neil austin
is a Tony and Olivier award-winning lighting designer
working internationally
on
plays, musicals, and dance
he is the
the recipient of:
3 Tony Awards
2 Olivier Awards
2 Drama Desk Awards
1 Helpmann Award
amongst others
He is currently nominated twice in the
2026 Whatsonstage Awards
in the Best Lighting Design category for:
Paddington - the Musical, Savoy Theatre, West End
Born With Teeth, Wyndhams Theatre, West End
he is a
Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
and was named by Variety Magazine:
and
You can currently see his work on:
at the Savoy Theatre - West End
High Noon
at the Harold Pinter Theatre - West End
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
at the Lyric Theatre - Broadway
Frozen - the musical / Die Eiskönigin - das musical
at the Stage Apollo Theater - Stuttgart
for RiksTeatern - The National Touring Theatre of Sweden
Harry Potter en het Vervloekte Kind
at the Circustheater - Scheveningen, Holland
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
on tour around the United States
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
at the Palace Theatre - West End
Harry Potter und das Verwunschene Kind
at the Mehr Theater - Hamburg, Germany
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
at the TBS Akasaka ACT Theatre - Tokyo, Japan
Future projects incude:
Copenhagen
at Hampstead Theatre - London
Romeo & Juliet
at Norwegian National Ballet - Oslo, Norway
Archduke
at the Royal Court Theatre - London
Recent shows include:
at the Wyndhams Theatre - West End
on tour around the UK
Frankenstein
at the Klein Theatre of Shakespeare Theatre Company - Washington
at the Wyndhams Theatre - West End
at the Duke of York's Theatre - West End
at the Palace Theatre, Broadway - Broadway
on tour across the United States
at the Royal Shakespeare Company - Stratford-upon-Avon
at St Ann's Warehouse - New York
at the Bush Theatre - London
The Pillowman
at the Duke of York's Theatre - West End, London
at the Almeida Theatre - London
Medea
at Soho Place Theatre - West End
at the Longacre Theatre, Broadway - New York
at the Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires - Argentina
