Richard G Jones

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Biography

Richard won a Drama Desk Award for outstanding lighting design and received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Sweeney Todd on Braodway. Other award winning productions have included the, West End and UK national tour of Sweeney Todd, the West End and Watermill Theatre production of the Gondoliers and The Railway Children at the London Kings Cross Theatre. Richard has recently worked on lighting designs for The National Tour of Sister Act, Still Game and Gary Tank Commander at the Hydro Glasgow, Kitchen Sink at Stoke,  Cinderella at York Theatre Royal, Rock and Roll Sinbad at The New Wolsey Ipswich and The Strictly Come Dancing 2017 Arena Tour for Phil McIntyre and Stage Entertainment. National tours have included Catherine Tate Tour Live, Fiddler on the Roof, Calamity Jane, Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Beautiful Thing, Wuthering Heights, Rasputin, Candide, Mack and Mabel & Sweeney Todd. West End work includes Sunset Boulevard, The Gondoliers, Mack and Mabel, When Pigs Fly, Female Parts and Sweeney Todd. Repertory theatre work includes Behind the Scenes at the Museum, A Taste of Honey, Piaf, Abandonment, Private Lives and Amadeus for York Theatre Royal; Martin Guerre, The Hot Mikado, Carmen, Fiddler on the Roof, Irma la Douce, and Cabaret for the Watermill Theatre Newbury; The White Album, All Quiet on the Western Front , The Man Who, Satin 'N' Steel and Chicken Soup with Barley for Nottingham Playhouse; Mary Barton and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf for Manchester Royal Exchange. . He has also designed for The Royal Northern College of Music, The Norwich Playhouse; The Duchy Ballet, Cornwall; Covent Garden Linbury Studio; Culture and Congress Centre Lucerne, Switzerland; The Swan Theatre, Worcester; Library Theatre, Manchester; Everyman Theatres, Liverpool and Cheltenham; Arden Theatre; Manchester, Bolton Octagon Theatre; Birmingham REP; Oxford Playhouse and The Theatre on the Lake, Keswick. Full listing of work and images can be seen at

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
Musical:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
Opera:
  • Large scale
Dance:
  • Large Scale
Concert:
  • Arena Touring
Corporate:
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Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Sister Act Musical
Jamie Wilson Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Craig Revel Horwood
Set designer: Matthew Wright
Strictly Come Dancing Arena Tour Theatre Barclaycard Arena Birmingham, then touring
Phil McIntyre and Stage Entertainment
Lighting Designer Director: Craig Revel Horwood
Cinderella Theatre York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Berwick Kaler and Damian Cruden
Set designer: Mark Walters
Sinbad Theatre The New Wolsey Ipswich
Lighting Designer Director: Pete Rowe
Set designer: Barney George
The Railway Children Theatre National Railway Museum York
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Jo Scotcher
In Fog and Falling Snow Theatre National Railway Museum York
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Richard Foxton
Noises Off Theatre Bolton Octagon Theatre
Bolton Octagon
Lighting Designer Director: David Thacker
Set designer: Rauri Murchison
Other Desert Cites Theatre
English Theatre Frankfurt
Lighting Designer Director: Tom Littler
Set designer: Bob Bailey
Hindle Wakes Theatre Octagon Theatre Boton, then touring
Octagon Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: David Thacker
Set designer: Rauri Murchison
Calamity Jane Theatre Plymouth Theatre Royal, then touring
Jamie Wilson Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Nickolai Foster
Set designer: Matthew Wright
The Railway Children Theatre London Kings Cross Theatre
Theatre Tracks Limited
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Jo Scotcher
Canterbury Tales Theatre New Vic Stoke, then touring
Northern Broadsides
Lighting Designer Director: Conrad Nelson
Set designer: Lis Evans
Behud Theatre Coventry Belgrade, then touring
Soho Theatre London
Lighting Designer Director: Lisa Goldman
Set designer: Hannah Clark
A Pair of Pinters Theatre Guildhall Theatre Derby
Derby LIVE
Lighting Designer Director: Esther Richardson
Set designer: Dawn Allsopp
Oliver Twist Theatre Octagon Theatre Bolton
Lighting Designer Director: Josette Bushell-Mingo
Set designer: Dawn Allsopp
The Hot Mikado Theatre Watermill Theatre Newbury, then touring
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Craig Revel Horwood
Set designer: Diego Pitarch
The Homecoming Theatre York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Dawn Allsopp
Death of a Salesman Theatre York Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Dawn Allsopp
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Theatre Viaduct Halifax, then touring
Northern Broadsides
Lighting Designer Director: Conrad Nelson
Set designer: Dawn Allsopp
Horrid Henry Live and Horrid! Theatre Sheffield Lyceum Theatre, then touring
Watershed Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Chissick
Set designer: Pip Leckenby
The Railway Children Theatre National Railway Museum
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Joanna Scotcher
Sunset Boulevard Theatre Watermill Theatre Newbury
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Craig Revel Horwood
Set designer: Diego Pitarch
Man For All Seasons Theatre York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Paul Shelly
Set designer: Nigel Hook
Three Men in a Boat Theatre York Theatre Royal
Riding Lights and York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Paul Burbridge
Set designer: Sean Cavanagh
Secrets Theatre Polka Theatre, then touring
Polka
Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Ireland
The Secret Garden Theatre Electric Theatre Guildford
Guildford School of Acting
Lighting Designer Director: Gerry Tebbutt
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Twinkle Little Star Theatre Lakeside Theatre Nottingham, then touring
Lakeside Theatre Nottingham and York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden and Matt Aston
Set designer: Mark Walters
Sinbad The Sailor Theatre York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Berwick Kaler & Damian Cruden
Set designer: Phil R Daniels
Celebrating Christmas with the Salvation Army Concert Royal Albert Hall
Salvation Army
Lighting Designer Director: Graham Hubard
Set designer: Richard G Jones
Martin Guerre Theatre Watermill Theatre Newbury
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Craig Revel Horwood
Spongebob Squarepants Theatre Singapore Expo Centre, then touring
Broadway Asia
Lighting Designer Director: Gip Hoppe
Set designer: David Gallo
Whisky Galore Theatre Nottingham Playhouse, then touring
Nottingham Playhouse
Lighting Designer Director: Giles Croft
Set designer: Helen Davies
Cinderella Theatre York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden & Berwick Kaler
Set designer: Nigel Hook
Beauty and the Beast Theatre
Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Lighting Designer Director: Pete Rowe
ART Theatre
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Mary Barton Theatre
Manchester Royal Exchange
Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Frankcom
Set designer: Liz Ascroft
Hot Mikado Musical
Watermill Theatre Newbury
Lighting Designer Director: Craig Revel Horwood
The Lad Aladdin Theatre York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Berwick Kaler&Damian Cruden
Set designer: Nigel Hook
Sweeney Todd Musical Eugene O'neill Theatre New York, then touring
Richard Frankel Productions
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Steptoe and Son Theatre York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Roger Smith
Set designer: Nigel Hook
Sweeney Todd Musical New Ambassadors London
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Set designer: John Doyle
Mack and Mabel Musical Watermill Theatre Newbury
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Set designer: Mark Bailey
Twelfth Night Theatre Bolton Octagon Theatre
Octagon Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Mark Babych
Set designer: Patrick Connellan
Pinafore Swing Musical Watermill Theatre Newbury
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Set designer: Sarah Jane McClelland
Northanger Abbey Theatre York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Tim Luscombe
Set designer: Mark Bailey
A Taste Of Honey Theatre York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Dawn Allsopp
Sweeney Todd Musical Watermill Theatre Newbury
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Set designer: John Doyle
Kafka's Dick Theatre York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: Damian Cruden
Set designer: Nigel Hook
Club Tropicana Musical Arts Educational Theatre
Arts Ed
Lighting Designer Director: Michael Vivien
Set designer: Colin Mayes
Ten Cents a Dance Theatre Watermill Theatre Newbury
Watermill Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Set designer: Mark Bailey
The Man Outside Theatre Arden Theatre
Arden Theatre School
Lighting Designer Director: Graham Geigenmueller
Into The Woods Musical York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal
Lighting Designer Director: John Doyle
Set designer: Mark Baily
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