The award-winning National Opera House in Wexford, Ireland, is a multi-purpose arts performance centre which includes a horse-shoe shaped main auditorium lined in warm, black American walnut with 780 contrasting, cool, pale purple leather seats. Sutton Vane Associates designed the house lighting to emphasise the architecture while also accommodating different levels of occupancy in the building.

Each level of seating can be individually dimmed to the point that the theatre appears to shrink. Specially designed irregular linear fittings are used in the public areas like the box office and reception, to create crisp lighting that is juxtaposed against the simple lines of the building. The front of house areas feature cleaner sharp edged linears that are more in keeping with the buildings angular style.