
Matt Haskins
Biography
Matt is an international lighting designer working in theatre, opera, site specific, concert and corporate environments.
Theatre credits include: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre West End, UK, Australasian Tours); The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep, UK Tour); Death of a Salesman (UK Tour); Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (UK Tour); The Picture of Dorian Gray (UK Tour); Hobson's Choice, Crocodiles (Manchester Royal Exchange); Cost of Living, I and You (Hampstead Theatre); Wilderness, Strange Death of John Doe, No One Will Tell Me How To Start A Revolution, Kiss Me (Hampstead Downstairs); Nina (Unity Theatre, Riksteatren & Young Vic); Games For Lovers (Vaults Theatre); Zorro (Hope Mill Theatre); Last Five Years (New Wolsey Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Queens Theatre Hornchurch); Aladdin (Salisbury Playhouse); Great Apes, The House of Mirrors & Hearts (Arcola Theatre); Roundelay (Southwark Playhouse); 1001 Nights, The Edge (Transport Theatre/ Unicorn Theatre/ New Wolsey); The Little Beasts (The Other Palace); Wind in the Willows, The Years Between (Royal & Derngate); Truth & Reconciliation (The Royal Court); Dream Story, Mud (Gate Theatre); Steel Magnolias (Bath Theatre Royal/ UK Tour).
Opera credits include: Coraline (ROH/ Barbican Theatre, European Tour); Sukanya (ROH/ LPO/ Royal Festival Hall); The Snowmaiden, Hansel & Gretel, La Cenerentola, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, Turn of the Screw, Cautionary Tales (Opera North), La Cenerentola (Irish National Opera); Romée et Juliette, Der Fliegende Holländer (Estonian National Opera); Wuthering Heights (Opera National Lorraine); A Quiet Place (Opera Zuid); Albert Herring (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino); La Cenerentola (Mälmo Opera/ Teatrio Regio Turin); Anna Bolena (Teatro Donizetti Bergamo); Roberto Devereux (Teatro Real Madrid); Glare (Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre), The Virtues of Things, The Commission, Cafe Kafka (Royal Opera House/ Aldeburgh Music/ Opera North); Anna Bolena, Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda (Welsh National Opera); Maria Stuarda (Royal Opera House Oman); Turn of the Screw (The Israeli Opera); Le nozze di Figaro (Nevill Holt); Babur In London (The Opera Group); Into the Little Hill (Hamburg Laeiszhalle); Dialogues des Carmelites, Cendrillon (Royal Northern Collge of Music).
Installation/ Corporate Credits include: Ada Lovelace Dress (3000 pixel LED period dress); Neon Garden (Zoe Bradley/ Galeria Melissa); Cointreau Creative Awards (Liberty London Atrium); ASOS Captial Markets (Design Museum); Open Outcry (Barclays/Mansion House); BBC Iplayer Launch, Elle Style Awards 2014/2015, Havana 7 Days, Thanks A Million, Cabaret Les Embiez and other numerous London Fashion Week projects (Blonstein & Associates); Till We Meet In England (Peckham Safehouse); Walk With Me (Girl Effect/ Punchdrunk); Dido Queen of Carthage (Kensington Palace).
Concert Credits: Grace Jones (Royal Albert Hall).
Associate LD: The Master & Margarita (Complicite)
Matt has lit all Peppa Pig Live theatre shows since 2009.
Matt holds a BA (Hons) in Lighting Design. He has been nominated for both Offie & Knight of Illumination Awards.
Specialisms
- International
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- International
- Large scale
- Open Air Events
- Fashion Shows
- Award Ceremonies
- Commercial & Retail
- Displays & Art
- Lectures
- Workshops
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened | |
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| Zorro The Musical | Theatre | Hope Mill Theatre Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Christian Durham Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| Some Mothers Do 'Ave Them | Theatre | Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring Limelight Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth Set designer: Simon Higlett |
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| Turn of the screw | Opera | Leed Grand Theatre, then touring Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alessandro Talevi Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
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| Coraline | Opera | Folkoperan Stockholm Folkopera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aletta Collins Set designer: Giles Cadle |
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| London Fashion Week AW20 | Corporate & Industrial | Various - Including Central Hall Westminster/ ICA Blonstein and Associates |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Blonstein |
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| Sukanya | Opera | Royal Festival Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Suba Das |
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| Dialogues des Carmelites | Opera | Royal Northern College of Music | Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Anna Bonomelli |
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| La Cenerentola | Opera | Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Irish National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Nicky Shaw |
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| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Theatre | Cheltenham Everyman, then touring Kenny Wax Ltd and Stage Presence Ltd present the Mischief Theatre production |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Meggido Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever | Theatre | Limelight/Fiery Angel | Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| BBC IPlayer Skygarden Launch | Corporate & Industrial | Skygarden Blonstein and Associates |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Blonstein |
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| Roméo et Juliette | Opera | Estonian National Opera | Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Barlow Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
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| Lovely Bones | Theatre | Birmingham Rep | Lighting Designer |
Director: Melly Still Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares Pita |
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| Games For Lovers | Theatre | The Vaults | Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Banks Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| Hobson's Choice | Theatre | Royal Exchange Manchester Manchester Royal Exchange |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Atri Banerjee Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| Wuthering Heights | Opera | Opéra National de Lorraine à Nancy | Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
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| Wilderness | Theatre | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Lucy Sierra |
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| Dorian Gray | Theatre | Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring Tilted Wig |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Séan Aydon Set designer: Sarah Beaton |
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| Roberto Devereux | Opera | Welsh Millenium Centre, then touring Welsh National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alessandro Talevi Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
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| Sainsbury's TU | Corporate & Industrial | Studio Boum | Lighting Designer | Set designer: Emily Pugh | ||
| Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | Theatre | Orchard Theatre Dartford, then touring Limelight/Fiery Angel |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| Cost of Living | Theatre | Hampstead Theatre Upstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed Hall Set designer: Michael Pavelka |
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| Oliver Spencer | Corporate & Industrial | Royal Academy Of Art Blonstein and Associates |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Blonstein |
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| A Quiet Place | Opera | THEATER AAN HET VRIJTHOF, then touring Opera Zuid |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
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| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Theatre | Australian & New Zealand Tour Mischeif Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Meggido Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| I AND YOU | Theatre | Hampstead Theatre Upstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed Hall Set designer: Michael Pavelka |
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| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | Irish Tour, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| Lovely Bones | Theatre | Royal Theatre Northampton, then touring Birmingham Rep |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Melly Still Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares Pita |
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| Le nozze di Figaro | Opera | Nevill Holt Opera | Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Austin Set designer: Simon Kenny |
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| The Strange Death of John Doe | Theatre | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed Hall Set designer: Michael Pavelka |
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| Peppa Pig's Surprise | Theatre | Bunjil Place - Melbourne, then touring Austrailia & New Zealand Tour |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| Coraline | Opera | Barbican Theatre, then touring Royal Opera House |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aletta Collins Set designer: Gile Cadle |
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| Great Apes | Theatre | Arcola Studio 1 Arcola |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oscar Pearce Set designer: Sarah Beaton |
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| Some Mothers Do 'Ave Them | Theatre | Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, then touring Limelight Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth Set designer: Simon Higlett |
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| Don Giovanni | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: Alessandro Talevi Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
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| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | The Lowry, Salford, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | Stadsteatern, Stockholm Stadsteatern, Stockholm |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| Cendrillon | Opera | Royal Northern College of Music Royal Northern College of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Olivia Fuchs Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
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| Til We Meet In England | Theatre | Peckham Safehouse Lost Text Found Space |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rebecca McCutcheon Set designer: Talulah Mason |
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| Peppa Pig's Adventure | Theatre | Limelight/Fiery Angel | Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
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| No One Will Tell Me How To Start A Revolution | Theatre | Hampstead Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Rosanna Vize |
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| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | Traverse, Edinburgh Unity Theatre/ Riksteatern/ Young Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | Young Vic (Maria) Unity Theatre/ Riksteatern/ Young Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
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| The Little Beasts | Musical | The Other Palace Perfect Pitch |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Hinde |
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| Neon Garden | Environmental | Galeria Melissa Zoe Bradley |
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| Kiss Me | Theatre | Trafalagar Studios (2) Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
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| Sukanya | Opera | ROH, LPO, Curve Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Suba Das Set designer: 59 Productions |
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| Death of a Salesman | Theatre | Northampton Royal & Derngate | Lighting Designer |
Director: Abigail Graham Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
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| Roundelay | Theatre | Southwark Playhouse - Large Visible |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Moi Tran |
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| La Cenerentola | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: Aletta Collins Set designer: Giles Cadle |
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| Hansel and Gretel | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: Edward Dick Set designer: Giles Cadle |
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| The Snow Maiden | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: John Fulljames Set designer: Giles Cadle |
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| Aladdin | Theatre | Salisbury Playhouse | Lighting Designer |
Director: Ryan McBryde Set designer: Juliet Shillingford |
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| Kiss Me | Theatre | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
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| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Theatre | Apollo Theatre, West End Mischief Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Meggido Set designer: Simon Scullion |
| Contact method | Details |
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| Mobile phone | 07866536305 |