About Kyra...

Kyra is a multi disciplined theatre maker specialising in Lighting Design and Production Management. They have worked all over Australia as a festival and Venue Technition and have most recently made their international Lighting design debut at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe.

Kyra has worked across multiple fields including Hawkeye for Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open 2022, Stage Manager for the Australian Shakespeare Companies The Wind in The Willows and Lighting Designer for the international tour of Tart's Theatre Companies Poles: the Science of Magnetic attraction. In 2021 they won the Adrian Cherubin award for Best Newcomer Technition at The International Melbourne Comedy Festival.

Kyra strives to assist others in making accessible, thought provoking art that champions storytelling and fosters communities. They hope to continue to do what they love best; pressing buttons.

Nicholas Carr, Australian Arts Review for Kinder 2024

The whole creative team should be celebrated for this hilarious and moving feat. They presented as a well-oiled machine; ... a striking lighting design by Kyra Ryan elevated Stewart’s performance.