Photograph from 20:40 - lighting design by Steve Lowe
20:40 Clapham Omnibus | Photographer: Greg Goodale | From the show 20:40
Photograph from Rent - lighting design by Steve Lowe
Photographer: Darren Bell | From the show Rent
Photograph from The Chairs - lighting design by Steve Lowe
Photographer: Julie Osman | From the show The Chairs
Photograph from Merchant of Venice - lighting design by Steve Lowe
Merchant of Venice 2 | Photographer: Greg Goodale | From the show Merchant of Venice
Photograph from Moliere - lighting design by Steve Lowe
Photographer: Julie Osman | From the show Moliere
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Steve Lowe

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Biography

Credits include: The Chairs (Harlow Playhouse & Tour); Secretary Turned CEO (C Venues, Edingburgh); Hamlet (Bloomsbury Theatre & tour); Return of the Soldier (Jermyn Street Theatre); Rent (Cockpit Theatre); The York Realist (Riverside Studios); Studies For a Portrait (King's Head Theatre); The Miser, Thérèse Raquin and Molière (Cochrane Theatre); Good Night Deer and Good Morning I’m Sleeping (ICA); the new musical City Girls (Jermyn Street Theatre & New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich); and the band Sin É (Queen Elizabeth Hall). As joint artistic director of Freathy Tippett: Voicing and Salty Sarah (Riverside Studios), Licence My Roving Hands and Your Objects Move Us (The Space).

Previous productions

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Merchant of Venice Theatre The Drayton Arms Theatre
Poetic Justice/Wolf Sisters
Lighting Designer Director: Alex Pearson
Set designer: Sorcha Corcoran
Oct 2019
20:40 Theatre Clapham Omnibus Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Set designer: Sorcha Corcoran
Jun 2019
Oranges and Ink Theatre Tristan Bate Theatre, then touring
A Monkey with Cymbals and Tomorrow Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Alex Pearson
Mar 2019
King Arthur Opera Merton Arts Space
Colliers Wood Chorus & Freathy Tippet
Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Nov 2018
Beauty and the Beast Theatre Clapham Omnibus July 2018
Tenth Muse Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Elizabeth Bowe
Jul 2018
Musical Theatre Showcase Musical University of East London Lighting Designer Director: Tristan Parkes
May 2018
Oliver Musical Dunottar School Lighting Designer Director: Tarani Jago
Mar 2018
Three Sisters Theatre Chelsea Theatre, London
London School of Dramatic Art
Lighting Designer Director: Georgina Sowerby
Jul 2016
Annie Non-professional Royal Free Hospital
St Christopher’s School
Lighting Designer Director: Ben Wilkin
Jun 2016
The Chairs Theatre The Playhouse, Harlow, then touring
Extant
Lighting Designer Director: Maria Oshodi
Set designer: Andrea Carr
Apr 2016
After the Blue Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre, London
After the Blue Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Charles Savage
Set designer: Paul Olivier
Jan 2016
THRILL ME The Leopold & Loeb story Musical Jermyn Street Theatre
Raphael Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Paul Glaser
Jan 2016
High School Musical Musical The American School in London Theatre
American School in London
Lighting Designer Director: Buck Herron
Set designer: Rob Myles
Nov 2015
The Secretary Turned CEO Opera C main Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Lucid Arts and Music
Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Set designer: Rhian Morrish
Aug 2015
The Wiz Musical Royal Free Hospital
St Christopher’s School
Lighting Designer Director: Lynette Britnell
Jul 2015
An Ideal Husband Theatre Avondale Theatre
Italia Conti 3rd Year Actors
Lighting Designer Director: Kate Williams
Set designer: Richard Cooper
Jun 2015
Jumpers for Goal Posts Theatre Sheridan Studio
Italia Conti 3rd Year Actors
Lighting Designer Director: Chris White
Set designer: Richard Cooper
Jun 2015
Touched Theatre Avondale Theatre
Italia Conti 3rd Year Actors
Lighting Designer Director: Anna Jordan
Set designer: Richard Cooper
Jun 2015
Return of the Soldier Musical Jermyn Street Theatre
Aria Entertainment, Guy James, Katy Lipson, Penny Rock Theatre Productions, Jermyn Street Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Charlotte Westenra - MD Simon Lambert
Set designer: Simon Anthony Wells
Sep 2014
Benefits - The Musical Theatre Broadway Theatre, Barking
Young & Talented - Youth Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Roy Alexander Weise
Jul 2014
Bugsy Malone Theatre Royal Free Hospital
St Christopher’s School
Lighting Designer Director: Lynette Britnell
Jul 2014
Natural Affection Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre
House on the Hill Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Grace Wessels
Set designer: Victoria Johnstone
Jul 2014
The Chairs Theatre Albany Theatre, Wolverhampton, then touring
Extant
Lighting Designer Director: Maria Oshodi
Set designer: Andrea Carr
Apr 2014
Tunnel Theatre Nightingale Theatre
Sandpit Arts
Lighting Designer Director: Tanushka Marah
May 2013
Gather Ye Rose Buds Theatre Nightingale Theatre
Sandpit Arts
Lighting Designer Director: Diyan Zora
May 2013
The Mikado Musical Tabard Theatre
Pulling Focus Ltd
Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Johnson
Set designer: Christopher Hone
Feb 2013
Trojan Women Theatre Brockley Jack Theatre
Nameless Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: James Farrell
Set designer: Libby Todd
Jan 2013
Hamlet Theatre Bloomsbury Theatre, then touring
Young Shakespeare Company
Lighting Designer Director: Christopher Geelan
Set designer: Bridget Kimak
Oct 2012
Rent Musical Cockpit Theatre
Interval Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Henley & Timothy O'Hara
Set designer: Naomi Hodgson
Oct 2012
Once a Catholic Theatre Ivy Studio
Guildford School of Acting
Lighting Designer Director: Julia Clairy
May 2012
After the Turn Musical Courtyard Theatre
Interval Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Henley & Timothy O'Hara
Jan 2012
Waxing Lyrical Theatre New Diorama Theatre
StoneCrabs
Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Lynne
Set designer: Nina Morley
Nov 2011
Don Givanni Workshop Opera Cockpit Theatre
Edible Opera
Lighting Designer Director: Lauren Collins
Set designer: Hiroko Matsuo
Aug 2011
Voicing Opera Riverside Studios
Freathy Tippett
Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Set designer: Martin Thomas
Aug 2011
Now or Never Musical King's Head Theatre
Lean Two Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Lynne
Mar 2011
Pagliacci Opera King's Head Theatre
OperaUpClose
Lighting Designer Director: Anna Gregory
Set designer: Buffy Sharpe
Feb 2011
Lysistrata Theatre Bloomsbury Theatre
UCL
Lighting Designer Director: Milla Jackson
Feb 2011
Subs Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Hamish Macdougall
Set designer: Jemima Carter-Lewis
Jan 2011
Lanza Theatre King's Head Theatre
Mindrocket Ltd
Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Shrubsall
Dec 2010
Madam Butterfly Opera King's Head Theatre
OperaUpClose
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Dec 2010
There Will Be More Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Julia Berndt
Oct 2010
Olly’s Prison Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Gareth Corke
Set designer: Rachel Szmukler
Sep 2010
Hotel Sorrento Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Micka Agosta
Aug 2010
Subs Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Hamish Macdougall
Set designer: Jemima Carter-Lewis
Jul 2010
Pay As You Go Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Sam Miller
Set designer: Jemima Carter-Lewis
Jul 2010
Olivia Theatre Lund Theatre, UCS
St Christopher's School
Lighting Designer Director: Lynette Britnell
Jul 2010
Studies for a Portrait Theatre King's Head Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Kate Guinness
Mar 2010
Relax Theatre Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
Psychodrome
Lighting Designer Director: Phil Setren
Set designer: Martin Thomas
Mar 2010
Nightsongs Theatre Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Hamish Macdougall
Set designer: Jemima Carter-Lewis
Jan 2010
All Shook Up Musical The American School in London Lighting Designer Director: Buck Herron
Set designer: Helen Stewart
Nov 2009
Three Minute Hero Theatre The Cock Tavern Theatre
London New Play Festival
Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Set designer: Martin Thomas
Oct 2009
The York Realist Theatre Riverside Studios
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Kate Guinness
Sep 2009
Brooklyn Theatre The Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Russ Hope
Set designer: Malwina Chabocka
Sep 2009
The Present Theatre The Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Aug 2009
Bugsy Malone Theatre Lund Theatre, UCS
St Christopher’s School
Lighting Designer Director: Lynette Britnell
Jul 2009
The Time is 15:15 Theatre Camden People’s Theatre
The Time is 15:15
Lighting Designer Director: Katharine Fry/Jung Eun Yoo
Jul 2009
The Time is 15:15 Theatre The Space, London
The Time is 15:15
Lighting Designer Director: Katharine Fry/Jung Eun Yoo
Apr 2009
Licence My Roving Hands Theatre The Space, London
Freathy Tippett
Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Mar 2009
The Gut Girls Theatre The Space, London
Skinful Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Alex Crampton
Set designer: Marcella Crivellaro
Mar 2009
The Backroom Theatre The Cock Tavern Theatre
Good Night Out Presents
Lighting Designer Director: Gareth Corke
Set designer: Sophie Mosberger
Mar 2009
23176 Theatre Kensal House
SPID Youth Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Nnenna Evans
Dec 2008
The Master and Margarita Theatre The Space, London
The Space Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Hemming
Oct 2008
The Immortal Dropout Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre
Hugo Vickers Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Hugo Vickers
Jul 2008
Your Objects Move Us Theatre The Space, London
Freathy Tippett
Lighting Designer Director: Julie Osman
Apr 2008
Good Night Deer Dance ICA
Daydream Nation
Lighting Designer Feb 2008
Carve Theatre Tristan Bates
Sidestep Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: James Farrell
Feb 2008
Tales from the Underground Theatre Arcola 2
Bush Boy Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Cornell S John
Set designer: Phil Newman
Dec 2007
The Real Inspector Hound / Dogg's Hamlet Theatre The Space, London
The Space Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Hemming / Alex Crampton
Set designer: Emma Pile
Nov 2007
Good Morning I'm Sleeping Dance ICA
Daydream Nation
Lighting Designer Sep 2007
Back Down the Rabbit Hole Dance FOPP Cafe, Tottenham Court Road
Daydream Nation
Lighting Designer Feb 2007
Thérèse Raquin Theatre Cochrane Theatre
Drama Centre London
Lighting Designer Director: Daniela Peleanu
Set designer: Agnes Treplin
Nov 2006
Moliere Theatre Cochrane Theatre
Drama Centre London
Lighting Designer Director: Lawrence Evans
Set designer: Agnes Treplin
Oct 2006
The Miser Theatre Cochrane Theatre
Drama Centre London
Lighting Designer Director: Philip Hedley
Set designer: Agnes Treplin
Oct 2006
50 Fragments Theatre Embassy Studio
Central School Of Speech and Drama
Lighting Designer Director: Jacqueline Seaquist
Sep 2006
City Girls Musical Jermyn Street Theatre
WJP Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Scrivens and Julie Osman
Sep 2006
Bisclavret Theatre Performance Studio 1
Central School Of Speech and Drama
Lighting Designer Director: Chris Davey
Jun 2006
Between the Lanes Theatre Embassy Studio
Central School Of Speech and Drama
Lighting Designer Director: Jessica Swale
Mar 2006
No More Death Theatre Embassy Studio
Central School Of Speech and Drama
Lighting Designer Director: Mila Manojlovic
Mar 2006
Story Telling Theatre Embassy Theatre
Central School Of Speech and Drama
Lighting Designer Director: devised
Feb 2006
City Girls Musical New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich
WJP Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Scrivens
Jun 2005
Pro Patria Theatre Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich
WJP Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Nicholas Scrivens
Jun 2005
Location availability:
  • Africa
  • Australasia & Asia Pacific
  • Central Asia
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  • North America
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  • UK London
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  • Western Europe & Scandinavia
  • Worldwide
Contact method Details
Mobile phone

07957 420245

Email address

steve@stevelowelighting.co.uk

Website

http://www.stevelowelighting.co.uk

Theatre:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Musical:
  • West End
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Opera:
  • Small scale
  • Touring relights
  • Education Establishment
  • Projection / Video Design
Dance:
  • International
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Concert:
  • Stage Touring
  • Club
  • Festival
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video / Content Design
Corporate:
  • Conferences
  • Fashion Shows
  • Award Ceremonies
  • Open Air Events
Architectural:
  • Displays & Art
  • Educational Establishments
  • Open Air Events
Non-professional:
  • Dance
  • Musicals
  • Opera
  • Plays
  • Projection / Video Design
Education:
  • Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Training

News

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

Press quotes

Oranges and Ink

The atmosphere is made complete with ... subtly changing light.
Christy Lawrance, ICN independent catholic news 10/08/2019
... some wonderfully subdued lighting … made me feel like I was in the 1600s watching a play written by Aphra Behn.
Chris Stagg, Phoenix FM 28/03/2019

THRILL ME The Leopold & Loeb story

Paul Glaser, the director, ... creates a credible performance through the use of nuanced lighting by Steve Lowe, several strong visual props and compelling theatrical performances by the two leads.
Laura-Jane Foley, London Theatre 13/01/2016
... the stage and lighting are both remarkably simple, adding to the rawness and intensity of the evening.
Danny Coleman-Cooke, British Theatre.com 13/01/2016

The Mikado

...designer Christopher Hone, together with Steve Lowe's clever use of lighting ... transport the audience to the heart of a golf-club trapped in its own anachonistic pomposity.
Tom Taylor, Fringe Review 22/02/2013

Trojan Women

James Farrell's brisk direction cranks up the tension while Steve Lowe's stark lighting works well with the swells and stops of Max Pappenheim's claustrophobic soundtrack.
Sheila Cornelius, remotegoat 18/01/2013

After the Turn

Steve Lowe delivers strong lighting.
Skye Crawford, Fringe Review 17/02/2012

Waxing Lyrical

“The Enlightenment replaced by dehumanising bloodshed is wonderfully characterised by Steve Lowe’s use of half light and candlelight. We see the teenage Marie hover outside the candlelit dining room hosting Rousseau, Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin; she basks in the glow of Versailles and stumbles in the darkness of the Revolution with an outline of the guillotine projected on the ground.”
Julia Rank, Exeunt Magazine 25/11/2011
“Clive Derbyshire’s imaginative sound design and Steve Lowe’s clever lighting complete an informative, atmospheric and truly memorable theatrical experience.”
Helen Macdonald, WhatsOnStage 25/11/2011
“...a production efficiently directed by Gillian Lynne, with excellent and imaginative lighting by Steve Lowe, creating a persuasive world within a world”
Judith Flanders, The Arts Desk 24/11/2011