John Bishop
Biography
Award-winning, international Theatre Lighting Designer working freelance all over the world designing lighting for large scale operas, ballets, musicals and plays.
I have created original Lighting Designs for more than 200 productions over an extensive and very successful 30 year career. At the start of my professional career I also toured Europe for Vari*Lite with Eric Clapton, Tina Turner and Toto.
I am absolutely passionate about light and I am also a very accomplished theatrical, portrait and wedding photographer.
I am represented by Dennis Lyne at the Dennis Lyne Agency, 503 Holloway Road, London N19 4DD
To check my availability, please call me on: +44 (0) 7785 333428 or contact my agent Dennis Lyne on: +44 (0)20 7272 5020
Previous productions
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dracula | Dance |
West Yorkshire Playhouse, then touring Northern Ballet Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: David Nixon Set designer: Ali Allen |
Sep 2005 |
| The Most Beautiful Man from the Sea | Opera |
Wales Millenium Centre Welsh National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Esra Hjlarmarrson Set designer: Richard Aylwin |
Aug 2005 |
| Ascanio in Alba | Opera |
Buxton Opera House Buxton Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Lawless Set designer: Ashley Martin Davis |
Jul 2005 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Opera |
Buxton Opera House Buxton Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aidan Lang Set designer: Ashley Martin Davis |
Jul 2005 |
| The Woman in Black | Theatre |
Madinat Theatre, Dubai UK Touring Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Elli Jones Set designer: Cleo Pettit |
Jun 2005 |
| Ernani | Opera |
The Coliseum English National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mike Ashman Set designer: Maria Bjornson |
May 2000 |
| Das Rheingold | Opera |
Oslo Den Norske Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mike Ashman Set designer: Kathrine Hysing |
Jun 1997 |
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 |
+44 7785 333428 |
| Email address | |
| Agent name |
Dennis Lyne Agency |
| Agent phone |
+44 (0) 20 7272 5020 |
| Website | |
| Agent email | |
| Agent website |
Theatre:
- International
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
Musical:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Pantomime
- Touring relights
Opera:
- International
- Large scale
- 'Country House'
- Small scale
- Touring relights
Dance:
- International
- UK National Company
- Large Scale
- Medium Scale
- Touring relights
Education:
- Lectures
- Workshops
- Training
News
Appearing here soon... a collection of articles from the Focus magazine archives.
Press quotes
Dracula
David Nixon's brand new interpretation of the Bram Stoker story has bold imagery, dramatic drive and an impressive atmosphere. ..... particularly when the breathtaking climax builds and explodes. ..... This ballet looks and sounds stunning throughout .....
Kevin Berry, The Stage 15/09/2005
Ali Allen (sets) and John Bishop (lights) pour on the Gothic atmosphere. We see castle ruins and arches, gnarled and spiked cemetery gates or beds with threateningly tall, shredded frames looming above them. The lighting ranges, approprietely, from blood-drenched to weak and pearly.
Donald Hutera, The Times 06/09/2005
The deisgns look like sets from expressionist cinema, with Ali Allen's elongated gothic arches and stylised cemetery perfrctly lit (or rather shadowed) by John Bishop's gloomy lighting.
Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian 06/09/2005
Ernani
Set in Spain in the early 16th Century, against severe mirror-black marble floor and cleverly movable walls, scene after scene presents the glowing colours and fantastically elaborate costumes straight from a Velázquez painting. Indeed the first stunning entrance of the heroine Elvira, motionless in a large doorway with blue light behind her, gives just that impression. When she advances into the room and the walls close behind her, so that she is trapped with her own subdued reflection bouncing off every surface, we know she is not going to have much control over her own fate. When combined with a fine cast, the visual delights of the production and some very atmospheric lighting from John Bishop, the result is a very special evening.
Helen Wright, musicOMH.com
Das Rheingold
... made one long for an empty stage and more of John Bishop's atmospheric lighting.
John Allison, Opera 21/09/1997
... John Bishop's stunning lighting. The gloomy caves of Nibelheim glow in what can only be called black light, Donner's thunderstorm is cataclysmic and the rainbow bridge to Valhalla a glorious spectrum of the richest colours.
David Self, The Stage 20/09/1997
