Lesley Harcourt as Fraulein X and Judi Scott as Hannah Arendt | Photographer: Andreas Griege | From the show Foreplay
From the show The Barber of Seville
From the show Orpheus Down Under
Photograph from The Merchant Of Venice - lighting design by Derek Carlyle
From the show The Merchant Of Venice
From the show Private Peaceful

Derek Carlyle

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Biography

Having worked in professional theatre for over 30 years I enjoy many aspects of the technical side of staging a production. My lighting experience is principally in theatre but I have been fortunate to also work on a number of musicals, operas and dance shows. I have been lucky enough to work on many shows with many wonderful people in many different capacities but for the purposes of this website in particular my lighting credits include the following shows:- Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest (Shakespeare's Globe, Rome) The Lion King (Piper's Corner), The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare's Globe, Rome) Skin In Flames (Park 90), The Barber of Seville (Tour), 5 Deaths and a Happy Ending (Tour), Foreplay (King’s Head), Kiss Me, Figaro! (Riverside and Tour), Jeopardy (Waterloo East), Captain Blood’s Revenge (Glyndebourne and Tour), The Burial (The Albany), The Magic Flute (Riverside Studios), Asphalt Kiss (New Diorama) La Traviata, Troy Boy, (Gatehouse and Touring), Private Peaceful, Sweeny Todd, His Dark Materials (E.M. Forster), Gerbils in a Glass Cage (The Space), Johnny Boy (Brighton Dome), Bright Star (The Tabard), Orpheus Down Under (National Tour), Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Time and The Conways, I’ll Leave it to You (New Diorama), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (National Tour), Glasshouse (Tobacco Factory), The Pickwick Papers (National Tour), My Name is Rachel Corrie (Baron's Court), The Special Thing (Hen and Chickens), Frozen (Riverside Studios and Tour), My Sister In This House (Greenwich Playhouse), Treasure Island (King's Head), Centre Stage '07 and '08 [Dance] (Cochrane Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Shaw Theatre), The Picture of Dorian Gray and Chekhov’s Shorts(National tours), Five Kinds of Silence (Old Red Lion), Othello and The Way of the World (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Shakespeare’s Keeper (Grange Court Theatre), A Winter’s Tale (Wimbledon Studio), The Revenger’s Tragedy and The Monument (BAC), The Accrington Pals (Pentameters), The Cherry Orchard, The Speckled Band and Cinderella (Drayton Court Theatre), Top Girls (The Chelsea Centre) and over fifty productions at Drama Studio London. I also work as a Sound Designer, Production Manager and Actor

Previous productions

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Romeo and Juliet Theatre The Globe Theatre, Rome
The Bedouin Shakespeare Company
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Pickles
Oct 2019
The Merchant Of Venice Theatre The Globe, Rome
The Bedouin Shakespeare Company
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Pickles
Oct 2018
The Comedy of Errors Theatre Shakespeare's Globe, Rome
The Bedouin Shakespeare Company
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Pickles
Oct 2017
The Tempest Theatre The Globe, Rome
The Bedouin Shakespeare Company
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Pickles
Oct 2016
The Lion King Musical Piper's Corner Lighting Designer Nov 2015
The Comedy of Errors Theatre Shakespeare's Globe, Rome
Bedouin Shakespeare Company
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Pickles
Sep 2015
Skin In Flames Theatre Park 90
Stonecrabs & Bots and Barrals
Lighting Designer Director: Franko Figueirdo & Silvia Ayguade
Set designer: Valerie Kaneko-Lucas
May 2015
The Barber of Seville Opera The Merry Opera Company Lighting Designer Director: Johnny Ramster
Set designer: Louis Carver
Jan 2015
5 Deaths and a Happy Ending Opera Roedean Theatre, then touring
Glyndebourne
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Lenton
Oct 2014
Foreplay Theatre The King's Head
Andy Jordan Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Andy Jordan
Set designer: Ana-Sofia Londono
Apr 2014
Kiss Me, Figaro! Opera Riverside Studios, then touring
Merry Opera Company
Lighting Designer Director: Johnny Ramster
Feb 2014
Captain Blood's Revenge Opera The Old Market, then touring
Glyndebourne
Lighting Designer Director: Andy Manley
Set designer: Kitty Callister
Nov 2013
The Burial Theatre The Albany, Deptford
Stonecrabs Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Franko Figueirdo
Set designer: Valerie Kaneko-Lucas
Nov 2013
Private Peaceful Theatre E.M.Forster Theatre
Tonbridge School
Lighting Designer Director: Gavin Bruce
Dec 2012
The Asphalt Kiss Theatre The New Diorama
Stonecrabs Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Franko Figueirdo
Nov 2012
His Dark Materials Theatre E.M.Forster Theatre
Tonbridge School
Lighting Designer Director: Collette Redgrave
Jun 2012
La Traviata Opera Upstairs at the Gatehouse, then touring
Merry Opera Company
Lighting Designer Director: Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Set designer: James Perkins
Feb 2012
Gerbils In A Glass Cage Theatre The Space
Stonecrabs Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Tanja Pagnuco
Set designer: Catherine Morgan
Feb 2012
Sweeny Todd Theatre E.M.Forster Theatre
Tonbridge School
Lighting Designer Director: Gavin Bruce
May 2011
Bright Star Theatre The Tabard Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Ali Wall
Set designer: Fly Davis
Nov 2010
Orpheus Down Under Opera Upstairs at the Gatehouse, then touring
Unexpected Opera
Lighting Designer Director: Lynn Binstock
Set designer: James Perkins
Feb 2010
Stockwell Theatre The Tricycle Lighting Designer Director: Sophie Lifschutz
Set designer: James Perkins
Sep 2009
Frozen Theatre Riverside Studios, then touring Lighting Designer Director: Sonia Fraser
Set designer: Lucy Wilkinson
Jun 2008
Centre Stage Dance Dance The Cochrane Theatre
Centre Stage Dance School
Lighting Designer Choreographer: Many talented people
Jun 2008
My Sister In This House Theatre Greenwich Playhouse
Galleon Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Illona Linthwaite
Jan 2008
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Shaw Thatre
Hidden Pearl Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Pickles
Set designer: Maureen Freedman
Dec 2006
The Accrington Pals Theatre Pentameters
White Fox Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Granville Saxton
Oct 2001
Location availability:
  • Worldwide
Contact method Details
Mobile phone

07767 881932

Email address

delhog@hotmail.co.uk

Website

http://www.derekcarlylelighting.com

Theatre:
  • Commercial Tour
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Touring relights
Opera:
  • Small scale
  • Touring relights
Dance:
  • Medium Scale
Non-professional:
  • Plays

News

Appearing here soon... a collection of articles from the Focus magazine archives.

Press quotes

Skin In Flames

Spanish playwright Guillem Clua’s artfully structured thriller intertwines two related stories that take place in the same shabby hotel room. Each narrative unfolds with clarity and purpose, mainly thanks to a careful staging from directors Silvia Ayguade and Franko Figueiredo and an equally thoughtful lighting design from Derek Carlyle. The international cast negotiates this complex structure well, with neither story pulling attention away from the other. Bea Segura is a commanding, strident presence as the disillusioned reporter with a hidden agenda, but the real victim of this conflict is embodied in Laya Marti’s tortured, tormented Ida.
Paul Vale, The Stage 15/05/2015

The Burial

In terms of appealing and reaching out to its local audience, The Burial is certainly triumphant. Finally credit must be given to set and costume designer Richard Andrzejewski, lighting designer Derek Carlyle, sound designer Dinah Mullen, and drummer Sola Bankole. The production, set in the round, has influences of African culture throughout, whether it be singing, chanting, drumming or colourful costumes, and all of these aspects only add to and strengthen this piece of theatre.
David Richards, One Stop Arts 04/05/2013