Neil Irish trained in Birmingham and later at The Slade.

Recent productions Hansel and Gretel and Rigoletto (Opera Holland Park, London); Amadigi, La Boheme and The Golden Cockerel (English Touring Opera); A Tale of Two Cities (Chung Ying Hong Kong and China tour): Canterbury Tales and Henry V (Guildford Shakespeare Company); and The Short Long Drop (Vanguard London).

Other work includes Woyzeck (St Anne's, New York); Rodelinda (BAM, NYC); Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Switzerland (Frankfurt); My Fair Lady (Cyprus), Cenerentola (Danish Opera); Dr Jekyll (Hong Kong) and The Shape of Things (Istanbul).

Neil has designed several shows for Jermyn Street Theatre, Guildford Shakespeare Company, Red Shift and Compass touring companies. Also for Birmingham Rep, Nottingham Playhouse, Derby Theatres, Leeds Playhouse, Crucible, Opera Theatre Company Dublin, Pavilion Theatre Dublin, Almeida Theatre, ENO, New Zealand Opera, Second Stride Dance Company, London Children's Ballet, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, New Wolsey Ipswich, Greenwich Theatre, Everyman Liverpool, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Gate Theatre, Dublin.