theatre/London Hippodrome), Dirty Dating (Stockport Plaza/Epstein Theatre, Liverpool), Rumpy Pumpy (Windsor Theatre Royal/Union Theatre). Cat-the Play! (Ambassadors theatre) and Bastille’s ‘Doom Days’ album launch concert.

In 2016 he was nominated for Best Set Design and Best Costume Design, Off West End Awards for Benighted (Old Red Lion). In 2017, he was nominated for Best Costume Design, Off West End Awards for The Autumn Garden (Jermyn Street). Gregor was also nominated for Best Set Design, Off West End Awards 2018 for Peter Pan (Park). In 2019, Gregor was nominated for Best Set Design, Off West End Awards for Rags (Park). 

Future designs include Stones in his Pockets tour 2024.