STUDENT VIRTUAL LIGHTING DESIGN AWARD
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This year the nominees were
James Addison – Rose Bruford – ‘Waste My Time’
Max Tate – Rose Bruford – ‘Vibration’
Shona M’gadzah – University of Glasgow – ‘Take Flight’
Toby Ison – Guildhall – ‘Cinderella Honeymoon’
Ziggy Bornas – LaGuardia High School USA – ‘Live and Let Die’
This from one of our judges ” I want to start by congratulating all of the Shortlisted Entries on the standard of their work. Getting to this stage means that they show incredible promise and they must not be downhearted if on this occasion they didn’t win. The future is certainly bright (pun intended!)”
Nigel Catmur – TV Entertainment Series Awardee 2025.
Take a look at our nominees video clips with judges’ comments below
The 2025 winner was Shonah M’gadzah (Guildhall) for ‘Take Flight’
Shonah M’gadzah and Andy Mahaffey of AC Entertainment Technologies
“My pick is Shona M’gadzah – University of Glasgow – ‘Take Flight’ – The lighting design makes great use of darkness, which gives the lights a delicate feel; there’s a nice balance of brightness, speed, and colour” – Azusa Ono – TPA 2025 Nominee
“What a treat to experience all of this incredible work -thanks so much for the opportunity to be involved in this. My favourite was Take Flight. Shona’s lighting has gorgeous, bold musicality, I loved the use of colour (particularly the red slashing through a sea of cooler tones) and the development of palette through twinkling darkness to transcendent arcing beams -euphoric.” – Sarah Readman – Outstanding Achievement in Theatre Awardee TPA 2025
“My choice would be Shona M’gadzah – ‘Take Flight’. I thought the choice and use of colours was excellent. The variety and quality of textures and shapes within the design was very well done. I love to feel each part/layer of the music represented somehow in a design, and Shona’s gave each distinct element of the track representation whilst still tying them all together. It felt like I would have had the best experience in Shona’s design if I was at that performance.” – Simeon Miller – TPA 2025 Nominee
The winner was decided by the 2025 Profile Awards Professional Theatre and TV nominees
For details of the 2024 nominated videos and winner visit The 2024 Awards section
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