HOWARD HUDSON LIGHTING DESIGN

RENT Hope Mill Theatre Photographer Pamela Raith

BIOGRAPHY

Theatre credits include: & JULIET (Shaftesbury Theatre, West End and Manchester Opera House; Olivier Nomination 2020, Winner of the Whatsonstage Award 2020); 9 to 5: THE MUSICAL (Savoy Theatre, West End and UK Tour); STRICTLY BALLROOM (Piccadilly Theatre, West End); ROMEO AND JULIET (dir. Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, Garrick Theatre, West End); GUYS AND DOLLS, KISS ME KATE (Sheffield Crucible); GASLIGHT (UK Tour); TITANIC (UK and World Tour); THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ON THE TOWN (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4 THE MUSICAL (Ambassadors Theatre, West End; Menier Chocolate Factory and Leicester Curve); STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (UK Tour); IN THE HEIGHTS (Kings Cross Theatre); HEDDA GABLER, ECHO'S END, BEDROOM FARCE, SEPARATE TABLES (Salisbury Playhouse); PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Royal and Derngate, Northampton); THE RIVALS (Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Playhouse, Glasgow Citizens Co Production); THE LAST FIVE YEARS dir. Jason Robert Brown (The Other Palace); QUEENS OF SYRIA (Young Vic); A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, CRAZY FOR YOU (& UK Tour), TELL ME ON A SUNDAY (& UK Tour), OLIVER!, THE SECRET ADVERSARY (& UK Tour) (Watermill).

Opera and Dance credits include, STREET SCENE (Opera North); WRITTEN ON SKIN (Opera Philadelphia); THE MONSTROUS CHILD, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Linbury. Royal Opera House); THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, MANSFIELD PARK (Grange Festival); THE BARTERED BRIDE, FANTASIO, VERT-VERT, FIDELIO (Garsington Opera); DIE FLEDERMAUS, LAKME, LA BOHEME (Opera Holland Park); EGLE (Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet, Vilnius, choreo. George Williamson).

International credits include, JERSEY BOYS (Dubai Opera House and International Tour); GASLIGHT (Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto); TITANIC (Princess of Wales, Toronto); a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Christmas Theatre, Athens; Folketeateret, Oslo and National Opera, Bucharest); DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, EDUCATING RITA (English Theatre Frankfurt); LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Aarhus Theatre, Denmark); Cornelius (59E59, New York).

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Awards and Nominations include:

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Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design 2020 for & JULIET

Winner of the Whatsonstage Award for Best Lighting Design 2020 for & JULIET

Nominated for Whatsonstage Award for Best Lighting Design IN THE HEIGHTS (2016), THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (2019), & JULIET (2020)

Winner of Off West End Award for Best Lighting Designer in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING WORK

9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL

Savoy Theatre, West End

UK Tour

Australia Tour

Dir. Jeff Calhoun, Des. Tom Rogers

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WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? A NEW MUSICAL

Leeds Playhouse, Dir. Luke Sheppard, Des. Jon Bausor

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101 DALMATIONS: A NEW MUSICAL

Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Dir Tim Sheader, Des. Katrina Lindsay

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& JULIET

Shaftesbury Theatre, West End

Toronto

Dir. Luke Sheppard, Des. Soutra Gilmour, Video Andrzej Goulding

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WINNER of the WHATSONSTAGE AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN 2020

NOMINATION for the OLIVIER AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN 2020

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Christmas Theatre, Athens, Dir. Stephen Barlow, Des. Andrew Riley

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RENT

Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, Dir. Luke Sheppard, Des. David Woodhead

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SOMETHING ROTTEN!

Birmingham Rep, Dir. Sean Foley, Des. David Woodhead

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THE WIZARD OF OZ

Leicester Curve, Dir. Nikolai Foster, Des. Colin Richmond

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STREET SCENE

Opera North and UK Tour, Theatre Magdeburg, Germany, Dir. Matthew Eberhardt, Des. Francis O'Connor

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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

Santa Fe Opera, USA, Dir. Stephen Barlow, Des. Andrew Edwards

CONTACT

HELEN MUMBY at THE SOHO AGENCY

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www.thesohoagency.co.uk

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helen@thesohoagency.co.uk

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+44 207 471 7900

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