Laura Hawkins
Biography
Laura works as a Lighting Designer and relighter on various productions throughout the UK. After graduating with a degree in Lighting Design from Rose Bruford College she worked as resident technical manager for several venues before becoming a freelancer in 2010.
Design credits include: Obvious Unrest (Faux Theatre) Clynbourne Park (Rapture Theatre Company) By A Thread (Kat and Dawg Productions) Puffin (Snap Elastic) Shattered (In Motion Theatre Company) Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin (The Brunton) Beauty and the Beast (Howden Park Centre) A Tale of Bubbles and Crashes (Merchant Culture) Denton and Me (Sam Rowe Theatre/ Showroom) Netting (Morna Young / Allie Butler) 30:60:80 (Amy Conway) Torn (Faux Theatre) Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here, Nijinsky's Last Jump, Dance Derby (Company Cordelia) Tribes, Birthday of the Infanta, Smokies (Solar Bear) La bohème, L’elisir d’amore (Edinburgh Grand Opera) La Tradegie Comique, By The Seat of your Pants (Plutot la Vie) Bloody Girls, King Lear, Tartuffe (Firefly Arts) Face It (Cotton Shed Theatre Company) Dalgety, Fragile (Theatre Uncut) The End of the World, For One Night Only (Red Note Ensemble and Summerhall) and Some Other Mother (AJ Taudevin)
Previous productions
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Against Edinburgh | Theatre | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Lighting Designer | Apr 2022 | |
| Obvious Unrest | Dance |
Old Lab Summerhall Faux Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Feb 2020 | |
| Clybourne Park | Theatre |
Village Theatre East Kilbride, then touring Rapture Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Emans Set designer: Ken Harrison |
Sep 2019 |
| By A Thread | Dance |
An Grianan Kat and Dawg Productions |
Lighting Designer | Jun 2019 | |
| Puffin | Theatre |
Platform, then touring Snap Elastic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Eszter Marsalkó Set designer: Mamoru Iriguchi |
Nov 2018 |
| Shattered | Theatre |
Paisley Arts Centre, then touring In Motion Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jordan Blackwood |
May 2018 |
| The Time Machine | Theatre |
Scottish Storytelling Centre, then touring Rick Conte |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Cannon Set designer: Rebecca Hamilton |
Feb 2018 |
| Beauty and the Beast - Panto | Theatre |
Brunton Theatre Brunton Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Cox Set designer: Janis Hart |
Nov 2017 |
| Seraphina | Theatre |
PACE Confab |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rachel Jury |
Oct 2017 |
| Love Song to Lavender Menace | Theatre |
Lyceum Rehearsal Space, then touring James Ley |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rosalind Philips Set designer: Mamoru Iriguchi |
Oct 2017 |
| Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here | Dance |
Dance Base Company Chordelia |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kally Lloyd Jones Set designer: Janis Hart |
Aug 2017 |
| Descent | Theatre | Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Allie Butler Set designer: Alice Gooden |
Apr 2017 |
| If I Had A Girl | Theatre |
Platform The Bridge, then touring Bijli Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Umar Ahmed Set designer: Michelle Huitson |
Feb 2017 |
| Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here | Dance |
North Wall Oxford, then touring Company Chordelia |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kally Lloyd Jones Set designer: Janis Hart |
Oct 2016 |
| Bloody Girls | Theatre |
Studio 1, Howden Park Theatre, then touring Firefly Arts |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Eleanor Morrison , Director: Kirsty Byres |
Jun 2016, Jul 2016 |
| Bloody Girls | Theatre |
Studio 1, Howden Park Theatre, then touring Firefly Arts |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Eleanor Morrison , Director: Kirsty Byres |
Jun 2016, Jul 2016 |
| Nijinsky's Last Jump | Dance |
Paisley Arts Centre, then touring Company Chordelia |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kally Lloyd Jones Set designer: Janis Hart |
Apr 2016 |
| Netting | Theatre |
Woodend Barn, then touring Woodend Barn |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Allie Butler Set designer: Alice Wilson |
Mar 2016 |
| 30:60:80 | Theatre |
Platform Glasgow, then touring Amy Conway |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Victoria Beesley |
Feb 2016 |
| Torn | Theatre |
Traverse Theatre Edinburgh Faux Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Set designer: Shona Reppe / Francisca Morton | Feb 2016 |
| Tribes | Theatre |
Paltform Glasgow, then touring Solar Bear |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gerry Ramage Set designer: Jessica Brettle |
Sep 2015 |
| Nijinsky's Last Jump | Dance |
Dance Base, then touring Company Chordelia |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kally Lloyd Jones Set designer: Janis Hart |
Aug 2015 |
| Torn | Theatre |
Assembly Roxy Upstairs, then touring Faux Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Shona Reppe Set designer: Shona Reppe / Francisca Morton |
May 2015 |
| Dance Derby | Dance |
Macrobert, Stirling, then touring Company Chordelia |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kally Lloyd Jones Set designer: Janis Hart |
Oct 2014 |
| Smokies | Theatre |
Eastwood Park, then touring Solar Bear |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ramesh Meyappan Set designer: Neil Warmington |
Oct 2014 |
| La Tragedie Comique | Theatre |
Howden Park Centre, Livingston, then touring Plutot la Vie |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ian Cameron Set designer: Ian Halket |
May 2014 |
| I am | Dance |
Edinburgh Festival Theatre Studio, then touring Errol White Company |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Errol White |
Feb 2014 |
| Some Other Mother | Theatre | Adam Smith Theatre, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Catrin Evans Set designer: Claire Halleran |
May 2013 |
| The End of the World (For One Night Only) | Theatre |
Summerhall Red Note Ensemble |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Arnold |
Dec 2012 |
Location availability:
- Worldwide
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Mobile phone |
07732 886874 |
| Email address |
Theatre:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Touring relights
Opera:
- Small scale
- Touring relights
Dance:
- International
- Large Scale
- Medium Scale
- Touring relights
Corporate:
- Product Launches
- Award Ceremonies
Non-professional:
- Dance
- Musicals
- Plays
News
Appearing here soon... a collection of articles from the Focus magazine archives.
Portfolio
Obvious Unrest
Clybourne Park
Shattered
Seraphina
Love Song to Lavender Menace
Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here
Descent
If I Had A Girl
Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here
Bloody Girls
Netting
30:60:80
Tribes
Nijinsky's Last Jump
Torn
Dance Derby
Smokies
I am
Some Other Mother
The End of the World (For One Night Only)
By The Seat of Your Pants
Press quotes
Love Song to Lavender Menace
Played out on Mamoru Iriguchi’s clever touring set of books glowing from blacked-out bookshelves, the production is lit with real invention by Laura Hawkins
Thom Dibdin, The Stage 16/10/2017
Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here
gorgeous lighting designs by Laura Hawkins further augment the show’s uncanny beauty.
Alan Radcliffe, The Times 07/11/2016
Torn
If you want interesting, sensual lighting effects with a hand-made touch - go find Laura Hawkins.
Francisca Morton to Gareth Vile, The Vile Blog 20/01/2016
Morton is a compelling performer, while director and design consultant Shona Reppe and lighting designer Laura Hawkins work together to evoke a memorably wrecked domestic environment, full of transient comforts and huge emotional hazards.
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
Smokies
bring(s) superb lighting effects to accompany the expert mime and clowning in this interpretation
Irene Brown, Edinburgh Guide 01/11/2014
