
Paul Anderson
Paul has worked extensively in Theatre and Opera. He trained at Mountview Theatre School and York College of Arts and Technology.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Lighting Designer for The Master and Margarita for Complicité.
Productions
2022 | |
HEX | Director: Rufus Norris |
SMALL ISLAND | Director: Rufus Norris |
SHEILA'S ISLAND | Director: Joanna Reid |
2021 | |
HEX | Director: Rufus Norris |
BRIAN & ROGER | Director: David Babani |
TYPICAL | Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour |
2020 | |
WOZZECK | Director: Simon McBurney |
WEIMAR NIGHTFALL - THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | Director: Simon McBurney La Philharmonic |
2019 | |
THE BOY FRIEND | Director: Matthew White |
THE RAKES PROGRESS | Director: Simon McBurney Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre |
AS YOU LIKE IT | Director: Douglas Rintoul |
SMALL ISLAND | Director: Rufus Norris |
JACK THE RIPPER | Director: Daniel Kramer |
2018 | |
FOXFINDER | Director: Rachel O'Riordan Ambassadors Theatre |
PACK OF LIES | Director: Hannah Chissick |
TARTUFFE | Director: Gerald Garutti |
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN | Director: Laurie Sansom |
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS | Director: Simon McBurney |
2017 | |
CINDERELLA | Director: Susie McKenna |
14 DAYS | Ballet Boyz |
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS | Director: Simon McBurney |
THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE | Director: Simon McBurney |
2016 | |
THE ENCOUNTER | Director: Simon McBurney |
A PACIFIST’S GUIDE TO THE WAR WITH CANCER | Director: Bryony Kimmings |
MADE IN DAGENHAM | Director: Douglas Rintoul |
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE | Director: Daniel Kramer |
RUNNING WILD | Director: Timothy Sheader |
THE ENCOUNTER | Director: Simon McBurney |
I AM THOMAS | Director: Paul Hunter |
HAMLET | Director: Simon Goodwin |
2015 | |
BEWARE OF PITY | Director: Simon McBurney |
A WOLF IN SNAKESKIN SHOES | Director: Indhu Rubasingham |
THE ENCOUNTER | Director: Simon McBurney |
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Fiona Shaw |
THE GHOST TRAIN | Director: Paul Hunter |
THE PRODUCERS | Director: Matthew White |
EVERYMAN | Director: Rufus Norris |
OPPENHEIMER | Director: Angus Jackson |
2014 | |
THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND | Director: Indhu Rubasingham |
SPEED THE PLOW | Director: Lindsay Posner |
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Fiona Shaw |
WARHORSE (BBC PROMS) | Director: Melly Still |
PETER GRIMES | Director: Jeremy Sams |
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Lindsay Posner |
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS | Adam Penford |
A TASTE OF HONEY | Bijan Sheibani |
TWO INTO ONE | Ray Cooney |
2013 | |
TEN BILLION (Feature Documentary) | Oxford Film & TV/ROH Linbury |
CANDIDE | Matt White |
THIS HOUSE | Jeremy Herrin |
AMEN CORNER | Rufus Norris |
PROOF | Polly Findlay |
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG | Stephen Unwin |
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Fiona Shaw |
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA | Simon McBurney |
SHUN KIN | Simon McBurney |
previous productions | |
MOUSE AND HIS CHILD | Royal Shakespeare Company |
A RAT’S TALE | Manchester Royal Exchange |
DON GIOVANNI | English National Opera |
OF MICE AND MEN | Watermill Theatre |
A DOG’S HEART | Compicité/La Scala |
ALL NEW PEOPLE | West End/ATG |
EDUCATING RITA | West End/Menier Chocolate Factory |
TORCH SONG TRILOGY | Menier Chocolate Factory |
SHIRLEY VALENTINE | West End/Menier Chocolate Factory |
ARCADIA | West End |
TREASURE ISLAND | West End |
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS | West End |
ALL MY SONS | SONS Broadway |
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | West End/Menier Chocolate Factory |
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL | West End |
THE TEMPEST | West End |
BENT | West End |
ON THE THIRD DAY | West End |
SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME | West End |
A DISAPPEARING NUMBER | Complicité |
THE ELEPHANT VANISHES | Complicité |
STRANGE POETRY | With the LA Philharmonic |
LIGHT | Complicité |
THE NOISE OF TIME | Complicité |
MNEMONIC | Complicité |
THE CHAIRS | Complicité |
SIMPLY HEAVEN | West End/Young Vic |
A SERVANT TO TWO MASTER | West End/RSC |
BLOOD AND GIFTS | National Theatre |
NATION | National Theatre |
THE REVENGERS TRAGEDY | National Theatre |
A MINUTE TOO LATE | National Theatre |
STUFF HAPPENS | National Theatre |
BLOOD AND GIFTS | National Theatre |
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED | National Theatre |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE | National Theatre |
CYRANO DE BERGERAC | National Theatre |
THE BIRDS | National Theatre |
TERRIBLE ADVICE | Menier Chocolate Factory |
TALENT | Menier Chocolate Factory |
THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI | National Actors’ Theatre New York (with Al Pacino) |
LENNY HENRY’S SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY | West End/International Tour |
JULIUS CAESAR | Royal Shakespeare Company |
THE TEMPEST | Royal Shakespeare Company |
TWELFTH NIGHT | 400 Anniversary Producion |
SINGER | Oxford Stage Company |
AMERICANS | Oxford Stage Company |
THE INLAND SEA | Oxford Stage Company |
TWO CITIES | Salisbury Playhouse |
PLAYING FOR TIME | Salisbury Playhouse |
TAMING OF THE SHREW | Salisbury Playhouse |
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
SHOOT TO WIN | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
PINNOCHIO | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
SLEEPING BEAUTY | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
RED RIDING HOOD | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
ALADDIN | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
CINDERELLA | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
THE ENCHANTED PIG | Young Vic Theatre |
KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE | Young Vic Theatre |
SIMPLY HEAVEN | Young Vic Theatre |
ARABIAN NIGHTS | Young Vic Theatre |
AS I LAY DYING | Young Vic Theatre |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Young Vic Theatre |
GUYS AND DOLLS | Young Vic Theatre |
WESTSIDE STORY | Young Vic Theatre |
SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS | Lyric Hammersmith |
PINOCCHIO | Lyric Hammersmith |
THE THREESOME | Lyric Hammersmith |
LYRIC NIGHTS | Lyric Hammersmith |
ON TOUR | Royal Court Theatre |
RANDOM | Royal Court Theatre |
INCOMPLETE ACTS OF KINDNESS | Royal Court Theatre |
TURN OF THE SCREW | Bristol Old Vic |
other work | |
THE CHRISTIE BROWN EXHIBITION | Fragments of narrative at the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station |
REDISCOVERING POMPEII | Academia Italiana |
FASHION SHOWS | For Fashion East, Lancome, ghd, Basso & Brooke, Al International |