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Danny Vavrečka

Lighting Designer

Danny trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, following a degree in Theatre at the University of Warwick. He was selected as the 2023 Design Lumière by the Association for Lighting Production and Design.

Theatre, Opera & Dance

Credits

sauna sessions
2026
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: James Grieve & Lucy Osborne
Jesus Christ Superstar
2026
London Palladium
Director: Tim Sheader
Associate Lighting Designer
the other place
2026
Théâtre de la Ville, France / European Tour
Director: Alexander Zeldin
Associate Lighting Designer
FRANKENSTEIN
2026
Greenwich Theatre / BYMT
Director: Dean Johnson
L'ETOILE
2026
Opera Zuid, The Netherlands
Director: Matthew Eberhardt
FROM ASH TO PROMISE
2026
BalletMAR
Choreographers: Marika Brussel & Richard Bermange
SLEEPING BEAUTY
2025
The Central Theatre Chatham
Director: Julia Cave
DICK WHITTINGTON
2025
Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage
Director: Chris Jordan
WORK.TXT
2025
Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Italy / Melbourne Fringe Theatre
Director: Nathan Ellis
ÉIREANN
2025
Peacock Theatre / Irish Tour
Choreographer: Brent Pace
A VISIT TO FRIENDS
2025
Aldeburgh Festival
Director: Rachael Hewer
just for one day
2025
Shaftesbury Theatre, West End
Director: Luke Sheppard
Assistant Lighting Designer
the great gatsby
2025
London Coliseum
Director: Marc Bruni
UK Assistant Lighting Designer
UPRISING
2025
Glyndebourne
Director: Sinéad O'Neill
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
2024
The Central Theatre Chatham
Director: Julia Cave
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN
2024
Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage
Director: Chris Jordan
WELCOME TO SERENE (THE TOWN WITH THE MACHINE)
2024
New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
Director: Hannah Benson
brassed off
2024
Theatre by the Lake / Stephen Joseph Theatre / The Octagon Theatre Bolton
Director: Liz Stevenson
Associate Lighting Designer
starlight express
2024
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Director: Luke Sheppard
Assistant Lighting Designer
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET EMERGING DANCER
2024
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Choreographers: Rentaro Nagasaki & Ching Ying Chien
RE-PLAY
2024
Mulryan Centre for Dance
Choreographers: Miguel Altunaga, Carolyn Bolton, Kate Hartley-Stevens, Jenna Lee, Gerrard Martin, Jo Meredith & Hannah Williams
THE WATSONS
2024
Oxford School of Drama / Jermyn Street Theatre
Director: Max Key
EMPOWER IN MOTION
2024
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Choreographers: Sebastian Kloborg, Kristen McNally, Joseph Powell-Main, Maia Rose Roberts & Mary Skeaping
just for one day
2024
Old Vic Theatre
Director: Luke Sheppard
Assistant Lighting Designer
WORK.TXT
2024
International Tour
Director: Nathan Ellis
rock 'n' roll
2023
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Nina Raine
Assistant Lighting Designer
roald Dahl's the witches
2023
National Theatre
Director: Lyndsey Turner
Assistant Lighting Designer
the hypochondriac
2023
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Director: Sarah Tipple
Associate Lighting Designer
the little big things
2023
Soho Place, West End
Director: Luke Sheppard
Associate Lighting Designer
WITHOUT
2023
New Wimbledon Theatre Studio / Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: Ben Tomalin & Maisie Fawcett
semele
2023
Glyndebourne
Director: Adele Thomas
Assistant Lighting Designer
a midsummer night's dream
2023
Glyndebourne
Director: Peter Hall
Assistant Lighting Designer
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES
2023
Glyndebourne
Director: Barrie Kosky
Assistant Lighting Designer
don Giovanni
2023
Glyndebourne
Director: Mariame Clément
Assistant Lighting Designer
KATHAK MONOLOGUES
2023
UK Tour
Director: Amina Khayyam
WORK.TXT
2023
International Tour
Director: Nathan Ellis
LOVE GODDESS, THE RITA HAYWORTH MUSICAL
2022
The Cockpit Theatre
Director: Steve North
ZOMBIEGATE
2022
Theatre503
Director: Julian Bruton
WORK.TXT
2022
Studiobühne U17, Staatstheater Mainz, Germany
Director: Nathan Ellis
TERRA NOVA
2022
Theatre Royal Winchester
Director: Rachel Birch-Lawson
BEAUTY AND THE SEVEN BEASTS
2022
Brixton Jamm
Director: James Hurley
WORK.TXT
2022
Soho Theatre / Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: Nathan Ellis
PERIOD DRAMAS
2022
The Other Palace Studio / Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: Jessy Roberts
1001
2022
Omnibus Theatre
Director: Jana Aizupe
2021 AND EARLIER

NOSON YN Y GLWYS | Director: Rhian Blythe | Neuadd Dewi Sant, Cardiff

JIGSAW | Director: Matt Owen | Rose Theatre

LIGHTS OVER TESCO CAR PARK: THE ABDUCTIONS | Co-Directors: Jack Bradfield & Shankho Chaudhuri | Filmed at the Rose Theatre

DON GIOVANNI / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA / LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Director: Sarah Crisp | Sherman Theatre

THE MOORS | Director: Patricia Logue | Richard Burton Theatre

FIRES OUR SHOES HAVE MADE | Director: Matt Owen | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

THE IMPROV MUSICAL! | Director: Ethan Peters | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

DOGFIGHT | Director: Bronte Skey | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Alessandra French | Warwick Arts Centre Theatre

TIMPSON: THE MUSICAL | Director: Sam Cochrane | King’s Head Theatre

THE PILLOWMAN | Co-Directors: Matt Owen & Oscar Sadler | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

X | Director: Joe Matty | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

LIP SERVICE | Director: Grace Lovegrove | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

TIMPSON: THE MUSICAL | Co-Directors: Chris Baker & Sam Cochrane | The Other Palace Studio & Edinburgh Fringe Festival

A MONSTER MUSICAL! | Director: Josh Dixon | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

THE IMPROV MUSICAL! | Director: Graham Stott | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

RENT | Director: Josh Dixon | Goose Nest Theatre, Coventry

HANSEL AND GRETEL | Director: Rhiannon McDonagh | Goose Nest Theatre, Coventry

THE IMPROV MUSICAL! | Director: Florian Panzieri | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE | Co-Directors: Rebekah Hesmondhalgh & Sophie Taylor | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

BLOOD WEDDING | Director: Rachel Ellis | Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

JERUSALEM | Director: Bethan Pitts | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | Director: Rob Madge | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

NOUGHTS AND CROSSES | Director: Zahrah Kazim | Warwick Arts Centre Studio

HEADS | Co-Directors: Leo Reich & Adam Husain | Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Danny Vavrečka

Lighting Designer