Sherry L Coenen

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    Sherry Coenen (Lighting Designer)

    Award winning lighting designer Sherry Coenen works across the UK and US. She has a BFA in Lighting Design from the University of Miami and is a member of APLD.

    Theatre includes: XXXMas Carol (Wales Millennium Centre), Spitlip’s Operation Mincemeat (New Diorama Theatre, Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios – nominated for Knights of Illumination award 2019), Frankenstein (Beatbox Academy at BAC - Knights of Illumination winner 2019), The Singing Mermaid (Little Angel Theatre), Izindava (UK Tour), Brigitte Aphrodite’s Parakeet (Paines Plough Roundabout, Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Christopher Brett Bailey’s This is How We Die (UK Tour), The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch),  Skin Tight (Park90), CELL (UK Tour), Conquest of the South Pole (Arcola), These Trees are Made of Blood (Arcola), Brrr! (UK Tour), 5 Guys Chillin’ (Kings Head Theatre), Anton Chekhov (Hampstead Theatre).

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    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale Touring
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale / Fringe
    • Pantomime
    Opera:
    • Small scale
    Dance:
    • Large Scale
    • Medium Scale
    • Touring relights
    Concert:
    • Stage Touring
    • Club

    Availability

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Petit Pierre in Wonderland Theatre Well Walk Theatre
    The Well Walk Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Zina Drouche
    Set designer: Zina Drouche
    Petit Pierre and the Stolen Moon Theatre Well Walk Theatre
    The Well Walk Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Zina Drouche
    Set designer: Zina Drouche
    Lovers Actually Musical The Other Palace Studio
    The Other Palace     		Lighting Designer Director: Alex Jackson
    Set designer: Louie Whitemore
    Rank Theatre Merlin Theatre, Frome, then touring
    OffPiste Theatre Co     		Lighting Designer Director: Archie Rowell
    Petit Pierre in Transylvania Theatre Well Walk Theatre
    The Well Walk Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Zina Drouche
    Set designer: Zina Drouche
    Overheard in a Tower Block Theatre Little Angel Studios
    Little Angel     		Lighting Designer Director: Samantha Lane
    Set designer: Oliver Hymans & Dan Southwell
    Krafty the Urban Fox: Tales from the Tower Block Theatre Little Angel Studios
    Little Angel     		Lighting Designer Director: Samantha Lane
    Set designer: Oliver Hymans
    Rupture Theatre Live Theatre, Newcastle, then touring
    Open Clasp     		Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Glover
    Set designer: Natalie Johnson
    The Pea and the Princess Theatre Polka Theatre
    Polka Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Last
    Set designer: TK Hay
    Northbound Boy Theatre Kings Head Theatre
    Northbound Boy Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Alex Jackson
    Set designer: Cory Shipp
    When It Happens to You Theatre Park Theatre - Park200
    Park Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Jez Bond
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    Prince Charming Musical Little Angel Theatre
    Little Angel Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Elgiva Field
    Set designer: Oliver Hymans
    Persephone Theatre Little Angel Studios
    Little Angel Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Samantha Lane
    Set designer: Ash Appadu
    Boxville Theatre Tabacco Factory, then touring
    Cardboard Adventures     		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Wilde and Ian Nicholson
    Set designer: Sam Wilde
    Broken Water Theatre Arcola Studio 2
    Lightbox Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Nicola Samer
    Set designer: Sorcha Corcoran
    The First XXXMas Theatre Weston Studio Wales Millennium Centre
    A Wales Millennium Centre and Duncan Hallis Production     		Lighting Designer Director: Duncan Hallis
    Set designer: Brad Caleb Lee
    Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Theatre Little Angel Studios, then touring
    Little Angel Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Samantha Lane
    Set designer: Ellie Mills
    Mycelial Theatre Northern Stage 2
    Open Clasp     		Lighting Designer Director: Laura Lindow
    Set designer: Amanda Mascarenhas
    LIGHT Dance Swanage
    Landance     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Devised by the Company
    Set designer: Ella Huhne
    SALT: A Community Play for Poole Theatre Lighthouse Poole - Concert Hall
    Lighthouse Poole     		Lighting Designer Director: Angel Exit Theatre
    Set designer: Sophia Lovell Smith
    Rupture Theatre West End Women and Girls Centre, then touring
    Open Clasp     		Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Glover
    Set designer: Natalie Johnson
    Lasagna Theatre Live Theatre, then touring
    Open Clasp     		Lighting Designer Director: Laura Lindow
    Set designer: Verity Quinn
    The Lost Spells Musical Watford Palace Theatre, then touring
    Goblin Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Andy Barry
    Set designer: Hannah Sibai
    Winner's Curse Theatre Park Theatre - Park200
    Park Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Jez Bond
    Set designer: Isobel Nicolson
    The Lion, The B!tch, and The Wardrobe Theatre Weston Studio Wales Millennium Centre
    Wales Millennium Centre and Duncan Hallis Production     		Lighting Designer Director: Duncan Hallis
    Set designer: Cory Shipp
    Operation Mincemeat Musical Riverside Studio 2
    SpitLip     		Lighting Designer Director: Rob Hastie
    Set designer: Helen Coyston
    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ The Musical Musical Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
    Queen's Theatre Hornchurch     		Lighting Designer Director: Douglas Rintoul
    Set designer: Alfie Heywood
    Tempest Musical Mainhouse - Pleasance London
    Wildcard Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: James Meteyard
    Set designer: Luke W Robson
    XXXMas Carol Theatre Wolfson Studio
    Wales Millennium Centre and Big Loop     		Lighting Designer Director: Duncan Hallis
    Set designer: Petros Kourtellaris
    There May Be a Castle Theatre Little Angel Theatre
    Little Angel Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Samantha Lane
    Set designer: Ellie Mills
    The Sugar House Theatre The Finborough Theatre
    A Million Freds     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom Brennan
    Set designer: Justin Nardella
    A Place for We Theatre Park200
    Park Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Buffong
    Set designer: Louie Whitemore
    Boy's Khaya Dance Theatre Peckham, then touring
    Tavaziva     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Bawren Tavaziva
    Full English Theatre Kala Sangam
    Bent Architect     		Lighting Designer Director: Jude Wright
    Where the Bugaboo Lives Theatre Little Angel Theatre Livestream
    Little Angel Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Samantha Lane
    Set designer: Ellie Mills
    Atlantic Theatre The Vaults - Cavern
    Emma + pj     		Lighting Designer Director: Emma Clark & PJ Stanley
    HOT (Helen of Troy) Theatre The Cockpit Theatre
    Pinecone Performance Lab     		Lighting Designer Director: Katharina Reinthaller
    Set designer: Ilayda Arden
    Beneath the City Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre Studio
    Upstart Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom Mansfield
    Set designer: Astrid Behrens
    One Million Tiny Plays About Britain Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre
    Jermyn Street Theatre/The Watermill     		Lighting Designer Director: Laura Keefe
    Set designer: Ceci Calf
    Army of Lovers Opera The Playground Theatre
    The Playground Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Biggs
    Germ Free Adolescent Theatre The Bunker Theatre
    Epsilon Productions & The Bunker     		Lighting Designer Director: Grace Gummer
    Set designer: Lizzy Leech
    IvankaPlay Theatre Belly Dancer - Underbelly
    Snowy Owl     		Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Dart
    Parakeet Theatre Roundabout - Summerhall
    Boundless Theatre and Boom Shakalaka Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Laura Keefe
    Set designer: Alex Noble
    Operation Mincemeat Musical New Diorama Theatre
    SpitLip     		Lighting Designer Director: SpitLip
    Set designer: Helen Coyston
    Fighter Theatre Stratford Circus Lighting Designer Director: Julie Addy
    Set designer: Helena Goldburg
    The Elephant in the Room Dance Camden People's Theatre Lighting Designer Set designer: Stella Backman
    Out of This World Theatre Little Angel Studios
    Little Angel Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Slavka Jovanovic
    Set designer: Smoking Apples Theatre Company
    Rattled Theatre Old Red Lion
    Missmanaged Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    Prince Charming Theatre Little Angel Theatre
    Little Angel Theatre & Perth Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Ross MacKay
    Set designer: Ross MacKay
    Kompromat Theatre Brick Hall, The Vaults
    Em-Lou Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
    Set designer: Fion Blossom
    Paradise Circus Theatre The Playground Theatre
    The Playground Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Biggs
    Set designer: Cecilia Trono
    Women of Aktion Theatre Stage@Leeds, then touring
    Bent Architect     		Lighting Designer Director: Mick Martin & Jude Wright
    Reflected Theatre Platform Southwark
    The Milo Wladek Co.     		Lighting Designer Director: Simon Ryninks
    Set designer: Emma Tompkins
    High Ridin' Theatre Kings Head Theatre
    Em-Lou Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
    Set designer: Fin Redshaw
    Free and Proud Theatre Theatre503 and Assembly Studio 4
    Em-Lou Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
    An Evening, A Beginning Dance Blue Elephant Theatre
    KAMIENSKI     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Andre Kamienski
    Director's Cut Theatre Lowry Studio, then touring
    Kill The Beast     		Lighting Designer Director: Clem Garrity
    Set designer: Clem Garrity
    Shirleymander Theatre Playground Theatre
    Playground Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Biggs
    Set designer: Gregor Donnelly
    Tenome - Eyes on Hand Dance Cockpit Theatre, London, then touring
    Edifice Dance Theatre     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Carmine De Amicis
    , Choreographer: Harriet Elizabeth Waghorn
    Oath Dance Swindon Dance, then touring
    Watkins Dance Company     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Anna Watkins
    Female Parts: Shorts Theatre Hoxton Hall
    Hoxton Hall     		Lighting Designer Director: Karena Johnson
    Set designer: Libby Watson
    Electra Theatre The Bunker Theatre
    DumbWise     		Lighting Designer Director: John Ward
    Set designer: Sam Wilde
    Arnika Theatre Bridewell Theatre
    Theatre Voliere     		Lighting Designer Director: Natasha Wood
    This is Not a Safe Space Theatre Contact Theatre Manchester, then touring
    Big Feast & Unlimited     		Lighting Designer Director: Jackie Hagan
    Set designer: Kat Heath
    Virtually Blackfriars Theatre Platform Southwark
    The Milo Wladek Co.     		Lighting Designer Director: Simon Ryninks
    Set designer: Emma Tompkins
    Izindava Dance The Showroom, Chichester, then touring
    Tavaziva     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Bawren Tavaziva
    These Trees Are Made Of Blood Theatre Arcola Studio 1
    Arcola Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Amy Draper
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe and Alex Berry
    Give Me Your Skin Theatre Battersea Arts Centre (BAC), London, UK, then touring Lighting Designer Director: Tom Ross-Williams and Oonagh Murphy
    The Last Ones Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre
    Upstart Theatre Ltd, Jermyn Street     		Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Biggs
    Set designer: Cecilia Trono
    The 'Neath Environmental The Vaults, London
    Specifiq     		Lighting Designer Director: Oscar Blustin and Dean Rodgers
    Set designer: Kat Heath
    What the Circus Theatre The Garage, Norwich
    Flight of the Escales     		Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Calver
    Set designer: Cate Blanchard
    The X Theatre Arcola Studio 2
    Queer Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Rubyyy Jones
    The Drag Theatre Arcola Studio 2
    Queer Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
    Cinderella Theatre Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
    Queen's Theatre Hornchurch     		Lighting Designer Director: Martin Berry
    Set designer: Mark Walters
    Brrr! Theatre Canada Water Culture Space, then touring
    Proteus Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Mary Swan
    Set designer: Sam Pine
    Muvvahood Theatre Stratford Circus, then touring
    Em-Lou Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Julie Addy
    Set designer: Emily Harwood
    Phone Home Theatre Shoreditch Town Hall
    Upstart Theatre Ltd, Pathos Munchen, Highway Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom Mansfield
    , Director: Yannis Kalavrianos
    , Director: Michael Sommer
    Set designer: Hannah Sibai
    A Well Remembered Voice Theatre OSO Community Arts Centre, then touring
    Io Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    The Northern School Theatre Bradford Playhouse
    Bent Architect     		Lighting Designer Director: Mick Martin & Jude Wright
    Til Death Do Us... Dance Cockpit Theatre, London
    Edifice Dance Theatre     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Harriet Elizabeth Waghorn
    , Choreographer: Carmine De Amicis
    Set designer: Andy Pilbeam-Brown
    Lights Out Theatre Rose Theatre Kingston Studio
    Page One Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Chloe Stephens
    Set designer: Helen Coyston
    Happy to Help Theatre Park Theatre, Park 90
    Celia Dugua     		Lighting Designer Director: Roxy Cook
    Set designer: Emma Tompkins
    CAUTION: Safety Goggles Required Theatre Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury, then touring
    Daredevil Labs     		Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Emma Bailey
    Your Last Breath Theatre The Little - Southwark Playhouse
    Curious Directive     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Lowe
    Set designer: Cai Dyfan
    In a Vulnerable Place Theatre The Bush Theatre
    Bush Theatre and Steve Waters     		Lighting Designer Director: Boz Temple-Morris
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    10,000 Litres Dance The Place Theatre, London
    Evangelia Kolyra     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Evangelia Kolyra
    Set designer: Sisters From Another Mister
    The State vs John Hayes Theatre King's Head Theatre
    Epsilon Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
    Nobody's Business Theatre King's Head Theatre
    King's Head     		Lighting Designer Director: John Adams
    Set designer: Jamie Simmons
    Pierrot Lunaire Dance Bridewell Theatre
    Theatre Voliere     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Mick Wood and company
    Set designer: Rūta Irbīte
    Consolation Theatre Bridewell Theatre
    Theatre Voliere     		Lighting Designer Director: Natasha Wood
    Set designer: Rūta Irbīte
    Easy for You to Say Theatre Cambridge Junction, then touring Lighting Designer Director: Daniel Pitt
    The State vs John Hayes Theatre The Main Space (Brighton Fringe)
    Epsilon Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
    Speech Acts Opera Courtyard Theatre
    Shadwell Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Furness
    Set designer: Georgia de Gray
    These Trees Are Made Of Blood Theatre The Little - Southwark Playhouse
    Theatre Bench     		Lighting Designer Director: Amy Draper
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Lab Rat Theatre Little Angel
    Genius Sweatshop     		Lighting Designer Director: Kaveh Rahnama & Alison Alexander
    Set designer: Alison Alexander
    This Room Theatre Battersea Arts Centre, then touring
    Laura Jane Dean     		Lighting Designer Director: Laura Jane Dean & Daisy Orton
    Set designer: Alison Neighbor
    The Archivists Theatre Battersea Arts Centre
    BAC & Edith Tankus     		Lighting Designer Director: Edith Tankus
    Set designer: Sarah Mills
    Dickens' Ghosts Theatre Cheltenham Playhouse
    Io Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    A Christmas Carol Theatre Cheltenham Playhouse
    Io Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    Faraway, So Close Theatre Old Fire Station
    Tug of War Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Amy Hailwood
    Set designer: Isobel Power Smith
    England, Arise! Theatre Lawrence Batley Theatre, then touring
    Bent Architect     		Lighting Designer Director: Jude Wright
    Set designer: Barney George
    Home Sweet Home Theatre Ukrainian Centre, then touring
    Freedom Studios     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom Wright
    Set designer: Hannah Sibai
    Chicken Shop Theatre Park90
    Epsilon Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    Crystal Springs Theatre Park90
    Epsilon Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
    Set designer: Mike Lees
    A Well-Remembered Voice Theatre Weston Auditorium
    Io Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    Home Sweet Home Theatre Ukrainian Centre
    Freedom Studios     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom Wright
    Set designer: Hannah Sibai
    Cat in the Cupboard Theatre Little Angel Theatre
    Tiny Light     		Lighting Designer Director: Anna Tolputt
    Set designer: Amy Honour
    The Snow Spider Theatre Cheltenham Playhouse, then touring
    Io Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Florence Hazard
    Much Ado about Nothing Theatre Park90
    ACS Random     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Shepherd
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    Arvoles Lloran Por Lluvia Dance Battersea Mess and Music Hall
    Sefiroth     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Katarzyna Witek
    Set designer: Maya Angeli
    Skin Tight Theatre Park90
    Epsilon Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
    Set designer: Jessamy Willson-Pepper
    Githa Theatre York Theatre Royal Studio
    The Flanagan Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
    After the Rainfall Theatre The Garage, then touring
    Curious Directive     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Lowe
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Moby-Dick Theatre Arcola Studio 1
    Simple8     		Lighting Designer Director: Sebastian Armesto
    The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Theatre Arcola Studio 2
    Simple8     		Lighting Designer Director: Dudley Hinton & Sebastian Armesto
    Steve and Then It Ended Theatre Theatre503
    Paulden Hall Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Oscar Blustin
    Set designer: Ian Latimer
    The Shakespeare Conspiracy Theatre The Chelsea Theatre
    ACS Random     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Bowman
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    TRAILER/trash Theatre Hen and Chickens
    Slippery When Wet     		Lighting Designer Director: David Verrey
    Set designer: Jacob Corn
    ENTER Theatre Embassy Theatre
    TYPT:12     		Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Ekundayo Lennon
    Set designer: Christopher Giles
    After the Rainfall Theatre Pleasance King Dome
    Curious Directive     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Lowe
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Camille Claudel Theatre Pleasance Beside
    Footprint Project     		Lighting Designer Director: Gael le Cornec
    Set designer: Sophie Mosberger
    A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre Chelsea Theatre
    ACS Random     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Shepherd
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    Goodnight Mrs Calabash Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
    Ovation     		Lighting Designer Director: Racky Plews
    Set designer: Simon Anthony Wells
    Conquest of the South Pole Theatre Arcola Studio 1
    Arcola Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Unwin
    Set designer: Hayden Griffin
    Tristan and Yseult Theatre Oval House
    BADA     		Lighting Designer Director: Lynn Farleigh
    Set designer: Becky Gunstone
    Yerma Theatre Oval House
    BADA     		Lighting Designer Director: Jake Murray
    Set designer: Yole Lambrecht
    Spring Awakening Theatre Oval House
    BADA     		Lighting Designer Director: Leonie Kubigsteltig
    Set designer: Signe Beckmann
    Your Last Breath Theatre Ustinov Studio, then touring
    Curious Directive     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Lowe
    Oh What A Lovely War Theatre Oval House
    BADA     		Lighting Designer Director: Rania Jumaily
    Set designer: James Turner
    99% Theatre Oval House
    BADA     		Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
    Set designer: Katie Bellman
    Christmas is Miles Away Theatre Hen and Chickens
    Tremers Theatre Co     		Lighting Designer Director: Tom O'Brien
    Set designer: Emily Revell
    Othello Theatre Chelsea Theatre
    ACS Random     		Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Shepherd
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    Bernarda Alba Musical Union Theatre
    Triptic Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Katherine Hare
    Set designer: Hilary Statts
    Your Last Breath Theatre Pleasance King Dome
    Curious Directive     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Lowe
    Snap.Catch.Slam Theatre Pleasance Beneath
    Aslan Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Ben Caplan
    Set designer: Beck Rainford
    The Shakespeare Conspiracy Theatre Chelsea Theatre
    ACS Random     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Hislop
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    Where the Flowers Grow Theatre Warehouse Theatre
    Prussia Lane Productions Ltd     		Lighting Designer Director: Jeffrey Kissoon
    Set designer: Heike Scharrer
    Edges Musical Landor Theatre
    Notion Theatre Company     		Lighting Designer Director: Katherine Hare
    Set designer: Hilary Statts
    Mysterious Skin Theatre Theatre 36 & Drill Hall
    Em-Lou Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Darney
    Contact method Details
    Mobile phone 07929 777961
    Email address sherrycoenen@gmail.com