Ian Saunders

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Biography

Ian studied at Rose Bruford College and since graduating he has designed the lighting for various scales of shows throughout the UK ranging from regional repertory theatre, through fringe theatres and also including touring shows. The styles of shows are just as varied whether they are straight plays, musicals, opera, comedy or site specific theatre in a department store, nightclub or tent.

He has also been the Associate Lighting Designer for the National Theatre production of 'An Inspector Calls' as produced by PW Productions between 2005 & 2015 where he has re-created Rick Fisher's award winning lighting design for three UK Tours, and Australian tour and two West End Seasons (2009/10).

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
Opera:
  • Small scale
Dance:
Concert:
Corporate:
  • Exhibition Stands
  • Fashion Shows
  • Award Ceremonies
Architectural:
  • Displays & Art
Non-professional:
  • Musicals
  • Plays
Education:

Availability

Company:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Oh What A Lovely War! Theatre Arts University Bournemouth Film Studio
Arts University Bournemouth 		Lighting Designer
Bonnie and Clyde - The Musical Musical Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview Academy 		Lighting Designer Director: Tim Luscombe
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Oh What A Lovely War! Theatre Lighthouse, Poole
Arts University Bournemouth 		Lighting Designer Director: Kenneth Robertson
Set designer: Sylvain Perez-Jacobs
The Importance of Being Earnest Theatre Ivy Arts Centre, University of Surrey
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Jaq Bessell
Set designer: Neil Irish
Les Miserables Theatre Ivy Arts Centre, University of Surrey
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan Holloway
Set designer: Neil Irish
Half a sixpence Musical Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview Academy 		Lighting Designer Director: James Powell
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Jerry Springer The Opera Musical Electric Theatre, Guildford
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Charlotte Conquest
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Nicholas Nickleby Theatre Ivy Arts Centre, University of Surrey
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan Holloway
Set designer: Neil Irish
Don Juan Comes Back From The War Theatre Ivy Arts Centre, University of Surrey
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Xavier Leret
Set designer: Nicolai Hart-Hansen
Spring Awakening Musical Ivy Arts Centre, University of Surrey
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Charlotte Conquest
Set designer: Neil Irish
Iolanthe Theatre Watford Palace Theatre
Abbots Langley G&S Society 		Lighting Designer
Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Watford Palace Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Kate Saxon
Set designer: Cleo Pettitt
A Little Night Music Musical Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Jacqui Somerville
Set designer: Mia Flodquist
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Musical Electric Theatre, Guildford
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Tim Flavin
Set designer: Roger Ness
Terrorism Theatre Electric Theatre, Guildford
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Ken McClymont
Set designer: Ken McClymont
The Full Monty Musical Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Set designer: Scenic Projects Ltd
Krunch Theatre The Albany, Deptford, then touring
Talawa Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Set designer: Susannah Henry
Nine - The Musical Musical Bellairs Playhouse
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Marilyn Cutts
Set designer: PJ McEvoy
Buried Child Theatre Cockpit Theatre, London
Mountview 		Lighting Designer Director: Richard Vincent
Set designer: Caroline Reid
Trial By Jury Musical Watford Palace Theatre
Abbots Langley Gilbert & Sullivan Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Clive Bebee
HMS Pinafore Musical Watford Palace Theatre
Abbots Langley Gilbert & Sullivan Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Clive Bebee
Rapunzel (or the Magic Pig) Theatre The Mirror Tent at BMW Oxford
Creation Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Charlotte Conquest
Set designer: Lucy Wilkinson
Her Naked Skin Theatre Bellairs Playhouse
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Peter Harris
Set designer: Tina Gardiner
Beauty and the Beast Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cox
Set designer: Scenic Projects Ltd
The Country Wife Non-professional New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Suffolk Youth Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Platt
Frogs Non-professional Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury
St Gabriels Schools, Newbury 		Lighting Designer Director: Sue Baxter
Dracula Theatre Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
Arts University College Bournemouth 		Lighting Designer Director: Ellie Nixon
Set designer: Bruno Santini
Beauty and the Beast Theatre Mirror Tent, BMW Oxford
Creation Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Punshon
Set designer: Rachel Canning
Sweeney Todd Non-professional Alban Arena - St. Albans
St. Albans Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cox
Set designer: Scenic Projects Ltd
Krunch Theatre Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Tottenham
Talawa Young People's Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Amani Naphtali
Set designer: Rajha Shakiry
The Mikado Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Abbots Langley G&S Society 		Lighting Designer
Hans Christian Andersen's Magical Tales Theatre Mirror Tent at BMW Oxford
Creation Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Caroline Leslie
Set designer: Tom Rogers
The Baby Theatre
Academy of Live & Records Arts 		Lighting Designer Director: Glen Walford
Children of Eden Non-professional Leatherhead Theatre
Stagecoach Theatre Arts 		Lighting Designer Director: Erica Lawrence
Make Love, Not War? Theatre Drill Hall, London
Talawa Young People's Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Thierry Lawson
Set designer: Lise Marker
A Night Out Theatre Electric Theatre, Guildford
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Ken McClymont
Set designer: Roger Ness
Serious Money Theatre Electric Theatre, Guildford
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Gari Jones
Set designer: Roger Ness
Chess Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cox
Set designer: Scenic Projects Ltd
Woyzeck Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Carboard Citizens 		Lighting Designer Director: Adrian Jackson
Set designer: Fred Meller
Twelfth Night Theatre The Theatre, Chipping Norton
Oxford School of Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: George Peck
Set designer: Sophie Jump
Ruddigore Musical Watford Palace Theatre
Abbots Langley G&S Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Linda Dyne
The Importance of Being Earnest Theatre Trestle Arts Base, St. Albans, then touring
OVO 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Nichols
State Fair Musical Main Theatre, Arts Educational
Arts Ed 		Lighting Designer Director: Robert Howie
Set designer: Tim McQuillan Wright
Charity Wars Theatre Pleasance, London
StoneCrabs Productions Ltd 		Lighting Designer Director: Natascha Metherell
Set designer: Richard Andrzejewski
Annie Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cox
Set designer: Owen Williams
Hello Again Theatre Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Birmingham School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Chew
Set designer: David Crisp
O Go My Man Theatre Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Birmingham School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Natalie Wilson
Set designer: David Crisp
The Gondoliers Theatre Watford Palace Theatre
Abbots Langley G&S Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Mike Monk
Timon of Athens Theatre Shakespeare Centre,Stratford upon Avon, then touring
Cardboard Citizens / RSC 		Lighting Designer Director: Adrian Jackson
Set designer: Fred Mellor
Inglorious Technicolour Theatre McCarthy Auditorium
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough 		Lighting Designer Director: Laurie Sansom
Set designer: Philip Witcomb
Kiss Me Kate Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Alan Cox
Set designer: Martin Smith
Titanic : The Musical Musical Electric Theatre, Guildford
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: Gerry Tebbutt
Set designer: David Collis
The Wizard of Oz Musical New Theatre, Oxford
Pele Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: David Fleeshman
Set designer: Scenic Projects Ltd
Fiddler on the Roof Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Cassio Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Nikki Scott
Set designer: Martin Smith
Into The Woods Musical The New Players Theatre, London
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 		Lighting Designer Director: Ken Caswell
Set designer: Susannah Henry
The Shy Gas Man Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Sweetheart Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Garry Cooper
Set designer: Chloe Lamford
Anne of Green Gables Theatre Bellairs Playhouse
Guildford School of Acting 		Lighting Designer Director: William Renton
Set designer: Roger Ness
The King and I Non-professional Watford Palace Theatre
Cassio Operatic Society 		Lighting Designer Director: Nikki Scott
Set designer: Elly Rogers
Grass Is Always Greener Theatre Studio 1, Battersea Arts Centre
Al & Joe 		Lighting Designer
The Smallest Person Theatre Pod Deco, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then touring
Trestle Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Emily Gray
Set designer: Tim Meacock
The Ring Road Tales Environmental Destiny Nightclub, Watford
Palace Theatre, Watford 		Lighting Designer Director: Kirsty Davis
Set designer: Chloe Lamford
Lucia di Lammermoor Opera Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, then touring
New Sussex Opera 		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Ruta-Moxham
Set designer: Jason Southgate
News From the Seventh Floor Environmental Clements Department Store, Watford
Wilson & Wilson 		Lighting Designer Director: Wils Wilson
Set designer: Louise Wilson
Macbeth Theatre Corn Exchange, Newbury, then touring
Young Shakespeare Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Christopher Geelan
Set designer: Bridget Kimak
Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze Opera Cochrane Theatre, London
Trinity College of Music 		Lighting Designer Director: Michael Ruta-Moxham
Set designer: Jason Southgate
The Importance of Being Earnest Theatre Manchester Library Theatre, then touring
Lip Service 		Lighting Designer Director: Lawrence Till
Set designer: Richard Foxton
Cor Blimey Theatre Palace Theatre, Watford
Lighting Designer Director: Lawrence Till
Set designer: Richard Foxton
The Brick Theatre Man In The Moon Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Michael Ruta-Moxham
Set designer: Jason Southgate
Three Steps To Heaven Musical
Palace Theatre, Watford 		Lighting Designer Director: Clifford Milner
Set designer: Rebecca Janaway
Talent Theatre Mercury Theatre, Colchester, then touring
Lighting Designer Director: Joanna Read
Set designer: Nancy Surman
Passport to Danger Theatre Palace Theatre Watford
Lighting Designer Director: Laurie Sansom
Set designer: Matt Walker
Burglar Beware Theatre Rose & Crown Theatre, Hampton Wick
Grip Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Steve Canny
Set designer: Stuart Howcraft
Gaffer Theatre Rose & Crown Theatre, Hampton Wick
Grip Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Martin Richards
Set designer: Max Scianna
Darkness Falls Theatre Palace Theatre Watford
Lighting Designer Director: Giles Croft
Set designer: Nick Sargent
Love Bites Theatre Palace Theatre, Watford, then touring
Palace Theatre Watford Education Dept 		Lighting Designer Director: Bernadette Moran
Set designer: Fiona Watt
Wait Until Dark Theatre Palace Theatre Watford
Lighting Designer Director: Giles Croft
Set designer: Neil Irish
It's Now Or Never Theatre
Chester Gateway Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Jeremy Raison
Set designer: Jessica Tyrwhitt
The Traitor Theatre Bridewell Theatre, London
606 Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Gordon Anderson
Set designer: Tom Hadley
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Email address iansaunders@west15.co.uk