Joe Vanek
Awards
2001 - Irish Times Theatre Award Winner of Best Costume for the opera The Silver Tassie (Mark Anthony Turnage).
Nominations
2012- Irish Times Theatre Awards Nominate for Best Set Design for Orfeo (Monteverdi)
2005 - Irish Times Theatre Awards Nominate for Best Set Design for The Goat (Edward Albee)
1991- 2 TONY nominations (Set and Costume) for Dancing at Lughnasa
1991 — Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Set Designer for Dancing at Lughnasa.
Design Positions Held
2006 - 2008 Design Associate for Wexford Festival Opera
1994 - 1997 Director of Design at the Abbey Theatre Dublin
1980 - 1984 Head of Design at Watford Palace Theatre
Joe Vanek is an international designer for theatre, opera and dance. In 2015 Gandon Editions published his book Irish Theatrescapes.
“Aida - Irish National Opera
Joe Vanek’s stylised set and contemporary costumes, the TV-like video effects of Aaron Kelly and, particularly, the incisive and haunting lighting by Paul Keogan work exceptionally well together, providing a meaningful background for the story but not overshadowing it.”
“The designer Joe Vanek has been responsible for many of the most acclaimed set designs in Irish theatre for nearly 30 years, visualising the work of revered authors such as Brian Friel, Thomas Kilroy and Frank McGuinness. Much of his work has become almost the stuff of legend, such as the now iconic wheat field in the award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa.”
Gallery
2018
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| I/Thou | Cork Opera House, Liz Roche Company |
| Aida | Irish National Opera, Dir. Michael Barker-Caven |
2017
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| 12 Minute Dances | Cork Opera House, Liz Roche Company |
2016
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| A Moon for the Misbegotten | Theatre Royal Waterford, Lyric Belfast & Geva Theatre Rochester (New York), Dir. Ben Barnes |
| La bohème | Opera Theatre Company Dublin & tour, Cond. Andrew Greenwood, Dir. Ben Barnes |
2015
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Maria de Buenos Aries | Cork Opera House, Musical Dir. John O'Brien, Dir. Conor Hanratty |
| Grounded | The Project Arts Centre (Dublin), Dir. Selina Cartmell |
2014
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Interloper | Town Hall Theatre (Galway) & (Beckett Theatre), Liz Roche Company |
| The Rape of Lucretia | Opera Collective Ireland - National Opera House Wexford & tour, Dir. Michael Barker-Caven |
| The Mariner | Gate Theatre. Dublin Theatre Festival, Dir. Patrick Mason |