Neil Austin Lighting Design
Neil Austin is a lighting designer working internationally on plays, musicals, opera and dance.
You can currently see his work on:
London Assurance at the National Theatre, starring Simon Russell-Beale & Fiona Shaw, directed by Nick Hytner
The White Guard at the National Theatre, directed by Howard Davies
As One for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, a new one-act ballet choreographed by Jonathan Watkins
Red on Broadway at the Golden Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage
Piaf starring Elena Roger, at the Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Upcoming:
Women Beware Women at the National Theatre, directed by Marianne Elliot
Piaf at the Teatro Alcala, Madrid, directed by Jamie Lloyd
Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre, directed by Richard Eyre
Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Jonathan Munby
Awards:
Best Lighting Design: Musical Theatre at the 2008 Knight of Illumination Awards for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
He was named as one of the 25 Pacesetters on the London Arts Scene by Variety in 2007
He is a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama..
Nominations:
Laurence Olivier Awards
Best Lighting Design - 2009 - Piaf
Best Lighting Design - 2009 - No Man’s Land
Best Lighting Design - 2007 - Therese Raquin
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Lighting Design - 2007 - Frost Nixon, Broadway
Knight of Illumination Awards
Best Lighting Design: Play - 2009 - Twelfth Night
Best Lighting Design: Musical - 2009 - Piaf
Whatsonstage.com Awards
Best Lighting Designer - 2010 - Madame de Sade & Life is a Dream
Best Lighting Designer - 2009 - Oedipus, Piaf & No Mans Land
Irish Times Theatre Awards
Best Designer: Lighting - 2009 - No Mans Land
Press Articles:
The Guardian
The top 100 most powerful people in theatre? The Stage is behind the times
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/dec/31/top-100-power-theatre-stage
The Guardian
Madame de Sade illuminates the art of lighting in the theatre
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/apr/22/madame-de-sade-art-lighting-theatre
The Telegraph
It will be all Light on the Night
Variety
Setting the Pace
Variety profiles 25 people or groups in film, music, television, theater and online who are driving the London Arts Scene.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117974006.html?categoryid=2730&cs=1&query=neil+austin
The Guardian
Bright spark: the rise of the lighting designer
Lighting is integral to create interesting productions – it is the secret language of theatre
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/feb/16/stage-lighting-design
