Luke Halls
Video Designer
Luke is a Video Designer for theatre, opera dance, music and live events. Luke has received a Knight of Illumination Award, Drama Desk Award and a BAFTA for his work and has designed internationally for music artists such as Beyoncé (Formation World Tour), Adele (2016 Adele Live World Tour) and Dua Lipa.
Awards and Nominations
2023 WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Video Design for Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
2021 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Video Design of a New Play or Musical for Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
2020 Drama Desk Award for Oustanding Projection Design for West Side Story, Broadway Theatre.
2019 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Video or Projection Design in a New Production of a Play for Shipwreck, Almeida Theatre.
2019 Drama Desk nomination for The Lehman Trilogy, Park Avenue Armory.
2016 Knight of Illumination nomination for Adele Live World Tour
2015 Knight of Illumination nomination for Krol Roger, Royal Opera House.
2014 Knight of Illumination award for Don Giovanni, Royal Opera House.
2012 BAFTA for Entertainment Craft Team for ITV’s The Cube.
List Of Productions
2024
MARY POPPINS | Director: Richard Eyre | UK Tour
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | Gillian Lynne Theatre
THE NEW REAL | Director: Holly Race Roughan | Royal Shakespeare Company
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY | Director: Felix Barrett | Leeds Playhouse
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | American Conservatory Theater, USA / Theatre Royal Sydney, Australia
2023
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE | Director: Jonathan Butterell | UK Tour
FREE YOUR MIND | Director: Danny Boyle | Aviva Studios, Manchester
THE LITTLE BIG THINGS | Director: Luke Sheppard | Soho Place
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Australian Tour
DISNEY'S AIDA | Director: Schele Williams | Circustheater, Netherlands
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE | Choreo: Christopher Wheeldon | American Ballet Theatre
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | LA Opera, USA
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | Israeli Opera
TRISTAN & ISOLDE | Director: Simon Stone | Théâtres de la Ville Luxembourg
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | Gillian Lynne Theatre
2022
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Co-Design with Zakk Hein | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre
BORIS GODUNOV | Director: Kasper Holten | Teatro alla Scala, Italy
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR | Director: Simon Stone | LA Opera, USA
SING STREET | Director: Rebecca Taichman | The Huntington Theatre, USA
MADAME BUTTERFLY | Director: Andreas Homoki | Bregenz Festival, Austria
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | Ahmanson Theatre, USA
THE MERRY WIDOW | Director: Kasper Holten | Bergen National Opera, Norway
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE | Choreo: Christopher Wheeldon | Royal Ballet
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Japan Tour
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR | Director: Simon Stone | Metropolitan Opera, USA
2021
THE BOOK OF DUST: LA BELLE SAUVAGE | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Raimund Theatre, Austria
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Director: Simon Stone | Aix-en-Provence, France
MADAME BUTTERFLY | Director: Andreas Homoki | Bregenz Festival, Austria
2020
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Co-Design with Zakk Hein | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre
MICHAEL KOHLHAAS | Directors: Simon McBurney & Annabel Arden | Schaubühne Berlin, Germany
TALKING HEADS | Directors: Marianne Elliot, Nadia Fall, Sarah Frankcom, Jeremy Herrin, Nicholas Hytner, Jonathan Kent | Bridge Theatre
LOCAL HERO | Director: John Crowley | Old Vic Theatre
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | Director: Richard Eyre | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, USA
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Ivo Van Hove | Broadway Theatre, USA
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE | Director: Jonathan Butterell | UK Tour
2019
SEA WALL / A LIFE | Director: Carrie Cracknell | Hudson Theatre, USA
THE STARRY MESSENGER | Director: Sam Yates | Wyndham's Theatre
ATLAS | Director: Yuval Sharon | LA Philharmonic, USA
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | Piccadilly Theatre
NOYE'S FLUDDE | Director: Lyndsey Turner | Theatre Royal Stratford East
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | Park Avenue Armory, USA
ALYS ALWAYS | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre
SHIPWRECK | Director: Rupert Goold | Almeida Theatre
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | Director: Richard Eyre | Bridge Theatre
LOCAL HERO | Director: John Crowley | Edinburgh Lyceum
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | Houston Grand Opera, USA
PORGY AND BESS | Director: James Robinson | Nationale Opera & Ballet, Netherlands / London Coliseum / Metropolitan Opera, USA
2018
MAGIC MIKE LONDON | Directors: Channing Tatum & Alison Faulk | London Hippodrome
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | US Tour
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER | Choreographer: Alastair Marriott | Royal Ballet
PELLE THE CONQUEROR | Director: Katrine Wiedemann | Osterbro Teater, Denmark
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA | Director: Simon Godwin | National Theatre
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | National Theatre
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Kasper Holten | Malmö Opera, Sweden
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | Director: Richard Eyre | Bridge Theatre
THE MODERATE SOPRANO | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Duke of York's Theatre
GIRLS & BOYS | Director: Lyndsey Turner | Royal Court Theatre / Minetta Lane Theatre, USA
THE GREAT WAVE | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | National Theatre
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | The Shlomo Lahat Opera House, Israel
FROZEN | Director: Jonathon Munby | Theatre Royal Haymarket
MARCO POLO | Director: Kasper Holten | Guangzhou Opera House, China
2017
THE BAND | Directors: Kim Gavin & Jack Ryder | UK Tour
DESIRE UNDER ELMS | Director: Sam Yates | Sheffield Crucible Theatre
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | UK Tour
DAS LIEBESVERBOT | Director: Kasper Holten | Teatro Colon, Argentina
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Broadway Theater, USA
ELERGY FOR YOUNG LOVERS | Director: Keither Warner | Theatre an der Wien, Austria
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | Barcelona Opera, Spain
UGLY LIES THE BONE | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | National Theatre
KROL ROGER | Director: Kasper Holten | Sydney Opera House, Australia
2016
OIL | Director: Carrie Cracknell | Almeida Theatre
CHAPLIN | Director: Mariano Detry | Music Hall, Belgium
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Toho Theatre, Japan
HALF A SIXPENCE | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh | Chichester Festival Theatre
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | Director: Kasper Holten | Finnish National Opera
MALGORZATA DZIERNON | Ballet Rambert | Lowry Theatre
THE SESSIONS | Director: Kim Gavin | Royal Albert Hall / UK & European Tour
DAS LIEBESVERBOT | Director: Kasper Holten | Teatro Real, Spain
2015
LINDA | Director: Michael Longhurst | Royal Court Theatre
MARY POPPINS TOUR | Directors: Anthony Lym & James Powell | UK Tour
LOUIS VUITTON SS15 & AW16 SHOWS | Paris Fashion Week
ZEITGEIST | Choreographer: Alastair Marriott | London Coliseum
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | Royal Opera House
OTELLO | Director: Bartlett Sher | Metropolitan Opera, USA
INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE | U2 | World Tour
HAMLET | Director: Lyndsey Turner | Barbican
DER FREISCHÜTZ | Director: Kasper Holten | Royal Danish Theatre
MAN AND SUPERMAN | Director: Simon Godwin | National Theatre
KROL ROGER | Director: Kasper Holten | Royal Opera House
THE NETHER | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Duke of York's Theatre
2014
LOUIS VUITTON AW15 SHOW | Paris Fashion Week
2071 | Director: Katie Mitchell | Royal Court Theatre
THE NETHER | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Royal Court Theatre
MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Prince Edward Theatre
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Kasper Holten | Royal Opera House
CONNECTOME | Choreo: Alistair Marriott | Royal Ballet
I CAN’T SING! | Director: Sean Foley | London Palladium
TURN IT ON | Pet Shop Boys | World Tour
AXIS | Music Video | Pet Shop Boys
2013
TAKE THE CROWN | Robbie Williams | European Tour
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | Director: Francisco Negrin | Danish Royal Opera
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC CLOSING CEREMONIES | Director: Kim Gavin | London 2012
MASTER AND MARGARITA | Director: Simon McBurney | Barbican
RIHANNA 'WE FOUND LOVE' | BRIT Awards | 2012
RIHANNA 'WE FOUND LOVE' | Grammy Awards | 2012
BATMAN LIVE | Creative Director: Anthony Van Laast | World Arena Tour 2012
ELTON JOHN: MILLION DOLLAR PIANO | Las Vegas
GLASTONBURY SET | U2 | 2011
360 TOUR | U2 | World Tour
PANDEMONIUM | Pet Shop Boys |World Tour
THE RESISTANCE TOUR | Muse | World Tour
NITIN SAWHNEY | Director: Es Devlin | London IMAX
THE VERTIGO TOUR | U2 | World Tour
BEAUTFUL WORLD TOUR | Director: Kim Gavin | Take That | European Tour
TURN IT ON AGAIN TOUR | Genesis | European Tour
A BIGGER BANG TOUR | Rolling Stones | World Tour
25 LIVE | George Michael | World Tour
DARREN HAYES | European Tours | 2005-2007
PET HP BOYS PERFORMANCE | BRIT Awards | 2009
CONCERT FOR DIANA | Wembley Stadium 2007