Born in Pennsylvania, he is Chairman of the Association of Lighting Designers in the UK and winner of two Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design, and two Tony Awards - for An Inspector Calls and Billy Elliot, the musical (both on Broadway).
Theatre and dance work includes The Fastest Clock in the Universe (Hampstead); An Inspector Calls (Novello, London); Billy Elliot, the musical (London West End, Sydney, Melbourne, and Broadway); Much Ado about Nothing (Singapore); The Family Reunion, Betrayal, The Philanthropist, Old Times (Donmar); The Cherry Orchard (Chichester Festival Theatre); Sweeney Todd (Gate, Dublin); Landscape With Weapon (National Theatre); Resurrection Blues (Old Vic); Tin Tin (Barbican); Jerry Springer the Opera (NT and West End); Honour (NT); Far Away (New York), A Number (Royal Court); Blue/Orange (NT and West End); Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Berlin); Via Dolorosa (Royal Court, Broadway); Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (London, Los Angeles, Broadway and World Tour) and Cinderella (London, Los Angeles).Recent opera productions include Turandot (English National Opera); Peter Grimes (Washington); Betrothal in a Monastery (Glyndebourne & Valencia); Billy Budd, Radamisto, La boheme, Daphne, Tea, Peter Grimes, Madame Mao (Santa Fe); The Fiery Angel, Turandot (Bolshoi); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Fenice); Wozzek (Royal Opera House); Gloriana and La bohème (Opera North); The Little Prince (Houston, New York, San Francisco) and three seasons at Batignano.
Current and forthcoming projects include The Tsarina’s Slippers (Royal Opera House); Rope (Almeida); The Fantasticks (Duchess).
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