Photograph from Dragon - lighting design by Simon Wilkinson
Photographer: Drew Farrell | From the show Dragon
Photograph from Tommy - lighting design by Simon Wilkinson
Photographer: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | From the show Tommy
Photograph from Slick - lighting design by Simon Wilkinson
Cora Bissett as Mrs Dreich | Photographer: Jethro Collins | From the show Slick
Photograph from The Infamous Brothers Davenport - lighting design by Simon Wilkinson
Photographer: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan | From the show The Infamous Brothers Davenport
Photograph from Flight - lighting design by Simon Wilkinson
Photographer: Mihaela Bodlovic | From the show Flight
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Simon Wilkinson

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Biography

Simon designs lighting for theatre, opera and dance in all shapes, sizes and locations.

For Robert Lepage and Ex Machina, Simon lit The Magic Flute as part of the Quebec City Opera Festival.

For the National Theatre of Scotland, he lit The 306: Dawn, Dragon (with Vox Motus and Tianjin People's Art Theatre, China), The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, Roman Bridge, Truant and A Sheep Called Skye. For Vox Motus, his designs include Flight, Dragon, The Infamous Brothers Davenport (with the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Bright Black and the multi-award winning Slick. Work for Magnetic North includes Our Fathers; Kora (with Dundee Rep), Sex and God, Pass the Spoon, Wild Life and After Mary Rose.

Other theatre designs include Meet Me at Dawn, Letters to Morrissey, Black Beauty, Grain in the Blood and Tracks of the Winter Bear (Traverse Theatre); Glory on Earth, The Iliad, The Weir, The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, Hedda Gabler, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The BFG, Bondagers, A Christmas Carol and Cinderella (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh); Knives in Hens, Aladdin (Perth Theatre); Crumbles Search for Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse); God of Carnage and This Wide Night (Tron Theatre, Glasgow); Teenage Trilogy, Mamababame and PUSH (Curious Seed);  Fisk, The Lost Things and Feral (Tortoise in a Nutshell);Dr Stirlingshire's Discovery and Light Boxes (Grid Iron); Citizen (Plan B); Pondlife (Catherine Wheels); The Rise and Inevitable Fall of Lucas Petit (Sleeping Warrior); Blow Off (Julia Taudevin); Dance of Death (Candice Edmunds), Grounded (Firebrand); Moonbeam on a Cat's Ear and In Her Shadows (Jabuti Theatre); After The End and Topdog / Underdog (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow); 13 Sunken Years (Stellar Quines and Lung Ha); Chalk Farm and The Static (ThickSkin); HeLa and Skewered Snails (Iron Oxide); Whatever Gets You Through the Night (The Arches); My Name is Rachel Corrie (Mull Theatre); The Mark of Zorro and The Hunted (Visible Fictions); Honk! (Royal & Derngate) and Encourage The Others (Almeida Theatre). He lit the 2010 season for Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Simon has won the CATS Award for Best Design three times - for Flight in 2018, Black Beauty in 2017 and Bondagers in 2015. Over the years, his lighting has created a Guinness World Record, brought 30,000 people to a windswept Highland Forest, and caused reports of an alien invasion.

More information is available from his website at www.simonwilkinson.net

Previous productions

In repertoire

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative team
Flight Theatre Edinburgh International Festival
Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Harrison & Candice Edmunds
Set designer: Jamie Harrison & Rebecca Hamilton

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Theatre UK tour, then touring
Michael Harrison Entertainment
Lighting Designer Director: Candice Edmunds & Jamie Harrison
Set designer: Jamie Harrison
Aug 2021
We Are All Just Little Creatures Dance Traverse Theatre, then touring
Curious Seed / Lung Ha
Lighting Designer Set designer: Karen Tennent Mar 2019
Super Human Heroes Theatre Paisley Arts Centre, then touring
The Letter J
Lighting Designer Set designer: Anna Orton Mar 2019
Lost in Music Theatre North Edinburgh Arts Centre, then touring
Magnetic North
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Mar 2019
The Dark Carnival Theatre Citizens Theatre @ Tramway, then touring
Vanishing Point
Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Lenton
Set designer: Kenneth MacLeod
Feb 2019
Snow White and the Seven Dames Theatre Perth Theatre
Horsecross
Lighting Designer Director: Barrie Hunter
Set designer: Becky Minto
Dec 2018
Enlightenment House Theatre The Georgian House, Edinburgh
National Trust for Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Ben Harrison
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Nov 2018
Scotties Theatre Tron Theatre, Glasgow, then touring
Theatre Gu Leor
Lighting Designer Director: Muireann Kelly
Set designer: Charlotte Lane
Sep 2018
The Magic Flute Opera Grand Theatre, Quebec City
Ex Machina
Lighting Designer Director: Robert Lepage
Set designer: Jamie Harrison
Jul 2018
Opera Sparks Opera Galvanisers, SWG3
scottish opera
Lighting Designer Director: Olivia Fuchs
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Apr 2018
Teenage Trilogy Dance Tramway
Curious Seed
Lighting Designer Choreographer: Christine Devaney
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Feb 2018
Knives In Hens Theatre Perth Theatre
Perth Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Lu Kemp
Set designer: Jamie Vartan
Feb 2018
Aladdin Theatre Perth Theatre
Perth Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Lu Kemp
Set designer: Ana Ines Jabares Pina
Dec 2017
Crumbles Search for Christmas Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Lighting Designer Director: Rob Evans
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Nov 2017
Our Fathers Theatre Traverse Theatre, then touring
Magnetic North / Traverse Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Oct 2017
Meet Me At Dawn Theatre Edinburgh International Festival
Traverse Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Orla O'loughlin
Set designer: Fred Meller
Aug 2017
Flight Theatre Edinburgh International Festival
Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Harrison & Candice Edmunds
Set designer: Jamie Harrison & Rebecca Hamilton
Aug 2017
Letters to Morrissey Theatre Traverse Theatre, then touring
Traverse Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Gareth Nicholls
Set designer: Ana Ines Jabares Pina
Aug 2017
The Boy Who Never Grew Up Theatre Lyric Hammersmith, then touring
Amelia Bird & Phillipa Herrick
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Bird
Set designer: Amelia Bird
Nov 2015
Thingummy Bob Theatre Traverse Theatre, then touring
Lung Ha
Lighting Designer Director: Maria Oller
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Oct 2015
Hector Theatre Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, then touring
Ed Littlewood
Lighting Designer Director: Kate Nelson
Set designer: Ali MacLaurin
Oct 2015
Light Boxes Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh
Grid Iron
Lighting Designer Director: Finn den Hertog
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Aug 2015
Dragon Theatre Edinburgh International Festival
National Theatre of Scotland / Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Candice Edmunds & Jamie Harrison
Set designer: Jamie Harrison
Jul 2015
Hedda Gabler Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Amanda Gaughan
Set designer: Jean Chan
Mar 2015
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Mark Thomson
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Feb 2015
The BFG Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Becky Minto
Nov 2014
Bondagers Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Lu Kemp
Set designer: Jamie Vartan
Oct 2014
Pride and Prejudice Theatre Salisbury Playhouse, then touring
Two Bit Classics
Lighting Designer Director: Abigail Anderson
Set designer: Dora Schweitzer
Sep 2014
13 Sunken Years Theatre Assembly Rooms, then touring
Lung Ha's & Stellar Quines
Lighting Designer Director: Maria Oller
Set designer: Jan Bee Brown
Aug 2014
Endurance Theatre The Arches
A Moment's Peace
Lighting Designer Director: Catrin Evans
Set designer: Claire Halleran
Jul 2014
Under the Mulberry Tree Theatre Edinburgh Festival Theatre Studio
Timothy Jones
Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Eidinow
Set designer: Claire Lyth
Jul 2014
Legally Blonde Theatre New Athenaeum
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Becky Minto
Mar 2014
This Wide Night Theatre Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Tron Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: David Greig
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Feb 2014
HeLa Theatre International Tour, then touring
Iron Oxide
Lighting Designer Director: Graham Eatough
Set designer: Becky Minto
Feb 2014
Christmas Carol Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Alex Lowde
Nov 2013
Dragon Theatre Citizens Theatre, then touring
Vox Motus / National Theatre of Scotland / Tianjin Children's Arts Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Harrison & Candice Edmunds
Set designer: Jamie Harrison
Oct 2013
Whatever Gets You Through The Night Theatre Queens Hall
The Arches
Lighting Designer Director: Cora Bissett
Set designer: Alice Wilson
Aug 2013
Chalk Farm Theatre Underbelly
Thickskin
Lighting Designer Director: Neil Bettles
Set designer: Neil Bettles
Aug 2013
HeLa Theatre Summerhall
Iron Oxide
Lighting Designer Director: Graham Eatough
Set designer: Becky Minto
Aug 2013
Feral Theatre Summerhall, then touring
Tortoise in a Nutshell
Lighting Designer Director: Ross MacKay
Set designer: Amelia Bird
Aug 2013
Kora Theatre Dundee Rep
Dundee Rep
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: Becky Minto
May 2013
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish Theatre Tron Theatre, Glasgow, then touring
National Theatre of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Lu Kemp
Set designer: Laura Hopkins
Apr 2013
Carousel Theatre New Athenaeum
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Alex Lowde
Mar 2013
Slick Theatre Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Harrison & Candice Edmunds
Feb 2013
The Mark of Zorro Theatre New Victory, New York, then touring
Visible Fictions
Lighting Designer Director: Dougie Irvine
Set designer: Robin Peoples
Feb 2013
My Name is Rachel Corrie Theatre Mull Theatre, then touring
Mull Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Ros Philips
Set designer: Alicia Hendrick
Feb 2013
Cinderella Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Royal Lyceum
Lighting Designer Director: Mark Thomson
Set designer: Ken Harrison
Nov 2012
Enchanted Forest: Flow Environmental Faskally Woods
Highland Perthshire Community Interest Company
Lighting Designer Oct 2012
Sex and God Theatre Platform, Glasgow, then touring
Magnetic North
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: Claire Halleran
Sep 2012
The Static Theatre Underbelly, Edinburgh, then touring
Thickskin
Lighting Designer Director: Neil Bettles
Aug 2012
Skewered Snails Theatre Macrobert, Stirling, then touring
Iron Oxide
Lighting Designer Director: Max Webster
Set designer: Becky Minto
Jun 2012
Roman Bridge Theatre Citizens Theatre
National Theatre of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Amanda Gaughan
Set designer: Neil Haynes
May 2012
Antigone Theatre Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring
Lung Ha's
Lighting Designer Director: Maria Oller
Set designer: Becky Minto
Mar 2012
Tommy Musical New Athenaeum
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Becky Minto
Mar 2012
Zorro Theatre Scottish Youth Theatre, then touring
Visible Fictions
Lighting Designer Director: Dougie Irvine
Set designer: Robin Peoples
Feb 2012
PUSH Dance Platform, then touring
Curious Seed
Lighting Designer Set designer: Karen Tennent Feb 2012
The Infamous Brothers Davenport Theatre Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, then touring
Vox Motus / Royal Lyceum
Lighting Designer Director: Candice Edmunds & Jamie Harrison
Set designer: Jamie Harrison
Jan 2012
Pass the Spoon Opera Tramway
Magnetic North
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: David Shrigley
Nov 2011
Truant Theatre National Theatre of Scotland / Company of Angels Lighting Designer Director: John Retallack
Set designer: Becky Minto
Nov 2011
Enchanted Forest: Transitions Environmental Highland Perthshire Community Interest Company Lighting Designer Oct 2011
The Hunted Theatre Eastwood Park Theatre, then touring
Visible Fictions
Lighting Designer Director: Douglas Irvine
Set designer: Becky Minto
Sep 2011
1000 Airplanes on the Roof Theatre Concorde Hangar, National Museum of Flight, then touring
Red Note Ensemble
Lighting Designer Director: James Brining
Set designer: Colin Richmond
Sep 2011
Alchemystorium Theatre Greenwich Theatre, then touring
Gomito Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Bird
Aug 2011
Federer vs Murray Theatre Assembly Halls, Edinburgh
Assembly Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Gerda Stevenson
Set designer: Jessica Brettle
Aug 2011
Encourage The Others Theatre Almeida Theatre
Almeida Lab
Lighting Designer Director: Lu Kemp
Set designer: Ben Stones
Jul 2011
After The End Theatre Citizens Theatre
Citizens Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Amanda Gaughan
Set designer: Neil Haynes
May 2011
What Happened Is This Theatre Tron Theatre
Never Did Nothing
Lighting Designer Director: Louie Ingham
Set designer: Claire Halleran
Mar 2011
Wild Life Theatre Cumbernauld Theatre, then touring
Magnetic North
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: Sans Façon
Feb 2011
Enchanted Forest Environmental Faskally Woods
Highland Perthshire Community Interest Company
Lighting Designer Oct 2010
Paperbelle Theatre North Edinburgh Arts Centre, then touring
Frozen Charlotte
Lighting Designer Director: Heather Fulton
Set designer: Claire Halleran
Sep 2010
Nana Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Durnin
Set designer: Charles Cusick-Smith
Aug 2010
The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo Theatre Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring
Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Candice Edmunds & Jamie Harrison
Set designer: Candice Edmunds & Jamie Harrison
Aug 2010
An Ideal Husband Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Richard Baron
Set designer: Ken Harrison
Jul 2010
Bus Stop Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Charles Cusick-Smith
Jun 2010
Rough Crossing Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Richard Baron
Set designer: Adrian Rees
May 2010
Noises Off Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Ken Harrison
May 2010
Kiss Me, Kate Musical Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Durnin
Set designer: Adrian Rees
May 2010
Honk! Musical Royal
Royal & Derngate
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Jason Denvir
Dec 2009
Topdog / Underdog Theatre Citizens Theatre
Citizens Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Leann O'Kasi
Set designer: Neil Haynes
Oct 2009
Scottish Royal Variety Performance Theatre Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Royal Blind
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Becky Minto
Oct 2009
Bright Black Theatre Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring
Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Harrison & Candice Edmunds
Sep 2009
After Mary Rose Theatre Howden Park Centre, Livingston, then touring
Magnetic North
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Bone
Set designer: Claire Halleran
Apr 2009
Naked Neighbour (Twitching Blind) Theatre Tramway, Glasgow
Press to Play
Lighting Designer Director: Rob Evans
Set designer: Claire Halleran
Jan 2009
Peter Pan Theatre His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Qdos Entertainment
Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cohen
Set designer: Terry Parsons
Dec 2008
The Official Blues Brothers Revival Musical Tivoli Theatre, Dublin
Robert C Kelly and Oskar Eiriksson
Lighting Designer Director: Victor Pisano
Set designer: Vincent Bell
Oct 2008
Slick Theatre Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring
Vox Motus
Lighting Designer Director: Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison
Aug 2008
Strictly The Ratpack Concert Tivoli Theatre, Dublin
Robert C Kelly Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Lynford
Jun 2008
All Shook Up Musical Citizens Theatre
MTC & Dance School of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: James Patterson
Jun 2008
Aladdin Theatre His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Qdos
Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cohen
Dec 2007
Cinderella Theatre New Athenaeum, Glasgow
RSAMD
Lighting Designer Director: Alasdair Hawthorn
Set designer: Marian Colquhoun
Dec 2007
A Sheep Called Skye Theatre Platform, Easterhouse, then touring
National Theatre of Scotland
Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Panton
Set designer: Becky Minto
Sep 2007
Moussa's Castle Theatre Edinburgh International Children's Theatre Festival, then touring
Complete Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Heather Fulton
Set designer: Katy Wilson
May 2007
Mum's the Word Theatre Nottingham Theatre Royal, then touring
Robert C Kelly Ltd
Lighting Designer Director: Wayne Harrison
Feb 2007
Molly Whuppie Theatre Byre Theatre
Lickety Spit / Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Virginia Radcliffe
Set designer: Ali MacLaurin
Dec 2006
Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre New Athenaeum, Glasgow
RSAMD
Lighting Designer Director: Alasdair Hawthorn
Set designer: Kirsty Glover and Astrella Oldham
Dec 2006
Frozen Theatre East Kilbride Arts Centre, then touring
Rapture Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Michael Emans
Set designer: Lyn McAndrew
Oct 2006
The 39 Steps Theatre Byre Theatre
Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Wrentmore and Rita Henderson
Set designer: Edward Lipscomb
Aug 2006
The Twits Theatre Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Wrentmore and Rita Henderson
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Jul 2006
Mum's the Word 2 : Teenagers Theatre Kings Theatre, Glasgow, then touring
Robert C Kelly Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Roy Surette
Set designer: Pamela Johnson
May 2006
Molly Whuppie Theatre Brunton Theatre, then touring
Licketyspit
Lighting Designer Director: Virginia Radcliffe
Set designer: Ali MacLaurin
Mar 2006
Dirty Dusting Theatre Blackpool Grand, then touring
Robert C Kelly Limited and Michael Harrison Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Jan 2006
Beauty and the Beast Theatre RSAMD Lighting Designer Director: Alasdair Hawthorn
Set designer: David Sneddon
Dec 2005
Snow! The Musical Musical Sound Theatre
KIT Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Speers
Set designer: Simon Scullion
Nov 2005
Light Fantastic Environmental Perth Concert Hall
Horsecross
Lighting Designer Sep 2005
The Visit Theatre Dundee Rep Lighting Designer Director: Martin Danziger
Set designer: Kenny Miller
Mar 2005
Mary's Wedding Theatre Perth Theatre, then touring
Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Rita Henderson
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Feb 2005
Passing Places Theatre Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock, then touring
Borderline Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Anna Newell
Set designer: Brian Hartley
Feb 2005
A Sense of Justice Theatre Perth Rep Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Nigel Hook
Jan 2005
Aladdin Theatre RSAMD Lighting Designer Director: Alasdair Hawthorn
Set designer: Robin Mitchell
Dec 2004
Gary Wilmot - My Kind of Music Concert Edinburgh Playhouse, then touring
Robert C Kelly Limited
Lighting Designer Oct 2004
Good Things Theatre Tron Theatre, then touring
Borderline Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Maureen Beattie
Set designer: Finlay McLay
Sep 2004
A Happy Medium Theatre Grand Opera House, Belfast, then touring
BHJ Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Charles Cusick Smith
Aug 2004
Feelgood Theatre Nottingham Playhouse Lighting Designer Director: Richard Baron
Set designer: Edward Lipscomb
Apr 2004
Mum's the Word Theatre Robert C Kelly Limited Lighting Designer Director: Wayne Harrison
Mar 2004
A Happy Medium Theatre Connaught Theatre, Worthing, then touring
BHJ Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Charles Cusick Smith
Mar 2004
Dead Funny Theatre Byre Theatre, then touring
Borderline Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Brian Pettifer
Set designer: Geoff Rose
Feb 2004
THE GLASS MENAGERIE Theatre Byre Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Edward Lipscomb
Oct 2003
A Happy Medium Theatre Byre Theatre, then touring
BHJ Ltd / Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Charles Cusick Smith
Aug 2003
The Secret Garden Musical Byre Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Charles Cusick Smith
Aug 2003
Meat Theatre Underbelly, EFF
Nutshell
Lighting Designer Director: Kate Nelson
Set designer: Andrew Burt
Aug 2003
Mary's Wedding Theatre Byre Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Rita Henderson
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Jul 2003
The Play O' The Wather Theatre Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring
Nutshell
Lighting Designer Director: Kate Nelson
Set designer: Lucinda Meredith
Jun 2003
Tally's Blood Theatre Byre Theatre, then touring
Borderline & Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Karen Tennent
Feb 2003
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Theatre Byre Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Charles Cusick Smith
Nov 2002
In Her Shadows Dance Traverse Theatre, then touring
Jabuti Theatre
Lighting Designer Sep 2002
The Odd Couple Theatre Byre Theatre, then touring
BHJ Limited and Byre Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Rebecca Minto
Aug 2002
Honk! Musical Byre Theatre of St Andrews Lighting Designer Director: Rita Henderson
Set designer: Edward Lipscombe
Aug 2002
A Christmas Carol Theatre Byre Theatre of St Andrews Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Elaine Robertson
Dec 2001
Touch Bass Concert Arches Theatre Glasgow
Invention Ensemble
Lighting Designer Director: Adrian Osmond
Set designer: Elaine Robertson
Sep 2001
Lion in the Streets Theatre Arches Theatre Company Lighting Designer Director: Adrian Osmond
Set designer: Brian Hartley
Apr 2001
Always ... Patsy Cline Musical Perth Theatre, then touring
Robert C Kelly Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Ted Swindley
Aug 2000
Location availability:
  • Africa
  • Australasia & Asia Pacific
  • Central Asia
  • Eastern Europe
  • Far East & East Asia
  • Middle East & West Asia
  • North America
  • Scotland
  • South America
  • UK London
  • UK Provinces
  • Western Europe & Scandinavia
  • Worldwide
Contact method Details
Mobile phone

07973 815143

Email address

simon@sxw.org.uk

Agent name

BBA Management

Agent phone

0203 077 1400

Website

http://www.simonwilkinson.net/

Agent website

http://www.bba.management

Agent email

bronia@bba.management

Theatre:
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
Musical:
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
Opera:
  • International
  • Large scale
  • Small scale
Dance:
  • Large Scale
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
Concert:
  • Arena Touring
  • Stage Touring
Corporate:
  • Conferences
  • Exhibition Stands
  • Fashion Shows
  • Award Ceremonies
Architectural:
  • Open Air Events

News

Appearing here soon... a collection of articles from the Focus magazine archives.

Press quotes

Flight

The richly colored, minutely detailed visuals — designed by Mr. Harrison and Rebecca Hamilton and beautifully lit by Simon Wilkinson — are the wonder of “Flight.”
LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES, New York Times 12/02/2018
Flight is extraordinary ... gorgeously lit
Susannah Clapp, The Observer 20/08/2017
unforgettable in both content and form, a devastating concatenation of dreams and nightmares on the run.
The New Yorker

Bondagers

a deeply moving, richly textured piece of theatre that gains great power from Jamie Vartan’s impressionistic set of wood, soil and smoke, superb lighting by Simon Wilkinson and the strong sense of community evoked by the cast
Allan Radcliffe, The Times 31/10/2014
Kemp’s production is lifted by some fine, misty lighting from Simon Wilkinson
Joyce MacMillan, The Scotsman 27/10/2014
This sense of space distinguishes Lu Kemp’s painterly staging. From the moment the cast appear in silhouette at the back of Jamie Vartan’s elemental set, Kemp treats the stage like it had the full dimensions of a field. Thanks to Simon Wilkinson’s superb lighting, those dimensions are always uncertain. As the colour temperature increases from cold monochrome to chilly sepia, the landscape is always bigger than those who tread on it
Mark Fisher, The Guardian 27/10/2014
This sense of space distinguishes Lu Kemp’s painterly staging. From the moment the cast appear in silhouette at the back of Jamie Vartan’s elemental set, Kemp treats the stage like it had the full dimensions of a field. Thanks to Simon Wilkinson’s superb lighting, those dimensions are always uncertain. As the colour temperature increases from cold monochrome to chilly sepia, the landscape is always bigger than those who tread on it
Mark Fisher, The Guardian 27/10/2014

Under the Mulberry Tree

beautifully lit by Simon Wilkinson
Joyce MacMillan, The Scotsman 07/04/2014

This Wide Night

deft use of lighting
Caitlin MacColl, Exeunt Magazine 20/02/2014

Dragon

one of those theatrical experiences that will live forever in the memory
Clare Brennan, The Observer 03/11/2013
it is with a sense of wonder that you watch Dragon
Susannah Radford, The Skinny 21/10/2013
it's difficult to resist ... the sheer visual beauty and imagination of the telling
Joyce MacMillan, The Scotsman 16/10/2013

Feral

Technically, visually, aurally and politically, it’s a tremendous show.
Mark Fisher, The Scotsman 09/08/2013

Antigone

Design elements, from Becky Minto’s honey-coloured set to Kat Smith’s costumes and the lighting design by Simon Wilkinson, complement the sparse power of the text,
Allan Radcliffe, The List 19/03/2012

The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo

Simon Wilkinson’s lighting design, too, is striking, juxtaposing the yellowy sunsets of a Midwestern evening with the icy blue of a freezer’s light
Scott Purvis, Whats On Stage 23/09/2010

Bus Stop

The wordless scene where Virgil is silhouetted against the rising sun is beautifully created in Simon Wilkinson's lighting
Joy Watters, Dundee Courier 29/07/2010

Honk!

Denvir’s pastel shades are enhanced through the seasons by Simon Wilkinson’s luscious lighting. Both provide major contributions to ensuring the story and its human world in animal form are treated to a vigorous, colourful outing.
Timothy Ramsden, Reviews Gate 10/12/2009

Bright Black

artfully lit
Robert Dawson Scott, The Times 07/10/2009
The use of darkness and light (by lighting designer Simon Wilkinson) to create stage illusions is exceptional
Mark Brown, Sunday Herald 20/09/2009
Cerberus looms out of the darkness like a true force of nature, thanks to Simon Wilkinson’s superb lighting
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman 18/09/2009
a beautifully realised construction
Neil Cooper, The Herald 17/09/2009
a gorgeous piece of imaginative theatre
Mark Fisher, Hi-Arts 17/09/2009
the true heroes of this are the design and technical team [...] each deserving a standing ovation of their own
Michael Cox, Onstage Scotland

Peter Pan

... one of the finest pantos of the season
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman 19/12/2008

Slick

Slick depended on split-second timing and perfectly-placed lighting to sustain its unique and unforgettable theatrical world, which combined the pathos of Oliver Twist with the savage satire of Viz magazine in a dark, wicked and explosively funny show
CATS Judging Panel, Scottish Critics Award citation 14/06/2009
a show whose whole creative team deserve a standing ovation
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman 16/08/2008

Molly Whuppie

This is an ensemble affair in the best and widest sense, with Simon Wilkinson’s lighting design ... playing an integral part in its success
Maura Bowman, The Courier 12/12/2006

Jack and the Beanstalk

The look of this piece puts it well ahead of the usual game.
Mary Brennan, The Herald 07/12/2006

Frozen

Simon Wilkinson's lighting effectively manipulates the mood and setting
Stephen Gray, The Evening News 06/11/2006

Light Fantastic

dazzling ... spectacular display over Perth
Shirley English, The Times 16/09/2005
intricate lights in the night sky
Simon Pia, The Scotsman 16/09/2005
spectacular Perth Concert Hall display
The Sun 16/09/2005

Mary's Wedding

the lighting, sound and set design provided the final touches to a masterful whole
Dundee Evening Telegraph
... the midnight blues and cornfield yellows of Simon Wilkinson's rich and vivid lighting
Neil Cooper, The Herald
Simon Wilkinson's lighting brings with un-fussy immediacy a thunderstorm, a battle and a sense of the Canadian plains. It complements Karen Tennent's design beautifully
Kenneth Spiers, Daily Mail
complemented by memorable lighting
Mark Rhodes, St Andrews Citizen

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

There is much to admire from the impeccable stage management to Simon Wilkinson's soft and subtle lighting
Robert Dawson Scott, The Times
moodily lit ... Williams' love of theatrical resources are carefully and effectively acknowledged
John di Falco, The Stage
the set, lighting and sound designers all have wonderfully realised William's clear instructions ... lit so long shadows interplay with shafts of light, as steam and music drift across the stage
Thelma Good, EdinburghGuide.com
The fine acting from the cast is matched by the performance from the production team. Simon Wilkinson's lighting design reflects the dark threads running throught the script
Alison Anderson, Perthshire Advertiser
evocatively lit by Simon Wilkinson
Joy Watters, Dundee Courier

The Play O' The Wather

The eight-strong cast work well as a team, making full use of the space and taming it to their needs ... thanks largely to Lucinda Meredith's strong design and Simon Wilkinson's excellent and atmospheric lighting
Thom Dibdin, The Stage
A production which for its simple and versatile staging and fun costuming, excellent lighting, endearing style and acute direction deserves to live beyond the Fringe
Thelma Good, EdinburghGuide.com

The Odd Couple

beautifuly lit ... a designer who knows how to shed light and colour just right
Thelma Good, EdinburghGuide.com