Luca Panetta

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Biography

 

 

Luca trained at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts) and now is a freelance lighting designer, video designer and lighting programmer and associate. 

 

Recent Lighting & Video Design Credits include 

If Opera's 2023 Season FedoraAlice's Adventures in Wonderlandand Iolanta (If Opera);   Polko (Paines Plough Roundabout);   Edith (The Lowry / Theatr Clwyd);   Cendrillon (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire);   If Opera's 2022 Season La Rondine, Il segreto di Susanna, and Rita (If Opera- Belcombe Court);  Diary of a Somebody (Seven Dials Playhouse) for which he was nominated for an Offie in Lighting Design;   The Faction’s 2021 Triple Bill of Medea/WornDouglass, and Duende(Wilton’s Music Hall, & Stephen Joseph Theatre);   A Double Bill of The Wardrobe Ensemble's Education, Education, Education and The Last of the Pelican Daughters directed by Sarah Frankcom (ArtsEd ALWF Theatre);  Jesus Christ Superstar (Sainsbury Theatre);  The Wonderful World of Dissocia  (Sainsbury Theatre);   La Forza Del Destino (Regents Opera);  Cymbeline(Sainsbury Theatre);  Julius Caesar (Sainsbury Theatre).   

Sole Video Designer Credits include:    The Dream Collectors (Derby Theatre).

Credits as Associate Lighting Designer and LX Programmer include:

 

Associate :  Macbeth (Liverpool, Edinburgh, London, Washington DC);   The Merchant of Venice 1936(RSC, & UK Tour);   The Real & Imagined History of The Elephant Man (UK Tour);   A Playlist for the Revolution (Bush Theatre);   Worth (Storyhouse Chester);   Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East);

Credits as Video Associate include:  Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle (Mischief Theatre UK Tour, & Virgin Voyages);     Carousel (RAM) 

Programmer : A View From The Bridge (Chichester Festival Theatre & Rose Theatre);   The Homecoming (Young Vic);   Richard My Richard (Shakespeare North Playhouse);    Death Trap 2023 (Rambert UK Tour);    The Enfield Haunting (West End);    Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East);     Sons of the Prophet (Hampstead Theatre);    Christmas Carol (Belgrade Theatre);    The Apology (Arcola Theatre);   The Fellowship (Hampstead Theatre);   Mary (Hampstead Theatre);   Cinderella: The AWESOME Truth (Polka Theatre);   60 Miles by Road or Rail (Royal & Derngate)  

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Musical:
Opera:
  • 'Country House'
  • Education Establishment
  • Projection / Video Design
Dance:
Concert:
Corporate:
Architectural:
Non-professional:
Education:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Edith Theatre The Lowry, then touring
Crowded Room
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Madelaine Moore
Set designer: Sascha Gilmour
Sons of the Prophet Theatre Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jack Knowles
Director: Bijan Sheibani
Set designer: Samal Blak
Cinderella Theatre Theatre Royal Stratford East
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Gillian Tan
Director: Eva Sampson
Set designer: Charlotte Espiner
Mary Theatre Hampstead Theatre
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Matt Haskins
Director: Roxana Silbert
Set designer: Ashley Martin-Davis
The Last of the Pelican Daughters Theatre ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Frankcom
Set designer: Ruth Badila
Education, Education, Education Theatre ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Frankcom
Set designer: Ruth Badila
The Apology Theatre Arcola Theatre
New Earth Theatre
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Gillian Tan
Director: Ria Parry
Set designer: TK Hay
Il segreto di Susanna Opera Belcombe Court
If Opera
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Daisy Brown
Set designer: Bettina John
Rita Opera Belcombe Court
If Opera
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Lysanne van Overbeek
Set designer: Bettina John
La Rondine Opera Belcombe Court
If Opera
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Bruno Ravella
Set designer: Flavio Graff
The Fellowship Theatre Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
Director: Paulette Randall
Set designer: Libby Watson
Jesus Christ Superstar Musical LAMDA - The Sainsbury Theatre
LAMDA
Lighting Designer Director: Annabel Mutale Reed
Set designer: Amy Jane Cook
The Wonderful World of Dissocia Theatre LAMDA - The Sainsbury Theatre
LAMDA
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Meadows
Set designer: Amy Jane Cook
Diary of a Somebody Theatre Seven Dials Playhouse
Making Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Nico Rao Pimparé
Set designer: Valentine Gigandet
La Forza Del Destino Opera
Regents Opera
Lighting Designer Director: Rory Fazan
A Christmas Carol Theatre Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Rory Beaton
Director: John Terry
Set designer: Liz Cooke
Snow White Theatre Hull New Theatre
Crossroads Pantomimes
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Rory Beaton
Director: David Burrows
Cinderella : The AWESOME Truth Musical Polka Theatre
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Gillian Tan
Director: Sarah Punshon
Set designer: Oliver Townsend
60 Miles by Road or Rail Theatre Northampton Royal & Derngate
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Rory Beaton
Set designer: Lizzy Leech
Julius Caesar Theatre Sainsbury Theatre, London
LAMDA
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Rachel Valentine-Smith
Set designer: Valentine Gigandet
Cymbeline Theatre Sainsbury Theatre, London
LAMDA
Lighting Designer Director: Anna Marsland
Set designer: Valentine Gigandet
Let The Right One In Theatre Carne Studio Theatre
LAMDA
Lighting Designer Director: Matt Hassall
Set designer: Natasha Jenkins
Contact method Details
Email address luca.panetta@outlook.com
Website www.lucapanetta.com