Matt Haskins
Biography
Matt is an international lighting designer working in theatre, opera, site specific, concert and corporate environments.
Theatre credits include: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre West End, UK, Australasian Tours); The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep, UK Tour); Death of a Salesman (UK Tour); Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (UK Tour); The Picture of Dorian Gray (UK Tour); Hobson's Choice, Crocodiles (Manchester Royal Exchange); Cost of Living, I and You (Hampstead Theatre); Wilderness, Strange Death of John Doe, No One Will Tell Me How To Start A Revolution, Kiss Me (Hampstead Downstairs); Nina (Unity Theatre, Riksteatren & Young Vic); Games For Lovers (Vaults Theatre); Zorro (Hope Mill Theatre); Last Five Years (New Wolsey Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Queens Theatre Hornchurch); Aladdin (Salisbury Playhouse); Great Apes, The House of Mirrors & Hearts (Arcola Theatre); Roundelay (Southwark Playhouse); 1001 Nights, The Edge (Transport Theatre/ Unicorn Theatre/ New Wolsey); The Little Beasts (The Other Palace); Wind in the Willows, The Years Between (Royal & Derngate); Truth & Reconciliation (The Royal Court); Dream Story, Mud (Gate Theatre); Steel Magnolias (Bath Theatre Royal/ UK Tour).
Opera credits include: Coraline (ROH/ Barbican Theatre, European Tour); Sukanya (ROH/ LPO/ Royal Festival Hall); The Snowmaiden, Hansel & Gretel, La Cenerentola, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, Turn of the Screw, Cautionary Tales (Opera North), La Cenerentola (Irish National Opera); Romée et Juliette, Der Fliegende Holländer (Estonian National Opera); Wuthering Heights (Opera National Lorraine); A Quiet Place (Opera Zuid); Albert Herring (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino); La Cenerentola (Mälmo Opera/ Teatrio Regio Turin); Anna Bolena (Teatro Donizetti Bergamo); Roberto Devereux (Teatro Real Madrid); Glare (Royal Opera House - Linbury Theatre), The Virtues of Things, The Commission, Cafe Kafka (Royal Opera House/ Aldeburgh Music/ Opera North); Anna Bolena, Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda (Welsh National Opera); Maria Stuarda (Royal Opera House Oman); Turn of the Screw (The Israeli Opera); Le nozze di Figaro (Nevill Holt); Babur In London (The Opera Group); Into the Little Hill (Hamburg Laeiszhalle); Dialogues des Carmelites, Cendrillon (Royal Northern Collge of Music).
Installation/ Corporate Credits include: Ada Lovelace Dress (3000 pixel LED period dress); Neon Garden (Zoe Bradley/ Galeria Melissa); Cointreau Creative Awards (Liberty London Atrium); ASOS Captial Markets (Design Museum); Open Outcry (Barclays/Mansion House); BBC Iplayer Launch, Elle Style Awards 2014/2015, Havana 7 Days, Thanks A Million, Cabaret Les Embiez and other numerous London Fashion Week projects (Blonstein & Associates); Till We Meet In England (Peckham Safehouse); Walk With Me (Girl Effect/ Punchdrunk); Dido Queen of Carthage (Kensington Palace).
Concert Credits: Grace Jones (Royal Albert Hall).
Associate LD: The Master & Margarita (Complicite)
Matt has lit all Peppa Pig Live theatre shows since 2009.
Matt holds a BA (Hons) in Lighting Design. He has been nominated for both Offie & Knight of Illumination Awards.
Previous productions
In repertoire
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roméo et Juliette | Opera | Estonian National Opera | Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Barlow Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
| Der fliegende Holländer | Opera |
Estonia Opera house Estonian National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Pamela Recinella Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zorro The Musical | Theatre |
Hope Mill Theatre Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Christian Durham Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
Mar 2020 |
| Some Mothers Do 'Ave Them | Theatre |
Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring Limelight Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth Set designer: Simon Higlett |
Feb 2020 |
| Coraline | Opera |
Folkoperan Stockholm Folkopera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aletta Collins Set designer: Giles Cadle |
Feb 2020 |
| Turn of the screw | Opera |
Leed Grand Theatre, then touring Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alessandro Talevi Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
Feb 2020 |
| London Fashion Week AW20 | Corporate & Industrial |
Various - Including Central Hall Westminster/ ICA Blonstein and Associates |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Blonstein |
Feb 2020 |
| Sukanya | Opera |
Royal Festival Hall London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Suba Das |
Jan 2020 |
| Dialogues des Carmelites | Opera | Royal Northern College of Music | Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Anna Bonomelli |
Dec 2019 |
| La Cenerentola | Opera |
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Irish National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Nicky Shaw |
Nov 2019 |
| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Theatre |
Cheltenham Everyman, then touring Kenny Wax Ltd and Stage Presence Ltd present the Mischief Theatre production |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Meggido Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Oct 2019 |
| Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever | Theatre | Limelight/Fiery Angel | Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Oct 2019 |
| BBC IPlayer Skygarden Launch | Corporate & Industrial |
Skygarden Blonstein and Associates |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Blonstein |
Oct 2019 |
| Roméo et Juliette | Opera | Estonian National Opera | Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Barlow Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
Sep 2019 |
| Lovely Bones | Theatre | Birmingham Rep | Lighting Designer |
Director: Melly Still Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares Pita |
Sep 2019 |
| Games For Lovers | Theatre | The Vaults | Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Banks Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Jul 2019 |
| Hobson's Choice | Theatre |
Royal Exchange Manchester Manchester Royal Exchange |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Atri Banerjee Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
May 2019 |
| Wuthering Heights | Opera | Opéra National de Lorraine à Nancy | Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
May 2019 |
| Wilderness | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Lucy Sierra |
Mar 2019 |
| Dorian Gray | Theatre |
Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring Tilted Wig |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Séan Aydon Set designer: Sarah Beaton |
Mar 2019 |
| Roberto Devereux | Opera |
Welsh Millenium Centre, then touring Welsh National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alessandro Talevi Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
Feb 2019 |
| Sainsbury's TU | Corporate & Industrial | Studio Boum | Lighting Designer | Set designer: Emily Pugh | Feb 2019 |
| Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | Theatre |
Orchard Theatre Dartford, then touring Limelight/Fiery Angel |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Feb 2019 |
| Cost of Living | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre Upstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed Hall Set designer: Michael Pavelka |
Jan 2019 |
| Oliver Spencer | Corporate & Industrial |
Royal Academy Of Art Blonstein and Associates |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Blonstein |
Jan 2019 |
| Teletubbies | Theatre | Limelight/Fiery Angel | Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Nov 2017, Jan 2019 |
| A Quiet Place | Opera |
THEATER AAN HET VRIJTHOF, then touring Opera Zuid |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Orpha Phelan Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
Nov 2018 |
| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Theatre |
Australian & New Zealand Tour Mischeif Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Meggido Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Oct 2018 |
| I AND YOU | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre Upstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed Hall Set designer: Michael Pavelka |
Oct 2018 |
| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | Irish Tour, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
Oct 2018 |
| Lovely Bones | Theatre |
Royal Theatre Northampton, then touring Birmingham Rep |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Melly Still Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares Pita |
Sep 2018 |
| Le nozze di Figaro | Opera | Nevill Holt Opera | Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Austin Set designer: Simon Kenny |
Jun 2018 |
| The Strange Death of John Doe | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ed Hall Set designer: Michael Pavelka |
May 2018 |
| Peppa Pig's Surprise | Theatre |
Bunjil Place - Melbourne, then touring Austrailia & New Zealand Tour |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Apr 2018 |
| Coraline | Opera |
Barbican Theatre, then touring Royal Opera House |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aletta Collins Set designer: Gile Cadle |
Mar 2018 |
| Great Apes | Theatre |
Arcola Studio 1 Arcola |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Oscar Pearce Set designer: Sarah Beaton |
Mar 2018 |
| Some Mothers Do 'Ave Them | Theatre |
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, then touring Limelight Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth Set designer: Simon Higlett |
Feb 2018 |
| Don Giovanni | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: Alessandro Talevi Set designer: Madeleine Boyd |
Feb 2018 |
| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre | The Lowry, Salford, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
Jan 2018 |
| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre |
Stadsteatern, Stockholm Stadsteatern, Stockholm |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
Dec 2017 |
| Cendrillon | Opera |
Royal Northern College of Music Royal Northern College of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Olivia Fuchs Set designer: Yannis Thavoris |
Dec 2017 |
| Teletubbies | Theatre | Limelight/Fiery Angel | Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Nov 2017, Jan 2019 |
| Til We Meet In England | Theatre |
Peckham Safehouse Lost Text Found Space |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rebecca McCutcheon Set designer: Talulah Mason |
Nov 2017 |
| Peppa Pig's Adventure | Theatre | Limelight/Fiery Angel | Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Lewis Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Oct 2017 |
| No One Will Tell Me How To Start A Revolution | Theatre |
Hampstead Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Rosanna Vize |
Sep 2017 |
| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre |
Traverse, Edinburgh Unity Theatre/ Riksteatern/ Young Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
Aug 2017 |
| Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone | Theatre |
Young Vic (Maria) Unity Theatre/ Riksteatern/ Young Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dritero Kaspari Set designer: Rosa Maggiora |
Jul 2017 |
| The Little Beasts | Musical |
The Other Palace Perfect Pitch |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Hinde |
Jul 2017 |
| Neon Garden | Environmental |
Galeria Melissa Zoe Bradley |
Lighting Designer | Jun 2017 | |
| Kiss Me | Theatre |
Trafalagar Studios (2) Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
Jun 2017 |
| Sukanya | Opera | ROH, LPO, Curve Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Suba Das Set designer: 59 Productions |
May 2017 |
| Death of a Salesman | Theatre | Northampton Royal & Derngate | Lighting Designer |
Director: Abigail Graham Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
Apr 2017 |
| Roundelay | Theatre |
Southwark Playhouse - Large Visible |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Moi Tran |
Feb 2017 |
| La Cenerentola | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: Aletta Collins Set designer: Giles Cadle |
Feb 2017 |
| Hansel and Gretel | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: Edward Dick Set designer: Giles Cadle |
Feb 2017 |
| The Snow Maiden | Opera | Opera North | Lighting Designer |
Director: John Fulljames Set designer: Giles Cadle |
Jan 2017 |
| Aladdin | Theatre | Salisbury Playhouse | Lighting Designer |
Director: Ryan McBryde Set designer: Juliet Shillingford |
Dec 2016 |
| Kiss Me | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Ledwich Set designer: Georgia Lowe |
Nov 2016 |
| Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Theatre |
Apollo Theatre, West End Mischief Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adam Meggido Set designer: Simon Scullion |
Oct 2016 |
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 | 07866536305 |
Theatre:
- International
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
Musical:
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
Opera:
- International
- Large scale
Corporate:
- Open Air Events
- Fashion Shows
- Award Ceremonies
Architectural:
- Commercial & Retail
- Displays & Art
Education:
- Lectures
- Workshops
News
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Portfolio
Zorro The Musical
Some Mothers Do 'Ave Them
Turn of the screw
Coraline
Dialogues des Carmelites
La Cenerentola
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Roméo et Juliette
Lovely Bones
Wuthering Heights
Wilderness
Dorian Gray
Roberto Devereux
Cost of Living
A Quiet Place
I AND YOU
Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone
Lovely Bones
The Strange Death of John Doe
Coraline
Great Apes
Some Mothers Do 'Ave Them
Don Giovanni
Neon Garden
Kiss Me
Death of a Salesman
La Cenerentola
Hansel and Gretel
The Snow Maiden
Aladdin
Kiss Me
Press quotes
Nina - A Story about Me and Nina Simone
Matt Haskins’ stunning lighting design and Rosa Maggiora’s stage design makes for al‐ most cinematic viewing, with varying projec‐ tions being shown on the shimmering fringe curtain that covers the back wall of the stage, and vintage lamps shining behind the same curtain to add that 70s golden glamour. The lighting masterfully transitions with the en‐ ergy of the piece, maintaining its immediacy without overpowering it.
Saskia Coomber, A Younger Theatre 26/07/2017
Bold, dramatic lighting from Matt Haskins combines with Dritёro Kasapi’s video projections to mould and change Rosa Maggiora’s deceptively simple designs, making the theatre space feel at once intimate and as huge as an arena stage.
Nigel Smith, Good News Liverpool 19/10/2016
Kiss Me
Matt Haskins' lighting design resonates perfectly with the narrative and Lowe's set. His blackouts and other expedients add a singular and sometimes eerie value to the production, especially when paired with Sarah Weltman's sound design.
Cindy Marcolina, Broadway World 10/06/2017
Sukanya
...the stage atmosphere comes from evocative back projections and careful lighting.
David Gutman, The Stage 22/05/2017
Death of a Salesman
The family unit pushes and pulls and noisily creaks with pain at times, the acting unit of four pay back the director generously for her confidence in them. Some slick lighting from Matt Haskins assists with the theme and that focus on the family home.
David Robinson, Reviews Hub 14/06/2017
La Cenerentola
The swelling storm is impressively conjured, too, and while the orchestra booms, the sparing but striking use of projections (designed by Andrzej Goulding) supports the mood well.
Matthew Haskins’s lighting aids this dramatic moment as well as the gentle conjuring of—not magic, in this version, but gentle wonder. For instance, both staging and light provide a slightly otherworldly feel to the appearances of Alidoro, the prince’s tutor who presides over the story, bowler-hatted and upright like a Man from the Ministry ex machina.
Mark Smith, British Theatre Guide 09/03/2017
The Snow Maiden
Matthew Haskins' stark lighting sets a background of permanent twilight where the sun never shines.
Dave Cunningham, The Reviews Hub 11/03/2017
