Robbie Butler

Lighting Designer

Originally from Ireland and based in the UK, Robbie is one of only a handful of people to have been awarded a lifetime membership of the Association for Lighting and Production Design. He was a leading figure in the 2018 #SaveStageLighting campaign: an international drive which sought to safeguard the accessibility to the lighting instruments and equipment that are most commonly used in theatres across Europe from proposed changes to EU law. Having trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he has won an Off West End award for Best Lighting Design and was the winner of the 2015 ETC Award.

Awards and Nominations

List Of Productions

2024

A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Natalie Ibu | Northern Stage

REVERBERATION | Director: Jack Swain | Bristol Old Vic

PUNCH | Director: Adam Penford | Nottingham Playhouse

DEATH IN VENICE | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Welsh National Opera

2023

BAROQUE & CONTEMPORARY SCENES | National Opera Studio

CINDERELLA | Director: James Williams | Watford Palace Theatre

INGENTING | As Associate Lighting Designer | Director: Martin Lyngbø | Den Norske Opera & Ballet, Norway

SPIN | Director: Sarah Jane Schostack | The Hope Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival

BOY OUT THE CITY | Director: Nancy Sullivan | Edinburgh, Underbelly

NUCLEAR CHILDREN | Director: Seàn Linnen | Ladbroke Hall/ Roundhouse/ Edinburgh Festival

THEY DON'T PAY? WE WON'T PAY! | Director: Ryan McBryde | Mercury Theatre

DISRUPTION | Director: Hersh Ellis | Park Theatre

THE DRY HOUSE | Director: Eugene O'Hare | Marylebone Theatre

GIANNI SCHICCHI | As Co-Lighting Designer | Director: John Fulljames | Greek National Opera

WINDFALL | Director: Mark Bell | Southwark Playhouse

2022

AN EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS CAROL | As Remount Lighting Designer | Director: Tony Cownie | Edinburgh Lyceum

THE CROWN LIVE | Director: Owen Lewis | US Tour

THE MAKROPULOS AFFAIR | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Welsh National Opera

GODSPELL | Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

LITTLE WOMEN | Director: Ken Alexander | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

ARE YOU BEING MURDERED? | Director: James Callàs Ball | Seabright Productions

YIPPIE KI YAY | Director: Hal Chambers | Seabright Productions/ UK Tour

SONDHEIM: BEFORE & AFTER | Director: Keith Warner | National Opera Studio

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT | Director: Hannah Price | Tower Hill Vaults

OUR MAN IN HAVANA | Director: Abigail Pickard-Price | Watermill Theatre

BLOWHOLE | Director: Tom Wright | Soho Theatre

COULD IT BE MAGIC? | Director: Owen Lewis | Wiltons Music Hall

2021

CONSENT | Director: Julia St. John | Central St Martins

RAGE | Director: David Mumeni | Central Saint Martins

FIDELIO | As Associate Lighting Designer | Director: John Fulljames | Polish National Opera

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN | Director: Derek Anderson | English Theatre Frankfurt

THE GLAD GAME | Director: Tessa Walker | Nottingham Playhouse

BLOWHOLE | Director: Tom Wright | Pleasance Theatre

WOLVES ARE COMING FOR YOU | Offie winner | Director: Kate Bannister | Jack Studio Theatre

DAWN OF MAN | Director: Drew Taylor-Wilson | Sanctuary Queer Arts

HAIR | Director: Danielle Tarento | Associated Studios

2020

THE ANGEL ESMERALDA | Director: Martin Lloyd Evans | Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

VAGABOND MATTER | Director: Jackson Barnard | UK Tour

COPS | Director: Andy Jordan | Southwark Playhouse

2019

THE WOLF, THE DUCK AND THE MOUSE | Director: Jack McNamara | Unicorn Theatre & UK Tour

SINATRA RAW | Director: Richard Shelton | Wiltons Music Hall

POTTED PANTO | Director: Richard Hurst | Southwark Playhouse

IL TROVATORE | As Associate | Director: Francisco Negrin | Royal Danish Opera/ Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

A PRAYER FOR WINGS | Director: Sean Mathias | The Kings Head

THE GIRL WHO FELL | Director: Hannah Price | Trafalgar Studios 2

A PRAYER FOR WINGS | Director: Sean Mathias | Volcano Theatre Swansea

THE HAPPY TRAGEDY OF BEING WOKE | Directors: Clint Dyer & Simon McBurney | Edinburgh International Festival

GUARDS AT THE TAJ | Director: Kash Arshad | Theatre By The Lake, Keswick

THE CHILDREN | Director: Stefan Escreet | Theatre By The Lake, Keswick

MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD | Director: Katie Posner | Theatre By The Lake, Keswick

ORAL | Director: Tom Roden | Strike A Light Festival

MUSHY: Lyrically Speaking | Director: Ameet Chana | Watford Palace Theatre/ Rifco

THE CROWN DUAL | Director: Owen Lewis | King's Head Theatre & Edinburgh Festival Fringe

THE ISLANDER | Associate | Director: Amy Draper | Southwark Playhouse

2018

CINDERELLA | Director: Omar F Okai | MTA, Tower Theatre

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND | Director: Tilly Vosburgh | MTA, Tower Theatre

LADY MACWATA | Director: Clint Dyer | Cockpit Theatre

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ | Director: Ben Occhipinti | Octagon Theatre, Bolton

THE SELFISH GIANT | Director: Adam Fuller | UK Tour

FOR KING AND COUNTRY | Director: Paul Tomlinson | Southwark Playhouse

DOWN AND OUT | Director: Hannah Price | Chancellor's Hall, Senate House

ISABEAU | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Opera Holland Park

DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Guildhall School of Music and Drama

THERE OR HERE | Director: Vik Sivalingham | Park Theatre

2017

PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK | Director: Jonny Kelly | Finborough Theatre

MOTHER  COURAGE | Director: Hannah Chissick | Southwark Playhouse

EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION | Touring Relighter | Director: Jesse Jones, Helena Middleton | Wardrobe Ensemble, UK Tour

BOOM | Director: Katherine Nesbitt | Theatre 503

THE PROVOKED WIFE | Director: Hannah Boland Moore | The Hope Theatre

WINDOWS | Director: Geoffrey Beevers | Project One/ Finborough Theatre

JUST TO GET MARRIED | Director: Melissa Dunne | Papercut/ Finborough Theatre

1984: LIVE | Director: Hannah Price | Libby Brodie Productions

INCIDENT AT VICHY | Director: Phil Wilmott | Finborough Theatre

JEKYLL & HYDE | Director: Danny Wainwright | Pleasance Theatre

DRACULA | Director: Danny Wainwright | The Warren, Brighton Fringe Festival

CASTE | Director: Charlotte Peters | Project One Theatre/ Finborough Theatre

RUN THE BEAST DOWN | Co-Lighting | Director: Hannah Price | Marlowe Theatre & Finborough Theatre

DUBAILAND | Director: Georgie Straight | Flux Theatre Company/ Finborough Theatre

CORNWALL VS CHINA | Director: Danny Wainwright | Vaults Festival

2016

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | Associate | Director: Abigail Anderson | Jermyn Street Theatre, West End

SCAPEGOAT | Director: Abigail Pickard Price | St. Stephen's Church

ODD SHAPED BALLS | Director: Andrew Twyman | Plane Paper Theatre Company/ Old Red Lion

POPPIES : A NEW MUSICAL | Director: Alanna Stone | Music Box Theatre/ The Space

BABY | Rhiannon Brace Dance | Footprint Dance Festival/ Michaelis Theatre

THE SOCIAL NOTWORK | Director: Adam Wollerton | Lion and Unicorn Theatre

DON'T SMOKE IN BED | Director: Andrew Twyman | Plane Paper Theatre Company/ Finborough Theatre

2015

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN | Director: Jack Bowman | LOST Theatre

INTIMISSIMI ON ICE 2015 | Assistant | Director: Francisco Negrin | Verona Arena

PRINCESS - A ROCK BALLET | Director: Stuart Saint | LOST Theatre

WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Andrew Panton | New Athenaeum Theatre, RCS

2014

THE COUNTRY WIFE | Director: James Robert Carson | Chandler Studio, RCS

MANNING | Director: Mikey Collins | Chandler Studio, RCS

FESTEN | Director: Maggie Kinloch & John Kazeck | Tron Theatre & Cockpit Theatre

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Ali De Souza | Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival, Taiwan