Ryan is an award-winning Light Designer working internationally for theatre and dance.

Recent designs include: More Life (Royal Court); The Exhibition (The Royal Ballet, London); Kontakthof: Echoes of ‘78 (Tanztheater Wuppertal /Sadler’s Wells/ Theatertreffen, Berlin); Hot Mess (Brimingham Hippodrome/ Edinburgh Fringe 2025); KABEL (Sadler’s Wells East); KISMET: Gallery of Consequence (Ballet Rambert/ Edinburgh Fringe 2025); Olion (Frân Wen, Wales); Rope (Theatr Clwyd); Natalia Osipova: Force of Nature (New York City Center, International Tour); Bacon (Edinburgh 2023, Riverside Studios, Finborough, SoHo Playhouse NYC, International Tour); Vortex (Russell Maliphant Dance Company); Can This Place Be A Temple? (The Place, UK Tour); Grimeboy (Birmingham Rep); Dance for Ukraine (London Coliseum); Codi (National Dance Company of Wales); Isla (Theatr Clwyd & Royal Court); Generation Goldfish (Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich); Left from Write (Norwegian National Ballet); To Start With, Shades of Blue and Together, Not the Same (Sadler’s Wells, London).