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Alex Lewer
Biography
Alex is a lighting designer based in London. He specialises in small/mid-scale plays and new musicals.
Current work includes: Vermin at Arcola Theatre and F**cking Men at Waterloo East.
Recent work includes: Clybourne Park at Park Theatre, Bright Half Life at The Kings Head, Lipstick at Southwark Playhouse, Love Story - The 10th Anniversary in Concert at Cadogan Hall, The Green Fairy and Striking 12 at The Union Theatre, Burkas and Bacon Butties and BOXED at The Vaults, SuRIE - Something Beginning With... live album launch, Simon Stephens' One Minute (Off West End Award Nominee for Best Lighting Design) for Delirium; Streets and Another Way for Interval Productions.
Previous productions
Current credits
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Out The City | Theatre |
Lyric Theatre, then touring Boy Out The City Limited |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nancy Sullivan Set designer: Reuben Speed |
30 Sep 2023, 28 Mar 2024, 11 Apr 2024, 21 Apr 2024 |
| Fucking Men | Theatre |
Waterloo East Theatre F Men Play Limited / Roebuck Theatrical |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Steven Kunis Set designer: Cara Evans |
18 Jun 2023, 26 May 2024 |
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Out The City | Theatre |
Lyric Theatre, then touring Boy Out The City Limited |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nancy Sullivan Set designer: Reuben Speed |
Sep 2023, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, Apr 2024 |
| Boy Out The City | Theatre |
Lyric Theatre, then touring Boy Out The City Limited |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nancy Sullivan Set designer: Reuben Speed |
Sep 2023, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, Apr 2024 |
| Leaves of Glass | Theatre |
Park Theatre - Park90, then touring Lidless Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Harrison Set designer: Kit Hinchcliff |
May 2023, Jan 2024 |
| Aladdin | Theatre |
Cheltenham Playhouse Matt Nolan Creative & Makiom |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kieran Mortell Set designer: Matt Nolan |
Dec 2023 |
| I Wish You Well - The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial Musical | Concert |
The Turbine Theatre Ben Lockwood Productions |
Lighting Designer | Dec 2023 | |
| Othello | Theatre |
Riverside Studios, then touring Trish Wadley Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sinéad Rushe Set designer: Natalie Pryce |
Oct 2023 |
| Boy Out The City | Theatre |
Lyric Theatre, then touring Boy Out The City Limited |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nancy Sullivan Set designer: Reuben Speed |
Sep 2023, Mar 2024, Apr 2024, Apr 2024 |
| The Curtain Call - King's Head Theatre Pub Takes a Bow | Theatre |
King's Head Theatre KHT Productions |
Lighting Designer | Aug 2023 | |
| The Apocalypse Bear Trilogy | Theatre |
Brockley Jack No Such Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: James Christensen Set designer: Georgie White |
Jul 2023 |
| Leaves of Glass | Theatre |
Park Theatre - Park90, then touring Lidless Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Harrison Set designer: Kit Hinchcliff |
May 2023, Jan 2024 |
| Fucking Men | Theatre |
Waterloo East Theatre F Men Play Limited / Roebuck Theatrical |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Steven Kunis Set designer: Cara Evans |
Apr 2023, Apr 2024 |
| Vermin | Theatre |
Arcola The REcreate Agency and Triptych Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Parker |
Mar 2023 |
| Bright Half Life | Theatre |
Kings Head Theatre Panorama Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Steven Kunis Set designer: Cara Evans |
Sep 2022 |
| Clybourne Park | Theatre |
Park Theatre Trish Wadley Productions and David Adkin |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oliver Kaderbhai Set designer: James Turner |
Mar 2022 |
| Love Story - The 10th Anniversary in Concert | Concert | Cadogan Hall | Lighting Designer |
Director: Kirk Jameson |
Nov 2021 |
| Lipstick | Theatre |
Southwark Playhouse 'The Little' Rupert Henderson Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed White |
Mar 2020 |
| Essence | Theatre | The Vaults | Lighting Designer |
Director: Tori Allen-Martin |
Feb 2020 |
| Tom's Midnight Garden | Theatre |
Cheltenham Playhouse House Full Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bill Cronshaw |
Dec 2019 |
| The Green Fairy | Musical |
The Union Theatre The Greatest Thing Ltd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Sain Set designer: Katherine Heath |
Oct 2019 |
| SuRie - [ˈdʌz(ə)n] | Concert |
Bishopsgate Institute MMP Ltd |
Lighting Designer | Feb 2019 | |
| The Hatter in Winterland | Theatre |
Cheltenham Playhouse Noodle Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gregory Aston |
Dec 2018 |
| Striking 12 | Musical |
The Union Theatre Striking 12 Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oliver Kaderbhai Set designer: Natalie Johnson |
Dec 2018 |
| Burkas and Bacon Butties | Theatre |
Vault Festival, London Tara Finney Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Henley & Sarah Butcher Set designer: Tom Rogers |
Feb 2018 |
| Pinocchio & The Christmas Wish | Theatre |
Cheltenham Playhouse Rolling Stock |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Suzanna Segura Set designer: Katie Hart |
Dec 2017 |
| BOXED | Musical |
The Vaults, London Made in LDN Collective |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Philip Griffin Set designer: Alexandra Purvis |
Sep 2017 |
| The Snow Queen | Theatre |
Cheltenham Playhouse Rolling Stock |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Suzanna Segura Set designer: Matthew Nolan |
Dec 2016 |
| Something Beginning With... | Concert |
The Cockpit Theatre SuRIE |
Lighting Designer | Dec 2016 | |
| Muted - In Concert | Concert |
The Actor's Church Interval Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Jackson |
Feb 2016 |
| Peter Pan and The Revenge of Captain Hook | Theatre |
Cheltenham Playhouse Rolling Stock |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ann Wessen-Munn Set designer: Mike Kingston |
Dec 2015 |
| The Night Before Christmas | Theatre |
Gary's Warehouse Different Breed Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Henley |
Dec 2015 |
| One Minute | Theatre |
The Vaults, London DELIRIUM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oliver Kaderbhai / Matthew Churcher Set designer: Natalie Parsons |
Sep 2015 |
| Streets | Musical |
The Vaults, London Interval Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tori Allen-Martin |
Jan 2015 |
| From Where I'm Standing | Theatre |
Pegasus Theatre - Oxford, then touring DELIRIUM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oliver Kaderbhai Set designer: Kayleigh Temple |
Jul 2013 |
| Go To Your God Like A Soldier | Theatre |
Big Belly, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe DELIRIUM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oliver Kaderbhai |
Aug 2011 |
Location availability:
- Scotland
- UK London
- UK Provinces
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Agent name | Jo Hole Associates |
| Agent email | info@joholeassociates |
| Agent website | www.joholeassociates.com |
| http://twitter.com/alexlewer |
Theatre:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
Musical:
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale / Fringe
- Pantomime
Non-professional:
- Dance
- Musicals
- Plays
Education:
- Workshops
News
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Portfolio
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Press quotes
Bright Half Life
Alex Lewer’s lighting design is also vital in ensuring the success of this structure, the conception and execution of which is extremely slick throughout.
Emily Beech, The Reviews Hub 13/09/2022
Clybourne Park
...that combined with Alex Lewer's narrative lighting added hugely to the atmosphere and poignancy of this production.
Keith Orton, Theatre News Online 28/03/2022
Alex Lewer’s lighting design is rich and tells us we’re going to encounter a high production value show.
Mary Beer, LondonTheatre1 27/03/2022
...even better and more penetrating than the show’s original ...a definitive version of Clybourne Park, a wiser and more inexhaustible piece than we had previously reckoned.
Paul Taylor, The Independent 26/03/2022
Alex Lewer’s lighting is understated throughout but gets a chance to shine in the brief, quiet passages which bookend the play. The first scene opens on a widening pathway of light that beautifully evokes the glow from an opening door. The show’s final moments, hushed and heartbreaking, are swallowed up in a thick early morning gloom.
Dave Fargnoli, The Stage 24/03/2022
Lipstick
...it’s definitely slick, professional and engaging thanks to White, sound designer Charlie Smith and lighting designer Alex Lewer
Bj McNeill, The LGBTQ Arts Review 14/03/2020
the use of lighting to creatively enhance the space and transform it into different environments is highly effective and seamlessly done
Claudia Graham, Young Perspective 12/03/2020
staging is beautifully simple, with a strong lighting and sound design
Amy Toledano, Within Her Words 12/03/2020
The play makes glorious use of the smaller space at Southwark Playhouse. A nearly bare set on the face of it works perfectly as the teenage Tommy’s bedroom, while clever lighting transforms it into other locations in an instant.
Jim Compton-Hall, The Upcoming 12/03/2020
Alex Lewer’s lighting takes on the Playhouse’s ‘Little’ performance space as an advantage, not a limitation, creating an intelligent design that leaves no square inch wasted.
Sophie Adnitt, BritishTheatre.com 11/03/2020
"... the temperament is raised by the very clever use of LED strip lights by Alex Lewer that form the fourth wall between the cast and audience but also act as a metaphor illuminating the life paths these characters have taken. "
Stephen Vowles, Boyz 10/03/2020
Ed White’s direction is fast-paced while Alex Lewer digitally clever lighting and Charlie Smith sound effects give the play a stunning cinematic effect.
Fiona Doyle, The Artiscape 10/03/2020
Charlie Smith’s tonal, emotionally sensitive sound successfully helps navigate the characters’ moods, from the depths of despair to moments of acceptance and joy, while Alex Lewer’s sensitive lighting bathes the duo in warmth.
Sally Hales, The Stage 10/03/2020
The staging by director Ed White is effectively simple; amidst static furniture, scene changes between a house party, oppressive nightclub and a model village in Cornwall are made clear by an artful lighting design from Alex Lewer. In one scene, the panic attack experience by Tommy is communicated viscerally to the audience via impeccable use of lighting and sound, designed by Charlie Smith.
Michael Boucher, Mickey Jo Theatre 10/03/2020
The Green Fairy
Alex Lewer's vibrant lighting design helping to create a whole new level of lighting through song that will leave you teary eyed in the most unexpected moments.
Creative Reviews UK 10/11/2019
[People will] "still be talking about Alex Lewer’s gorgeous lighting long after they’ve got home!"
Julian Eaves, BritishTheatre.com 06/11/2019
Every mood has been reflected beautifully by the excellent, magical lighting of Alex Lewer.
London Theatre Reviews 05/11/2019
Opting for a simple set, designer Katharine Heath has created an ordinary pub in London but the hanging wine bottles add an extra twist and the vivid lighting by Alex Lewer create the ‘magical’ element. In fact, the lighting is some of the best seen at the Union Theatre, cleverly taking the audience on a journey between the past and the present. The use of dramatic lighting, bright colours and spotlights really works well to aid the storytelling.
Amanda Reynolds, LondonTheatre1 05/11/2019
Creatively, Katharine Heath’s pared-back set allows Alex Lewer’s intelligent and informative lighting to take the lead on moving us back and forth through time.
There Ought To Be Clowns 05/11/2019
Striking 12
"... much of that is down to Alex Lewer’s lighting design that uses flame colours of gold and orange to create warmth..."
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub 03/12/2018
One Minute
Are we so culturally stuck that our pain can’t also cleanse us? Not quite, as Alex Lewer’s spectacular lighting at the end indicates.
Verity Healey, Exeunt Magazine 10/09/2015
From Where I'm Standing
From Where I’m Standing really showcases the potential of audio and visual innovation as it moves between past, present and future.
Dominic Hinde, Fest 10/08/2013
This is the first play to use handheld tablets to convey images - and it works. There seems little doubt that, by next year, everyone will be doing it.
Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide 09/08/2013
