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Lee Curran

Lighting Designer

Lee is a lighting designer of theatre, dance, and opera. Lee has worked with artists and organisations such as the National Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Opera House, Hofesh Shechter, Royal Exchange Manchester, Rambert Dance Company, LIFT, Boy Blue Entertainment, and the Royal Danish Opera.

Theatre

Awards

OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2023
A Streetcar Named Desire
Almeida
Best Lighting Design
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2019
Summer and Smoke
Almeida
Best Lighting Design
KNIGHT OF ILLUMINATION AWARD NOMINATION
2019
Summer and Smoke
Almeida
KNIGHT OF ILLUMINATION AWARD NOMINATION
2017
Jesus Christ Superstar
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2017
Jesus Christ Superstar
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Best Lighting Design
KNIGHT OF ILLUMINATION AWARD NOMINATION
2016
Orphée et Eurydice
Royal Opera House
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2013
Constellations
Royal Court / Duke of York's Theatre, West End
Best Lighting Design
WHATSONSTAGE AWARD NOMINATION
2013
Constellations
Royal Court / Duke of York's Theatre, West End
Best Lighting Design

Credits

JESUS CHRSIT SUPERSTAR
2026
London Palladium
Director: Tim Sheader
CLEANSED
2026
Almeida
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
TOSCA
2026
English National Opera
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
ADRIANA MATER
2026
English National Opera
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
CYCLES
2026
Roundhouse London
Director: Boy Blue Entertainment
A DOLL'S HOUSE
2026
Almeida
Director: Joe Hill Gibbons
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
2026
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
TELLUS
2026
The Lowry
Director: Choreographer: Dickson Mbi
WOMAN IN MIND
2026
Duke of York's, West End / Sunderland Empire / Theatre Royal Glasgow
Director: Michael Longhurst
BÁN
2026
Abbey Theatre
Director: Claire O'Reilly
TOSCA
2025
Welsh National Opera
Director: Edward Dick
ROMANS: A NOVEL
2025
Almeida
Director: Sam Pritchard
SWEENEY TODD: CONCERT
2025
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Director: Séimí Campbell
THIS BITTER EARTH
2025
Soho Theatre
Director: Billy Porter
THIS IS MY FAMILY
2025
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Director: Vicky Featherstone
TITUS ANDRONICUS
2025
Royal Shakespeare Company / Hampstead Theatre
Director: Max Webster
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
2025
Noël Coward Theatre, West End / Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
2024
Almeida
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
ROOTS
2024
Almeida
Director: Diyan Zora
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
2024
Almeida
Director: Atri Banerjee
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2024
Australian Tour
Director: Tim Sheader
ENOWATE
2024
Pleasance Grand Theatre, Edinburgh
Director: Choreographer: Dickson Mbi
NEXT TO NORMAL
2024
Wyndhams's Theatre, West End
Director: Michael Longhurst
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
2024
Belgrade Theatre / Rose Theatre
Director: Atri Banerjee
CYCLES
2024
Barbican
Director: Boy Blue Entertainment
TOSCA
2024
Margaret Court Arena / Melbourne & Sydney Opera House, Australia
Director: Edward Dick
PLAYER KINGS
2024
Wimbledon Theatre / Manchester Opera House / Noël Coward Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Robert Icke
KING LEAR
2024
Almeida
Director: Yaël Farber
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2024
US Tour / UK Tour
Director: Tim Sheader
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
2023
National Theatre
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
THE LIMIT
2023
Royal Opera House
Director: Ed Madden
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2023
UK Tour
Director: Tim Sheader
NEXT TO NORMAL
2023
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Michael Longhurst
ROMEO AND JULIET
2023
Almeida
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
2023
Phoenix Theatre, West End
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
AIDA
2023
Royal Danish Opera
Director: Annabel Arden
FIDELIO
2023
Nederlandse Reisoper, The Netherlands
Director: John Fulljames
JULIUS CAESAR
2023
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Atri Banerjee
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
2022
Almeida
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2022
US Tour
Director: Tim Sheader
ENOWATE
2022
Sadler's Wells
Director: Choreographer: Dickson Mbi
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
2022
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Atri Banerjee
BRITANNICUS
2022
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Atri Banerjee
THE WIDER EARTH
2022
Australian Tour / Broadcast
Director: David Morton
HENRY V
2022
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Max Webster
DON QUIXOTE
2022
Royal Danish Opera
Director: Nikolaj Hübbe
CLORINDA AGONISTES
2022
Grange Festival
Director: Choreographer: Shobana Jeyasingh
FIDELIO (REVIVAL)
2021
Polish National Opera
Director: John Fulljames
WE ARE AS GODS
2021
Battersea Arts Centre
Director: Choreographer: James Cousins
THE SONG PROJECT
2021
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Chloe Lamford
CONSTELLATIONS
2021
Vaudeville Theatre, West End
Director: Michael Longhurst
THE TWO CHARACTER PLAY
2021
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Sam Yates
HARM
2021
Bush Theatre
Director: Atri Banerjee
IL COMBATTIMENTO
2021
Director: Choreographer: Shobana Jeysaingh
ENOWATE
2021
Dance East / Barbican Centre
Director: Choreographer: Dickson Mbi
UPRISING
2020
Royal Danish Theatre
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: THE CONCERT
2020
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Tim Sheader
THE BEAUTY PARADE
2020
Wales Millennium Centre
Director: Katie O'Reilly
WEST SIDE STORY
2020
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Sarah Frankcom
RARE EARTH METTLE
2020
Royal Court
Director: Hamish Pirie
FIDELIO
2020
Royal Danish Opera
Director: John Fulljames
NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE
2020
Young Theatre
Director: Elizabeth Freestone
THE WELKIN
2020
National Theatre
Director: James Macdonald
POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED
2020
Hofesh Shechter Company Tour
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter
CLOWNS
2020
Hofesh Shechter Company Tour
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2019
US Tour
Director: Tim Sheader
THE SON
2019
Duke of York's, West End
Director: Michael Longhurst
ENOWATE
2019
The Lowry
Director: Choreographer: Dickson Mbi
BLACK MEN WALKING
2019
UK Tour
Director: Tim Sheader
SPIRAL PASS/OPUS 131
2019
Opéra National de Lyon, France
Director: Russell Maliphant
PETER PAN
2019
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Director: Choreographer: Liam Steel
PHAEDRA
2019
Royal Opera House
Director: Noa Naamat
PLENTY
2019
Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Kate Hewitt
BURGERZ
2019
Revival / Tour
Director: Sam Curtis Lindsay
MR GUM AND THE DANCING BEAR
2019
National Theatre
Director: Amy Hodge
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2019
Barbican
Director: Tim Sheader
‍NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE
2019
Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Director: Elizabeth Freestone
WEST SIDE STORY
2019
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Sarah Frankcom
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
2019
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Tom Scutt
IN YOUR ROOMS
2019
Rambert
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Schecter
WITHIN HER EYES
2019
UK Tour
Director: Choreographer: James Cousins
MIRABEL
2018
Oval House
Director: Rachel McCutcheon
BURGERZ
2018
Hackney Showroom
Director: Sam Curtis Lindsay
Co-Design with Lauren Woodhead
RAMBERT 2: NEW BENOIT-SWAN POUFFER/E2 7SD
2018
Rambert
Director: Benoit-Swan Pouffer
THE WIDER EARTH
2018
Natural History Museum
Director: David Morton
DANCE NATION
2018
Almeida
Director: Bijan Sheibani
OPRPHEE ET EURIDICE
2018
La Scala, Italy
Director: John Fulljames
TOSCA
2028
Opera North
Director: Edward Dick
CLOWNS
2018
UK Tour
Director: Hofesh Schecter
JUBILEE
2018
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Chris Goode
NABUCCO
2018
Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier, France
Director: John Fulljames
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
2018
Nuffield Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Chelsea Walker
WOYZECK
2018
Birmingham Rep
Director: Roxana Silbert
AS YOU LIKE IT
2018
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Max Webster
SUMMER AND SMOKE
2018
Almeida / Duke of York's Theatre, West End
Director: Rebecca Frecknall
BLACK MEN WALKING
2018
Manchester Royal Exchange / UK Tour
Director: Dawn Walton
GUNDOG
2018
Royal Court
Director: Vicky Featherstone
JUBILEE
2017
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Chris Goode
LADY FROM THE SEA
2017
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
UNTOUCHABLE
2017
Royal Opera House
Director: Hofesh Schecter
THE WEIR
2017
English Touring Theatre
Director: Adele Thomas
ROAD
2017
Royal Court
Director: John Tiffany
‍KISSING THE SHOTGUN GOODNIGHT
2017
UK Tour
Director: Christopher Brett Bailey
‍COVER MY TRACKS
2017
Old Vic
Director: Max Webster
‍JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2017
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Tim Sheader
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
2017
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Tim Sheader
DEPART
2017
Lift Festival / UK Tour
Director: Yaron Lifschitz
‍NUCLEAR WAR
2017
Royal Court
Director: Imogen Knight
LOVE
2017
Royal Court
Director: Debbie Tucker Green
ROSALIND
2017
The Place
Director: Choreographer: James Cousins
A PROFOUNDLY AFFECTIONATE, PASSIOANTE DEVOTION TO SOMEONE (-NOUN)
2017
Royal Court
Director: Debbie Tucker Green
THE WINTERS TALE
2017
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Director: Max Webster
FANTASTIC MR FOX
2017
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Maria Aberg
BLAK/WHYTE/GRAY
2017
Barbican
Director: Boy Blue Entertainment
FANTASTIC MR FOX
2016
Nuffield Theatre
Director: Maria Aberg
KISSING THE SHOTGUN GOODNIGHT
2016
UK Tour
Director: Christopher Brett Bailey
IMOGEN
2016
Shakespeare's Globe
Director: Mathew Dunster
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
2016
Barbican / Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Maria Aberg
THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
2016
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Blanche McIntyre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2016
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Tim Sheader
BOYS WILL BE BOYS
2016
Bush Theatre
Director: Amy Hodge
DEPART
2016
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Director: Yaron Lifschitz
TOMORROW
2016
Rambert Dance Company
Director: Lucy Guerin
CLOWNS
2016
Nederlands Dans Theater, The Netherlands
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter
X
2016
Royal Court
Director: Vicky Featherstone
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
2016
Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican
Director: Maria Aberg
LINDA
2015
Royal Court
Director: Michael Longhurst
THE ORESTEIA
2015
Home Manchester
Director: Blanche McIntyre
WIDE AWAKENING
2015
Tour
Director: Choreographer: Joss Anott Dance
FRIEZE ARTIST AWARD
2015
Frieze Festival
Lighting Designer for Rachel Rose
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
2015
Big Telly Theatre Company Tour
Director: Zoe Seaton
ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE
2015
Royal Opera House
Director: John Fulljames / Hofesh Shechter
SPLENDOUR
2015
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Robert Hastie
A NUMBER
2015
Young Vic
Director: Michael Longhurst
CONSTELLATIONS
2015
UK Tour
Director: Michael Longhurst
BASTARD AMBER
2015
Dublin Dance Festival, Ireland
Director: Liz Roche
LOVE’S SACRIFICE
2015
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Matthew Dunster
UNTOUCHABLE
2015
The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Schecter
FRAMES
2015
Rambert
Director: Alexander Whitely
THE RISE AND SHINE OF COMRADE FIASCO
2015
Gate Theatre
Director: Elayce Ismail
CONSTELLATIONS
2015
Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, US
Director: Michael Longhurst
TRIBUTE ACTS
2015
UK Tour
Director: Cheryl Gallacher & Tess Seddon
NABUCCOO
2014
Opera National de Lorraine, France
Director: John Fulljames
OTTONE
2014
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
LIFE ON THE MOON
2014
English Touring Opera
Director: Cal McCrystal
THE GRIT IN THE OYSTER
2014
The Point
Director: Choreographer: Alexander Whitley
HAMLET
2014
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Sarah Frankcom
REGENERATION
2014
Royal & Derogate / UK Tour
Director: Simon Godwin
MAMETZ
2014
National Theatre of Wales
Director: Matthew Dunster
TURFED
2014
LIFT Festival
Director: Renato Rocha
THE MEASURES TAKEN/ ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR
2014
Royal Opera House
Director: Choreographer: Alexander Whitley
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
2014
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Polly Findlay
PUFFBALL
2014
Roundhouse
Director: Mark Storer
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
2014
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Maria Aberg
A NUMBER
2014
Nuffield Theatre
Director: Michael Longhurst
INTERLOPER
2014
Ireland Tour
Director: Liz Roche
OUR BIG LAND
2014
Romany Theatre Company
Director: Amy Hodge
BLINDSIDED
2014
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Sarah Frankcom
PROTEST SONG
2013
National Theatre Shed
Director: Polly Findlay
THE JUNGLE BOOK
2013
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Director: Choreographer: Liam Steel
SUN
2013
Melbourne Festival, Australia
Director: Choreographer: Hofesh Schecter
THE EMPTY QUARTER
2013
Hampstead Studio
Director: Anna Ledwich
BLAM!
2013
Edinburgh / Sadler's Wells Glynis Henderson Production / Neander Teater, The Netherlands
Director: Kristján Ingimarsson / Simon K. Boberg
THE MEASURES TAKEN
2013
Sadler's Wells
Director: Choreographer: Alexander Whitley
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
2013
Royal & Derngate
Director: Richard Beecham
METH & REVERIE
2013
Sadler's Wells
Director: Ivan Blackstock
CHAPEL STREET
2013
Scrawl / Richard Jordan Prods / UK Tour
Director: Bryony Shanahan
DESOLATE HEAVEN
2013
Theatre 503
Director: Paul Robinson
BORDERLANDS
2013
Dance City, Newcastle
Director: Choreographer: Dora Frankel Dance

PREVIOUS THEATRE

CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhurst | Duke of York’s/Royal Court

LYRIKAL FEARTA REDUX | Choreographer: Jonzi, Director: Dawn Walton | Sadler’s Wells

THE SACRED FLAME | Director: Matthew Dunster | ETT/ Rose Theatre Kingston

THE ROVER | Director: Amy Hodge | Hampton Court Palace

66 MINUTES IN DAMASCUS | Director: Lucien Boujeily | LIFT/ Shoreditch Town Hall

CLYTEMNESTRA | Director: Amy Hodge | Hampton Court Palace

THE FAT GIRL GETS A HAIRCUT | Director: Mark Storor | Roundhouse

GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Director: Nikolai Foster | Watford Palace/ ETT

AN EVENING WITH NICK CAVE | Director: Iain Forsythe & Jane Pollard | Palace Theatre London

UNBROKEN | Director: Natalie Abrahami | The Gate

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PREVIOUS DANCE

REVOLVER | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | The Place/ Darren Ellis Dance

THERE WE HAVE BEEN /EVERYTHING AND NOTHING | Choreographer: James Cousins | Sadler’s Wells/ James Cousins Dance

‍TANK | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | U Dance Ensemble/ Youth Dance England/ Queen Elizabeth Hall

THE PERFORMANCE | Choreographer: John Ross, Siobhan Maguire-Swartz | Dance United

OMI | Choreographer: Tony Adigun | Breakin’ Convention/ Sadler’s Wells

THE IMPENDING STORM | Choreographer: Mark Storer | International Dance Festival Birmingham

MOMENTUM | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | Darren Ellis Dance

THE SELFISH GIANT | Choreographer: Steve Stickley, Darren Ellis | Springs Dance Company/ Epsom Playhouse

POLITICAL MOTHER (Choreographer’s Cut) | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company

POLITICAL MOTHER | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company

FROM THE WAIST UP | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | Darren Ellis Dance

TOUCH WOOD | The Place, London

THE ART OF NOT LOOKING BACK | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company/ Brighton Dome

STICKS AND BONES | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | Darren Ellis Dance

UPRISING/IN YOUR ROOMS (Choreographer’s Cut) | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofest Shechter Company/ Roundhouse

THE PERFECT HUMAN | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company/ The Point/ Eastleigh

SOLO | Choreographer: Alex Whitley | Rambert Dance Company/ Queen Elizabeth Hall.

IN YOUR ROOMS | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company/ The Place/ Queen Elizabeth Hall/ Sadler’s Wells

AEQUUS/DIAGOLO | Choreographer: Jean Abreu | New Wolsey Theatre

VOICES + SET BOUNDARIES | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

UPRISING | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company

DEVI | Choreographer: Mavin Khoo | Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH

CURIOUS CONSCIENCE | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | Rambert Dance Company/ The Lowry Salford

HAVE WE MET SOMEWHERE BEFORE | Choreographer: Mark Bruce, Lea Anderson & Rafael Bonachela | PROBE/ Hextable Dance

SOLEDAD | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | PROBE/ Rep Bonachela Dance Company 2007/ Rep Sydney Dance Company 2010

LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | Danceworks Rotterdam

PSYCHE | Sankalpam, Artsdepot, London

21 TALES | Fionnbarr Factory, The Lighthouse Poole

E2 7SD | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | The Place Theatre, London

HYPNOS | Choreographer: Tom Sapsford | ICA, London

SINGING | Choreographer: Jonathan Burrows

JUICE | Choreographer: Jeremy James

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OPERA

TOUJOURS ET PRES DE MOI | Choreographer: Patrick Eakin-Young | Opera Erratica, The Print Room

LIEBESLIED/MY SUICIDES | Choreographers: Duttmann/Clark/Sapsford | Rut Blees Luxembourg/ ICA London

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MISCELLANEOUS

DIG LAZARUS DIG! | Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard | Music Video filmed at Pinewood Studios.

MAIYET Fashion Event | Laura Holmes Prods | The Zabludowicz Collection

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Lee Curran

Lighting Designer