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    Rick Fisher

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    Biography

    Rick Fisher Lighting Designer Originally from Philadelphia, Rick has been working in British theatre for over twenty years. He is currently Vice President of the Association of Lighting Designers. Recent theatre work includes: Sunny Afternoon, The Audience, Chariots of Fire, Billy Elliot, the musical (West End), Jerry Springer The Opera (National Theatre / West End); Hamlet (Edinburgh International Festival / Barcelona / Birmingham); Honour (National Theatre); Other theatre includes: Far Away (New York); A Number (Royal Court), Blue / Orange (National Theatre / West End); Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Berlin) and Via Dolorosa (Royal Court / Broadway). Recent opera includes: 22 operas for Santa Fe Opera, Sweeney Todd (Houston and San Francisco); Falstaff (Saito Kinen Festival and LA Opera) The Little Prince (New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera); Fiery Angel, Turandot (Bolshoi, Moscow); Capuleti I Montecchi (Spoleto Festival, USA); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fenice, Venice); Tsarina's Slippers, Wozzek (ROH). Dance includes: Swan Lake (London / Los Angeles / Broadway) for Matthew Bourne Awards include: Bronze Medal for Lighting Design at the 2005 World Stage Design show in Toronto. 1998, 1994 Olivier Award Winner for Best Lighting Design; and 2 Tony Awards for An Inspector Calls and Billy Elliot (Broadway).Rick was overwhelmed to be honoured with the Enrico Caironi Lifetime Recognition Award at the 2017 Knights of Illumination and of course Rick is very proud to be a Fellow of the Association of Lighting Designers.

    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • West End
    • Commercial Tour
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    Musical:
    • West End
    • Commercial Tour
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    Opera:
    • International
    • Large scale
    • Small scale
    Dance:
    • UK National Company
    • International

    In repertoire

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team
    Eugene Onegin Opera Santa Fe Opera
    Santa Fe Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Allesandro Tallevi
    Set designer: Gary McCann
    Madame Butterfly Opera Santa Fe Opera
    Santa Fe Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Lee Blakeley
    Set designer: Jean Marc Puissant
    Carmen Opera Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring
    Opera North
    Lighting Designer Director: Ed Dick
    Set designer: Colin Richmond

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Eugene Onegin Opera Santa Fe Opera
    Santa Fe Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Allesandro Tallevi
    Set designer: Gary McCann
    Madame Butterfly Opera Santa Fe Opera
    Santa Fe Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Lee Blakeley
    Set designer: Jean Marc Puissant
    Sunny Afternoon Musical Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
    Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Edward Hall
    Set designer: Miriam Beuther
    Rigoletto Opera Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
    Irish National Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Julien Chavez
    Set designer: Jamie Vartan
    Into The Woods Musical Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre
    Royal Academy of Music
    Lighting Designer Director: Bruce Guthrie
    Set designer: Loren Elstein
    AN ACTOR CONVALESCING IN DEVON Theatre Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
    Hampstead Theatre Company
    Lighting Designer Director: Clarissa Brown
    Set designer: Rob Howell
    I Pagliacci Opera Florida Grand Opera
    Florida Grand Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Jeffrey Buchman
    Carousel Musical Royal Academy of Music
    Royal Academy of Music
    Lighting Designer Director: Bruce Guthrie
    Set designer: April Dalton
    Tosca Opera Florida Grand Opera
    Florida Grand Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Jeffrey Buchman
    Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Theatre National Centre for the Performing Arts Mumbai India
    NCPA Mumbai India
    Lighting Designer Director: Bruce Guthrie
    Set designer: Francis O'Connor
    Red Riding Hood Theatre Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London
    Theatre Royal, Stratford East
    Lighting Designer Director: Robert Shaw Cameron
    Set designer: Jean Chan
    'night, Mother Theatre Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Roxana Silbert
    Set designer: Ti Green
    Carmen Opera Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring
    Opera North
    Lighting Designer Director: Ed Dick
    Set designer: Colin Richmond
    La Cage aux Folles-the Play Theatre Park Theatre 200
    Park Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Jez Bond
    Set designer: Tim Shortall
    The Haystack Theatre Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Roxana Silbert
    Set designer: Tom Piper
    The Permanent Way Theatre Waterloo Vaults Lighting Designer Director: Alexander Lass
    Set designer: Ruth Hall
    Edmond de Bergerac Theatre Birmingham Rep, then touring
    Birmingham Rep/Adam Blanshay Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Roxana Silbert
    Set designer: Robert Innes Hopkins
    La Traviata Opera Royal Opera House Muscat
    Royal Opera House Muscat
    Lighting Designer Director: Marta Domingo
    A Dolls House 2 Theatre George Street Playhouse
    George Street Playhouse
    Lighting Designer Director: Betsy Aidem
    Set designer: Deb O
    Don Carlos Opera Los Angeles Opera
    Los Angeles Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Louisa Muller
    Set designer: John Gunter
    Madame Butterfly Opera Santa Fe Opera
    Santa Fe Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Lee Blakeley
    Set designer: Jean Marc Puissant
    Peter Pan Theatre Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
    Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
    Lighting Designer Director: Tim Sheader and Liam Steel
    Set designer: Jon Bausor
    Mood Music Theatre Old Vic London
    Old Vic
    Lighting Designer Director: Roger Michell
    Set designer: Hildegard Bechtler
    Mata Hari Musical Umeda Arts Theatre Osaka Japan
    Umeda Arts
    Lighting Designer Director: Sachiko Ishimaru
    Set designer: Yukio Horio
    Cell Mates Theatre Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Ed Hall
    Set designer: Michael Pavelka
    The Woman in White Musical Charing Cross Theatre
    Charing Cross Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Thom Sutherland
    Set designer: Morgan Large
    Man to Man Theatre Wiltons Music Hall, then touring
    Wales Millennium Centre
    Lighting Designer Director: Bruce Guthrie and Scott Graham
    Set designer: Richard Kent
    Billy Elliot Musical ACT Akasaka Tokyo Japan
    Horipro/ Working Title
    Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Daldry
    Set designer: Ian MacNeil
    46 Beacon Theatre Trafalgar Studios #2, London, UK Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Co lighting with Jai Morjaria
    Director: Alex Lass
    Set designer: Ruth Hall
    Consent Theatre Dorfman Theatre National Theatre
    National Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Roger Michell
    Set designer: Hildegard Bechtler
    Filthy Business Theatre Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Ed Hall
    Set designer: Ashley Martin Davis
    Rent Musical St. James Theatre, then touring Lighting Designer Director: Bruce Guthrie
    Set designer: Anna Fleischle
    Floyd Collins Musical Wiltons Music Hall Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan Butterell
    Set designer: Lee Newby
    The Father Theatre The Gate Theatre Dublin
    The Gate Theatre Company
    Lighting Designer Director: Ethan Mc Sweeney
    Set designer: Francis O'Connor
    The Last Mermaid Theatre Weston Studio Wales Millennium Centre Lighting Designer Director: Bruce Guthrie
    Set designer: Frances O Connor
    Opera Lighting Designer
    Billy Elliot UK tour Musical Theatre Royal , Plymouth, then touring Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Daldry
    Set designer: Ian Mac Neil
    Rabbit Hole Theatre Hampstead Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Ed Hall
    Set designer: Ashley Martin-Davies
    Waste Theatre National Theatre - Lyttelton Lighting Designer Director: Roger Michel
    Set designer: Hildegard Bechtler
    Billy Elliot the Musical Musical Victoria Palace London, and previously Australia, NYC, US tour, Holland, Korea Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Daldry
    Set designer: Ian MacNeil
    Contact method Details
    Mobile phone 07968 802586
    Email address rickfisher1@mac.com
    Agent name Amy Markati
    Agent phone +447956 516 912