Rory is a freelance lighting designer whose work spans West End, Regional and UK Touring productions as well as projects overseas.

Rory recently won the Broadway World award for Best Lighting Design for his work on “The Lord of the Rings” and is a WhatsOnStage award nominee for his work on the West End production of “The Time Traveller’s Wife” musical.

West End credits include: The Time Traveller’s Wife Musical (Apollo), For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy (Garrick & Apollo); The Merchant of Venice 1936 (Criterion); Wild About You (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Your Lie In April (Harold Pinter); Death Drop: Back in the Habit (Garrick); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! (Coliseum); Instructions For A Teenage Armageddon (Garrick).

Other select credits include: The Lord of the Rings (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre & Watermill); The Merchant of Venice 1936 (Royal Shakespeare Company, West End and UK Tour); Starter for Ten (Bristol Old Vic); Jews. In Their Own Words & For Black Boys… (Royal Court, London); Lovely Ugly City (Almeida); The Creakers (Theatre Royal Plymouth); Unexpected Twist (UK Tour); Spike, Kiss Me Kate & The Lord of the Rings (Watermill); 70 Års Opera (Danish National Opera); Macbeth, La Bohème, Elizabeth I, Dido & Aeneas, Radamisto (English Touring Opera); West End Producer - Free Willy! (Cuffe & Taylor); 60 Miles by Road or Rail (Royal & Derngate); Summer Holiday, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Bolton Octagon); Half Empty Glasses, A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain, The Ultimate Pickle (Paines Plough); Dishoom! (UK Tour); Spike (UK Tour); Marx in London! (Scottish Opera).

www.rorybeaton.co.uk