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Rob Halliday
Biography
Rob has worked as a lighting designer, associate lighting designer and lighting programmer around the world for more than twenty-five years, after starting with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and then touring with the English Shakespeare Company.
As a lighting designer, his recent work includes the acclaimed dance show Tree of Codes with director Wayne McGregor and visual artist Olafur Eliasson (seen in Manchester, New York, Paris, London, Aarhus, Melbourne, Syndey and Hong Kong), the spectacular Giudizio Universale (Rome, also featured as part of the Staging Places exhibition at the V&A in London), Amour (London, nominated for an Offie), Cry Baby (London), Shrek (Guildford), the first three shows at the new Storyhouse in Chester, Hello Dolly, Buried Child, Sweeney Todd, Oliver! and West Side Story at the Leicester Curve, Dietrich Letters touring the UK, Goodbye Barcelona at the Arcola, Glengary Glenn Ross and The Women for Mountview, The Wizard of Oz on tour in the US and in New York, Daddy Cool in the West End and Berlin, the UK and US tours of My Fair Lady (with David Hersey and Oliver Fenwick, winner of the Touring Broadway 2008 award for Best Production), and the UK tour of Equus (with David Hersey, nominated for the 2008 TMA Lighting Award).
He has lit the Royal Academy of Music's showcase musicals for the more than a decade, productions there including The Wild Party, Sweet Smell of Success, Working, A My Name Is Alice, A Chorus Line, Cabaret, A Little Night Music, The Baker's Wife, The Wiz, Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, Happy End, Jane Eyre, Oh What A Lovely War, Sweet Charity, Follies, Tommy, The Pajama Game, Promises Promises and two productions of City of Angels. For LAMDA, he has lit Candide, Kiss Me Kate, Maggie May, The Fix, City of Angels and Hair. Other designs include Our Country's Good for Guildhall, The Recruiting Officer in Colchester, Hamlet for the Neuss Festival, Is There Life After High School at the Bridewell and Groping For Trouts In A Peculiar River at BAC, which was nominated for the London Fringe Lighting Award.
As Lighting Programmer and Associate Lighting Designer, translating other lighting designer's visions into the practicalities of modern day automated lighting rigs; in this role his shows have included, in New York, the Tony-award winning Red, Tony-award nominated Equus, Hamlet, Mary Poppins, Oklahoma! and Evita; in London and elsewhere around the world, Shakespeare in Love, Bend It Like Beckham, Finding Neverland, Betty Blue Eyes, Footloose, Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, Anything Goes, Ragtime, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, the original Les Miserables, Mata Hari, Consent, Man of La Mancha, Billy Elliot and others.
Rob has lectured at trade shows including PLASA, LDI and the Broadway Lighting Master Class, and drama colleges including Rose Bruford, LAMDA, RADA, Central, NIDA and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. He has helped specify lighting equipment for venues including the Leicester Curve and CAST Doncaster, one of the first venues in the UK to use the Source Four LED fixtures, and Chester Storyhouse. He writes regularly for a range of lighting industry publications, including Lighting & Sound International (including the monthly Classic Gear column), Lighting & Sound America, Live Design and The Stage. His books, Entertainment in Production vols 1 & 2, collect together the best of these articles from 1994-1999 and 2000-2006; they are available now from Entertainment Technology Press.
He also the creator of the FocusTrack and SpotTrack show documentation software systems,a founder of the Backtage Heritage Collection, which aims to document and preserve historic backstage equipment, and is a member of the ALD’s Save Stage Lighting team, working to ensure the EU considers the special requirements of performance lighting in their Ecodesign and other legislation.
Previous productions
Previous productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theatre |
Storyhouse, Chester Storyhouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alex Clifton Set designer: Jess Curtis |
Jun 2017 |
Alice in Wonderland | Theatre |
Storyhouse, Chester Storyhouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Derek Bond Set designer: Jess Curtis |
May 2017 |
The Beggar’s Opera | Theatre |
Storyhouse, Chester Storyhouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alex Clifton Set designer: Jess Curtis |
May 2017 |
Tree of Codes | Dance |
Musikhuset, Aarhus Manchester International Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Wayne McGregor Set designer: Olafur Eliasson |
Apr 2017 |
Tree of Codes | Dance | Sadler's Wells | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Wayne McGregor Set designer: Olafur Eliasson |
Mar 2017 |
Sweeney Todd | Theatre |
Curve, Leicester Curve, Leicester |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Kerryson |
Jun 2013 |
A Catered Affair | Theatre |
Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Ryan Set designer: Alistair Turner |
Jun 2013 |
Little Me | Theatre |
Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Alistair Turner |
Jun 2013 |
Hello Dolly | Theatre |
Curve, Leicester Curve, Leicester |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Kerryson Set designer: Sara Perks |
Dec 2012 |
Oliver! | Theatre |
Curve, Leicester Curve, Leicester |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Kerryson |
Aug 2012 |
The Pajama Game | Theatre |
Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Bob Bailey |
Jun 2012 |
Promises Promises | Theatre |
Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Ryan Set designer: Bob Bailey |
Jun 2012 |
Glengarry Glen Ross | Theatre |
Jacksons Lane Mountview |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan Moore Set designer: Olivia Ward |
Feb 2012 |
The Women | Theatre |
Jacksons Lane Mountview |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emma Gersch Set designer: Olivia Ward |
Feb 2012 |
Goodbye Barcelona | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre Goodbar Productions / Arcola |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Nigel Hook |
Nov 2011 |
Buried Child | Theatre |
Curve Studio Leicester Curve |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Kerryson Set designer: Paul Wills |
Nov 2011 |
Soho Cinders | Theatre | Queens Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan Butterell Set designer: Tim Hatley |
Oct 2011 |
West Side Story | Theatre |
Curve Main House Curve, Leicester |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Kerryson |
Jul 2011 |
Tommy | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Retallack Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2011 |
Follies | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2011 |
Oh What A Lovely War | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Lloyd Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2009 |
Sweet Charity | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2009 |
The Wizard of Oz | Theatre |
Tampa, Florida, then touring NETworks |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nigel West Set designer: Tim McQuillen-Wright |
Oct 2008 |
Titanic: The Musical | Theatre |
Shaw Theatre, London Mountview |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ian good Set designer: Keith Baker |
Mar 2008 |
Equus | Theatre |
Chichester Festival Theatre, then touring David Pugh, Dafydd Rogers, Theatre Royal Bath |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Thea Sharrock, Rachel Russell Set designer: John Napier, Morgan Large |
Jan 2008 |
My Fair Lady | Theatre |
Tampa Florida, then touring NETworks / Cameron Mackintosh |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Trevor Nunn, Shaun Kerrison Set designer: Anthony Ward, Matt Kinley |
Sep 2007 |
City of Angels | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2007 |
Jane Eyre | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Ryan Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2007 |
Daddy Cool | Theatre |
EuropArena, Berlin, then touring Frank Farian |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Goldberg Set designer: Jon Morrell |
Apr 2007 |
Daddy Cool | Musical |
Shaftesbury Theatre, London Robert Mackintosh / Frank Farian |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Goldberg Set designer: Jon Morrell |
Sep 2006 |
Russian Romance London | Concert |
Barbican Concert Hall, London MLM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mitchell Moreno |
Apr 2006 |
Candide | Theatre |
MacOwan Theatre LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Sue Mayes |
Feb 2006 |
Russian Romance Russia | Theatre |
Oktiabrskiy Hall, St Petersburg, Russia MLM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mitchell Moreno Set designer: Mitchell Moreno, Mikhail Platonov |
Nov 2005 |
My Fair Lady | Theatre |
Manchester Palace, then touring NETworks / Cameron Mackintosh |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Trevor Nunn, Shaun Kerrison Set designer: Anthony Ward, Matt Kinley |
Oct 2005 |
Russian Romance | Theatre |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London MLM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan |
Jul 2005 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | Theatre |
Windsor / Neuss / Highgate Wild Thyme |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Lydia Hardiman |
Jun 2005 |
Into The Woods | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre The Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anne-Marie Speed Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2005 |
Happy End | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre The Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Nigel A Hook |
Jun 2005 |
Kiss Me Kate | Theatre |
MacOwan Theatre LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Philip Engleheart |
Feb 2005 |
Sweeney Todd | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan Set designer: Bob Bailey |
Jun 2004 |
The Wiz | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Bob Bailey |
Jun 2004 |
Maggie May | Theatre |
MacOwan Theatre LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Philip Engleheart |
Feb 2004 |
Hamlet | Theatre |
Globe, Neuss; Gatehouse, London Wild Thyme |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Dora Schweitzer |
Jul 2003 |
A Little Night Music | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Bob Bailey |
Jun 2003 |
The Baker's Wife | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jo Davies Set designer: Bob Bailey |
Jun 2003 |
The Fix | Theatre |
MacOwan Theatre LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Philip Engleheart |
Feb 2003 |
Pippin | Theatre | Arts Ed | Lighting Designer |
Director: Graham Gill Set designer: Jamie Todd |
Nov 2001 |
The Recruiting Officer | Theatre | Mercury, Colchester | Lighting Designer |
Director: Gregory Floy Set designer: David Thomas |
Oct 2001 |
A Chorus Line | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Karen Rabinowitz Set designer: Charles Quiggin |
Jun 2001 |
Cabaret | Theatre |
Sir Jack Lyons Theatre Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan Set designer: Charles Quiggin |
Jun 2001 |
Our Country's Good | Theatre |
Guildhall Theatre Guildhall |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Jameson Set designer: Sue Mayes |
May 2001 |
Is There Life After High School? | Theatre | Bridewell, London | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan Set designer: Charles Quiggin |
May 2001 |
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