With over 25 years working in the industry, I’ve been incredibly lucky to work with some amazing people, companies and theatres. For Improbable:The Tao of Glass (Manchester International Theatre), Lost without words, Theatre of Blood, Lifegame (National Theatre), The Hanging Man, 70 Hill Lane, Coma, The Paper Man, Spirit, Animo, Beauty and The Beast, Panic, No idea, Still No Idea, The Tempest (UK & International). For the Royal Exchange Theatre: Macbeth, Kes, Separate Tables, The Cherry Orchard (also Bristol Old Vic Theatre). Other theatre Includes: Tamburlaine (RSC); Black Watch, The Bacchae, 365, Men Should Weep, Granite (National Theatre of Scotland); The Village Social (National Theatre Wales); The Caretaker (Liverpool Playhouse, BAM, Adelaide Festival, West End); The Mother, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Half Life, Forever Yours, Marie-Lou, Xmas Eve,The Omission of the family Coleman (Theatre Royal Bath); Stevie (Chichester Festival Theatre); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatr Clwyd, Best Lighting Award Wales Theatre Awards); The Elephant Man (Best Design CATS award); The Hanging Man (Best Design TMA awards).
Opera includes over 20 works for Opera Holland Park, Pirates of Penzance for Scottish Opera, Pelleas et Melissande for the LA Phil at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. For the BBC I’ve lit six CBeebies broadcast Christmas shows.
Colin Grenfell Lighting Design
Lighting Design for performance
