Matt Drury

Having trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Matt has been working in the Lighting profession for over 30 years, in a variety of roles as a Lighting technician, in both a regional and freelance capacity, a Lighting Designer for over 70 professional theatre productions & corporate events and a Lighting Tutor at both RADA and LAMDA, as well as previously being LAMDA’s Technical Director.

Matt is a member of the ALPD Wellbeing working group, a previous mentor on the International Fred Foster Mentorship Program for ETC, as well as involvement with the Save Stage Lighting/Ecodesign campaign and an early contributor to the Theatre Green Book. He is also a member of the ABTT.

Matt was the former Head of Lighting at the Royal Court Theatre and is currently the Head of Lighting at the National Theatre.