Danny Vavrečka

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    Biography

    Danny is a lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance. 

    THEATRE INCLUDES: work.txt (Soho Theatre & International Tour); The Watsons (Jermyn Street Theatre); Without (Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Compositor E (VAULTS Festival); Zombiegate (Theatre503); Period Dramas (Other Palace); Noson yn y Glwys (Neuadd Dewi Sant); Jigsaw, The Abductions (Rose Theatre, Kingston); The Moors (Richard Burton Theatre); Fires Our Shoes Have Made, The Improv Musical! (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Dogfight (Warwick Arts Centre Studio); Timpson: The Musical (King’s Head Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Warwick Arts Centre Theatre); X (Warwick Arts Centre Studio); RENT (Goose Nest Theatre); Blood Wedding (Mumford Theatre).

    OPERA INCLUDES: L'Étoile (Opera Zuid); A Visit to Friends (Aldeburgh Festival); Uprising (Glyndebourne); Beauty and the Seven Beasts (Brixton Jamm); Don Giovanni / Il barbiere di Siviglia / Le nozze di Figaro (Sherman Theatre); Hansel and Gretel (Goose Nest Theatre).

    DANCE INCLUDES: Éireann (National Folk Theatre of Ireland & Peacock Theatre); English National Ballet Emerging Dancer 2024 (Sadler’s Wells Theatre); Re-Play (Mulryan Centre for Dance); Empower in Motion (Sadler’s Wells Theatre); Terra Nova (Theatre Royal, Winchester); 1001 (Omnibus Theatre).

    CREDITS AS ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER INCLUDE: Just For One Day (for Howard Hudson, Old Vic & Shaftesbury Theatre); The Great Gatsby (for Cory Pattak, London Coliseum); Starlight Express (for Howard Hudson, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre); Rock 'n' Roll (for Peter Mumford, Hampstead Theatre); Roald Dahl’s The Witches (for Bruno Poet, National Theatre); The Hypochondriac (for Johanna Town, Sheffield Crucible); Dialogues des Carmélites (for Alessandro Carletti, Glyndebourne).

    Danny trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, following a degree in Theatre at the University of Warwick. He was selected as the 2023 Design Lumière by the Association for Lighting Production and Design.

    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale Touring
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Education Establishment
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale / Fringe
    • Education Establishment
    Opera:
    • Small scale
    • Education Establishment
    Dance:
    • Small Scale
    Education:
    • Lectures
    • Workshops
    • Training

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    L'Étoile Opera The Netherlands, then touring
    Opera Zuid     		Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Eberhardt
    Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
    From Ash to Promise Dance BalletMAR Lighting Designer Choreographer: Marika Brussel; Richard Bermange
    Sleeping Beauty Theatre The Central Theatre, Chatham
    Jordan Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Julia Cave
    Set designer: Julie Godfrey
    Dick Whittington Theatre Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
    Jordan Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Jordan
    Éireann Dance National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Tralee; Peacock Theatre, London Lighting Designer Set designer: Justin Williams
    A Visit to Friends Opera Aldeburgh Festival Lighting Designer Director: Rachael Hewer
    Set designer: Leanne Vandenbussche
    Just For One Day Musical Shaftesbury Theatre, London Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
    Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Soutra Gilmour
    The Great Gatsby Musical London Coliseum Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Cory Pattak
    Director: Marc Bruni
    Set designer: Paul Tate dePoo III
    Uprising Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Lighting Designer Director: Sinéad O’Neill
    Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
    Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre The Central Theatre, Chatham
    Jordan Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Julia Cave
    Set designer: Julie Godfrey
    The New Adventures of Peter Pan Theatre Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
    Jordan Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Jordan
    Brassed Off Theatre Octagon Theatre, Bolton Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
    Director: Liz Stevenson
    Set designer: Simon Kenny
    Welcome to Serene (The Town with the Machine) Musical New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
    British Youth Music Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Benson
    Set designer: Claire Nicoll Chan
    Brassed Off Theatre Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
    Director: Liz Stevenson
    Set designer: Simon Kenny
    Brassed Off Theatre Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
    Director: Liz Stevenson
    Set designer: Simon Kenny
    Starlight Express Musical Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
    Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Tim Hatley
    Emerging Dancer 2024 Dance Sadler's Wells Theatre
    English National Ballet     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rentaro Nakaaki
    , Choreographer: Ching Ying Chien
    The Watsons Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre, London Lighting Designer Director: Max Key
    Set designer: Sue Pearce
    Re-Play Dance Mulryan Centre for Dance
    English National Ballet     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Miguel Altunaga
    , Choreographer: Carolyn Bolton
    , Choreographer: Kate Hartley-Stevens
    , Choreographer: Jenna Lee
    , Choreographer: Gerrard Martin
    , Choreographer: Jo Meredith
    , Choreographer: Hannah Williams
    The Watsons Theatre Oxford School of Drama Lighting Designer Director: Max Key
    Set designer: Sue Pearce
    Just For One Day Musical Old Vic Theatre, London Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
    Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Soutra Gilmour
    Empower in Motion Dance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London Lighting Designer Choreographer: Kristen McNally
    , Choreographer: Maia Rose Roberts
    , Choreographer: Sebastian Kloborg
    , Choreographer: Mary Skeaping
    , Choreographer: Joe Powell-Main
    Rock 'n' Roll Theatre Hampstead Theatre Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Peter Mumford
    Director: Nina Raine
    Set designer: Anna Reid
    Roald Dahl's The Witches Musical The Olivier, National Theatre Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Bruno Poet
    Director: Lyndsey Turner
    Set designer: Lizzie Clachan
    The Hypochondriac Theatre Sheffield Crucible Theatre Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
    Director: Sarah Tipple
    Set designer: Colin Richmond
    The Little Big Things Musical Soho Place Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
    Director: Luke Sheppard
    Set designer: Colin Richmond
    Without Musical Big Belly, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Lighting Designer Director: Ben Tomalin & Maisie Fawcett
    Semele Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Peter Mumford & Rick Fisher
    Director: Adele Thomas
    Set designer: Annemarie Woods
    A Midsummer Night's Dream Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
    Director: Peter Hall
    Set designer: John Bury
    Dialogues des Carmelites Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alessandro Carletti
    Director: Barrie Kosky
    Set designer: Katrin Lea Tag
    Don Giovanni Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Bernd Purkrabek
    Director: Mariame Clément
    Set designer: Julia Hansen
    work.txt Theatre International Tour Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
    Kathak Monologues Dance UK tour
    Amina Khayyam Dance Company     		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Clare O'Donoghue
    Choreographer: Amina Khayyam
    Compositor E Theatre Network Theatre, Vault Festival
    Falling Sparrow     		Lighting Designer Director: Amie Burns Walker
    Love Goddess, the Rita Hayworth Musical Musical The Cockpit Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Steve North
    Set designer: Mayou Trikerioti
    Zombiegate Theatre Theatre503 Lighting Designer Director: Julian Bruton
    Set designer: Delyth Evans
    work.txt Theatre Studiobühne U17, Staatstheater Mainz Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
    Terra Nova Dance Theatre Royal Winchester
    British Youth Music Theatre     		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rachel Birch-Lawson & Khyle Eccles
    Period Dramas Theatre Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lighting Designer Director: Jessy Roberts
    work.txt Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
    Beauty and the Seven Beasts Opera Brixton Jamm
    The Opera Story     		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
    Set designer: Tomás Palmer
    work.txt Theatre Soho Theatre Upstairs Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
    Period Dramas Theatre Other Palace Studio, London Lighting Designer Director: Jessy Roberts
    1001 Dance Omnibus Theatre Lighting Designer Choreographer: Jana Aizupe
    Noson yn y Glwys Theatre Neuadd Dewi Sant, Cornerstone, Cardiff Lighting Designer Director: Rhian Blythe
    Set designer: Tomás Palmer
    Jigsaw Theatre Rose Theatre, Kingston
    Pound of Flesh Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Matt Owen
    Lights Over Tesco Carpark: The Abductions Theatre Rose Theatre, Kingston
    Poltergeist Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Bradfield and Shankho Chaudhuri
    Set designer: Shankho Chaudhuri
    Don Giovanni / Il barbiere di Siviglia / Le nozze di Figaro Opera Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Crisp
    Set designer: Emeline Beroud
    The Moors Theatre Richard Burton Theatre, Cardiff Lighting Designer Director: Patricia Logue
    Set designer: Joe Loftin
    Fires Our Shoes Have Made Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues
    Pound of Flesh Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Matt Owen
    Dogfight Musical Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Bronte Skey
    Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
    Guys and Dolls Musical Warwick Arts Centre Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Alessandra French
    Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
    Timpson: The Musical Musical Kings Head Theatre, then touring
    Gigglemug Comedy     		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Cochrane
    Set designer: Doug Cairns
    The Pillowman Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Matt Owen and Oscar Sadler
    Set designer: Meg Colborne
    X Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Joe Matty
    Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
    Lip Service Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Grace Lovegrove
    Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
    A Monster Musical! Musical Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues Lighting Designer Director: Josh Dixon
    Timpson: The Musical Musical Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues
    Gigglemug Comedy     		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Cochrane
    Set designer: Doug Cairns
    Rent Musical The Goose Nest Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Josh Dixon
    Set designer: Tommy Harvey
    Hansel and Gretel Opera The Goose Nest Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Rhiannon McDonagh
    Set designer: DeDe Cullum
    The Pirates of Penzance Musical Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Rebekah Hesmondhalgh and Sophie Taylor
    Set designer: DeDe Cullum
    Blood Wedding Theatre Mumford Theatre, Cambridge Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Ellis
    Jerusalem Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Bethan Pitts
    Set designer: Natalie Doyle
    Little Shop of Horrors Musical Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Rob Madge
    Set designer: Doug Cairns
    Noughts and Crosses Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Zahrah Kazim
    Set designer: Ciara Shrager
    Heads Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lighting Designer Director: Leo Reich & Adam Husain
    Contact method Details
    Website www.dannyvavrecka.com
    Agent name CVH Management
    Agent email kate@clarevidalhall.com
    Agent website https://www.cvhmanagement.com