Luca Panetta
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 Fedora, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and 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/Worn, Douglass, 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)
Specialisms
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Small Scale Touring
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- Projection / Video Design
- 'Country House'
- Education Establishment
- Projection / Video Design
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened | |
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| Edith | Theatre |
The Lowry, then touring
Crowded Room |
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer |
Director: Madelaine Moore Set designer: Sascha Gilmour |
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| Sons of the Prophet | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jack Knowles Director: Bijan Sheibani Set designer: Samal Blak |
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| Cinderella | Theatre |
Theatre Royal Stratford East
|
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Gillian Tan Director: Eva Sampson Set designer: Charlotte Espiner |
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| Mary | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre
|
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Matt Haskins Director: Roxana Silbert Set designer: Ashley Martin-Davis |
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| The Last of the Pelican Daughters | Theatre |
ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Frankcom Set designer: Ruth Badila |
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| Education, Education, Education | Theatre |
ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Frankcom Set designer: Ruth Badila |
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| The Apology | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre
New Earth Theatre |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Gillian Tan Director: Ria Parry Set designer: TK Hay |
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| Il segreto di Susanna | Opera |
Belcombe Court
If Opera |
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer |
Director: Daisy Brown Set designer: Bettina John |
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| Rita | Opera |
Belcombe Court
If Opera |
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer |
Director: Lysanne van Overbeek Set designer: Bettina John |
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| La Rondine | Opera |
Belcombe Court
If Opera |
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer |
Director: Bruno Ravella Set designer: Flavio Graff |
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| The Fellowship | Theatre |
Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre |
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan Director: Paulette Randall Set designer: Libby Watson |
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| Jesus Christ Superstar | Musical |
LAMDA - The Sainsbury Theatre
LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Annabel Mutale Reed Set designer: Amy Jane Cook |
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| The Wonderful World of Dissocia | Theatre |
LAMDA - The Sainsbury Theatre
LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Meadows Set designer: Amy Jane Cook |
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| Diary of a Somebody | Theatre |
Seven Dials Playhouse
Making Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nico Rao Pimparé Set designer: Valentine Gigandet |
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| La Forza Del Destino | Opera |
Regents Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rory Fazan |
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| A Christmas Carol | Theatre |
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
|
Assistant Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Director: John Terry Set designer: Liz Cooke |
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| Snow White | Theatre |
Hull New Theatre
Crossroads Pantomimes |
Assistant Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Director: David Burrows |
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| Cinderella : The AWESOME Truth | Musical |
Polka Theatre
|
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Gillian Tan Director: Sarah Punshon Set designer: Oliver Townsend |
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| 60 Miles by Road or Rail | Theatre |
Northampton Royal & Derngate
|
Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Set designer: Lizzy Leech |
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| Julius Caesar | Theatre |
Sainsbury Theatre, London
LAMDA |
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer |
Director: Rachel Valentine-Smith Set designer: Valentine Gigandet |
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| Cymbeline | Theatre |
Sainsbury Theatre, London
LAMDA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Marsland Set designer: Valentine Gigandet |
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| 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 |