Martin McLachlan

Biography Credits

Biography

Martin has spent the last 10 years working on a diverse range of lighting projects, both as an assistant to several well established LDs and building up a portfolio of his own design work alongside relighting for a number of national tours.

Recent credits as LD include new play Weird Weather by Matt Cunningham at Vault Festival 2015, the opera L’Arlesiana in Jesi, Italy as well as productions of School for Scandal, Blood Wedding and an actor musician production of musical Parade.

As Assistant LD he worked with Rick Fisher on Chariots of Fire at the Hampstead and Gielgud Theatres as well as on Hero at the Royal Court. He has also assisted Simon Corder, lighting all 3 main stage productions at Wexford Festival Opera.

On top of design work he spent three years working as Head of Lighting for Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He also does programming on ETC EOS range of consoles including for Mark Jonathan for London Children's Ballet, and for the Thursford Christmas Spectacular in Norfolk.

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Touring relights
Opera:
  • Large scale
Dance:
  • Medium Scale
  • Touring relights
Concert:
Corporate:
Architectural:
  • Open Air Events
Non-professional:
  • Dance
  • Musicals
  • Plays
Education:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Thursford Christmas Spectacular Musical Thursford Collection, Norfolk
Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: James Smith
Barmitzvah Boy Musical Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London, UK
Aria Entertainment 		Lighting Designer Director: Stewart Nicholls
Set designer: Grace Smart
The Great Jewish American Songbook Concert Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London, UK, then touring
Aria Entertainment 		Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Gould
Smashed Dance
Gandini Juggling 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
Choreographer: Sean Gandini
See What I Wanna See Musical Jermyn Street Theatre, London
Aria Entertainment 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: James Smith
Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Simon Anthony Wells
Weird Weather Theatre Crescent Theatre, Waterloo Vaults
Mongrel Thumb 		Lighting Designer Director: Will Wrightson
Set designer: Max Dorey
L'Arlesiana Opera Teatro G.B. Pergolesi, Jesi, IT
Teatro G.B. Pergolesi 		Lighting Designer Director: Francesco Cilluffo
Set designer: Sarah Bacon
Blood Wedding Theatre Waterloo East Theatre, London
Hiareth Artistic Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Zoe Ford
The School For Scandal Theatre Waterloo East Theatre
Turn of the Wheel Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Zoe Ford
Set designer: Max Dorey
Parade Musical Unicorn Theatre, London
Rose Bruford College 		Lighting Designer Director: Iain Reekie
Set designer: Sarah Peachey