Gareth Hughes

Biography Credits

Biography

Over three decades in the entertainment lighting business. ETC Eos programmer. Associate LD. Touring re-lights.

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
  • Touring relights
Opera:
  • Large scale
  • 'Country House'
  • Small scale
  • Touring relights
Dance:
  • Small Scale
  • Touring relights
Concert:
Corporate:
  • Conferences
Architectural:
Non-professional:
Education:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Jock & The Beanstalk Theatre Glasgow Pavilion Theatre
Imagine Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jason Taylor
Director: Eric Potts
Emma Theatre Rose Theatre, Kingston
Rose Theatre, Kingston 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Philip Gladwell
Director: Christopher Haydon
Set designer: Lily Arnold
Murder At Midnight Theatre Derby Theatre, then touring
Original Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jason Taylor
Director: Philip Franks
Set designer: Colin Falconer
Peter Pan Theatre Victoria Theatre, Halifax
Imagine Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Will Evans
Director: Robert Marsden
Beauty & The Beastie Theatre Glasgow Pavilion Theatre
Imagine Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jason Taylor
Director: Eric Potts
Mother Goose Theatre Gaiety Theatre Ayr
Gaiety Theatre Ayr 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Director: Ken Alexander
Death Of England - Closing Time Theatre Soho Place
Bill Kenwright Ltd and National Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jackie Shemesh and Chris Davey
Director: Clint Dyer
Set designer: Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey & ULTZ
Death Of England - Delroy Theatre Soho Place
Bill Kenwright Ltd and National Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jackie Shemesh and Chris Davey
Director: Clint Dyer
Set designer: Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey & ULTZ
Death Of England - Michael Theatre Soho Place
Bill Kenwright Ltd and National Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jackie Shemesh and Chris Davey
Director: Clint Dyer
Set designer: Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey & ULTZ
And Then There Were None Theatre Shenzhen Grand Theatre, then touring
Fiery Angel 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Lucy Bailey
Set designer: Mike Britton
The Gifting Theatre Versa Studios, Leeds
Leeds 2023 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Alan Lane & Kully Thiarai
Set designer: Keith Khan
Cinderella Theatre Victoria Theatre, Halifax
Imagine Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Will Evans
Director: Robert Marsden
Beauty & The Beast Musical Princess Theatre, Torquay
Jordan Productions Ltd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Cinderella Theatre Gaiety Theatre Ayr
Gaiety Theatre Ayr 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Director: Ken Alexander
Twelve Angry Men Theatre Theatre Royal Windsor, then touring
Bill Kenwright Ltd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Christopher Haydon
Set designer: Michael Pavelka
And Then There Were None Theatre Royal and Derngate Northampton, then touring
Fiery Angel 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Lucy Bailey
Set designer: Mike Britton
Tarantino Live: Fox Force Five & The Tyranny Of Evil Men Musical Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
For The Record Live 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Anderson Davis
Set designer: Matt Steinbrenner
Richard III Theatre Rose Theatre, Kingston
Rose Theatre, Kingston 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Adjoa Andoh
Sleeping Beauty Theatre Victoria Theatre, Halifax
Imagine Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Will Evans
Director: Robert Marsden
Sleeping Beauty Theatre Gaiety Theatre Ayr
Gaiety Theatre Ayr 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Director: Ken Alexander
Tylwyth Theatre Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, then touring
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru 		Draftsperson Lighting designer: Ceri James
Director: Arwel Gruffydd
Set designer: Tom Rogers
The Shawshank Redemption Theatre Theatre Royal Windsor, then touring
Bill Kenwright Ltd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: David Esbjornson
Set designer: Gary McCann
Operation Julie Musical Aberystwyth Arts Centre, then touring
Theatr na nÓg 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Nick Bache
Director: Geinor Styles
Set designer: Carl Davies
Mad House Theatre The Ambassadors Theatre London
ATG Productions 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Prema Mehta
Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Set designer: Frankie Bradshaw
Ladies Of Letters Theatre Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, then touring
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Joanna Read
Orphans Musical Scottish Tour, then touring
National Theatre Scotland 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Lizzie Powell
Director: Cora Bissett
Set designer: Emily James
Catch Me If You Can Theatre Theatre Royal Windsor, then touring
Bill Kenwright Ltd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Bob Tomson
Footloose the Musical Musical Zurich Maag Music Hall, then touring
Selladoor 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Director: Racky Plews
Sleeping Beauty Theatre Crewe Lyceum Theatre
Crossroads Pantomimes 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Beauty & The Beast Theatre Theatr Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Director: Tamara Harvey
Set designer: Adrian Gee
Anfamol Theatre Sherman Theatre Cardiff, then touring
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Katy Morison
The Cat & The Canary Theatre Theatre Royal Windsor, then touring
Bill Kenwright Ltd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Cinderella Theatre New Theatre Cardiff
Crossroads Pantomimes 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Jack & The Beanstalk Theatre Theatr Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Howland
Director: Zoe Waterman
Set designer: Adrian Gee
Y Cylch Sialc Theatre Ffwrnes, Llanelli, then touring
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Joe Fletcher
North And South Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Heritage Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
The Crucible Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
The Blonde Bombshells of 1943 Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Rory Beaton
Blithe Spirit Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Summer Holiday Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Rory Beaton
Merched Caerdydd / Nos Sadwrn o'r Hyd Theatre Theatr Clwyd, then touring
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Elanor Higgins
Cinderella Theatre Venue Cymru
Qdos Pantomimes 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Dick Whittington and His Cat Theatre Theatr Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Howland
Murder for Two Theatre New Theatre Cardiff, then touring
Paul Taylor Mills 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Chris Withers
Now The Hero Theatre Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
14-18 NOW 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Joe Fletcher
Director: Marc Rees
The Last Witch Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Before The Party Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Travesties Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Quality Street Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Chicago Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Othello Theatre Liverpool Everyman
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Kay Harding
A Clockwork Orange Theatre Liverpool Everyman
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Kay Harding
Paint Your Wagon Theatre Liverpool Everyman
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Kay Harding
Jack & The Beanstalk Theatre Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Qdos Pantomimes 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Nick Richings
Aladdin Theatre His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Qdos Pantomimes 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Nick Richings
Sleeping Beauty Theatre Theatr Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Howland
We're Still Here Theatre Port Talbot
National Theatre Wales 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Andy Purves
Europe Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
The Ruling Class Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Absurd Person Singular Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
People Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Mary Rose Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
High Society Theatre Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Lifted By Beauty Theatre Rhyl
National Theatre Wales 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Ceri James
The Star Musical Liverpool Playhouse
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Aladdin Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Andrew Ellis
Insignificance Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
To Dream Again Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jamie Platt
Jumpy Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: James Whiteside
Cinderella Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Nick Richings
All My Sons Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
The Light Of Heart Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
The Herbal Bed Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Ben Ormerod
Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Not About Heroes Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Director: Tim Baker
Ghosts Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Arms and The Man Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Director: Emma Lucia
Y Fordaith Fawr Theatre Canolfan Hamdden Biwmares
Alleni Môn 		Lighting Designer Director: Tim Baker
A Regular Little Houdini Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Flying Bridge Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Joshua Richards
Copenhagen Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Aristocrats Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Educating Rita Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Glengarry Glen Ross Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
God of Carnage Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Terry Hands
Bruised Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
A Doll's House Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Roots Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Taking Steps Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Gaslight Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
A Child's Christmas in Wales Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Blackthorn Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Terry Hands
Pieces Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Tom White
Shakespeare's Will Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Arden Of Faversham Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Terry Hands
THE GLASS MENAGERIE Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Tom White
A History of Falling Things Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Tom White
Noises Off Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Terry Hands
The Drawer Boy Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
The Suicide Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Arnim Friess
Measure for Measure Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Tina MacHugh
Cariad Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Designer Director: Kate Wasserberg
A Toy Epic Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Nick Beadle
Suddenly Last Summer Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Stuart Jenkins
Of Mice and Men Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Keith Hemming
Memory Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru, then touring
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Terry Hands
The Grapes of Wrath Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Tina MacHugh
The Birthday Party Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Clwyd Theatr Cymru 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: David Cunningham
1001 Nights Now Theatre Nottingham Playhouse, then touring
Northern Stage 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Mark Pritchard
The Creeper Theatre
Centreline Productions 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Mick Hughes
Cosi Fan Tutte Opera The Sage, Gateshead
The Samling Foundation 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Robert Bryan
Man And Boy Theatre Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, then touring
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Mick Hughes
Director: Maria Aitken
Tosca Opera
London Opera Players 		Lighting Designer
The Merry Widow Opera
Carl Rosa Opera 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Tina MacHugh
Assassins Opera HMP Ashwell
Pimlico Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Robin Carter
Hunyadi Laszlo Opera Sherbourne School, then touring
Dorset Opera 		Lighting Designer
Y Pasiant Theatre Y Ganolfan, Porthmadog
Pasiant Porthmadog 		Lighting Designer
Dan Y Wenallt Theatre Theatr Gwynedd, then touring
Cwmni Theatr Gwynedd 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Tony Bailey Hughes
Don Giovanni Opera
London Opera Players 		Lighting Designer
The Winslow Boy Theatre Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, then touring
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Robert Bryan
Norma Opera Sherbourne School
Dorset Opera 		Lighting Designer
Yaa Asantewaa Dance
Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Robert Bryan
West Side Story Musical HMP Winchester
Pimlico Opera 		Lighting Designer
Cosi Fan Tutte Opera
Pimlico Opera 		Lighting Designer
Macbeth Opera Sherbourne School
Dorset Opera 		Lighting Designer
Fortunio Opera The Grange
Grange Park Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Chris Davey
I Capuleti e I Montecchi Opera The Grange
Grange Park Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Chris Davey
Cosi Fan Tutte Opera The Grange
Grange Park Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Chris Davey
The Contractor Theatre Derby Playhouse, then touring
Oxford Stage Company 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Simon Bennison
Educating Rita Theatre Palace Theatre, Westcliff
Green & Lenagan 		Lighting Designer Director: Roy Marsden
The Hobbit Theatre Queens Theatre, London
Vanessa Ford Productions 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Robin Carter
Howie The Rookie Theatre Bush Theatre, London, then touring
Bush Theatre 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Simon Bennison
The Mikado Opera Savoy Theatre
D'Oyly Carte Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Eugene Onegin Opera
Pimlico Opera 		Lighting Designer
Salvator Rosa Opera Sherbourne School
Dorset Opera 		Lighting Designer
Rinaldo Opera The Grange
Grange Park Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Eugene Onegin Opera The Grange
Grange Park Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
The Mikado Opera The Grange
Grange Park Opera 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Wayne Dowdeswell
Belly Theatre Old Red Lion Theatre
Living Proof Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Raz Shaw
Troilus and Cressida Theatre Old Vic Theatre, then touring
Oxford Stage Company 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: Simon Bennison
5 O'Clock Angel Theatre Palace Theatre, Westcliff, then touring
Green & Lenagan 		Production Electrician Lighting designer: David Edwards
A Christmas Carol Theatre Palace Theatre, Westcliff
Green & Lenagan 		Lighting Designer Director: Roy Marsden
The Demon Headmaster - The Musical Musical Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring
Green & Lenagan 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: David Howe
Bing Bong Theatre
Green & Lenagan 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: David Edwards
Trojan Women Theatre Cambridge Arts Theatre
Cambridge Greek Play Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Jane Montgomery
Simon Boccanegra Opera Glyndebourne Opera House
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Henderson
Katya Kabanova Opera Glyndebourne Opera House
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Wolfgang Gobbel
Orpheus Dance
Adonais Ballet Company 		Touring Re-Lighter
The Makropulos Case Opera Glyndebourne Opera House
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Henderson