Chris Withers

    Biography Credits

    Biography

    Chris is a graduate of the BA(hons) Lighting Design course at Rose Bruford College. He now works as a freelance Lighting Designer, Assistant Lighting Designer and Production Electrician. His particular interests lie in lighting for theatre and musicals.

    For a full list of credits and production galleries please visit www.chriswithers.co.uk

    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Touring relights
    Concert:
    • Stage Touring
    Corporate:
    • Conferences
    • Award Ceremonies
    Architectural:
    • Commercial & Retail
    Non-professional:
    • Dance
    • Musicals
    • Plays
    Education:
    • Workshops
    • Training

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Caroline's Kitchen Theatre Derby Theatre, then touring
    Original Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Alastair Whatley
    Set designer: James Perkins
    The Pied Piper Musical Cornerstone Arts
    Goblin Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Barry
    Set designer: Amelia Jane Hankin
    My Name is Rachel Corrie Theatre Masra Al-Madina
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Valentine Smith
    Set designer: Holly Pigott
    Monogamy Theatre The Park Theatre
    Original Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Alastair Whatley
    Set designer: James Perkins
    Monogamy Theatre Malvern Festival Theatre, then touring
    Original Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Alastair Whatley
    Set designer: James Perkins
    Brilliant Jerks Theatre The Vaults, London
    Lipsink     		Lighting Designer Director: R Banham
    A Spoonful of Sherman Musical Greenwich Theatre, then touring
    United Theatrical     		Lighting Designer Director: Stewart Nicholls
    Set designer: Gabriella Slade
    The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Musical Cornerstone Arts
    Goblin Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Barry
    Set designer: Carla Goodman
    Wait Until Dark Theatre Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, then touring
    Original Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Alastair Whatley
    Set designer: David Woodhead
    My Eyes Went Dark Theatre 59E59 Theater, NYC
    107 Group     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Elliot Griggs
    Director: Matthew Wilkinson
    Cinderella Theatre The Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre
    South Hill Park     		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Stafford
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    Much Ado about Nothing Theatre ReFASHIONed Theatre, Selfridges
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Mark Leipacher
    Stig of the Dump Theatre Arts Theatre
    London Contemporary Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Gabriella Slade
    Vassa Zheleznova Theatre Southwark Playhouse
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Valentine Smith
    Corbyn The Musical Musical Waterloo East Theatre
    Forgotten Password Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
    Set designer: Christopher Hone
    Oliver! Musical The Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre
    South Hill Park Arts Centre     		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Stafford
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    Stig of the Dump Theatre Hounslow Arts Centre, then touring
    London Contemporary Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Gabriella Slade
    Disgraced Theatre English Theatre Frankfurt Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
    Set designer: David Woodhead
    Richard III Theatre New Diorama Theatre
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Mark Leipacher
    A Christmas Carol Theatre The Castle, Wellingborough Lighting Designer Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    Red Riding Hood Theatre Greenwich Theatre
    Greenwich Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Pollard
    Set designer: Cleo Pettitt
    Under the Bed Theatre The Arc, Stockton, then touring
    154 Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Dan Mallaghan
    The Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie Theatre UK tour, then touring
    Les Enfants Terribles     		Lighting Designer Director: Emma Earle & James Seager
    Set designer: Jo Scotcher
    Heartbreak Hotel Theatre North Greenwich Jetty
    Zebedee Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Curtis Lindsay
    Set designer: Carla Goodman
    Joan of Arc Theatre New Diorama Theatre
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Mark Leipacher and Rachel Valentine Smith
    Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Greenwich Theatre
    Greenwich Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Pollard
    Set designer: Cleo Pettitt
    Listen, We're Family Theatre Wilton's Music Hall and JW3
    Wilton's Music Hall and JW3     		Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Lloyd
    Set designer: Carla Goodman
    Terry Pratchett's Soul Music Musical Rose Kingston
    YMT:UK     		Lighting Designer Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Victoria Spearing
    Hedda Gabler Theatre Millfield Arts Centre, then touring
    Icarus Theatre Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Max Lewendel
    Set designer: Christopher Hone
    Thebes Theatre New Diorama Theatre
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Valentine-Smith
    Hamlet Theatre New Diorama Theatre
    The Faction     		Lighting Designer Director: Mark Leipacher
    Puss in Boots Theatre Greenwich Theatre
    Greenwich Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Pollard
    Set designer: Cleo Pettitt
    Othello Theatre King's Theatre Southsea, then touring
    Icarus Theatre Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Max Lewendel
    Set designer: Christopher Hone
    Robin Hood Theatre Greenwich Theatre
    Greenwich Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Pollard
    Set designer: Cleo Pettitt
    What the Animals Say Theatre Hull Truck, then touring
    Greyscale     		Lighting Designer Director: Lorne Campbell
    Set designer: Fly Davis
    Lucy And The Hawk Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
    Switchback Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Phil Ormrod
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    Hindle Wakes Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Jackdaw     		Lighting Designer Director: Bethan Dear
    Set designer: Holly Seager
    Aladdin Theatre Greenwich Theatre
    Greenwich Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Keiron Smith
    Set designer: Julie Godfrey
    Two Halves of Guinness Theatre Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, then touring
    Seabright Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Derek Parry
    Set designer: Helen Coyston
    The Temperamentals Theatre Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival, then touring
    Greenwich Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Joseph C Walsh
    Cleveland Street Musical Above the Stag Lighting Designer Director: Tim McArthur
    Set designer: Fi Russell
    December Man Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Constructive Interference     		Lighting Designer Director: Lavina Holland
    Love C@t Theatre Theatre 503 Lighting Designer Director: Ant Stones
    Set designer: Fly Davis
    Change Theatre Arcola Lighting Designer Director: Ellie Browning
    Set designer: Fly Davis
    Saturn Returns Theatre Finborough Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
    Set designer: Bec Chippendale
    Gutted: A Revenger's Musical Musical Riverside Studios then Assembly Ballroom
    Assembly     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris George
    Set designer: Ellan Parry
    The Great British Country Fete Musical Latitude Festival, Bush Theatre, then touring
    The Bush Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Anthea Williams
    Let it Snow 2009 Concert Regents Hall, Oxford Street
    YMT:UK     		Lighting Designer
    What's Wrong With Angry? Theatre The Kings Head
    Hartshorn Hook     		Lighting Designer Director: Patrick Wilde
    Dreamland Theatre Theatre Royal, Margate
    Net Curtains     		Lighting Designer Director: Mel Cook/Toria Banks/Jamie Allan
    Set designer: Will Train
    The Killing of Mr Toad Theatre Finborough Theatre
    D2 & Co     		Lighting Designer Director: David Gooderson
    Set designer: Ruth Hall
    Estranged Theatre The Courtyard
    JC Theatre Productions & The Courtyard     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris George
    Set designer: Harry Scott
    Edges Theatre Union Theatre
    Nathan Kiley     		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Matus
    The Master and Margarita Theatre Rose Theatre
    Rose Bruford College     		Lighting Designer Director: Matt Wilde
    Set designer: Jess Levy
    Let It Snow 2008 Concert Regents Hall, Oxford Street
    Youth Music Theatre: UK     		Lighting Designer Director: Vince Manna
    The Canterbury Tales Theatre Battersea Arts Centre
    LSDA     		Lighting Designer Director: David Newman
    Frankenstein Musical Barbican Theatre, Plymouth
    Youth Music Theatre: UK     		Lighting Designer Director: Nick Stimson
    Euridice [Underglass] Theatre Rose Theatre
    Little Bird Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Franklin
    Please Look At Me Now Musical Lorretto Theatre, Edinburgh
    Youth Music Theatre: UK     		Lighting Designer Director: Peta Lily