Morgan Moroney is an award-winning lighting and video designer for theatre, opera, dance and installation. Growing up on Kaurna land, he currently lives and works primarily on Gadigal land. Morgan brings a distinct multidisciplinary approach to his creative practice, with a particular fascination for integrated-media live performance.
Morgan’s work includes: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, KING LEAR, SONG OF FIRST DESIRE and NAYIKA: A DANCING GIRL (Belvoir), SHITTY (Belvoir 25A), APHRODITE (Sydney Chamber Opera), DIDO & AENEAS, LA SERVA PADRONA (Pinchgut Opera), FLY GIRL, THE QUEEN’S NANNY, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER and CLYDE’S (Ensemble), THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Opera Australia National Tour), TURN OF THE SCREW (Hayes Theatre Co), CLEANSED (Redline), INFERNO (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra), CAMP (Siren Theatre Co), ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE (Sugary Rum), THE DRY and THE WET (Circa Cairns), SAPLINGS and SHACK (ATYP) and COLLAPSIBLE (essential workers), which he also co-directed.
Morgan is a NIDA graduate. In 2025, he was awarded the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Artist Grant and Freddie J Gibson Fellowship to travel to London with Nick Schlieper alongside Kip Williams’ DRACULA on the West End. Morgan’s Associate Designer work includes PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR (Opera Australia) and MAUREEN: HARBINGER OF DEATH (Soft Tread).
Morgan has received the 2024 Michael Northen Award for emerging Lighting Designers, administered by the Association for Lighting Production and Design in the UK, 2023 Sydney Theatre Award in Best Independent Lighting Design, NIDA X Storytelling Futures Grant and APDG Award in Lighting Design, and 2020 APDG Emerging Designer for Live Performance.
