Conan McIvor

Experience

Lir Academy Training

• MFA Theatre Directing - 2026

Other Experience

Conan McIvor is a Director and Undisciplinary artist who tells stories across Stage, Screen, and Visual Art. He creates theatre productions, fiction, documentary and experimental films, video installations, and immersive environments. His work has been exhibited in galleries, festivals, national theatres, cinemas, broadcast on national television, and is held in the ACNI collection. Conan studied Interactive Multimedia Design at Ulster University before receiving an MA in Film and Visual S

tudies from Queen’s University Belfast during which he was awarded NI Screen’s Bill Miskelly Award. In 2022, Conan received an Arts Council Ireland Theatre Bursary to expand his practice as a Theatre Director & Designer. His sell-out production Waiting For The Offoat The New Theatre Dublin marked his 50th design credit and 1st directing credit for the stage. He was nominated for Best Video Design at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, received the VAI Experience Award with Vivienne Dick, and was the British Council’s Filmmaker-in-Residence at CCI Paris. Most recently Conan was AUGE NEXT Artist-in-Residence at the Athens Digital Arts Festival Summer 2024.

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