UK - The Profile Awards theatre category shortlist in association with the ABTT and the ALPD and sponsored by Chauvet, Elation, ETC, Fix8group, GLP, SLX, TSL and Vari-Lite, has been confirmed.
The shortlisted lighting designers for theatre are:
Robbie Butler for Death in Venice, Welsh National Opera and tour
Emma Chapman for The Third Man, Menier Chocolate Factory
Jon Clark for Dear England, and The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre & West End; The Effect, National Theatre; Stranger Things – The First Shadow, West End
Paule Constable for Guys and Dolls, The Bridge
Lee Curran for Romeo and Juliet, The Almeida and King Lear, The Almeida
Jon Driscoll for Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, English National Opera
Oliver Fenwick for Dear Octopus, Lyttelton, National Theatre
Guy Hoare for Frankenstein, Frome Memorial Theatre and tour
Ali Hunter for Red Pitch, @sohoplace
Aideen Malone for Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning, National Theatre of Scotland and UK tour
Tupac Martir for Find Your Eyes, Manchester Academy, Manchester International Festival
Jai Morjaria for Macbeth, UK and International tour and The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Nottingham Playhouse
Christopher Nairne for Blackout Songs, Hampstead Theatre
Lizzie Powell for The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, Traverse and The Snow Queen, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Adam Silverman for Wozzeck at the Royal Opera and Machinal, Ustinov Studio, Bath and The Old Vic
Skylar Turnbull Hurd for These Demons, Theatre 503
Tom Visser for La Ruta, Assembly Hall, Carmen all at Sadlers Wells, From England With Love, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
Simon Wilkinson for Ragnarok, Tortoise in a Nutshell, Traverse, Edinburgh & tour
The Profile Awards, dedicated to TV and theatre lighting design, will take place on 6 June at Alexandra Palace.
