Photograph from To Freedom's Cause - lighting design by Louise Gregory
From the show To Freedom's Cause
Photograph from Bodies of Water - lighting design by Louise Gregory
Saffy Setohy in Bodies of Water at West Barns Village Hall | Photographer: Julia Bauer | From the show Bodies of Water
Photograph from Project Godie - lighting design by Louise Gregory
Nicole Vivien Watson, Vangeline and Molly Carter | Photographer: Claire Palmer | From the show Project Godie
Photograph from Dissolve - lighting design by Louise Gregory
Carla Lewis in Dissolve | Photographer: Jon Plimmer | From the show Dissolve
Photograph from FOUND - lighting design by Louise Gregory
Nadia Iftkhar in FOUND | From the show FOUND
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Louise Gregory

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Biography

Specialises in small- & medium-scale productions; dance & new writing; unusual & community venues; art installations. 

Previous productions

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Rocket Girl Theatre Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Worriers & Alphabetti Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Ali Pritchard
Set designer: Molly Barrett 		Feb 2020
Rum Punch Theatre Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne Lighting Designer Director: Kathleen Yore
 Feb 2020
The Art of Cuddling and Other Things Theatre The Vaults, London
CIRC Motif 		Lighting Designer Director: Dan Liddiard
 Feb 2020
The Disappearing Act Theatre Courtyard Hereford, then touring
Open Sky 		Lighting Designer Director: Claire Coaché
Set designer: Becky-Dee Trevenen 		Oct 2019
Blokes, Fellas, Geezers Theatre Arts Centre Washington, then touring
Jake Jarratt 		Lighting Designer Director: Scott Young
 Sep 2019
The Art of Cuddling and Other Things Theatre Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
CIRC Motif 		Lighting Designer Director: Dan Liddiard
 Sep 2019
Bodies of Water Dance The Work Room, Glasgow, then touring Lighting Designer Choreographer: Saffy Setohy & Joanna Young
 Sep 2019
Bellydance: A True Story Dance The Space, Edinburgh Fringe, then touring
Farida Dance 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Aug 2018, Nov 2018
Bellydance: A True Story Dance The Space, Edinburgh Fringe, then touring
Farida Dance 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Aug 2018, Nov 2018
The Gruffalo, The Witch and The Warthog with Julia Donaldson Theatre Udderbelly, Edinburgh Festival Lighting Designer Director: Peta Maurice
Set designer: James Lewis 		Aug 2018
Inherited Cities Theatre Sheffield Crucible
Third Angel 		Lighting Designer Director: Rachael Walton
Set designer: Alexander Kelly & Rachael Walton 		Jul 2018
Egyptian Experience Dance Edinburgh College
Farida Dance 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Sara Farouk
 Nov 2017
Egyptian Experience Dance Peter Sarah Theatre, Newcastle College
Farida Dance 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Sara Farouk
 Jul 2017
Project Godie Dance All Saint's Church, Newcastle
Surface Area Dance Theatre 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Nicole Vivien Watson & Vangeline
 Aug 2016
Cairo Carousel Dance Peter Sarah Theatre, Newcastle College
Farida Dance 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Yasmina of Cairo
 Jul 2016
The Wasp (extract) Theatre Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Ali Anderson-Dyer 		Lighting Designer Director: Ali Anderson-Dyer
 Jun 2016
A Small Dot on the Western Front Theatre Teahouse Theatre, London
Hurcheon Ltd 		Lighting Designer Feb 2016
The Ugly Duckling Theatre Alnwick Playhouse Studio, then touring
Northumberland Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Hambleton
Set designer: Michelle Huitson 		Dec 2015
A Wife or the Gallows Theatre Alnwick Playhouse Studio, then touring
Northumberland Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Hambleton
Set designer: Michelle Huitson 		Sep 2015
Rule 35 Theatre Z-Arts, Manchester
Community Arts North West 		Lighting Designer Director: Cheryl Martin
 Mar 2015
Dorothy's War Theatre Action Transport Theatre, then touring
The Harmonettes 		Lighting Designer Director: Janys Chambers
Set designer: Jane Roberts 		Mar 2015
4 Thoughts Theatre Alnwick Playhouse Studio, then touring
Northumberland Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Hambleton
Set designer: Michelle Huitson 		Feb 2015
Rumpelstiltskin Theatre Alnwick Playhouse Studio, then touring
Northumberland Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Hambleton
Set designer: Michelle Huitson 		Dec 2014
84 Theatre ELCAP, Easington Lane, then touring
One for All Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: John McMahon
 Oct 2014
Rallying Round Theatre Alnwick Playhouse Studio, then touring
Northumberland Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Hambleton
Set designer: Michelle Huitson 		Sep 2014
Lights Out Environmental 'The Response' War Memorial
Newcastle City Council 		Lighting Designer Set designer: Yvette Hawkins Aug 2014
Women of Hope Theatre Rich Mix, then touring
Arora Arts 		Lighting Designer Director: Renu Arora
 Jul 2014, Jul 2014
Women of Hope Theatre Rich Mix, then touring
Arora Arts 		Lighting Designer Director: Renu Arora
 Jul 2014, Jul 2014
Transmission Dance Black Box Theatre, University of York
Becs Andrews Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Simon Birch
 Jun 2014
HEART Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Hannah Roche 		Mar 2014, Apr 2014, Apr 2014, May 2014
Dissolve Theatre New Diorama Theatre, London
Awkward City 		Lighting Designer Director: Amy Lewis
 Mar 2013, May 2014
HEART Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Hannah Roche 		Mar 2014, Apr 2014, Apr 2014, May 2014
HEART Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Hannah Roche 		Mar 2014, Apr 2014, Apr 2014, May 2014
HEART Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Hannah Roche 		Mar 2014, Apr 2014, Apr 2014, May 2014
ELECTRICITY Concert Lit & Phil, Newcastle Lighting Designer Director: Yassen Roussev
 Nov 2013
The Cowardly Porter Musical Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Edward Max
 Aug 2013
Time and Time Again Theatre Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Paul Clarkson
 Aug 2013
Elsie & Norm's Macbeth Theatre Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Edward Max
 Aug 2013
Memento Mori Theatre Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Edward Max
 Aug 2013
Down With Skool! Theatre Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Edward Max
 Jul 2013
Private Lives Theatre Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Edward Max
 Jul 2013
Same Time Next Year Theatre Frinton Summer Theatre
Frinton Summer Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Edward Max
 Jul 2013
Company Theatre Customs House, South Shields, then touring
Farnes Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Dick Curran
 Jun 2013, Jun 2013
To Freedom's Cause Theatre Tristan Bates Theatre, London, then touring
Greater Morpeth Development Trust 		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
Set designer: Mike Lees 		Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013
Company Theatre Customs House, South Shields, then touring
Farnes Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Dick Curran
 Jun 2013, Jun 2013
To Freedom's Cause Theatre Tristan Bates Theatre, London, then touring
Greater Morpeth Development Trust 		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
Set designer: Mike Lees 		Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013
To Freedom's Cause Theatre Tristan Bates Theatre, London, then touring
Greater Morpeth Development Trust 		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
Set designer: Mike Lees 		Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013
To Freedom's Cause Theatre Tristan Bates Theatre, London, then touring
Greater Morpeth Development Trust 		Lighting Designer Director: Jemma Gross
Set designer: Mike Lees 		Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013, Jun 2013
As Above So Below Environmental Castle Keep, Newcastle
Yvette Hawkins 		Lighting Designer May 2013
Letter to My Father/Crush Dance Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne, then touring
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Apple Yang
 Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Apr 2013, Apr 2013
Letter to My Father/Crush Dance Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne, then touring
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Apple Yang
 Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Apr 2013, Apr 2013
Letter to My Father/Crush Dance Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne, then touring
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Apple Yang
 Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Apr 2013, Apr 2013
Letter to My Father/Crush Dance Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne, then touring
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Apple Yang
 Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Apr 2013, Apr 2013
Letter to My Father/Crush Dance Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne, then touring
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Apple Yang
 Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Apr 2013, Apr 2013
FLOCK Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Yvette Hawkins 		Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013
FLOCK Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Yvette Hawkins 		Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013
Dissolve Theatre New Diorama Theatre, London
Awkward City 		Lighting Designer Director: Amy Lewis
 Mar 2013, May 2014
FLOCK Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Set designer: Yvette Hawkins 		Mar 2013, Mar 2013, Mar 2013
Whistle Down The Wind Musical Sunderland Minster
Music in the Minster 		Lighting Designer Director: Simon Raybould
Set designer: Eugene Megatron 		Nov 2012
Leyl el Raqassa Dance Cluny 2, Newcastle upon Tyne
Claire Novis 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Claire Novis and the Company
 Sep 2012
Letter to My Father Dance Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Apple Yang
 Jun 2012
Rihla: The Journey of Bellydance Dance Birmingham MAC, then touring
Tarab Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Oct 2011, Nov 2011, Jun 2012, Nov 2011, Apr 2012, Mar 2012
Rihla: The Journey of Bellydance Dance Birmingham MAC, then touring
Tarab Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Oct 2011, Nov 2011, Jun 2012, Nov 2011, Apr 2012, Mar 2012
FOUND Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
 Mar 2012, Mar 2012
FOUND Theatre Northern Stage, then touring
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
 Mar 2012, Mar 2012
Rihla: The Journey of Bellydance Dance Birmingham MAC, then touring
Tarab Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Oct 2011, Nov 2011, Jun 2012, Nov 2011, Apr 2012, Mar 2012
Rihla: The Journey of Bellydance Dance Birmingham MAC, then touring
Tarab Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Oct 2011, Nov 2011, Jun 2012, Nov 2011, Apr 2012, Mar 2012
Rihla: The Journey of Bellydance Dance Birmingham MAC, then touring
Tarab Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Oct 2011, Nov 2011, Jun 2012, Nov 2011, Apr 2012, Mar 2012
Rihla: The Journey of Bellydance Dance Birmingham MAC, then touring
Tarab Dance Company 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 Oct 2011, Nov 2011, Jun 2012, Nov 2011, Apr 2012, Mar 2012
Se7en Sins Dance Stephenson Works, Newcastle upon Tyne
Stephanie Jong 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: The Company
 May 2011
Life After Life/The Heart of Him Dance Dance City, Newcastle
Appetite Dance Productions 		Lighting Designer Feb 2011
Silk Theatre Dance City, Newcastle
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
 Dec 2010
Paper Dolls Theatre Northern Stage
ZENDEH 		Lighting Designer Director: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
 Apr 2010
Location availability:
  • Scotland
  • UK London
  • UK Provinces
  • Western Europe & Scandinavia
Contact method Details
Email address louise@illuminationtheatreservic...
Mobile phone 07711 700693
Website http://www.illuminationtheatrese...
Theatre:
  • International
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
Opera:
  • Small scale
Dance:
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
  • Touring relights
Architectural:
  • Displays & Art
Education:
  • Workshops
  • Training

News

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

Press quotes

Rocket Girl

"effective lighting"
Peter Lathan, British Theatre Guide

A Wife or the Gallows

"Lighting and Sound were superb"
Michael Pearson, Northumberland Gazette 21/09/2015

Transmission

It’s brilliant. Never seen anything like this fusion of light, sound and movement before.
Audience Member,

HEART

“illuminated by Louise Gregory’s tantalising and exotic lighting”
TVBomb.co.uk

Dissolve

Lighting Designer Louise Gregory operates all of her kit at stage level, and provides some beautiful visual effects for both the live and filmed elements.
Katherine Kavanagh,