Matt Whale

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    Biography

    Currently working at the Royal Ballet and Opera as the Lighting Control and Visualisation Assistant Manager (Programming & Document Bias). 

    I have worked for the last 11 years as a Lighting Designer, Associate, and Programmer on a wide variety of productions on almost every scale. 

    Always open to making new creative connections and building work with old and new faces.

    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale Touring
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Education Establishment
    • Touring relights
    • Projection / Video Design
    Musical:
    • International
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale / Fringe
    • Pantomime
    • Education Establishment
    Opera:
    • International
    • Large scale
    • Small scale
    Dance:
    • UK National Company
    • Large Scale
    • Medium Scale
    • Small Scale
    • Education Establishment
    Non-professional:
    • Dance
    • Musicals
    • Opera
    • Plays
    • Projection / Video Design
    Education:
    • Lectures
    • Workshops
    • Training

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    The Makropulos Case Opera Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    The Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: James Farncombe
    Director: Katie Mitchell
    Set designer: Vicki Mortimer
    Giustino Opera The Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House, Covent Garden )
    The Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: James Farncombe
    Director: Joe Hill-Gibbins
    Set designer: Rosanna Vize
    Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2025 Dance Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    The Royal Ballet School     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Adam King
    Die Walküre Opera Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Alessandro Carletti
    Director: Barrie Kosky
    Set designer: Rufus Didwiszus
    Larmes De Couteau / Full Moon in March Opera The Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House, Covent Garden )
    The Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Bethany Gupwell
    Director: Eleanor Burke / Harriet Taylor
    Set designer: Anna Reid
    Elektra Opera Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    The Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Olaf Winter
    Director: Christof Loy
    Set designer: Johannes Leiacker
    Metamorphosis Theatre Frantic Assembly Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Simisola Majekodunmi
    Director: Scott Graham
    Set designer: Jon Bausor
    Untitled, 2023 Dance Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    The Royal Ballet     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Lucy Carter
    Choreographer: Wayne McGregor
    Set designer: Carmen Herrera
    Insurrection - A Work in Progress Opera The Linbury Theatre ( Royal Opera House, Covent Garden )
    The Royal Opera     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Simisola Majekodunmi
    Director: Ellen McDougall
    Cinderella Musical Beck Theatre, Hayes
    Imagine Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Kash Arshad
    Othello Theatre Theatre Royal Plymouth, then touring
    Frantic Assembly     		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Original Designs by Natasha Chivers and Andy Purves
    Director: Scott Graham
    Set designer: Laura Hopkins
    Richard III Theatre Courtyard Theatre at RCSSD
    The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama     		Lighting Designer Director: Lawrence Evans
    Set designer: Peiyao Wang
    Everland Dance Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
    ZooNation Youth Company     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Joanne Marshall
    Choreographer: Kendra Horsburgh
    A Lie of the Mind Theatre Oxford School of Drama
    Oxford School of Drama     		Lighting Designer Director: Max Key
    Set designer: Cecilia Trono
    Beauty and the Beast Musical Falkirk Town Hall
    Imagine Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Mairi Cowieson
    Set designer: Mark Walters
    King Lear Theatre The Mack
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts     		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: with Adam King
    Director: Dan Herd
    Set designer: Nicolai Hart-Hansen
    Touch Theatre Digital
    Frantic Assembly     		Lighting Designer Director: Scott Graham
    Acting Showcase 2020 Theatre The Soho Theatre, London
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Abigail Pickard Price
    I Think We Are Alone Theatre The Lyric (Theatre Royal Plymouth), then touring
    Frantic Assembly & Theatre Royal Plymouth     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paul Keogan
    Director: Scott Graham & Kathy Burke
    Set designer: Morgan Large
    The Great Christmas Feast Theatre Ugly Duck
    The Lost Estate     		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Clifford
    Set designer: Darling & Edge
    Sister Act Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
    Cassio Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Clare Ashcroft
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Musical Eve Lyons Studio Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Omar F Okai
    Set designer: Louise Pieri
    Spamalot Musical Eve Lyons Studio Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Howell
    Set designer: Louise Pieri
    Tipping The Velvet Theatre Eve Lyons Studio Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Abigail Pickard Price
    Set designer: Lowri Evans
    Sister Act Musical Albany Theatre Coventry
    Wing-It Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Roberts
    The Pit of Curiosities Non-professional Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
    Step Onto Stage     		Lighting Designer
    Moonlight 'Ch'lsi' Dance Arcola Studio 1 Lighting Designer Choreographer: Anna Alvarez
    Sometimes Thinking Theatre Latitude Festival
    Frantic Assembly     		Lighting Designer Director: Scott Graham
    , Director: Simon Pittman
    Girls Like That Theatre The Mill Studio - Yvonne Arnaud
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Nick Pitt
    The Pajama Game Musical Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Lucy Stewart
    Crime and Punishment Theatre The Cockpit Theatre - London
    Tribe Theatre Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrei Bizoriek
    Set designer: Sophia Mavromichalis
    24 Theatre Eve Lyons Studio Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Gemma Staveley
    The Lost Love Speakeasy Theatre Ugly Duck
    The Lost Estate     		Lighting Designer Director: Josie Daxter
    Set designer: Abby & Alice
    Memoirs of a Sailor Opera Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre, Kuwait
    59 Productions     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Matt Daw
    Director: Tama Matheson
    Set designer: William Fricker
    Musical Theatre Showcase 2019 Musical The Other Palace
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Nick Charters & Lewis Butler
    Acting Showcase 2019 Theatre Soho Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Owen Horsley
    Beauty and the Beast Musical Southport Theatre & Convention Centre
    Imagine Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Kane
    Made In Dagenham Musical Eve Lyons Studio Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Howell
    A Chorus Line Musical Eve Lyons Studio Theatre
    Performance Preparation Academy     		Lighting Designer Director: Lucy Jane Adcock
    The Unreturning Theatre Frantic Assembly Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Zoe Spurr
    Director: Neil Bettles
    Set designer: Andrzej Goulding
    Notes From The Field Theatre Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
    The Royal Court Theatre     		Video / Projection Programmer Lighting designer: Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer
    Director: Leonard Foglia
    A Chorus Line Musical Embassy Theatre
    Royal Central School of Speech & Drama     		Lighting Designer Director: Ed Hughes
    Set designer: Sara Perks
    Strawberry Starburst Theatre Vaults Festival
    Kryptonite Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah DeVille
    Cinderella Musical Grimsby Auditorium
    Imagine Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Paul Gibson
    Em Musical Webber Douglas Studio
    Royal Central School of Speech & Drama     		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Chissick
    Set designer: Anna Robinson
    Chatroom Theatre Etcetera Theatre
    SLAM. Theatre     		Video / Projection Designer Lighting designer: Aiden Bromley
    Director: Hector Moyes
    Set designer: Andy Patterson and Anthony Papamichael
    Fame Non-professional Bridewell Theatre, London
    Centre Stage London     		Lighting Designer Director: Stuart James
    The First Hippo on the Moon Theatre Les Petits Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Matt Daw
    Director: Finn Caldwell
    , Director: James Seager
    Aladdin Musical Grimsby Auditorium
    Imagine Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Paul Gibson
    After The Dance Non-professional Embassy Theatre, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
    Royal Central School of Speech and Drama     		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Zoe Burnham
    Director: Irina Brown
    Set designer: Louis Price
    Legends Non-professional Bedworth Civic Hall
    Three Spires Dance Academy     		Lighting Designer
    West Side Story Non-professional Albany Theatre Coventry
    Wing-It Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Farquharson
    Set designer: Chrissy Ihenacho
    Contact method Details
    Email address matt@mattwhale.co.uk
    Website mattwhale.co.uk