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:
Red at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Michael Grandage
Piaf starring Elena Roger, at the Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Upcoming:
As One at the Royal Opera House, a new ballet choreographed by Jonathan Watkins
London Assurance at the National Theatre, directed by Nick Hytner
The White Guard at the National Theatre, directed by Howard Davies
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..
Current Nominations:
Best Lighting Designer - 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards - Madame de Sade, Life is a Dream
Vote now at http://www.whatsonstage.com/surveys/fillsurvey.php?sid=29
Previous Nominations:
Best Lighting Design - 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards for Piaf, Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville Theatre
Best Lighting Design - 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards - No Man’s Land, Duke of York’s Theatre
Best Lighting Design - 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards - Therese Raquin, National Theatre
Outstanding Lighting Design - 2007 Outer Critics Circle Awards - Frost Nixon, Broadway
Best Lighting Design: Play - 2009 Knight of Illumination Awards for Twelfth Night
Best Lighting Design: Musical - 2009 Knight of Illumination Awards for Piaf
Best Lighting Designer - 2009 Whatsonstage.com Awards - Oedipus, Piaf & No Mans Land
Best Designer: Lighting - 2009 Irish Times Theatre Awards - No Mans Land, Gate Theatre, Dublin
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
