I am a lighting designer based in Bristol.

I love working in collaborative rooms, especially on devised theatre, physical theatre and dance. I have been working in all scales of venue for all sorts of productions - Theatre, Dance, Circus and Opera - for 15 years.

The company I have the longest relationship with is Gecko - my lighting design for the company includes 'Kin', 'a little space', ‘The Dreamer’, ‘Time of Your life’, ‘Institute’, & 'Missing'.

Other lighting designs include: 'Oliver Twist', 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'Our Country's Good', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Beautiful Thing', and ‘Blue Heart’ for Tobacco Factory Theatres, 'Colour of Dinosaurs' and ‘We Can Time Travel’ for gig-theatre maker Dom Coyote, 'Oz', ‘Flies’, and ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ for Pins and Needles, 'Snowed in' for Anatomical, 'Cutting Out' for artist and activist Viv Gordon, and designs for various contemporary dance companies including: New Movement Collective, Fertile Ground, Renaud Wiser Dance, Sophie Nuzel Dance, and TrashDollys.

I have toured widely as a production manager and re-lighter both nationally and internationally - working in China, the USA, Mexico, Colombia, Russia and extensively throughout Europe and the UK. 

I am also a visiting lecturer at Bristol Old Vic Theatre school, where I work with the students on their own lighting designs, supervise technical workshops and fit-ups, and provide lighting design for the school's own productions. I have a strong interest in teaching, and love working with students and young people in technical roles.

For a fuller credit list and list of qualifications please visit http://www.chrisswainlighting.co.uk