Irish theatre designer and director, Bob Crowley honoured by University College Dublin

Irish theatre designer and director, Bob Crowley was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature by University College Dublin

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Bob Crowley's complete list of nominations and awards is far too long however to rehearse now; suffice it to say that the Oliviers are many, the Tonys are multiple, the Drama Desk and London Critics Circle repeated and he was the recipient the Royal Design for Industry award," said Dr Cathy Leeney, UCD School of English, Drama and Film, who read the citation at the award ceremony in University College Dublin.

"In addition he has twice been part of the British team entry for the Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Theatre Design and Architecture, the theatre design equivalent of the Venice Biennale."

"Bob Crowley creates worlds. The stage is his space of infinite possibility. Each time he begins the process of creating a design for a production, settings and/or costumes, when he first encounters a new script or hears music from a new score, he faces the empty white page with a 'rush of delight' as he explains. This quality of energy, clarity and spatial vision is palpable in his work."