Nic Farman
Biography
Nic Farman is a Lighting Designer based in the UK and working internationally. He has worked on a variety of different productions, ranging from new writing and classic texts, to musicals, opera and dance.
Winner of The Worshipful Company of Lightmongers & ALD Award for New Talent in Entertainment Lighting 2016
Winner of the 'Francis Reid Award' as part of the Association of Lighting Designers Michael Northen Bursary in 2013.
Nominated four times for Best Lighting Designer at the 'Off West End Awards’, most recently for Night of the Living Dead at Pleasance Theatre, London.
Musicals include:
Broken Wings (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Billionaire Boy (Nuffield City, Southampton & UK Tour), The Toxic Avenger (Arts Theatre & Southwark Playhouse), A Little Princess (Royal Festival Hall), Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester), Liver Birds Flying Home (Liverpool Royal Court), Unexpected Joy; Working (Southwark Playhouse), How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Wilton’s Music Hall), Newsies; Priscilla; The Life (ArtsEd), The Stripper (St James Studio), Dusty (Auzura, P&O Cruises), Children of Eden(Union Theatre), Dracula! (Soho Theatre), Holy Crap; Shock Treatment (King’s Head Theatre)
Theatre includes:
Night of the Living Dead (Pleasance Theatre, London), Tonight: The Eighties(National Theatre, Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre, Kuwait & Middle Eastern Tour), Kindertransport (Queens Theatre Hornchurch, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg & UK Tour), The Invisible Man (Queens Theatre, Hornchurch), A Guide for the Homesick; Coming Clean; 3 Women; Late Company (Trafalgar Studios), Jack and the Beanstalk (Salisbury Playhouse), Spindrift (The Garage, Norwich & The Drum, Plymouth), Cosi; F*cking Men (King’s Head Theatre), Peter Pan; Positive (Park Theatre), Jack and the Beanstalk (Derngate, Northampton), Romeo and Juliet (Newbury Corn Exchange & National Tour), The Little Mermaid(Riverside Studios), The Laramie Project (Leicester Curve)
Opera includes:
La Boheme (Trafalgar Studios), La Traviata; Madam Butterfly; Cosi Fan Tutte(King’s Head Theatre), The Immortal Hour (Finborough Theatre)
Specialisms
- International
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- West End
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale / Fringe
- Pantomime
- Education Establishment
- Small scale
- International Event
- Festival
- Conferences
- Exhibition Stands
- Lectures
- Workshops
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened | |
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| Liver Birds Flying Home | Musical |
Royal Court Liverpool
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Lighting Designer |
Director: Benji Sperring |
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| Spring Awakening | Musical |
Hope Mill Theatre
DEM Productions, Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Luke Sheppard Set designer: Gabriella Slade |
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| Kindertransport | Theatre |
The Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, then touring
The Queens Theatre, Hornchurch |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anne Simon Set designer: Marie-Luce Theis |
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| Rock & Bowl Festival | Concert |
Market Drayton Park
EMCd Productions |
Lighting Designer | |||
| Urinetown | Musical |
Pleasance London
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Josh Seymour Set designer: Adrian Gee |
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| Late Company | Theatre |
Finborough Theatre
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Yale Set designer: Zahra Mansouri |
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| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Musical |
Wilton's Music Hall
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Benji Sperring Set designer: Mike Lees |
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| Madam Butterfly | Opera |
Kings Head Theatre
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Higgins Set designer: Luke W. Robson |
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| Jack & The Beanstalk | Theatre |
Northampton Derngate
Qdos Pantomimes |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stewart Nicholls |
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| Little Red Riding Hood | Theatre |
Chelsea Theatre
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Owen Calvert-Lyons Set designer: Amy Yardley |
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| Spindrift | Theatre |
The Garage, Norwich
Curious Directive |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Lowe |
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| The Toxic Avenger | Musical |
Southwark Playhouse - Large
Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Benji Sperring |
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| Balm in Gilead | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre
Mountview College |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joseph Blatchley Set designer: Madeline Herbert |
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| The Crucible | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre
Mountview College |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Caitriona McLaughlin Set designer: Adrian Gee |
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| Cosi | Theatre |
Kings Head Theatre
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Wayne Harrison Set designer: Faye Bradley |
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| Cosi Fan Tutte | Opera |
Kings Head Theatre
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Higgins Set designer: Faye Bradley |
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| A Local Boy | Theatre |
Brighton Dome, then touring
Invertigo Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rae McKen Set designer: Bethany Wells |
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| The Spanish Tragedy | Theatre |
Old Red Lion Theatre
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dan Hutton Set designer: Lizzy Leech |
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| Tartuffe | Theatre |
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, then touring
Theatrical Niche |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Venetia Twigg Set designer: Amanda Mascarenhas |
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| The Win Bin | Theatre |
Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Joyce Set designer: Bethany Wells |
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| Positive | Theatre |
Park Theatre
Ann Pinnington |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Harry Burton Set designer: Marcio Santarosa |
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| Rock and Bowl Festival | Concert |
Market Drayton Park
EMCd Productions |
Lighting Designer | |||
| Shock Treatment | Musical |
Kings Head Theatre
Tarquin Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Benji Sperring Set designer: Tim Shortall |
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| Daisy Pulls It Off | Theatre |
Shoreditch Town Hall
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Abbey Wright/Peter Stickney Set designer: Justin Williams |
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| The Heart of Things | Theatre |
Jermyn Street Theatre, London
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Knight Mantell Set designer: Joana Dias |
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| Lysistrata | Theatre |
Mumford Theatre Cambridge, then touring
Theatrical Niche |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alice Sillett Set designer: Amanda Mascarenhas |
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| Macbeth | Theatre |
Lost Theatre, London
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Shopland |
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| Dracula! (Mr Swallow The Musical) | Musical |
Soho Theatre
Invisible Dot |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Peover Set designer: Fly Davis |
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| Pig Girl | Theatre |
Finborough Theatre, London
|
Lighting Designer |
Director: Helen Donnelly Set designer: Zoe Hammond |
| Contact method | Details |
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| Email address | |
| Website |
nicfarmanlightingdesign.com |
| Agent name | John Rogerson |
| Agent email | john@collectiveagents.co.uk |