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Rory Beaton

Rory has worked both in the UK and internationally with companies such as the Royal Court, English Touring Opera, The Almeida, London Coliseum, Paines Plough and The Watermill as well as numerous regional venues, opera festivals and extensive UK Tours. Rory has also worked on projects with companies such as Crossroads Entertainment, Anthology Productions, Cuffe and Taylor, The British Library and Culture Creative.

Awards and Nominations

Knight of Illumination Award for Opera (Nominee)

Michael Northen Award, presented by the Association of Lighting Designers (Winner)

New Talent in Entertainment Lighting, presented by the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers (Winner) 

Best Lighting, Presented by UK Pantomime Association (Nominee)

Productions

2024

STARTER FOR TEN

Director: Charlie Parham 
Bristol Old Vic

WILD ABOUT YOU CONCERT

Director: Nick Winston
Theatre Royal Drury Lane 

FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY

Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
Garrick Theatre, West End

MARX IN LONDON!

Director: Stephen Barlow
Scottish Opera

2023

THE JUNGLE BOOK

Director: Matt Hassall
Chichester Festival Theatre

THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE: A NEW MUSICAL
(Co-Design with Lucy Carter)

Director: Bill Buckhurst
Apollo Theatre, West End

THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY

Director: Tom Wright
Southwark Playhouse

FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY

Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
Apollo Theatre, West End

UNEXPECTED TWIST

Director: James Dacre
UK Tour

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936

Director: Brigid Larmour
Watford Palace Theatre & HOME Manchester, RSC & UK Tour

2022

SPIKE

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre & UK Tour

JEWS. IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Directors: Vicky Featherstone & Audrey Sheffield
Royal Court Theatre 

FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY

Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
Royal Court Theatre

HALF EMPTY GLASSES

Director: Kaleya Baxe
Paines Plough Roundabout Season

THE ULTIMATE PICKLE

Director: Eva Sampson
Paines Plough Roundabout Season

A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN

Director: Yasmin Hafesji
Paines Plough Roundabout Season

LITTLE WOMEN

Director: Ella Marchment
Opera Holland Park 

LA BOHEME

Director: James Conway
English Touring Opera

THE MOUNTAINTOP

Director: John Terry
Chipping Norton Theatre

SNOW WHITE

Director: David Burrows
New Theatre, Cardiff

HANSEL AND GRETEL

Director: Stephen Barlow
Royal College of Music

THE GOLDEN COCKREL

Director: James Conway
English Touring Opera

SNOW WHITE

Director: Alan Harding
Theatre Royal, Nottingham

2021

AMADIGI

Director: James Conway
English Touring Opera

60 MILES BY ROAD OR RAIL

Director: Andy Joyce 
Royal & Derngate, Northampton

SNOW WHITE

Director: David Burrows
Hull New Theatre

ALADDIN

Director: Matt Slack
New Theatre, Cardiff

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Director: John Terry
Chipping Norton Theatre

DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY

Director: Tom Wright
Pleasance Theatre

I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE

Director: Kirk Jameson
London Coliseum

THE LITTLE GREEN SWALLOW

Director: Martin Lloyd Evans
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Barbican

THE WILD PARTY

Director: Cressida Carre
Guilford School of Acting

THE SECRET GARDEN

Director: Shiv Rabheru
Guildford School of Acting

THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN

Director: Stephen Barlow
Opera Holland Park

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Director: Oliver Platt
Opera Holland Park

L'AMICO FRITZ

Director: Adele Thomas
Opera Holland Park

2020

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Director: John Terry
The Theatre, Chipping Norton

CHRISTMAS AT BLENHEIM PALACE

LightWorks/Culture Creative
(As Associate Designer)

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Director: Josh Seymour
LAMDA

EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON

Director: Matt Hassall
LAMDA

OPERA SCENES

Director: Caitlin Fretwell Walsh
Royal Academy of Music

DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY

Director: Tom Wright
Network Theatre, London

2019

MYSTERIOUS BRUISES

Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair
RADA

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Director: Ben Occhipinti
Pitlochry Festival Theatre

SKYLIGHT

Director: John Terry
Chipping Norton Theatre

HOW LOVE IS SPELT

Director: Charlotte Peters
Brickdust, Southwark Playhouse

KISS ME, KATE

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

THE BEST DAY EVER (A PLAY ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD)

Ned Glasier & Emily Lim
Company Three

L'ARLESIANA

Oliver Platt
Opera Holland Park

BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943

Ben Occhipinti
Pitlochry Festival Theatre

MANON LESCAUT

Karolina Sofulak
Opera Holland Park

SUMMER HOLIDAY

Elizabeth Newman & Ben Occhipinti
Pitlochry Festival Theatre

MACBETH

James Dacre
English Touring Opera

IDOMENEO

James Conway
English Touring Opera

ELIZABETH I

James Conway
English Touring Opera

THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE

Ben Occhipinti
Octagon Theatre, Bolton

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Llandudno, Qdos

2018

 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

David Burrows
New Theatre, Cardiff

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Gordon Barr
Byre Theatre, St. Andrews

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Sir. Thomas Allen
Royal College of Music

COSÌ FAN TUTTE

Oliver Platt
Guildhall School of Music and Drama

JONAS

Bernadette Iglich
English Touring Opera

LO TACERÒ

James Conway
English Touring Opera

DIDO AND AENEAS

Sebastian Harcombe
English Touring Opera

RADAMISTO

James Conway
English Touring Opera 

DISHOOM!

Pravesh Kumar
Watford Palace Theatre

LEGALLY BLONDE

Hannah Roberts
Albany Theatre, Coventry

TELL US WHO WE ARE

Mary McCluskey & Anna Kenrick
All4 Scottish National Youth Performing Arts Companies

MAKLENA

Maria Montague
Night Train Theatre Co.

BETTY BLUE EYES

Elva Makins
Trinity Laban Conservatoire

SUMMER HOLIDAY

Elizabeth Newman & Ben Occhipinti
Octagon Theatre

COSÌ FAN TUTTE

Oliver Platt
Opera Holland Park

TUMBLE TUCK

Thomas Wright
King's Head Theatre

SOUNDING THE SKY

British Library

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Blanche McIntyre
English Touring Opera

IL TABARRO

James Conway
English Touring Opera

GIANNI SCHICCHI

Liam Steel
English Touring Opera

2017

PETER PAN

David McNeil
New Theatre, Hull

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Gordon Barr
Byre Theatre, St Andrews

RIGOLETTO

Roberto Recchia
Wexford Festival Opera

LA SCALA DI SETA

Nathan Troup
Wexford Festival Opera

DUBLINERS

Annabelle Comyn
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin

CATS

Hannah Roberts
Albany Theatre, Coventry

CAROLINE OMINE: ONE NIGHT ONLY AT THE MERMAID Caroline Omine
Mermaid Theatre, London
DER FREISCHÜTZ

Oliver Platt
Blackheath Halls

L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA

Harry Fehr
Blackheath Halls

MAD MAN SAD WOMAN

Sue Dunderdale
The Space

LOVELY UGLY CITY

Jo Tyabji
Almeida Theatre

FAME!

Hannah Roberts
Albany Theatre, Coventry

BOAT

Ned Glasier/Amy Hodge
Battersea Arts Centre

70 ÄRS OPERA

Eva-Maria Melbye
Danish National Opera, National Tour

EDWARD II

Caroline Steinbeis
Arts Theatre, Cambridge

2016

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST David Goodall
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
ALADDIN Gordon Barr
Byre Theatre, St Andrews
IL CAMPANELLO Roberto Recchia
Clayton Whites, Wexford
THE BEAR Kyle Lang
Clayton Whites, Wexford
RIDERS TO THE SEA Caitriona McLaughlin
Clayton Whites, Wexford
RENT Hannah Roberts
Albany Theatre, Coventry
THE TEMPEST Mary McCluskey
Old Sherrif Court, Glasgow
WHEREVER THE WIND TAKES YOU Alison Camilleri
Milton Court Theatre
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR Esteban Fourmi
Milton Court Theatre
PLAYTIME Abigail Yeates
Milton Court Theatre
A NIGHT OF MAGICAL CABARET Jennifer Wright
Milton Court Theatre
AN EVENING ON BROADWAY Elena Pitsiaeli
Milton Court Theatre
GO, MAKE YOU READY Patsy Rodenburg
Silk Street Theatre, Barbican
DEALER'S CHOICE Mike Alfreds
Milton Court Theatre
PINTER TRIPLE BILL Jo McInnes
Milton Court Theatre

2015

MEPHISTO Wyn Jones
Milton Court Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Patsy Rodenburg
Silk Street Theatre, Barbican

2014

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Vikki May
Deeside Theatre, Aboyne
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Anna Pool
Silk Street Theatre, Barbican

2013

POMPEII Guildhall School of Music and Drama
OPERA, MOVIES & MUSICALS

Fiona Kelly
Deeside Theatre, Aboyne

Assistant/Associate lighting designer

HERE I BELONG

Dir: Sophie Motley
LD: Johanna Town
Pentabus Theatre

FLIGHT

Dir: Stephen Barlow
LD: Richard Howell
Scottish Opera

DEPOSIT

Dir: Lisa Spirling
LD: Johanna Town
Hampstead Theatre

FRACKED!

Dir: Richard Wilson
LD: Johanna Town
UK Tour

LA CENERENTOLA

Dir: Oliver Platt
LD: Mark Jonathan
Opera Holland Park/Danish National Opera

FRACKED!

Dir: Richard Wilson
LD: Johanna Town
Chichester Festival Theatre

THE SILVER GYM

LD: Mark Jonathan
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

LU LU

LD: Johannah Town
Silk Street Theatre, Barbican