Neil Austin is a lighting designer working internationally on plays, musicals, opera and dance.

His recent designs include:

The Jason Robert Brown musical Parade at the Donmar Warehouse.

The National Theatre production of Gorky’s Philistines.

The Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear with Sir Ian McKellen.

The Royal Ballet revival of Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody

The Donmar Warehouse production of Frost Nixon on Broadway.

The National Theatre production of Conor McPherson’s  The Seafarer on Broadway.

The Chocolate Factory production of Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice in the West End.

The Almeida production of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming

Gone with the Wind directed by Trevor Nunn, at the New London Theatre

Currently running are:

Michael Frayn’s new play Afterlife directed by Michael Blakemore at the National Theatre

Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Howard Davies at the National Theatre

Future projects include:

Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse starring Elena Roger

Oedipus directed by Jonathan Kent at the National Theatre starring Ralph Fiennes

Twelfth Night directed by Michael Grandage, starring Derek Jacobi for the Donmar in the West End Season

Mrs Affleck directed by Marianne Elliot at the National Theatre

Madame de Sade directed by Michael Grandage, starring Judi Dench for the Donmar in the West End Season

Hamlet directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Jude Law for the Donmar in the West End Season

His awards & nominations include:

Best Musical Theatre Lighting Design Award at the 2008 Knight of Illumination Awards for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Lighting Design Nomination at the 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards for Therese Raquin at the National Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design Nomination at the 2007 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Frost Nixon on Broadway.