Ben Ormerod

Ben designed the lighting for the acclaimed fashion designer J.W.Anderson’s show for Men’s fashion week at the ICA in 2012. He also designed the lighting for the Calico Textiles Museum, Ahmedebad.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Nominated for Best Lighting Design for Two Men of Florence at the Huntington Theatre Company by Boston’s Independent Reviewers of New England.
Nominated for Best Lighting for The Last Days of the Reluctant Tyrant at the Abbey Theatre in the Irish Times – Irish Theatre Awards.

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Productions

2023
THE SNOW MAIDEN	Director: Jack Furness Royal Northern College of Music
THE WINTER'S TALE	Director: Jatinda Verma Central School of Speech and Drama
WORKSHOP LEADER (Teaching role)	Teatru Malta
CARMEN	Director: Genevieve Raghu Norfolk Into Opera Festival
THE WINTER'S TALE	Director: Sean Holmes Shakespeare's Globe
WUTHERING HEIGHTS	Director: Lucinka Eisler Royal and Derngate & Tour
FARM HALL	Director: Stephen Unwin Jermyn Street Theatre/Theatre Royal Bath/Tour
CHARLOTTE AND THEODORE	Director: Terry Johnson Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov
KIDNAPPED	Director: Isobel McArthur & Gareth Nicholls National Theatre of Scotland/UK Tour
THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO	Director: Miranda Cromwell Nottingham Playhouse & UK Tour
2022
FRAME OF VIEW	Choreographer: Didy Veldmann Theater Augsburg
THE SEX PARTY	Director: Terry Johnson Menier Chocolate Factory
JOYCE'S WOMEN	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre, Dublin
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST	Director: Donnacadh O'Briain Mercury Theatre
NOTHELLO	Director: Justine Themen Belgrade Theatre, part of Coventry City of Culture
CARMEN	Director: Didy Veldman Southbank Centre
DIE TOTE STADT	Director: Carmen Jakobi Longborough Festival Opera
THE SCENT OF ROSES	Director: Zinnie Harris Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
2021
CARMEN	Director: Didy Veldman EICC, Edinburgh
BACKWARDS UP A RAINBOW	Director: Conall Morrison Landmark Productions
FOOTFALLS AND ROCKABY	Director: Richard Beecham Jermyn Street Theatre & Theatre Royal Bath
A CHRISTMAS CAROL	Director: Dominic Hill Citizens Theatre
DON JUAN	Director: Lu Kemp Perth Theatre
HOME	Choreo: Didy Veldman Humanoove, UK Tour
THE DRESSER	Director: Terry Johnson UK Tour
MR KIPPS	Director: Stephen Jameson Mountview
2020
THE SUNSET LIMITED	Director: Terry Johnson Boulevard Theatre
2019
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE	Director: Genevieve Raghu Norfolk Into Opera Festival
ASSASSINS	Director: Bill Buckhurst Nottingham Playhouse
THE SHADOW	Director: Anthony Missen Company Chameleon
VIENNA 1934-MUNICH1938	Director: Vanessa Redgrave Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov
PRISM	Director: Terry Johnson Birminghap Rep and Tour
LE PRIX DE LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION	Choreographer: Didy Veldman Le Prix De Lausanne
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI	Director: Zinnie Harris Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
A SONG AT TWILIGHT	Director: Stephen Unwin Theatre Royal Bath & UK Tour
2018
UNCLE VANYA	Director: Terry Johnson Hampstead Theatre
THE MODEL APARTMENT	Director: Laurence Boswell Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov
SEE BLUE THROUGH/ TOOT!	Choreographer: Didy Veldman Oper Leipzig
A LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO THE NIGHT	Director: Dominic Hill Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
BROKEN GLASS	Director: Richard Beecham Watford Palace Theatre
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL	Director: Caroline Byrne Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER	Director: Thomas Guthrie Longborough Fesitval Opera
THE WHALE	Director: Laurence Boswell Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS	Director: Alan Privett Longborough Festival Opera
THE KNOT	Choreo: Didy Veldman DanceEast
FRAME OF VIEW	Choreo: Didy Veldman Danish Dance Theatre

2017
A WOMEN OF NO IMPORTANCE	Director: Dominic Dromgoole Classic Spring Theatre Company
WOYZECK IN WINTER	Director: Conall Morrison Landmark Productions
THIS RESTLESS HOUSE	Director: Dominic Hill Glasgow Citizens Theatre/Edinburgh International Festival
PRISM	Director: Terry Johnson Hamsptead Theatre
UNE EDUCATION MANQUÉE AND LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS	Director: Stephen Unwin Royal College of Music
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE	Director: Carmen Jakobi Longborough Festival Opera
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS	Director: Terry Johnson Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
A NUMBER	Director: Zinnie Harris Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

2016
THE TEMPEST	Director: Simon Usher The Print Room
TROUBLE IN MIND	Director: Laurence Boswell Theare Royal Bath, Ustinov
THE HAPPINESS PROJECT	Choreographer: Didy Veldman UK Tour
THE LIBERTINE	Director: Terry Johnson Theatre Royal Bath & Theatre Royal Haymarket
TANNHÄUSER	Director: Alan Privett Longborough Festival Opera
BANISHED	Director: Elaine Kidd Trinity Laban
DONEGAL	Director: Conall Morrisson Abbey Theatre
THIS RESTLESS HOUSE	Director: Dominic Hill Citizen’s Theatre, Glasgow

2015
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY	Director: Laurence Boswell Theatre Royal Bath
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS	Director: Terry Johnson Theatre Royal Bath and West End
YOU NEVER CAN TELL	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM	Director: Olivia Fuchs Trinity Laban
A MIGHTY WIND	Choreographer: Jeroen Verbruggen National Dance Company Wales
THREE DANCERS	Choreographer: Didy Veldman Ballet Rambert
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE	Director: Carmen Jakobi Longborough Festival Opera
THE DEATH OF A COMEDIAN	Director: Steve Marmion Soho Theatre/Lyric Belfast/Peacock Dublin
THE HERBAL BED	Director: Emma Lucia Clwyd Theatr Cymru

2014
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre, Dublin
HAMLET	Director: Dominic Hill Citizens Theatre Glasgow
FINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED T’BE	Director: Terry Johnson Theatre Royal Stratford East/Tour
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE	Director: Laurence Boswell Theatre Royal Bath and Tour
INTIMATE APPAREL	Director: Laurence Boswell Theatre Royal Bath – Ustinov/ Park Theatre
THE ONE	Director: Steve Marmion Soho Theatre
SEE BLUE THROUGH (Revival)	Choreographer: Didy Veldman Phoenix Dance Theatre/Tour
CASSE NOISETTE	Director: Jeroen Verbruggen Grand Théâtre Genève

2013
CARMEN	Choreographer: Didy Veldman Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
THE COLLEEN BAWN	Director: Gerry Hynes Druid Theatre
IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY	Director: Laurence Boswell St. James’ Theatre
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM & THE COMEDY OF ERRORS	Director: Edward Hall Propeller Tour
PEEP	Director: Donnacadh O’Briain Latitude/Edinburgh Festival
DON GIL DE LAS CALZAS VERDES (Spanish Golden Age)	Director: Mehmet Ergen Ustinov Bath/Arcola/Belgrade Coventry
EL CASTIGO SIN VENGANZA (Spanish Golden Age)	Director: Laurence Boswell Ustinov Bath/Arcola/Belgrade Coventry
LA DAMA BOBA (Spanish Golden Age)	Director: Laurence Boswell Ustinov Bath/Arcola/Belgrade Coventry
EUGENIE GRANDET	Director: Donnacadh O’Briain Edinburgh Festival
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN	Director: Alan Privett Longborough Festival Opera
ZORRO!	Director: Chris Henshaw Atlanta
LES NOCES	Director: Didy Veldman Grand Theatre Geneve
TWELFTH NIGHT & THE TAMING OF THE SHREW	Director: Ed Hall Propeller/Tour

previous productions
CHARLOTTE’S WEB	Director: Roger Haines Birmingham Stage Company
TITUS	Director: Lu Kemp Imaginate Festival/Macrobert/Tour
THE WELSH BOY/DEADKIDSSONGS/THE DOUBLE	Director: Matthew Lloyd/Laurence Boswell and Gary Sefton Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov Studio, Autumn Season 2012
PEEP	Director: Donnacadh O’BrIain Pleasance, Edinburgh
KING LEAR	Director: Dominic Hill Glasgow Citizens Theatre
THE TEMPEST	Director: Jemima Levick Dundee Repertory Theatre
THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW DRESS	Director: Tim Roseman Theatre 503
THE HERESY OF LOVE	Director: Nancy Meckler Royal Shakespeare Company
HENRY V & THE WINTER’S TALE	Director: Edward Hall Propeller UK and international tour
DIVINE WORDS	Director: Paul Hunter RADA
FIT AND PROPER PEOPLE	Director: Steve Marmion Soho Theatre
THE PHOENIX OF MADRID, IPHIGENIA AND THE SURPRISE OF LOVE	Director: Laurence Boswell Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
ZORRO!	Director: Chris Renshaw Tokyo and Holland, previously Paris, West End and UK tour
TRANSLATIONS	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre, Dublin
RICHARD III & COMEDY OF ERRORS	Director: Edward Hall Propeller UK and international tour
LOYALTY	Director: Edward Hall Hampstead Theatre
THE CRUCIBLE	Director: Conall Morrison Lyric Theatre, Belfast
ONASSIS	Director: Nancy Meckler Derby Playhouse / West End
CARMEN – THE MUSICAL	Director: Olivia Fuchs Pimlico Opera at HMP Wandsworth
THE SANCTUARY LAMP	Director: Tom Murphy B*spoke Theatre at the Arcola and in Cork and Dublin
TREASURE ISLAND	Director: Stephen Unwin Rose Theatre Kingston
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM & THE MERCHANT OF VENICE	Director: Edward Hall A Propeller Production by The Watermill Theatre
THE LAST DAYS OF THE RELUCTANT TYRANT	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre
SERIOUS MONEY	Director: Jonathan Munby Birmingham Rep

opera and dance
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG	Director: Alan Privett Longborough Festival
BALLET SHOES	Director: Chor. Matthew Hart London Children’s Ballet
LA TRAVIATA	Director: Olivia Fuchs Danish National Opera
FRAME OF VIEW	Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman A new ballet for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York
JEANNE D’ARC au BÛCHER	Director: Keith Warner Academia Santa Cecilia, Rome
FALSTAFF	Director: Dominic Hill Scottish Opera
CINDERELLA	Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman Gothenborg

other theatre
DIMETOS	Director: Douglas Hodge Donmar Warehouse
TWO MEN OF FLORENCE	Director: Edward Hall Huntington Theatre Company, Boston
THE DRESSER	Director: Di Trevis Watford Palace Theatre
LEGAL FICTIONS	Director: Christopher Morahan West End & Bath Theatre Royal production on UK tour
THE CHANGELING	Director: Stephen Unwin ETT tour

west end and london
SWEENEY TODD	Director: David Freeman Royal Festival Hall
SEE HOW THEY RUN	Director: Douglas Hodge Act tour/Duchess
CALICO	Director: Edward Hall Sonia Friedman/Duke of Yorks
DICK WHITTINGTON	Director: Edward Hall Barbican
THE OLD COUNTRY	Director: Stephen Unwin ETT tour/Trafalgar Studios
THE BEST OF FRIENDS	Director: James Roose Evans Hampstead/Duncan Weldon UK tour
A NIGHT AT THE DOGS	Director: Abigail Morris Soho Theatre
MACBETH starring Sean Bean and Samantha Bond	Director: Edward Hall Albery
THE CONSTANT WIFE	Director: Edward Hall West End, Watermill Theatre & UK tours
WHO KILLED MR DRUM	Director: Paul Robinson Riverside Studios
THE LEENANE TRILOGY	Director: Garry Hynes Royal Court & Druid Theatre

for the royal shakespeare company
MACBETH	Director: Conall Morrison Royal Shakespeare Company
HOUSE OF DESIRES	Director: Nancy Meckler West End & RSC (Spanish Golden Age Season in the Swan Theatre)
PEDRO DE URDEMALAS	Director: Mike Alfreds As above
THE DOG IN THE MANGER	Director: Lawrence Boswell RSC (Spanish Golden Age Season in the Swan Theatre)
TAMAR’S REVENGE	Director: Simon Usher As above
TRADE	Director: Sascha Wares RSC New Work Festival
HEAD/CASE	Director: Caroline Hunt Swan Theatre Stratford, Soho Theatre & Coventry Belgrade
JULIUS CAESAR	Director: Edward Hall
HENRY V	Director: Edward Hall
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA	Director: Edward Hall
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY	Director: Di Trevis

for bristol old vic
GHOSTS	Director: Robert Bowman Bristol Old Vic
THE SEAGULL	Director: Robert Bowman Bristol Old Vic

for the abbey theatre, dublin
BIG HOUSE	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre

for edward hall's propeller company
TAMING OF THE SHREW and TWELFTH NIGHT	Director: Watermill Theatre, tour & Old Vic
THE WINTER’S TALE	Director: Watermill Theatre and UK & USA tour
ROSE RAGE TMA Award Best Touring Production	Director: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Duke Theatre New York, West End and Watermill Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM TMA Award for Best Touring Production	Director: Brooklyn Academy, USA & West End, UK Tour, Watermill Theatre

for the national theatre
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST (Pinter’s adaptation of PROUST)	Director: Di Trevis
UNCLE VANYA	Director: Sean Mathias
BENT	Director: Sean Mathias
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST	Director: Tim Supple
AT OUR TABLE	Director: Jenny Killick
THE WINTER’S TALE	Director: Peter Hall
THE COLLEEN BAWN	Director: Conall Morrison also Abbey Theatre

for english touring theatre
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
GHOSTS
THE MASTERBUILDER
HEDDA GABLER
THE SEAGULL
A DOLL’S HOUSE
HAMLET
MACBETH	Director: all Stephen Unwin
THE CARETAKER	Director: Gari Jones

other theatre in ireland
THE HOUSE	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre
THE WAKE	Director: Patrick Mason Abbey Theatre
MADE IN CHINA	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre
FREEDOM OF THE CITY	Director: Conall Morrison Abbey Theatre / Lincoln Festival New York
LONESOME WEST	Director: Garry Hynes Gaiety Theatre

other international theatre
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE	Director: Garry Hynes Broadway, Sydney, Toronto, West End and Druid Theatre
OEDIPUS TYRANNUS	Director: George Kimoulis Epidaurus, Greece
SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE	Director: Vito Taufer Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana
MACBETH	Director: Ole Bornedal Gladsaxe Theatre Denmark
LAST EASTER	Director: Douglas Hodge Birmingham Rep studio
MACBETH	Director: George Kimoulis Greece
LEAVES	Director: Garry Hynes Druid Theatre & Royal Court co-production
AN IDEAL HUSBAND	Director: Christopher Morahan Theatr Clwyd
THE RIVALS	Director: Christopher Morahan Bath Theatre Royal No 1 tour
THE MARQUISE	Director: Guy Retallack UK tour
RESURRECTION	Director: Corin Redgrave & Annie Castledine Lichfield Garrick
HINGE OF THE WORLD	Director: Edward Hall Yvonne Arnaud
THE CIRCLE	Director: Mark Rosenblatt No 1 Tour
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE	Director: Bill Alexander Theatr Clwyd
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA	Director: Di Trevis Theatr Clwyd
JOURNEY TO THE WEST	Director: Jatinder Verma Tara Arts Trilogy on national tour
PUTTING IT TOGETHER	Director: Edward Hall Chichester Festival Theatre
THE CIRCLE	Director: Mark Rosenblatt UK tour
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL	Director: Irina Brook Oxford Stage Company
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	Director: Di Trevis Birmingham Rep
JUST THE THREE OF US	Director: Peter Hall Theatre Royal Windsor/regional tour
ALBERTINE IN FIVE TIMES	Director: Jeremy Kingston BAC ‘Critics Up for Review’
MACBETH & PERICLES	Director: James Roose-Evans Ludlow Festival
TWELFTH NIGHT	Director: Edward Hall Watermill Theatre
ABANDONMENT	Director: John Tiffany Traverse Theatre
SHETLAND SAGA	Director: Philip Howard Traverse Theatre
THE WINSLOW BOY	Director: Wyn Jones The Gielgud/national tour
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF	Director: Matthew Warchus West Yorkshire Playhouse
BETRAYAL	Director: Matthew Warchus West Yorkshire Playhouse
BABES IN ARMS	Director: Martin Connor Guildhall
and as director on MEPHISTO and FOUR TALES FROM THE DECALOGUE at E15 School

other opera and dance
La TRAVIATA	Director: Conall Morrison English National Opera
TENDERHOOKS	Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman Skanes Dansteater / Ballet Gulbenkian
ESSENCE	Director: Fin Walker Walker Dance Park Music, Linbury Studio & UK tour
SEE BLUE THROUGH	Director: Choreographer Didy Veldman Introdans / Phoenix Dance Company / Ballet Gulbenkian
THE JOURNEY	Director: Fin Walker New dance piece for CandoCo
OUTSIGHT	Director: Didy Veldman Ballet Gulbenkia
I REMEMBER RED	Director: Didy Veldman Cullberg Ballet
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	Director: Didy Veldman & Patricia Doyle Northern Ballet Theatre
IBI L’OHUN	Director: Sophiatou Kossoko Brest
GOD’S PLENTY	Director: Christopher Bruce Rambert Dance Company
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP	Director: Jonathon Moore World Premiere, Opera North/BBC 2
PUNCH AND JUDY	Director: Graham Devlin Aldeburgh/Berlin & Vienna
IL TROVATORE	Director: Mark Brickman Scottish Opera
COSI FAN TUTTE	Director: Graham Devlin Scottish Opera
AGRIPPINA	Director: Buxton Opera Festival
THE BOTTLE IMP & BOW DOWN	Director: Graham Devlin Major Road
LA TRAVIATA	Director: John Pascoe Bath & Wessex Opera
THE TURN OF THE SCREW	Director: Olivia Fuchs Bath & Wessex Opera
ARMINIO	Director: Olivia Fuchs Royal College Music
THE MASK OF ORPHEUS	Director: Stephen Langridge Royal Festival Hall
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA	Director: Peter James The Purcell Quartet, Japan
THE CUNNING PEASANT	Director: Robert Chevara Guildhall
LA FEDELTA PREMIATA	Director: Jamie Hayes Guildhall

Ben Ormerod

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Productions

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

previous productions

opera and dance

other theatre

west end and london

for the royal shakespeare company

for bristol old vic

for the abbey theatre, dublin

for edward hall's propeller company

for the national theatre

for english touring theatre

other theatre in ireland

other international theatre

other opera and dance