Sam Waddington

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Biography

Designs include:

A Voyage Round My Father (Theatre Royal, Bath/UK Tour), The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Chichester Festival Theatre/Unicorn Theatre), Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Magic Beanstalk (Birmingham Rep), Vanara (Hackney Empire), Public Domain (Vaudeville Theatre), Cable Street, Wasted, Superhero (Southwark Playhouse), Maggot Moon, Seesaw (Unicorn Theatre), The Polar Bears Go, Go, Go! (Unicorn/UK Tour), Much Ado About Nothing (Cambridge Arts Theatre), It Never Happened (Arts Ed), 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, The World Goes Round, Rhythm of Life (The Other Palace), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Landor Theatre), Joy (Theatre Royal Stratford East), RAZ (UK Tour)

Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer credits include:

Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre/UK Tour), A Christmas Carol (Broadway/The Old Vic/US Tour), Beauty and the Beast(London Palladium/UK Tour), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), The Forest, The Snail House (Hampstead Theatre), Life of Pi (Sheffield Crucible), Back to the Future (Manchester Opera House), Present Laughter, The Lorax(The Old Vic), Dusty (UK Tour)​

Awards:

BroadwayWorld UK Awards Best Lighting Design Nomination for Wasted (Southwark Playhouse), Offies Awards Best Lighting Design Nomination for Vanara (Hackney Empire)

Sam trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • International
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
  • Education Establishment
Opera:
  • Large scale
  • 'Country House'
Dance:
Concert:
Corporate:
Architectural:
Non-professional:
Education:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Merrily We Roll Along Musical Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School Of Speech and Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Julia Locascio
Set designer: Tayla Hanrahan
Cable Street Musical Southwark Playhouse
10to4 Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Yoav Segal
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Musical Unicorn Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre/Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Justin Audibert
Set designer: James Button
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Musical Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre/Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Justin Audibert
Set designer: James Button
Little Red Riding Hood Theatre Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Rep 		Lighting Designer Director: Caroline Wilkes
Set designer: Deborah Mingham
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
A Voyage Round My Father Theatre Theatre Royal, Bath, then touring
Robert Fox 		Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Sam Waddington/Hugh Vanstone
Director: Richard Eyre
Set designer: Bob Crowley
Anything That We Wanted To Be Musical Summerhall
Adam Lenson Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Moss
Set designer: Libby Todd
The Bartered Bride Opera Garsington Opera
Garsington Opera 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
Director: Roșie Purdie/Paul Curran
Set designer: Kevin Knight
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Musical Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Justin Audibert
Set designer: James Button
Steel Magnolias Theatre Churchill Theatre Bromley, then touring
Trafalgar Entertainment 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
Director: Anthony Banks
Set designer: Laura Hopkins
Jack and the Magic Beanstalk Theatre Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Rep 		Lighting Designer Director: Caroline Wilkes
Set designer: Deborah Mingham
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
The Dog with Two Dads Theatre Midlands Arts Centre
Little Earthquake 		Lighting Designer Director: Gareth Nicholls
Set designer: Lizzy Leech
The Snail House Theatre Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Richard Eyre
Set designer: Tim Hatley
Get Dressed! Theatre Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Jade Lewis
Set designer: Cara Evans
The Forest Theatre Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Jonathan Kent
Set designer: Anna Fleischle
Pericles Theatre Jackson's Lane
Royal Central School of Speech & Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Simon Scardifield
Set designer: Cara Evans
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
A Christmas Carol Theatre Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, then touring
Showtown 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
Vanara Musical Hackney Empire
Vanara Ltd 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson/Eleesha Drennan
Set designer: Libby Todd
Beauty and the Beast Musical Bristol Hippodrome, then touring
Disney Theatrical 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Natasha Katz
Director: Matt West
Set designer: Stanley Myer
Ride Musical Garrick Theatre
DEM Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson/Freya Catrin-Smith
Set designer: Libby Todd
Public Domain Musical Vaudeville Theatre
Adam Lenson Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Libby Todd
The Sorrows of Satan Musical Brocket Hall
Taylor Gaunt Enterprises 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
A Christmas Carol: In Camera Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
Catch Me Musical Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Libby Todd
The Limit Musical Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Libby Todd
Back to the Future Musical Manchester Opera House
Colin Ingram Ltd 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone/Tim Lutkin
Director: John Rando
Set designer: Tim Hatley
42nd Street Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Ovation 		Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Emily Bestow
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
A Christmas Carol Theatre Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
Mary Poppins Musical Prince Edward Theatre
Cameron Makintosh Ltd 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone/Natasha Katz
Director: Richard Eyre
Set designer: Bob Crowley
Maggot Moon Theatre Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Jesse Jones
Set designer: Lucy Sierra
small Theatre Soho Theatre
Oxford School of Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Alice Malin
Fleabag Theatre Wyndham's Theatre
Fiery Angel 		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Elliot Griggs
Director: Vicky Jones
Set designer: Holly Pigott
Bones Theatre Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Martin Wylde/Diane Alison-Mitchell
Set designer: Sammy Dowson
Life of Pi Theatre Sheffield Crucible
Sheffield Theatres 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Tim Lutkin
Director: Max Webster
Set designer: Tim Hatley
Present Laughter Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Tim Lutkin & Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
Into The Woods Musical Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Libby Todd
It Never Happened Theatre Arts Ed
Arts Ed 		Lighting Designer Director: Alex Thorpe
Set designer: Anna Reid
Other People’s Money Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Blue Touch Paper 		Lighting Designer Director: Katharine Farmer
Set designer: Emily Leonard
The Merry Widow Opera London Coliseum
English National Opera 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Bruno Poet
Director: Max Webster
Set designer: Ben Stones
Much Ado about Nothing Theatre Cambridge Arts Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Richard Beecham
Set designer: Nancy Surman
Nice Work If You Can Get It Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Ovation 		Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Pollyanna Elston
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Old Vic
The Old Vic 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
The Velveteen Rabbit Theatre Seattle Children's Theatre
The Unicorn Theatre 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: David W Kidd
Director: Purni Morell
Set designer: James Button
Wasted Musical Southwark Playhouse
Oli Sones Limited 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Libby Todd
Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure Theatre Summerhall
Actors Touring Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Alice Malin
Set designer: Ruth Hall
DUSTY Musical Theatre Royal, Bath, then touring
Eleanor Lloyd Productions 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Bruno Poet
Director: Maria Friedman
Set designer: Tom Pye
Our Town Theatre The North Wall Theatre
Oxford School of Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Alice Malin
Set designer: Georgia De Grey
Not Now, Bernard Theatre Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Argent
Set designer: Natalie Pryce
Return to the Forbidden Planet Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Ovation 		Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Amy Yardley
The Country Wife Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Morphic Graffiti 		Lighting Designer Director: Luke Fredericks
Set designer: Stewart Charlesworth
The Cherry Orchard Theatre The Union Theatre
The Phil Willmott Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Phil Willmott
Set designer: Justin Williams
A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre Morley Theatre Company
Morley Theatre Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Lisa Cagnacci
Seesaw Theatre Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Argent
Set designer: Verity Quinn
Top Hat Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Ovation 		Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Emily Bestow
Joy Theatre Gerry's, Theatre Royal Stratford East
clamour 		Lighting Designer Director: Melanie Fullbrook
Set designer: Carla Goodman
Lucky Stiff Musical The Union Theatre
The Union Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Paul Callen
Set designer: Reuben Speed
35mm: A Musical Exhibition Musical The Other Palace
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Justin Williams
Rules for Living Theatre Royal & Derngate Theatre, then touring
English Touring Theatre, Royal & Derngate and Rose Theatre Kingston 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Matt Daw
Director: Simon Godwin
Set designer: Lily Arnold
Treating Odette Theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Ovation 		Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Emily Bestow
Superhero Musical Southwark Playhouse
Tim Johanson Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Georgia De Grey
Spring Storm Theatre The North Wall Theatre
Oxford School of Drama 		Lighting Designer Director: Alice Malin
Set designer: Georgia De Grey
La Boheme Opera Iford Arts
Iford Arts 		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Christopher Nairne
Director: Christopher Cowell
Set designer: Eleanor Wdowski
Big Love Theatre Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Young Company 		Lighting Designer Director: Purni Morell/Christian Roe
The Sorrows of Satan Musical Tristan Bates Theatre
Fisher Taylor-Gaunt Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Michael Conley
Daddy's Girl Theatre Brick Hall, The Vaults
Three Streets Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Alice Malin
Birthday Suit Theatre Old Red Lion Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Alice Malin
Set designer: Georgia De Grey
Anything Goes Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Emily Bestow
Legally Blonde Musical Watford Palace Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Sam Gaines
Wasted Musical West Yorkshire Playhouse Courtyard Theatre
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Mat Daw
Director: Adam Lenson
Set designer: Bec Chippendale
Battleface Theatre Bush Theatre
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Simon Gethin Thomas
Director: Joe Murphy
Set designer: Olivia Altaras
One Cold Dark Night Theatre Bush Theatre
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Simon Gethin Thomas
Director: Omar Elerian
Set designer: Olivia Altaras
The Great Divide Theatre Finborough Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Rory McGregor
Set designer: Sebastian Noel
The Past is a Tattooed Sailor Theatre Old Red Lion Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Jeffrey Mayhew
Set designer: Rosie Mayhew
Wallis Theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Emily Bestow
RAZ Theatre The Lowry, then touring
Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Banks
Secret Cinema presents 28 Days Later Environmental
Secret Cinema 		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Matt Daw
Director: Fabien Riggall
Set designer: Tim McQuillen Wright
The Caretaker Theatre The Old Vic
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
Sweet Charity Musical Embassy Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Banks
Set designer: Andrew D Edwards
The World Goes Round Concert St James Theatre Studio
Lighting Designer Director: Kris Rawlinson
The Master Builder Theatre The Old Vic
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Hugh Vanstone
Director: Matthew Warchus
Set designer: Rob Howell
Legally Blonde Musical Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Lighting Designer Director: John Plews
Set designer: Isobel Power Smith
The Lorax Musical The Old Vic
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Jon Clark
Director: Max Webster
Set designer: Rob Howell
Singin' in the Rain Musical Watford Palace Theatre
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Nick Moran
Director: Nikki Scott
The Clockmaker's Daughter in Concert Concert St James Theatre Studio
Lighting Designer Director: Robert McWhir
La Ronde Theatre Etcetera Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Jenny Quayle
Set designer: Milda Samsonaite
Thoroughly Modern Millie Musical Landor Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Illife
Set designer: Andrew Riley
The 3 Tryers Theatre Landor Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Paul Nicholas Dyke
An Evening with Tim McArthur Concert Landor Theatre
Lighting Designer
American Idiot Musical Arts Theatre
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Tim Deiling
Director: Racky Plews
Set designer: Sara Perks
Rhythm of Life Theatre St James Theatre Studio
Lighting Designer Director: Robert McWhir
Red the Wolf Slayer Musical Webber Douglas Studio
Lighting Designer Director: Sherrill Gow
Set designer: Hannah Wastnidge
The Clockmaker's Daughter Musical Landor Theatre
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Richard Lambert
Director: Robert McWhir
Set designer: David Shields
In the Dead of Night Theatre Landor Theatre
Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Richard Lambert
Director: Claudio Macor
Set designer: Paul Nicholas Dyke
West Side Story Musical Embassy Theatre
Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Nick Moran
Director: Ed Hughes
Set designer: Sara Perks
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sam.waddington@live.co.uk
Website www.samwaddington.co.uk