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




You can currently see his work on:


She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre Olivier



Other recent shows include:


Company at Sheffield Crucible

The Veil at the National Theatre

The Faith Machine at the Royal Court

Cinderella Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures International Tour

The Cherry Orchard at the National Theatre

King Lear International Tour from the Donmar Warehouse

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Donmar Warehouse

Red at the Golden Theatre, Broadway

Hamlet at the Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway

Passion at the Donmar Warehouse

The White Guard at the National Theatre

London Assurance at the National Theatre

Women Beware Women at the National Theatre

Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre

As One for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House

A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse

The Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse

Parade at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles

Judgment Day at the Almeida Theatre

Piaf at the Teatro Alcala, Madrid & Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires

Madame Butterfly at Houston Grand Opera




Awards:





























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:




Tony Awards

Best Lighting Design of a Play- 2010 - Hamlet, Broadway

Best Lighting Design of a Play - 2010 - Red, Broadway


Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Lighting Design - 2010 - Hamlet, Broadway

Outstanding Lighting Design - 2010 - Red, Broadway


Laurence Olivier Awards

Best Lighting Design - 2011 - The White Guard

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: Musical - 2011 - Passion

Best Lighting Design: Play - 2010 - Judgement Day

Best Lighting Design: Play - 2009 - Twelfth Night

Best Lighting Design: Musical - 2009 - Piaf

Best Lighting Design: Musical - 2008 - Parade


Whatsonstage.com Awards

Best Lighting Designer - 2012 - Betty Blue Eyes

Best Lighting Designer - 2011 - The Prince of Homburg & Women Beware Women

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


LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

Lighting Design (Large Theatre) - 2010 - Parade

Tony Award

2010

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Red at the Golden Theatre, New York

Drama Desk Award

2010

Outstanding Lighting Design

Red at the Golden Theatre, New York

LDI Redden Award

2010

Excellence in Lighting Design

Red & Hamlet, New York

Backstage Garland Award 2010

Lighting Design

Parade at the Mark Taper Forum LA

Knight of Illumination Award 2008

Best Lighting Design: Musical Theatre

Parade at the Donmar Warehouse

Laurence Olivier Award

2011

Best Lighting Design

The White Guard

at the National Theatre