File relating to design and production of "Breathing Spaces", a script devised by Ken Bourke, co-produced with Theatre West Glamorgan, Wales and Gallowglass Theatre Company, First performed at the Church of Ireland Parochial Hall, Clonmel, County Tipperary, lighting design by Aedín Cosgrove.
File includes manuscript notes on design by Cosgrove, lighting plan and designs for the play, touring theatre dimensions for each touring venue, rehearsal schedule, cue sheets, and lighting tech spec lists.

File relating to production and development of "Hamelin" ("A chamber orchestra in two acts") by Pan Pan Theatre company, directed by Gavin Quinn, set design by Andrew Clancy, lighting by Aedín Cosgrove. Includes script of the play with manuscript notes and writings throughout; accommodation list for the Sept 2003 tour of Hamelin; rehearsal and production schedule; technical specifications; various lighting plans (draft and finalised) by Cosgrave; costume design notes; draft set drawings; correspondence to Cosgrove re. design from company manager of Opera Theatre Company; images of cast members; auditorium tech spec for venues including the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, and relate design drafts and materials for the production of Hamelin.
Also (outsize) original costume drawings for Hamelin, with attached fabric samples, for character of the Cripple, the Mayor, and [Dolor].

File from Dublin Youth Theatre production of "Haunted - A Free Theatre Spectacle" directed and designed by John Farrell and Bill Wertz. Includes production schedule, index to locations and timespan of locations in the play; Notes from production meeting; Memorandum of Agreement made between Dublin Youth Theatre and Temple Bar Cultural Properties for use of production space (Aug 1994); Press release on the play; Correspondence to Gardaí and other authorities outlining details of the performance which will take place in public spaces.
Also includes press release / cast and production details for "The Weight of the World", a summer project, Pan Pan Theatre in association with the National Association for Youth Drama.

File of letters, cards, and photographs relating to/sent to Aedín Cosgrove and from design work relating to Pan Pan and other theatre work. Includes expired passport (1999); contact sheets and prints of portrait headshot images of Cosgrove; 2 unlabelled family photographs; 2 polaroids featuring Cosgrove, [Eileen Walsh] and others, Letter from Cosgrove to Swedish theatre designer Elen Ruge, enclosing a copy of magazine on Swedish theatre design with interview with Ruge and Cosgrove indicating influence on her own design work; letter outlining Cosgrove's appeal for funding/support to travel and study under Ruge; Personal letters from friends and family sent to Cosgrove (1997); letter from Paul Bassett, Director of Mayfest Festival, Glasgow, inviting Cosgrove to participate in the festival (Apr 1995); Letter from Martin Fahy, General Manager of the Abbey Theatre, confirming Cosgrove's appointment as designer for "The Mai" by Marina Carr (March 1995) and from Fahy conforming Cosgrove as Lighting Designer for production of "Small City" by Clare Dowling (May 1995); fax to [Mary] at Teatro Potlach re. design spec (1996); Fax with offer of design work to Cosgrove from National Theatre of the Deaf (Jul 1997); Letter from Rupert Murray, Festival Co-ordinator of the Beckett Festival at the Gate Theatre Dublin, thanking Cosgrove for her work on the festival (25 Oct 1991); Miriam Lambert to Cosgrove thanking her for design work for Lambert Puppet Theatre (Jul 1991); Letters of job reference for Cosgrove from work at David and Charles Bookshop, London; Trinity College Dublin (Research Assistant role) (May 1991); letter re. Pan Pan tour to Krakow, Poland.
Text of professional biography of Cosgrove also included.

File includes assorted lighting tech plans and documents. Includes lighting notes, correspondence and documents sent to Cosgrove by 'Stage Services North'; lighting tech plan for production of "Straight With Curves" by Cois Céim Theatre Company produced at Theatre Massalia (Sep 1996); drawing plan for 'UCG Theatre Fit Out' by Scott Tallon Walker (1997); Also catalogues, booklets, and price lists for lighting equipment by Rosco supply company.
File 2 includes assorted technical plans for a range of theatre venues in Ireland, including auditorium plans, lighting and tech drawings etc. for Andrew's Lane Theatre, Dublin; Everyman Theatre, Cork; Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin; Nun's Island Theatre, Galway; City Arts Centre, Dublin; The National Concert Hall, Dublin; Droichead Arts Centre, Louth; Hawk's Well Arts Centre, Sligo; Mullingar Arts Centre; Town Hall Theatre, Omagh, Co. Tyrone; Triskel Arts Centre, Cork; Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick; Galway Arts Centre, Peacock Theatre, Dublin, and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

File of assorted outsize plans and technical drawings of theatre spaces in Ireland, including the Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo;
Also some lighting plans for theatre productions worked on by Cosgrove including "The Mai" by Marina Carr, produced at the Peacock stage at the Abbey Theatre (Sept 1994), Front elevation of sections drawings for "The Mai" by Marina Carr, Abbey Theatre (1994); Lighting design by Cosgrove for "You Should Thank God, Fasting, for the Love of a Good Man", directed by Brian Brady (Nov 1994).

File 2 includes technical plans, press releases, overviews, and flyers for productions at the Players Theatre Trinity College Dublin, mostly being various student productions (early 1990s).

File of assorted Theatre Programmes/Magazines/Posters, including printed programme for 'Breathing Space', a devised play scripted by Ken Bourke and produced by Gallowglass Theatre Company and Theatre West Glamorgan, Wales, (lighting design by Aedín Cosgrove); printed poster for "Negative Act" (the first production by Quinn and Cosgrove) at the Samuel Beckett Centre for Theatre and Drama Studies, Dublin (Apr 2-4 1991); printed programme for "Liars: A Dark Comedy" by Elliot Meyers at the Producers Club Theatre, New York (early 90s); Poster/programme for "Dolores" by Darina Mac Anna, Players Theatre, Trinity College Dublin and part of the Dublin Theatre Festival (lighting by Cosgrove - Oct 1992); printed programme from devised play "Rave to Real or The Little Box" from Corcadorca Theatre Company, presented by VECSI, France, March 1993 (Cosgrove was Production Manager, directed by Pat Kiernan); Printed flyer/programme from "Leonce and Lena" by Georg Buchner and presented by Corcadorca Theatre Company, directed by Pat Kiernan (lighting design by Cosgrove, Granary Theatre, Cork, May 1991); Printed programme from Open House Theatre Project, directed by Andy Hinds, with three plays, lighting design by Cosgrove.

Printed programme for "We Have Your Little Man" devised by Corcadorca Theatre Company and staged at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, directed by Pat Kiernan and lighting design by Cosgrove (June [1992/1993]); Printed programme for "Chrysalis" a new play by Sylvia Cullen, staged by Wild Geese Productions in association with Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (Nov 1992, lighting design by Cosgrove, directed by Terence White); Printed programme form production of "Snow White and the Yellow Packs" by Karen Egan, directed by Terence White, lighting design by Cosgrove, produced by Uppercrust Theatre Company (Uppercrust was co-founded by Julie Sharkey and [ ] as a professional theatre company based in Carlow town - this show produced at Bridewell Lane Theatre, Tullow, Co. Carlow); overview of play "Blackwater", working title, by Sylvia Cullen. Printed booklet from the feast of St. Patrick mass at the Church of St. Pancras, Ipswich, with work for organ by Donnacha Dennehy (2000). Printed programme/flyer for "CITY" instillation by Pan Pan in Dublin, 1995.
Printed programme from Opéra National de Paris production of opera "Owen Wingrave", with lighting design by Aedín Cosgrove (2017).

Printed company overview document for "Wild Geese Theatre Company", a new Franco-Irish Theatre Company, founded in Cork in 1991, outlining its intent to "make an impact on European theatre" and to "embrace a European perspective". Sylvia Cullen is named as founding Artistic Director with Aedín Cosgrove as founding member. Company policy, funding and future projects are detailed. Printed flyer for "Crows Calling" by Sylvia Cullen, produced by Wild Geese Productions, Cork at the Firkin Crane Theatre.

Assorted printed issues of Irish Theatre Magazine, , including Issue 1 of Irish Theatre Magazine (Oct/Dec 1997); Vol 3, No 14, Spring 2003 (With Ruth Negga and Katy Davis on front cover from Pan Pan production of "Amy the Vampire" (2 copies); Vol 4, No. 18, Spring 2004; Vol.4 No. 21 (Winter 2004).

Files relating to Theatre Forum Ireland, a national membership and advocacy body for the performing arts in Ireland.

File includes printed programmes from theatre Forum Annual Conference for years 2005 and for 2006. Programmes include details of all speakers and events as part of the conference. Brochure for the 2008 Theatre Forum conference - "The Next Stage". Also included are documents and reports such as "Economic Impact of the Professional Performing Arts in Ireland (Theatre Forum, Sept 2004); Chairman's Report of Activities of Theatre Forum Apr 2003 - May 2004 and from May 2004 - May 2005; Theatre Forum March Newsletter 2004; Correspondence to Gavin Quinn of Pan pan from Donal Shields, Chair of Theatre Forum with updates re. Theatre Forum activities (2005/6); Copy of "Touring Position Paper for the Arts Council", April 2005, prepared by Jane Daly Arts Management Services.