TYLER FITZPATRICK

Tyler (she/her) is a stage and production manager, producer, lighting designer and theatre maker based on unceded Gadigal land. She is a graduate of the University of Wollongong.

Tyler has been the Production and Operations Manager at Shopfront Arts Co-Op since 2020 and worked with The Paperjam Partners from 2021–2023. With Paperjam, she production managed: Blaque Showgirls, Jailbaby, Pony (Griffin); Dust (Milk Crate); Nothing (NTofP);  A Practical Guide to Self Defence (NTofP/Merrigong). 

At Shopfront Arts Co-Op, Tyler has Production Managed eight ArtsLab emerging artist festivals, supporting over 50 emerging artists to deliver new works. She has proudly mentored young people with an interest in technical theatre, resulting in their pursual of a career in technical theatre and helped to establish a technical/design stream for emerging artists.

Across her time at Shopfront she has lighting designed a total of 18 shows, and production managed over
30 productions.

Other Production Manager Credits include: for Campbelltown Arts Centre: Mirage, The Other Side,
The Complication of Lyrebirds
; for KXT/MerrigongX: Fledgling; and for Blush Opera: Chop Chef. 

Tyler has staged managed: The Bridal Lament 哭嫁歌 (CAAP/Riverside/Sydney Festival), Yoga Play (National Theatre of Parramatta/La Boite),The Lewis Trilogy (Griffin), seven methods of killing kylie jenner (Darlinghurst/Green Door), As Luck Would Have It, Trash Talk (Merrigong). 

Lighting design credits include: I Want it That Gay (QTopia), عورت راج औरत राज Aurat Raj, Porpoise Pool, Moon Rabbit Rising (Belvoir 25A); Misery Loves Company (Legit Theatre); Plenty of Fish in the Sea (BrandX/Clockfire); Embellishment (Voices of Women).

She was awarded the STA for Best Lighting Design of an Independent Production for Moon Rabbit Rising in 2022.

With Lily Hayman, she runs Purple Tape Productions, founded in 2022 to champion female and gender diverse stories, and to create theatre that is not boring. Together, they have produced and designed works [YOUR NAME], Party Girl, Fledgling, Expiration Date, month-long festival (TAPE OVER) and toured to Adelaide and Edinburgh. Their co-production with Melbourne based Empty Seat Theatre, werkaholics by Vivian Nguyen, opens at Downstairs Belvoir in July 2025.

Photo credits (top to bottom): Joshua Morris / Brett Boardman / Sammy Read / Clare Hawley / Andrew Fraser

REVIEWS/AWARDS

  • [YOUR NAME]

    "Set design by Tyler Fitzpatrick is simple, but noteworthy for the sleekness it brings to the production. Also by Fitzpatrick, are the wonderfully dynamic lights, beguiling with their surprising elaborateness." - Suzy Wrong

    "Technial flourishes were also impressive.  The play had a terrific sound design from Clare Hennessy, and the set from Tyler Fitzpatrick had several lighting and video treats." - Stage Whispers

    "The intimate theatre, mixed with Tyler Fitzpatrick & Lily Hayman’s set design, meant that once you were in, you were locked in and not allowed to leave....Fitzpatrick’s lights with Clare Hennessy’ssound were fantastic accompaniments, excellently done, to the point a theatre friend I met in the audience was wondering who the artists were for future productions. The haze was brilliant and not overdone (always a challenge in a small space especially!)" - Kat Pech, Theatre Thoughts

    "There is a breadth and depth of knowledge and love here. Together with Tyler Fitzpatrick’s stage & lighting (which is more evolved than I expected it to be) and Clare Hennessy’s sound which brings the ‘magic’ to life, this is a real hit." - Cultural Binge

    Nominated: KXT 2024 Awards - Best Play, Best Director, Best Design

  • Moon Rabbit Rising

    "While the central musical motif was haunting, the moments that Pingon and Pan chose not to have music were some of the most moving of all. The music worked well in tandem with Tyler Fitzpatrick’s lighting design to dictate tone and punctuate each section in the fifty-minute piece." - ATYP

    The set also followed with simplicity, as one splatter-shaped gold platform elevated the space and enhanced relationships of harmony and conflict within the performance. Lighting by Tyler Fitzpatrick was simple yet effective, where shadows against the back curtain let the audience enter a dream-like state. - Charlotte Leamon, Theatre Travels

    "Lighting by Tyler Fitzpatrick is warm and magical, with a string of bulbs behind the curtain bringing mystical depth and bright whites showing scorching heat." - Charlotte Smee, Theatre Thoughts

    Sydney Theatre Award Receipient for Best Lighting Design of an Independent Production 2022

  • Misery loves company

    "Lights by Tyler Fitzpatrick are deployed with an impressive eye for detail, notable for their ability to manufacture subtle but meaningful shifts in mood" - Suzy Wrong

    "Lighting nuances by Tyler Fitzpatrick are expertly on cue, changing from a bright amber light to lowlight. Red hues bring a hellish vibe to the cousins’ brawl like alleyway cats." - Sydney Theatre Review

    "The addition of Teale Howie’s Richard Nixon impressionist Jasper and his subsequent infatuation with Cicelia is rib-crackingly portrayed thanks in part of Tyler Fitzpatrick’s lighting design." - Theatre Thoughts

  • Porpoise pool

    "In addition to the performances, Porpoise Pool uses creative set design, lights, sound, and costumes that makes the production’s sci-fi and avant-garde sections possible." - Stage Whispers

  • aurat raj

    "The charm of this minimalist piece is the sense of family, of community, of sisterhood that the performers evoke so convincingly; their work is deftly complemented by Hailley Hunt’s production design, Christine Pan’s sound design and Tyler Fitzpatrick’s lighting design." - Sydney Arts Guide

    "The pale costumes of the women catch the exquisite light (Tyler Fitzpatrick), and the gold, pinks and bronzes of the hanging fabric is alluring.  Christine Pan’s music an evocation of the poetic, the hopes, and dreams of the laborers." - Kate Gaul, Theatre Travels

    "Production design by Hailley Hunt introduces a sense of ethereal beauty to the production, along with lights by Tyler Fitzpatrick that deliver remarkable sensuality, to this portrait of woman as both heroic and tragic." - Suzy Wrong

  • Party Girl

    "This is a graceful production. And all brilliantly supported by co-producer and lighting designer Tyler Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick has fun creating distinctive lighting states for the musical moments inside the drama." - Kate Gaul, Theatre Travels

    "conscious juxtaposition of light and darkness in the costuming, lighting, pacing, set design and music elevate the story and allows Heffernan to fully lean into its extremes, from explaining that fairies don’t poop to talking her mother off a literal ledge, without giving the audience whiplash. It’s a delicate balancing act, and this duo nails the tightrope walk." - Toasting Aussie Theatre

    "Utilising KXT’s traverse staging, Fitzpatrick’s lighting is fully rock’n’roll, harnessing tiered homemade LEDs and three columns of par cans to create insanely pleasing visuals as Heffernan slams out echoing riffs on guitar." - Justin Clarke, Theatre Thoughts

    Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award Winner 2023