Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:

Lian Bell (Set Designer and Arts Manager)

“Design + Management- Making Work”

Since completing an MA in Scenography at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, Bell has freelanced in Dublin both as an arts manager and designer for performance, working with some of the most significant organisations, artists and makers in Irish performing arts. As a designer, she has worked contemporary dance and theatre artists including The Corn Exchange, Moonfish Theatre, junk ensemble, Brokentalkers and Rebecca Walter of Catapult Dance. Many of these performances were site specific – spaces included a busy city junction, abandoned buildings, and the tower of St. Anne’s Church in Cork city. She was Programme Manager of Dublin Fringe Festival for the 2009-2011 festivals, where she worked closely with many independent and emerging Irish artists and companies to develop their practice. From 2009-2012 she facilitated the residential programme MAKE for Irish and international contemporary theatre makers, and she she manage Pan Pan’s International Mentorship programme. Large-scale events she has coordinated include Ireland’s participation at the Prague Quadrennial 2007, the world’s largest exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Design (for Irish Theatre Institute), and IETM Dublin, an international networking event for over 530 performing arts professionals which took place in April 2013 (for Project Arts Centre).

For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie