OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRE
Sponsored by CHAUVET PROFESSIONAL
“For using everything from hand-held flashlights and angle-poise lamps to build intensity and dynamism.”
CHRIS DAVEY
for ‘Crime and Punishment’, Cast, Doncaster
Photo: Paul Evans of Chauvet Professional with Chris Davey
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE
Sponsored by ELATION
“For making light an active dance partner to the soloist, creating depth and shape where none existed.”
PANAGIOTIS TOMARAS
for ‘In A Landscape‘, Sadler’s Wells
Photo: Graham Hill of Elation with Panagiotis Tomaras
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRE
Sponsored by ENCORE
“In a play about a character facing dementia this designer mirrored the title character’s state of mind with light vividly suspended between night and day.”
JOSHUA GADSBY
for ‘ Miss Myrtle’s Garden’, Bush Theatre
Photo: Tom Mowat of Encore with Joshua Gadsby
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Sponsored by ETC
“For virtuosic outdoor lighting, turning the front of a country house into a widescreen epic set aboard the Orient Express.”
JAKE WILTSHIRE
for ‘Don Giovanni’, Waterperry Opera
Photo: Darren Beckley of ETC with Jake Wilshire
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRE
Sponsored by VARI-LITE
“On a non-literal, suggestive set, for the evoking of glowingly atmospheric location, heat and tension in a woodland afternoon.”
PAUL PYANT
for ‘Summerfolk’, Olivier, National Theatre
Photo: Grant Bales-Smith of Vari-Lite with Laura Choules for Paul Pyant
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE
Sponsored by GLP
“For both a magical and menacing use of light absolutely embedded within a spectacular sense of nature.”
AIDEEN MALONE
for ‘Into The Woods’, The Bridge Theatre
Photo: Matthew Powell of GLP with Aideen Malone
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Sponsored by FIX8 GROUP
“Brimming with knowing theatricality, the lighting was an exercise in wit, rhythm and storytelling magnetically timed to the beats of drama and music.”
TRUI MALTEN
for ‘Imeneo’, Cambridge Handel Opera Company
Photo: Neil Trennel of Fix8 Group with Trui Malten
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE
Sponsored by AED UK
“On a stage-wide blank flight of steps, for bringing power, passion and utterly unique propulsion through 650 lighting cues in the otherwise stark London Palladium.”
JON CLARK
for ‘Evita’, London Palladium
Photo: Jon Clark with Patrick Stride of AED UK
OUTSTANDING NEW TALENT IN THEATRE
Sponsored by MA LIGHTING
“For using light to divide the space architecturally and choreographing the viewer’s eye through everything from an early morning glow to creeping night.”
CLANCY FLYNN
for ‘Slant’, Sadler’s Wells
Photo: Stephen Baird-Smith of MA with Clancy Flynn
OUTSTANDING YEAR IN THEATRE
Sponsored by SLX
“So because we can, we make exceptions to honour not one production but an outstanding year. For a body of work across the year that demonstrated not simply sensitivity and compelling imagination but sheer range.”
LIZZIE POWELL
for ‘The Flying Dutchman’, Welsh National Opera; ‘The Seagull’, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh and ‘Waiting For Godot’, Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow
Photo: Ruari Cormack of SLX and Karin Anderson for Lizzie Powell
Awards Photos by David Stewart for TPA
CRITICS' CHOICE NOMINEES
ADAM SILVERMAN
for ‘Broken Glass’, Young Vic
ALEX FERNANDES
for ‘The Shitheads’, Royal Court Upstairs
ANNA WATSON
for ‘Paranormal Activity’, Ambassadors Theatre, West End
CHARLIE MORGAN-JONES
for ‘Ebony Scrooge’, Sadler’s Wells East
EDWARD SAUNDERS
for ‘Breaking Bach’, Usher Hall, Edinburgh International Festival
FABIANA PICCIOLI
for ‘Against The Tide’, Royal Opera House
GUY HOARE
for ‘The Turn of the Screw’, Linbury, Royal Opera House
JAI MORJARIA
for ‘Intimate Apparel’, Donmar Warehouse
JESSICA HUNG HAN YUN
for ‘Brigadoon’, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
MARK JONATHAN
for ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’, Royal College of Music
NATASHA CHIVERS
for ‘Evening All Afternoon’, Donmar Warehouse
SIMISOLA MAJEKODUNMI
for ‘Lost Atoms’, Curve, Leicester
“The theatre section of The Profile Awards was judged by eight of the UK’s leading theatre, dance and opera critics. Every single new production we saw is automatically eligible for consideration. At our lengthy judging session we drew up a long list of pieces of outstanding lighting design from the literally hundreds of productions we saw in person across the year. That list was then whittled down to a shortlist of twenty two. From there, we chose to salute the work of ten of the most exciting teams in the industry whose names were revealed on the night.”
Theatre Awards Chair, David Benedict