Ben Pickersgill

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Biography

Ben is a UK-based lighting designer.  For more details please see www.benpickersgill.co.uk

 

Specialisms

Theatre:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
Opera:
  • Large scale
  • 'Country House'
  • Small scale
Education:
  • Workshops

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
This House (UK Tour) Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse, then touring
Headlong 		Lighting Designer Director: Jeremy Herrin
Set designer: Rae Smith
Company Musical Aberdeen Arts Centre
David Adkin Ltd 		Lighting Designer Director: Derek Anderson
Set designer: Nik Corrall
Mad King Suibhne Opera Messums Wiltshire
Bury Court Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: Ella Marchment
Set designer: Holly Pigott
Spamalot Theatre Watford Palace Theatre
Cassio 		Lighting Designer Director: Clare Ashcroft
Trouble in Tahiti Opera Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring
Opera North 		Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Eberhardt
Set designer: Charles Edwards
The Little Greats Opera Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring
Opera North 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Charles Edwards
Set designer: Charles Edwards
Sonny Theatre ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
Arts Ed 		Lighting Designer Director: Deborah Bruce
Set designer: Ruth Hall
L'Ospedale Opera Bury Court Opera Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Mad King Suibhne Opera Bury Court Opera Lighting Designer Director: Ella Marchment
Set designer: Holly Pigott
Snow Opera Bussey Building Peckham
Opera Story 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
This House Theatre Garrick Theatre
Headlong & Chichester Festival Theatre 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paule Constable
Director: Jeremy Herrin
Set designer: Rae Smith
Carmen Opera Blackheath Halls Lighting Designer Director: Chris Rolls
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Soul Musical Royal and Derngate Northampton Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Mark Howland
Director: James Dacre
Set designer: Jon Bausor
Cabaret Musical ACT Aberdeen
David Adkin Ltd 		Lighting Designer Director: Derek Anderson
Set designer: Rachel Stone
Man of la Mancha Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood and Dawn Harrison-Wallace
L'Ospedale Opera Wilton's Music Hall
Solomon's Knot 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Idomeneo Opera Blackheath Halls Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Grease Musical Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Jeremy Thomas
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Legally Blonde Musical Bridewell Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Kim Barker
Brundibar Opera Blackheath Halls Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Marry Me a Little Musical Assembly Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Ed Burnside
Set designer: Ryan Laight
The Little Sweep Opera Blackheath Halls Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Into The Woods Musical Bridewell Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Matt Gould
Set designer: Steve King
Footloose Musical Watford Palace Theatre Lighting Designer
The Producers Musical Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Jameson
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Oklahoma! Musical Opera Holland Park
CMS 		Lighting Designer Director: Natascha Metherell
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Musical Theatre Showcase Musical Criterion Theatre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Sally-Ann Gritton
La Rondine Opera Factory 7, London, then touring
GoOpera 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Anything Goes Theatre Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan Moore
Set designer: Caroline Reid
Noye's Fludde Opera Blackheath Halls Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Yerma Theatre Riverside Studios, then touring
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Sally Ann Gritton
Set designer: Jess Banting
L'Orfeo Opera Hampstead Garden Opera Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Eberhardt
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Musical Theatre Showcase Musical Criterion Theatre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer
The Threepenny Opera Musical The Old Market, Hove Lighting Designer Director: Ed Burnside
The Light in the Piazza Musical Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Fentiman
Set designer: Caroline Reid
Lucky Stiff Musical Landor Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Rob McWhir
A Little Night Music Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood
The Wedding Singer Theatre Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Jeremy Lloyd Thomas
Set designer: Adrian Linford
Carmen Opera Sadlers Wells
A&O Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Ellan Parry
Six Rounds Theatre Lost Theatre
Liminal Space Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Prav Menon-Johansson
Semele Opera Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Hampstead Garden Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Company Musical Karamel Club
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 		Lighting Designer Director: Darren Lawrence
Set designer: Rachel Dingle
A Christmas Carol Theatre Trafalgar Studios
Horla 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Tracy Waller
Kiss of the Spiderwoman Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood
Too Darn Hot Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Angus Jacobs
American Bytes Back Theatre Lost Theatre
Liminal Space Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Prav Menon-Johansson
The Bartered Bride Opera Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, then touring
Surrey Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Madeleine Millar
American Bytes Theatre New Wimbledon Studio
Liminal Space Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Prav Menon-Johansson
The Libertine Theatre Bridwell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Anne-Marie Leigh
Festen Theatre Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Anne-Marie Leigh
Set designer: Bronia Kupczyk
The Thingumywotsit Theatre Hen & Chickens Theatre
Nasty Sweets 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Vreni Aebersold
A Faceful of Fists Theatre New Wimbledon Studio
Nasty Sweets 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Vreni Aebersold
Don Carlos Theatre Cockpit Theatre, then touring
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Anne-Marie Leigh
Red Riding Hood Theatre Cannizaro Park Festival
Horla 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Natalie Jones
Sweeney Todd Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood
Yellow Lines Theatre Oval House Theatre
Human Resources 		Lighting Designer Director: Mervyn Millar
Set designer: Naomi Dawson
Merrily We Roll Along Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood
Company Musical Bridewell Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood
Rumplestiltskin and Other Grizzly Tales Theatre New Wimbledon Studio
Horla 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Tracy Waller
Sweet Charity Musical Pleasance Theatre
SEDOS 		Lighting Designer Director: Roger Harwood
Brimstone and Treacle Theatre Bridwell Theatre
1066 Production 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: George Gold
Grimms Theatre Rose and Crown Theatre
Horla 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Tracy Waller and Alex Agg
A Doll's House Theatre Rose and Crown Theatre
Horla 		Lighting Designer Director: Alistair Green
Set designer: Tracy Waller
Man is Man Theatre Finborough Theatre
The Steam Industry 		Lighting Designer Director: Mervyn Millar
Set designer: Ana Mestre
Assassins Musical Jack Romano Playhouse
Stagedoor Manor 		Lighting Designer Director: Micheal Larson
Set designer: Sadie Smith
The Wind in the Willows Theatre Imperial College Concert Hall
Thomas's School 		Lighting Designer Director: Jeremy James
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Theatre Imperial College Concert Hall
Thomas's School 		Lighting Designer Director: Jemery James
Contact method Details
Email address ben.pickersgill@icloud.com