Peter Harrison
Biography
Peter Trained at RADA.
Recent credits:
The Smeds and The Smoos - Tall Stories (nominated for Best Family Show, 2024 Olivier Awards)
Spring Dranft Works / International Draft Works - The Royal Ballet, Linbury Theatre
The Bloody Chamber - Proteus
A Single Man - Park Theatre
Candide - Mountview
Pink Mist - Bristol Old Vic
The Sweet Science of Bruising - Wiltons Music Hall
Jean and Antonin - Gartnerplatz Theatre, Munich
In Nocentes - Sadlers Wells
Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar - Guildford Shakespeare Company
Wilde Creatures - Tall Stories
Dear Brutus and The Cardinal - Southwark Playhouse
Treasure Island - Arts Ed
Jerry's Girls - St James Theatre, London
Paul Bunyan - Welsh National Youth Opera
Translunar Paradise and The Ballad of the Burning Star - Theatre Ad Infinitum
As an Associate Lighting Designer:
Hamlet - Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
The Old Man and the Pool - Wyndhams Theatre
Aspects of Love - Lyric Theatre, London
Betrayal - West End and Broadway
As You Like It - National Theatre
Made in Dagenham - Adelphi Theatre
I Can't Sing - London Palladium
The Commitments - Palace Theatre
Collaborators - National Theatre
Other designs have included:
Much Ado About Nothing - Ludlow Festival
Britain's Got Bhangra - UK Tour - Rifco Arts
Wuthering Heights - Tamasha Theatre Company - Lyric Hammersmith and tour
The Doubtful Guest - Hoipolloi - Watford Palace and the Theatre Royal Plymouth
Orestes - Shared Experience
Fingerprint - The Shout - Linbury Studio
Up from the Waste - Soho Theatre
Romeo and Juliet - New Wolsey, Ipswich
Les Miserables and Chicago - Pimlico Opera - HMP Brondsfield and HMP Wandsworth
Hooked - Hampstead Theatre
My Uncle Arly - Hoipolloi
Once We Were Mothers - Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
Being Olivia, The Kindness of Strangers and Young Dick Barton - Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
Please visit www.PeterHarrisonLighting.co.uk for a full list of work
Instagram: @peterh_ld
Twitter: @PeterH_LD
Previous productions
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Addams Family | Musical |
Mountview, Backstage Theatre Mountview Academy |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Fitch Set designer: Sophia Pardon |
Feb 2023 |
| Spring Draft Works | Dance |
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House The Royal Ballet |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Various |
Apr 2022 |
| Carousel | Musical |
The Mack Mountview Academy |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Francesca Goodridge Set designer: Rhyannon Richardson |
Feb 2022 |
| The Smeds and The Smoos | Theatre |
Rose Theatre, Kingston, then touring Tall Stories |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Toby Mitchell Set designer: Barney George |
Oct 2021 |
| The Bloody Chamber | Theatre |
Worthing Theatres Proteus Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mary Swan Set designer: Sam Pine |
Jun 2021 |
| Candide | Musical |
Mountview Theatre Mountview Academy |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rupert Hands Set designer: Rhyannon Richardson |
Apr 2021 |
| The Canterville Ghost | Theatre |
Lakeside Arts / Edinburgh Festival Tall Stories |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Olivia Jacobs Set designer: Barney George |
Jul 2018 |
| Macbeth | Theatre |
Stafford Castle Stafford Festival Shakespeare |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Clare Prenton Set designer: Simon Kenny |
Jun 2018 |
| Rasheeda Speaking | Theatre |
Trafalgar Studios 2 Troupe Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan O'boyle Set designer: Anna Reid |
Apr 2018 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Theatre |
Holy Trinity Church - Guildford Guildford Shakespeare Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Charlotte Conquest Set designer: Neil Irish |
Feb 2018 |
| Wilde Creaures | Theatre |
Vaudeville Theatre, London Tall Stories / Nica Burns |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Olivia Jacobs Set designer: Barney George |
Dec 2017 |
| Dear Brutus | Theatre |
Southwark Playhouse 'The Little' Troupe Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan O'boyle Set designer: Anna Reid |
Nov 2017 |
| The Cardinal | Theatre |
Southwark Playhouse Troupe Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Justin Audibert Set designer: Anna Reid |
Apr 2017 |
| Jean und Antonin | Dance |
Reithalle, Munich Gärtnerplatz Theatre, Munich |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan |
Apr 2017 |
| Julius Caesar | Theatre |
Holy Trinity Church - Guildford Guildford Shakespeare Compnay |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gemma Fairlie Set designer: Neil Irish |
Feb 2017 |
| Pink Mist | Theatre |
Bristol Old Vic, then touring Bristol Old Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Retallack and George Mann Set designer: Emma Cains |
Jan 2017 |
| Twentieth Century Way | Theatre |
Jermyn Street Theatre, London The Collective |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Marylynne Anderson-Cooper Set designer: Joyce Robustelli |
Jan 2017 |
| Dick Whittington | Theatre |
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Evolution Pantomimes |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Hendy Set designer: Helga Wood |
Nov 2016 |
| Alfie White: Space Explorer | Theatre | Tall Stories | Lighting Designer |
Director: Toby Mitchell Set designer: Bec Palmer |
Oct 2016 |
| Home Turf | Dance |
Sadlers Wells Theatre Sadlers Wells |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Various |
Sep 2016 |
| Britten in Brooklyn | Theatre | Wiltons Music Hall | Lighting Designer |
Director: Oli Rose Set designer: Cecilia Carey |
Aug 2016 |
| Bucket List | Theatre |
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Theatre Ad Infinitum |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nir Paldi Set designer: Max Johns |
Aug 2016 |
| Stacked! | Theatre |
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Marlowe Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew Dawson Set designer: Rachael Smith |
Jul 2016 |
| In – Nocentes | Dance |
Sadler's Wells NYDC |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Michael Keegan-Dolan |
Apr 2016 |
| Pink Mist | Theatre |
Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Retallack Set designer: Emma Cains |
Jul 2015, Feb 2016 |
| Run | Theatre |
Vault Festival, London Rogues Gallery Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oli Rose |
Feb 2016 |
| Pink Mist | Theatre |
Bush Theatre, London Bristol Old Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Retallack Set designer: Emma Cains |
Jan 2016 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Theatre |
Hawth Theatre, Crawley Evolution Pantomimes |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ian Smith Set designer: Helga Wood |
Dec 2015 |
| A Better Woman | Theatre |
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Marlowe Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tilly Vosburgh Set designer: Liz Ascroft |
Dec 2015 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Theatre |
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Evolution Pantomimes |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Hendy Set designer: Helga Wood |
Nov 2015 |
| Alfie White: Space Explorer | Theatre |
Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK Tall Stories |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Toby Mitchell Set designer: Bek Palmer |
Aug 2015 |
| Pink Mist | Theatre |
Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Retallack Set designer: Emma Cains |
Jul 2015, Feb 2016 |
| Jerry's Girls | Musical |
Jermyn Street Theatre Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Golledge Set designer: Becky Gunstone |
May 2015 |
| Jerry's Girls | Musical |
St James Theatre Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Golledge Set designer: Becky Gunstone |
Mar 2015 |
| The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause | Theatre |
Haymarket, Basingstoke, then touring Big Wooden Horse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Bampton-Smith Set designer: Rachel Baynton |
Dec 2014 |
| Aladdin | Theatre |
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Evolution |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Hendy Set designer: Helga Wood |
Nov 2014 |
| The White Carnation | Theatre | Finborough Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Knight Mantell Set designer: Alex Marker |
Nov 2013 |
| Paul Bunyan | Opera |
WMC, Cardiff Welsh National Youth Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Martin Constantine Set designer: Cai Dyfan |
Aug 2013 |
| Juana in a Million | Theatre | Southwark Playhouse | Lighting Designer |
Director: Nir Paldi |
May 2013 |
| The Pilgrim's Progress | Theatre | St James Church, Muswell Hill | Lighting Designer |
Director: Oliver Rose Set designer: Cecilia Carey |
Mar 2013 |
| Much Ado about Nothing | Theatre |
Ludlow Castle Ludlow Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Charlie Walker-Wise Set designer: Anthony Lamble |
Jun 2012 |
| All The Single Ladies | Theatre | Churchill Theatre, Bromley, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Burden Set designer: Lone Schacksen |
Feb 2012 |
| Cinderella | Theatre |
Richmond Theatre First Family Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chris Dunham |
Dec 2011 |
| Britain's Got Bhangra | Theatre |
Watford Palace, then touring Rifco Arts |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Pravesh Kumar Set designer: Keith Khan |
Sep 2011 |
| Transluna Paradise | Theatre |
mac, Birmingham, then touring Theatre Ad Infinitum |
Lighting Designer |
Director: George Mann |
Jul 2011 |
| Orpheus in the Underworld | Opera |
Britten Theatre Royal College Of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Liam Steel Set designer: Chloe Lamford |
Nov 2010 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Theatre |
Richmond Theatre First Family Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Frost Set designer: Terry Parsons |
Dec 2009 |
| Dick Barton Quantum of Porridge | Theatre | Warehouse Theatre, Croydon | Lighting Designer |
Director: Ted Craig Set designer: Laura O'Connell |
Dec 2009 |
| Too True To Be Good | Theatre |
Finborough Theatre Bitter Pill Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Norman Set designer: Ruth Hall |
Sep 2009 |
| The Doubtful Guest | Theatre |
Plymouth Theatre Royal, Watford Palace, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Hoipolloi |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Shon Dale Jones Set designer: Stefanie Muller |
Mar 2008, Aug 2009 |
| Wuthering Heights | Musical |
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, then touring Tamasha Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kristine Landon-Smith Set designer: Sue Mayes |
Apr 2009 |
| Hallelujah | Theatre |
Theatre503 Theatre503 and Pyre Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gemma Fairlie Set designer: Lorna Ritchie |
Mar 2009 |
| Young Dick Barton - The Devil Wears Tweed | Theatre |
Warehouse Theatre, Croydon Warehouse Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ted Craid Set designer: Cleo Pettitt |
Dec 2008 |
| Shadowmaster | Theatre |
Kings Head Theatre Kings Head Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephanie Sinclaire Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
Jul 2008 |
| Hooked | Theatre |
The Michael Frayn Space, Hampsted Theatre Heat and Light Project |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kelly Wilkinson Set designer: Becky Gunstone |
Jul 2008 |
| Betwixt! | Musical |
Kings Head Theatre Kings Head Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Golledge Set designer: Hamish Peters |
May 2008 |
| The Doubtful Guest | Theatre |
Plymouth Theatre Royal, Watford Palace, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Hoipolloi |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Shon Dale Jones Set designer: Stefanie Muller |
Mar 2008, Aug 2009 |
| The Viewing Room | Theatre |
Arts Theatre, London Practicum Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alan Caig Wilson Set designer: Alex Marker |
Mar 2008 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Theatre |
Warehouse Theatre, Croydon Warehouse Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ted Craig Set designer: Cleo Pettitt |
Nov 2007 |
| Fingerprint | Theatre |
Linbury Studio, then touring The Shout |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emma Bernard and Orlando Gough Set designer: Katrina Lindsay |
Sep 2007 |
| Ballet Central | Dance |
Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford Central School of Ballet |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Various |
Mar 2007 |
| Les Misereables | Musical |
HMP Wandsworth Pimlico Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Moody Set designer: Antony Macilwaine |
Mar 2007 |
| Orestes | Theatre |
Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, then touring Shared Experience |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nancy Meckler Set designer: Niki Turner |
Aug 2006 |
| Unbounded | Dance |
Dance Base, Edinburgh Michael Popper |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Michael Popper |
Aug 2006 |
| Comedy of Errors | Theatre |
Cambridge Arts Theatre The Marlowe Society |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laura Baggaley Set designer: Simon Kenny |
Feb 2005 |
| Yerma | Theatre |
The Hawth, Crawley West Sussex Youth Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: George Lamb Set designer: Sophia Lovell Smith |
Jan 2005 |
| My Uncle Arly | Theatre |
Cambridge, then touring Hoipolloi and Tiebreak Theatre Companies |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Shon Dale Jones and David Farmer Set designer: Stefanie Muller |
Aug 2002 |
Location availability:
- UK London
- UK Provinces
- Western Europe & Scandinavia
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Mobile phone |
07887 684771 |
| Email address | |
| Website | |
| Agent name | Jackie Williamson, Williamson and Holmes |
| Agent phone | 020 7240 0407 |
| Agent website | www.whlondon.co.uk |
Theatre:
- International
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
Musical:
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Small Scale / Fringe
- Pantomime
- Education Establishment
Opera:
- International
- Large scale
- 'Country House'
- Small scale
- Touring relights
- Education Establishment
Dance:
- International
- UK National Company
- Large Scale
- Medium Scale
- Small Scale
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
Corporate:
- Conferences
- Exhibition Stands
- Product Launches
- Award Ceremonies
- Open Air Events
News
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Portfolio
Press quotes
Macbeth
Breathtakingly atmospheric...... Designer Simon Kenny's castle ruins blend brilliantly with the real shell of Stafford Castle, below which the action plays out in the open air. From the start, the music and lighting create a suitably menacing mood.
Neil Bonner, The Stage
Romeo and Juliet
The lighting, designed by Peter Harrison, is stunning and perfectly map the intricate make-up of the church through silhouettes, ceiling lighting and spotlights; all contributors to some of the shows most effective stage pictures.
Sophie Huggins, The Reviews Hub 06/02/2018
Dear Brutus
... with Peter Harrison's tight lighting design and Anna Reid's inventive set which shifted beautifully into the forest of act two. In this, Brutus' star's become visible pockets of hanging filament lamps across the stage and audience - an immersive and intelligent idea that, along with the traverse staging, places the audience in constant examination of the plays morals.
Andrew Exeter, Andrew Exeter (blog) 05/12/2017
Anna Reid's collaboration with Peter Harrison (set and lighting designer, respectively) is a key element for the production, as the theme of light and darkness runs through it from its very start.
His contribution is subtle but effective, warm and welcoming tones take a different twist when they become scattered, incandescent bulbs, adding an eerie touch to the scenes.
Cindy Marcolina, Broadway World 05/12/2017
The Cardinal
Audibert’s vivid staging makes fine use of the thrust and the simple set, designed and lit effectively, by Anna Reid and Peter Harrison respectively, to elicit a sense of claustrophobia.
Dan Rubins, A Younger Theatre 01/05/2017
Julius Caesar
Elena Pena’s sound design of cheering crowds and military manoeuvres is highly effective, as is Peter Harrison’s dramatic back lighting, in a show that benefits from the august surroundings of the neo-classical Holy Trinity Church.
Neil Dowden, The Stage 08/02/2017
Design, lighting and sound were also wonderful. I was particularly impressed by the lightning effects that flashed up on the high stained glass windows above us.
Janice Windle, Essential Surrey & SW London 08/02/2017
Twentieth Century Way
Inescapable tenseness is amplified by Peter Harrison’s evocative lighting
Talk Stagey To Me 15/01/2017
Home Turf
while Peter Harrison’s lighting evokes everything from family warmth to stadium floodlighting
Zoë Anderson, The Independent 27/09/2016
Britten in Brooklyn
The staging for Britten in Brooklyn is an absolute joy, Cecilia Carey’s design and Peter Harrison’s lighting perched within the wonderful surroundings of Wilton’s Music Hall, create a vivid picture of the escapism of war in 1940s Brooklyn.
A Spy In The Stalls 04/09/2016
The design (sets and costumes by Cecilia Carey, lighting by Peter Harrison) is evocative
Claire Seymour, British Theatre Guide
Pink Mist
Featuring split-second timing and highly atmospheric lighting from Peter Harrison, these sequences are masterful in both their precision and their power to move.
Mike Whitton, Stage Talk Magazine 18/02/2016
I’d urge you to go and see Pink Mist. Go for the poetry, the blend of the figurative with idiomatic Bristolian language, the epic arc of the three boys’ journey to Afghanistan. Go for the perfectly-timed choreography, the strength and precision of the six actors’ movements. Go for the stunning displays of light and sound. The lasting effect is worth it.
Xenobe Purvis, Lirto.co.uk 05/02/2016
The extremity of their Afghan experience is emphasised by an intensity of colours in a stark, memorable show design by Peter Harrison and Emma Cains.
Keith Mckenna, British Theatre Guide 29/01/2016
life in Bristol is stunningly conveyed in the spare, fluid, dream-like staging where the terrific, tightly drilled cast express themselves in synchronised movement and where the harrowing pain of the flashbacks is underscored by the suggestive sound and lighting designs of, respectively, Jon Nicholls and Peter Harrison.
Paul Taylor, The Independant 27/01/2016
What you remember most is the blaze of red light and military soundscape
Aleks Sierz, The Arts Desk 27/01/2016
Run
while the lighting anchors everything in a similar fashion, plainly lighting up the stage when Yonni speaks about his present situation, before expertly setting the mood for his reminisces of time spent with Adam.
William Howard, Exeunt Magazine.com 16/02/2016
And lighting is seemingly straightforward but is deliberate enough to quietly augment Run and pilot your attention and feeling without ever being distracting.
J Waygood, Grumpy Gay Critic 15/02/2016
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
In 20 years of reviewing pantomimes, I have never seen a better one than this.
Susan Elkin, The Stage 01/12/2015
Aladdin
Pyrotechnics, fire and a strong lighting design add to the sense of spectacle
Simon Sladen, British Theatre Guide 01/12/2014
Much Ado about Nothing
As the darkness (but not dampness) came, lighting designer Peter Harrison’s skills became more apparent – especially with the lighting inside a castle window to give the effect of a full moon over the proceedings below and intensifying the image of Francine Watson-Coleman’s terrifically choreographed and uplifting finale
Mr Pernickety, http://www.misterpernickety.com 28/06/2012
The Doubtful Guest
Stefanie Muller’s design and Peter Harrison’s lighting are gorgeous
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman 27/08/2009
A cleverly designed set, excellent use of makeup and brilliant lighting effects
Paris Gourtsoyannis, Fest 21/08/2009
Shadowmaster
Georgia Lowe’s wonderful set creates a mystical wood and ancient manor house beautifully coloured and enchantingly lit by Peter Harrison.
Paul Vale, The Stage 04/08/2008
Unbounded
Popper's sinuous body is exposed to various and multi-angled light, revealing lithe movement and extraordinary muscularity, yet cloaking it with a sense of hidden danger, of unstoppable power. Light (designed by Peter Harrison) is presented as box, into which Popper flickers in and out, as spotlight, as shaft from upper stage, as dimming vision, hallucinatory in effect
Ian Palmer, Ballet.co.uk
