Simon Hayes
Biography
Simon is a Scottish based theatre lighting designer who has worked with a variety of companies including The National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Tron Theatre, The Citizens Theatre, Beacon Arts, Snap Elastic, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival, Dandelion Festival, Jordan and Skinner and Glass Performance.
Originally from Lincolnshire, Simon has been in Scotland for 20 years after heading North to study Technical Theatre Production at Queen Margaret University College’s Gateway Theatre. He lives outside Edinburgh in the East Lothian Countryside with his partner, two children and Cosmo the dog.
Credits include: Dear Billy (National Theatre of Scotland); Moonset (The Citizens Theatre); The Time Machine (Jordan & Skinner); Eat Me (Snap Elastic); Pride & Prejudice *Sort of (Royal Lyceum Theatre); Shift (National Theatre of Scotland); Motherf***er with the Hat (Tron Theatre);
Simon is also co-creative director of Lightworks, which specialises in large scale site responsive lighting design, immersive light art and show pieces. As part of Lightworks, Simon has been involved in projects across the UK from rooftops to woodlands, harbours to museums on projects specialising in blurring the lines between different creative media. Previous projects include the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew and Edinburgh, Blenheim Palace, RHS Wisley and My Light Shines On for the Edinburgh International Festival. Please see www.makinglight.work for more information.
Simon enjoys collaborating with artists to produce thought provoking, stimulating and evocative designs (as well as the occasional bit of joy and silliness...)
Previous productions
Previous productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
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Dear Billy | Theatre | National Theatre of Scotland | Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Simon Hayes & Kate Bonney Director: Joe Douglas Set designer: Claire Halloran |
May 2023 |
Moonset | Theatre |
Tron Theatre, Glasgow, then touring Citizens Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joanna Bowman Set designer: Jen McGinley |
Feb 2023 |
8 Songs for a Mad King | Opera |
Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Hathaway Set designer: Megan Adair & Erin Dougherty |
Feb 2020 |
Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort of) | Theatre |
Bristol Old Vic, then touring Edinburgh Royal Lyceum |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Brotherston Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares Pita |
Sep 2019 |
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego | Theatre |
Pleasance, then touring Jordan & Skinner |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Caitlin Skinner |
Sep 2019 |
Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort of) | Theatre |
Tron Theatre, Glasgow Blood of the Young |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Brotherston Set designer: Ann Ines Jabares-Pita |
Jun 2018 |
Shift | Theatre |
Summerlee Heritage Centre, Coatbridge National Theatre of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Simon Sharky Set designer: Becky Minto |
Mar 2018 |
Mother F**ker with the Hat | Theatre |
Tron Theatre, Glasgow Tron Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Arnold Set designer: Kenny Miller |
Mar 2018 |
WOke | Theatre | Guilded Balloon, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Caitlin Skinner |
Aug 2017 |
At a Stretch | Theatre |
Scottish Storytelling Centre, then touring Jordan & Skinner |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Caitlin Skinner Set designer: Alice Wilson |
Aug 2017 |
Is this a Dagger | Theatre | Red Bridge Arts | Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Cannon |
Aug 2017 |
Daphne Oram's Wonderful World of Sound | Theatre |
Tron Theatre, Glasgow, then touring Blood of the Young |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Brotherston Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares Pita |
May 2017 |
Henry IV | Theatre |
Chandler Studio, Glasgow Baird in the Botanics |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gordon Barr Set designer: Carys Hobbs |
Mar 2017 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theatre |
Chander Studio, Glasgow Baird in the Botanics |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Hugh Hodgart Set designer: Carys Hobbs |
Mar 2017 |
The Man Who Followed His Legs and Kept on Walking | Theatre | Wee Stories | Lighting Designer |
Director: Iain Johnstone Set designer: Claire Halleran |
Oct 2016 |
Expensive S**t | Theatre |
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring Made in Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adura Onashile Set designer: Karen Tennant |
Jul 2016 |
Blackout | Theatre |
Changing House, Tron Theatre, Glasgow, then touring New Room Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Brotherston |
Apr 2016 |
Eat Me | Theatre |
Changing House, Tron Theatre, Glasgow Tron Lab |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Eszter Marsalk |
Apr 2016 |
Much Ado about Nothing | Theatre |
Chandler Studio, Glasgow Baird in the Botanics |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jennifer Dick Set designer: Carys Hobbs |
Mar 2016 |
Hamlet | Theatre |
Chandler Studio, Glasgow Baird in the Botanics |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gordon Barr Set designer: Carys Hobbs |
Mar 2016 |
Greater Belfast | Theatre |
Changing House, Tron Theatre, Glasgow, then touring Little King |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Claire Willoughby |
Feb 2016 |
Electric Glen | Environmental |
Rouken Glan Park East Renfrewshine Council |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Phil Supple |
Feb 2016 |
Aladdin | Theatre |
Howden Park Centre, Livingston Plutot la Vie |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tim Licata Set designer: Francis Gallop |
Dec 2015 |
Dick McWhitington | Theatre |
New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alasdair Hawthorn Set designer: Robin Peoples |
Dec 2015 |
Lovers | Theatre |
Cumbernauld Theatre Cumbernauld Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tony Cownie |
Nov 2015 |
What Goes Around | Theatre |
Cumbernauld Theatre, then touring Cumbernauld Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tony Cownie Set designer: Neil Murray |
Sep 2015 |
A Gamblers Guide to Dying | Theatre |
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring Show & Tell |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gareth Nicholls |
Aug 2015 |
Jekyll and Hyde | Theatre |
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, then touring Lung Ha's Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Caitlin Skinner Set designer: Becky Minto |
Mar 2015 |
Les Mamelles de Tirésias | Opera |
Agos Studio, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Hathaway |
Feb 2015 |
Dido and Aeneas | Opera |
Agos Studio, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Hathaway |
Feb 2015 |
Mother Goose | Theatre |
New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alasdair Hawthorn Set designer: Robin Peoples |
Dec 2014 |
Jack & The Beanstalk | Theatre |
The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh The Brunton Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Cox Set designer: Robin Peoples |
Nov 2014 |
Cardinal Sinne | Theatre |
Tron Theatre, Glasgow Glasgay! |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Grant Smeaton Set designer: Veronica Rennie |
Oct 2014 |
Sanitise | Theatre |
Underbelly, Edinburgh, then touring Jordan & Skinner |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Caitlin Skinner Set designer: Alice Wilson |
Aug 2014 |
The Tin Forest - South West | Theatre | Site Specific | Lighting Designer |
Director: Gareth Nicholls & Pete Collins Set designer: Claire Halleran |
Jun 2014 |
Ghost Peleton | Environmental |
Site Specific, Leeds NVA |
Production Electrician |
Lighting designer: Phil Supple Director: Angus Farquhar |
May 2014 |
The Tin Forest Springburn | Theatre |
Springburn, Glasgow National Theatre of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Philippa Tomlin |
Mar 2014 |
Hebrides Ensemble | Concert |
The Sage, Gateshead, then touring Hebrides Ensemble |
Lighting Designer | Feb 2014 | |
Into the New | Theatre |
The Arches, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer | Jan 2014 | |
Sleeping Beauty | Theatre |
The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh The Brunton Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tim Licata Set designer: Francis Gallop |
Nov 2013 |
The Beaux Stratagem | Theatre |
Chandler Studio Theatre Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robert Carson Set designer: Isaac Wilcox |
Oct 2013 |
The Enchanted Forest - Absorb | Theatre |
Faskally Woods, Pitlochry EFCT |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Kate Bonney |
Oct 2013 |
Woman Beware Woman | Theatre |
Agos Studio, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gordon Barr Set designer: Hazel Blue |
May 2013 |
All's Well that ends well | Theatre |
Agos Studio, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bill Wright Set designer: Hazel Blue |
May 2013 |
Bullet Catch | Theatre |
The Arches, Glasgow, then touring The Arches |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Overend Set designer: Francis Gallop |
Mar 2013 |
Comedy of Errors | Theatre |
Chandler Studio, Glasgow Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Pete Collins |
Jan 2013 |
Into the New | Theatre | The Arches, Glasgow | Lighting Designer | Jan 2013 | |
Snow White | Theatre |
The Byre, St. Andrews Baird in the Botanics |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gordon Barr Set designer: Carys Hobbs |
Nov 2012 |
The Importance of Being Ernest | Theatre |
Chandler Studio Theatre Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robert Carson Set designer: Cassie Pettigrew |
Nov 2012 |
Para Handy | Theatre |
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, then touring Eden Court and Open Book |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Bett Set designer: Annette Gillies |
Sep 2011 |
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