THE RICHARD PILBROW LIFETIME RECOGNITION AWARD 2025
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The Award recognises an individual who has contributed to the art of lighting design and the lighting profession in general and is presented by kind agreement with Richard’s family in memory of Richard Pilbrow (1933-2023) and is most aptly sponsored by Theatre Projects.


Richard Pilbrow Lifetime Recognition Award 2025
Sponsored by Theatre Projects
Awarded to Paule Constable

Theo Farringdon of Theatre Projects with Paule Constable
In a recent interview with Emma Chapman Paule explained “I was probably around 21 when I first started helping out in a theatre learning a bit about lighting and thinking, oh this is fun! I started lighting doing gigs. You just ‘did’ lighting, you put lights up, you pointed them around and you turned them on and off. It was finding a tribe of people that I found compelling and interesting and that seemed to wake things up in me…”
In 2024 the Awardee was David Hersey, read more in The 2024 Awards section.