
Tim Mitchell
Tim is an Associate Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2020 nomination for Best Lighting Design in the 55th Fleur Du Cap Awards for Kinky Boots, Fugard Theatre.
2018 nomination for Best Lighting Design in the 53rd Fleur Du Cap Awards for King Kong, Fugard Theatre.
2017 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland nomination for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.
2017 Green Room nomination for Singin' In The Rain Australia.
He was awarded the Knight of Illumination Award 2015 for his lighting design for Taken At Midnight, Minerva Studio, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Golden Mask Award Nomination for Best Lighting of an Opera production for Die Frau Ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre, Russia.
Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting for Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington.
Falstaff Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design for Henry IV Parts I & II for the RSC, 2014.
2002 Olivier Nomatinaton for The Royal Shakespeare Company's Henry IV.
Productions
2023 | |
CINDERELLA | Director: Adam Penford |
SINATRA THE MUSICAL | Director: Kathleen Marshall |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
FAIRY QUEEN | Director: Polly Graham |
L'ORFEO | Director: Olivia Fuchs |
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Nancy Meckler |
WERTHER | Director: John Doyle |
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Director: Charles Edwards |
TOSCA | Director: Stephen Medcalf |
IDIOTS ASSEMBLE: SPITTING IMAGE LIVE | Director: Sean Foley |
MARGRETHE | Director: Mads M. Nielsen |
PRESSURE | Director: John Dove |
2022 | |
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - THE MUSICAL | Director: James Brining |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
UPSTART CROW | Director: Sean Foley |
SISTER ACT | Director: Bill Buckhurst |
LA GIOCONDA | Director: Stephen Medcalf |
OTELLO | Director: David Alden |
THE EXCURSION OF MR BROUCEK | Director: David Pountney |
SHE LOVES YOU | Director: Thom Southerland Aarhus & Tivoli |
2021 | |
THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE | Director: Sean Foley |
HMS PINAFORE | Director: Cal McCrystal |
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Director: Polly Graham |
HAPPY DAYS | Director: Trevor Nunn |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN | Director: Jonathan Church |
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES | Director: Polly Graham |
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Director: Sam Brown |
SISTER ACT | Director: Bill Buckhurst |
2020 | |
PAGLIACCI | Director: Christopher Luscombe |
UPSTART CROW | Director: Sean Foley |
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE/ THE RETURN OF ULYSSES | Directors: Cal McCrytsal/ Polly Graham Longborough festival Opera |
2019 | |
PETER PAN | Director: Martin Constantine |
NATIVITY! | Director: Debbie Isitt |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Dianne Jackson |
THE WIZARD OF OZ | Director: James Brining |
FUNNY GIRL | Director: Stephen Mear |
THE ARGUMENT | Director: Christopher Luscombe |
THE ENTERTAINER | Director: Sean O'Connor |
CURTAINS | Director: Paul Foster |
LA CALISTO | Director: Mathilde Lopez |
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Martin Constantine |
KINKY BOOTS | Director: Matthew Wild |
GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Stephen Mears |
SUOR ANGELICA | Director: Isabella Bywater |
2018 | |
DEAR ARABELLA | Director: Lindsay Posner |
NATIVITY | Director: Debbie Isitt |
IL TRITTICO | Director: Isabella Bywater |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
SUNSHINE ON LEITH | Director: James Brining |
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR | Director: Fiona Laird |
ME AND MY GIRL | Director: Daniel Evans Chichester Festival Thatre |
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Matthew Wild |
THE STRING QUARTET'S GUIDE TO SEX AND ANXIETY | Director: Calixto Bieito |
KING LEAR | Director: Gregory Doran |
PRESSURE | Director: John Dove |
IOLANTHE | Director: Cal McCrystal |
DER ZAUBERTRANK | Director: Polly Graham |
2017 | |
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Nany Meckler |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Dianne Jackson |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh Royal Shakespeare Company |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Christopher Luscombe Royal Shakespeare Company |
NATIVITY | Director: Debbi Isitt |
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA | Director: Iqbal Khan Barbican Theatre |
JULIUS CAESAR | Director: Angus Jackson Barbican Theatre |
TWITSTORM | Director: Jonthan Lewis Park Theatre |
RACING DEMON | Director: Jonathan Church |
KING KONG | Director: Jonathan Munby |
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Nancy Meckler |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN | Director: Jonathan Church |
THE GREAT GATSBY | Director: Patricia Doyle |
LE VIN HERBÉ | Director: Polly Graham |
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA | Director: Iqbal Khan |
JULIUS CAESAR | Director: Angus Jackson |
THE LITTLE MERMAID | Director: David Nixon |
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS | Director: Daniel de Andrade |
2016 | |
THE EXORCIST | Director: Sean Mathias |
DENY, DENY, DENY | Director: Brendan O’hea |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
KING LEAR | Director: Gregory Doran |
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS PARTS 1,2 & 3 | Director: Jo Bonney |
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | Director: Anthony Neilson |
KING LEAR | Director: Gregory Doran |
ROOM WITH A VIEW | Director: Adrian Noble |
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN | Director: Jonathan Church |
GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Gordon Greenberg |
FIRST LIGHT | Director: Jonathan Munby |
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT | Director: Christopher Luscombe |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Revival | Choreographer: David Nixon |
KING AND COUNTRY: Shakespeare’s Great cycle of Kings | Director: Gregory Doran |
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN | Director: Jonathan Church |
INTO THE WOODS | Director: James Brining |
KING AND COUNTRY: RICHARD II | Director: Gregory Doran |
THE PAINKILLER | Director: Sean Foley |
HOBSON’S CHOICE | Director: Jonathan Church |
THE CRUCIBLE | Director: John Dove |
2015 | |
GOODNIGHT MR TOM | Director: Agnus Jackson |
GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Gordon Greenberg |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG | Director: James Brining |
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER and USHER HOUSE | Director: David Pountney San Francisco Opera |
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN | Director: Jonathan Church |
KING AND COUNTRY: HENRY IV PART I AND PART II | Director: Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company, the Barbican |
THE FORCE OF DESTINY | Director: Calixto Bieito |
KING AND COUNTRY: HENRY V | Director: Gregory Doran |
HANG | Director: Debbie Tucker Green |
SPEECH DEBELLE LIVE | Director: Ed Sayers |
THE REHEARSAL | Director: Jeremy Sams |
A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT | Director: Jonathan Munby |
WAY UP STREAM | Director: Nadia Fall |
STEVIE | Director: Jonathan Church |
ANYTHING GOES | Director: Daniel Evans |
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
YER GRANNY | Director: Graham McLaren |
VOLPONE | Director: Trevor Nunn |
THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN | Director: Greg Doran |
DIRTY DANCING | Director: James Powell/Paul Garrington |
TAKEN AT MIDNIGHT | Director: Jonathan Church |
OKLAHOMA | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
2014 | |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
ANYTHING GOES | Director: Daniel Evans |
DANGEROUS CORNER | Director: Michael Attenborough |
GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Gordon Greenberg |
TAKEN AT MIDNIGHT | Director: Jonathan Church |
AMADEUS | Director: Jonathan Church |
THE WITCH OF EDMONTON | Director: Gregory Doran |
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE USHER USHER HOUSE | Director: David Pountney |
NABUCCO | Director: Rudolf Frey |
MOSES UND ARON | Directors: Sergio Morabito & Jossi Wieler |
HENRY IV PARTS I & II | Director: Gregory Doran |
PRESSURE | Director: John Dove |
OF MICE AND MEN | Director: Mark Rosenblatt |
A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT | Director: Jonathan Munby |
GASLIGHT | Director: Ed Dick |
ROBIN COUSINS’ ICE | Director: Robert Cousins |
2013 | |
CINDERELLA | Choreographer/Director: David Nixon |
NUT | Director: Debbie Tucker Green |
FIDELIO | Director: Calixto Bieito |
THE SOUND OF MUSIC | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
RICHARD II | Director: Gregory Doran |
VICTORIA | Director: Philip Howard |
THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI | Director: Jonathan Church |
RELATIVE VALUES | Director: Trevor Nunn |
A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT | Director: Jonathan Munby |
A DOLL’S HOUSE | Director: Graham McLaren |
DR FAUSTUS | Director: Dominic Hill |
THE WINSLOW BOY | Director: Lindsay Posner |
THE GREAT GATSBY | Director: David Nixon & Patricia Doyle |
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Olivier nominated for Best Musical Revival | Director: Jonathan Church |
YES, PRIME MINISTER | Director: Jonathan Lynn |
KISS ME KATE | Director: Trevor Nunn |
DIRTY DANCING | Director: James Powell and Paul Garrington |
GOODNIGHT MR. TOM | Director: Angus Jackson |
previous theatre | |
MY FAIR LADY | Director: Daniel Evans |
THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO | Director: Gregory Doran |
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL | Director: Trevor Nunn |
FORESTS | Director: Calixto Bieito |
THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE | Director: Rupert Goold & Mike Fentiman |
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI | Director: Jonathan Church |
WRITTEN ON THE HEART | Director: Gregory Doran |
FILUMENA | Director: Michael Attenborough |
MUSTAFA | Director: Janet Steel |
BINGO | Director: Angus Jackson |
CRAZY FOR YOU (Nominated for Best Musical Revival Olivier Award) | Director: Timothy Sheader West End / Open Air Theatre, Regents Park |
ALMEIDA FUNDRAISING GALA | Director: Indhu Rubasingham |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON | Director: Rupert Goold |
THE SYNDICATE | Director: Sean Mathias |
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD | Director: Trevor Nunn |
TELL ME ON A SUNDAY | Director: Tamara Harvey |
LEND ME A TENOR | Director: Ian Talbot |
THE CITY MADAM | Director: Dominic Hill |
CARDENIO SHAKESPEARE’S ‘LOST PLAY’ REIMAGINED | Director: Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company |
GOODNIGHT MR TOM | Director: Angus Jackson |
THE KNOT OF THE HEART | Director: Michael Attenborough |
SMASH | Director: Tamara Harvey |
THE SECRET GARDEN | Director: Anna Lindstrum |
BECKY SHAW | Director: Peter DuBois |
RACING DEMON | Director: Daniel Evans |
MASTER CLASS | Director: Jonathan Church |
THE THREE MUSKETEERS | Director: Francis Matthews |
THE CHERRY ORCHARD | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
THE MASTER BUILDER | Director: Philip Franks |
MORTE D’ARTHUR | Director: Gregory Doran |
THE CRITIC / REAL INSPECTOR HOUND | Director: Jonathan Church |
THE HISTORY BOYS | Director: Christopher Luscombe |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE | Director: Daniel Evans |
ARTHUR AND GEORGE | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
DARKER SHORES | Director: Anthony Clark |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Director: Gregory Doran |
THE GRAPES OF WRATH | Director: Jonathan Church |
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE | Director: Philip Wilson |
EAST IS EAST | Director: Iqbal Khan |
OKLAHOMA! | Director: John Doyle |
AMONGST FRIENDS | Director: Anthony Clark |
ALPHABETICAL ORDER | Director: Christopher Luscombe |
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED | Director: Ian Brown |
CYRANO DE BERGERAC | Director: Trevor Nunn |
THE REAL THING | Director: Toby Frow |
TOYER | Director: William Scoular |
IMAGINE THIS | Director: Timothy Sheader |
GLAMOUR | Director: Bill Alexander |
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY | Director: Philip Wilson |
NOISES OFF | Director: Jeremy Sams |
HAPGOOD | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
NOCTURNE | Director: Matt Wilde |
CINDERELLA | Director: Fiona Laird |
BAD GIRLS THE MUSICAL | Director: Maggie Norris |
OTHERWISE ENGAGED | Director: Simon Curtis |
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | Director: John Doyle |
THE CHERRY ORCHARD | Director: Jonathan Miller |
AS YOU LIKE IT | Director: David Lan |
SUNSHINE BOYS | Director: Maggie Norris |
BIG WHITE FOG | Director: Michael Attenborough |
THE LIGHTNING PLAY | Director: Anna Mackmin |
ENEMIES | Director: Michael Attenborough |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Director: Ian Brown |
for the royal shakespeare company | |
HAMLET (starring David Tennant) | InformatioDirector: Gregory Doran |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Gregory Doran |
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST | Director: Gregory Doran |
CORIOLANUS | |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA | |
MERRY WIVES THE MUSICAL | Director: All Gregory Doran |
WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN | Director: Laurence Boswell |
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | Director: Nancy Meckler |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Gregory Doran |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA | Director: Michael Attenborough |
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE | Director: Wilson Milam |
HENRY IV Parts I & II (Olivier Award Nomination) | Director: Michael Attenborough |
ROMEO AND JULIET | Director: Michael Attenborough |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE | Director: Sean Holmes |
RICHARD III | Director: Sean Holmes |
TITUS ANDRONICUS | Director: Bill Alexander |
TAMING OF THE SHREW | Director: Gregory Doran |
KING JOHN | Director: Gregory Doran |
JUBILEE | Director: Gregory Doran |
MACBETH | Director: Gregory Doran |
THE WINTER’S TALE | Director: Gregory Doran |
OROONOKO | Director: Gregory Doran |
other international theatre | |
SLEEPING BEAUTY | Director: Rufus Norris |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Gregory Doran |
KING LEAR | Director: Bill Alexander |
OTHELLO | Director: Gregory Doran |
HENRY IV parts 1 & 2 (for which he was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award) | Director: Bill Alexander Shakespeare Theatre in Washington |
THE TAMER TAMED & THE TAMING OF THE SHREW | Director: Gregory Doran RSC at The Kennedy Centre,Washington & also West End |
HAMLET | Director: Jonathan Kent |
THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE | Director: Kenneth Branagh |
PAJAMA GAME | Director: Simon Callow |
other london theatre | |
ROMEO AND JULIET | Director: Rufus Norris |
OF MICE AND MEN | Director: Jonathan Church |
SWEET PANIC | Director: Stephen Poliakoff |
BENEFACTORS | Director: Albery |
A LIE OF THE MIND | Director: Wilson Milam |
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Olivier Award Best Musical) | Director: Michael Grandage Donmar |
MAHLER’S CONVERSION | Director: Gregory Doran |
ANNA WEISS | Director: Michael Attenborough |
BLOOD WEDDING | Director: Rufus Norris |
WHISTLING PSYCHE | Director: Robert Delamere |
BRIGHTON ROCK | Director: Michael Attenborough |
A RAISIN IN THE SUN | Director: David Lan |
HAND IN HAND | Director: Gemma Bodinetz |
SPEAKING IN TONGUES | Director: Mark Clements |
TWO PIANOS FOUR HANDS | Director: Jeremy Sams |
DAMES AT SEA | Director: John Gardyne |
THE RED BALLOON | Director: Tony Clarke |
THE ALCHEMIST | Director: Bill Alexander |
for sheffield crucible | |
LEAR | Director: Jonathan Kent |
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ | Director: Philip Wilson |
PIAF | Director: Timothy Sheader |
A CHORUS LINE | Director: Nikolai Foster |
RICHARD III | Director: Michael Grandage |
EDWARD II | Director: Michael Grandage |
HIGH SOCIETY | Director: Fiona Laird |
SWEET CHARITY (Winner of the TMA Best Musical Award) | Director: Timothy Sheader |
for west yorkshire playhouse | |
HAMLET | |
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS | |
ELECTRICITY | Director: All Ian Brown |
for birmingham rep | |
CELESTINA | Director: Calixto Bieto |
THE DOLL’S HOUSE | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE | Director: Toby Frow |
WINNIE THE WITCH | Director: Tony Clarke |
THE WINSLOW BOY | Director: Gwenda Hughes |
THE ENTERTAINER | Director: Tony Clarke |
as associate at birmingham (1995-2001) | |
THE FREE STATE | Director: Janet Suzman |
MY BEST FRIEND | Director: Tony Clarke |
PADDY IRISHMAN AND PADDY ENGLISHMAN AND PADDY | Director: Tony Clarke (also Tricycle) |
HAMLET – ELSINORE | Director: Bill Alexander |
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS | Director: Rupert Goold |
ST JOAN | Director: Tony Clarke |
BIG MAGGIE | Director: Gwenda Hughes |
TWINS | Director: Simon Usher |
THE ATHEIST’S TRAGEDY (1995 Gold Medal Winner at the Prague Quadrennial) | Director: Tony Clarke |
other theatre | |
CHARLEY’S AUNT | Director: Timothy Sheader |
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN | Director: Timothy Sheader |
CLOUDS | Director: Jennie Darnell |
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, DANNY BOUNCING, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Director: All Mark Clements Derby Playhouse |
THE LADY VANISHES | Director: Martin Connor |
WODEHOUSE ON BROADWAY | Director: Keith Cheetam |
THE KING AND I | Director: John Gardyne |
opera and dance | |
LA BOHEME | Director: Annabel Arden |
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Nancy Meckler Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Scottish Ballet |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Director: David Nixon |
CLEOPATRA | Director: David Nixon / Patricia Doyle |
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Director: Neil Armfield |
ELEKTRA | Director: Jonathan Kent |
THE SNOWMAN | Director: Bill Alexander |
DRACULA | Director: David Nixon |
HAMLET | Director: David Nixon |
INTO THE WOODS | Director: William Tuckett |
THE LADY AND THE FOOL | Director: John Cranko |
LA TRAVIATA | Millennium Centre Wales/Opus TV |
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Director: Neil Armfield |
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Director: Calixto Bieto |
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Bobby Hertsel |
REQUIEM BALLET | Director: Stuart Trotter |
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Bobby Hertsel |
LES ENFANTS PRODIGUES | Director: Jean-Claude Auvray |
LE ROSSIGNOL | Director: Jean-Claude Auvray |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Jamie Hayes |
THE GONDOLIERS | Director: John Gardyne |
YEOMAN OF THE GUARD | Director: Andrew Wickes |
CARMEN NEGRA | Director: Stuart Trotter |
PROMETHEUS | Director: Conductor: Claudio Abbado Dir: Christopher Swan |
ON THE TOWN | Director: Christopher Swan |