Paul has worked extensively in Theatre and Opera. He trained at Mountview Theatre School and York College of Arts and Technology.
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Theatre & Opera
Awards
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2013
The Master and Margarita
Complicté
Best Lighting Design
Credits
THE STORY
2026
National Theatre
Director: Clint Dyer
THE BAKER'S WIFE
2024
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Gordon Greenberg
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
2024
English National Opera
Director: Isabella Bywater
MNEMONIC
2024
National Theatre
Director: Simon McBurney
HEX
2022
National Theatre
Director: Rufus Norris
SMALL ISLAND
2022
National Theatre
Director: Rufus Norris
SHEILA'S ISLAND
2022
Yvonne Arnaud Guildford / UK Tour
Director: Joanna Reid
BRIAN & ROGER
2021
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: David Babani
TYPICAL
2021
Soho Theatre on Demand
Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour
WOZZECK
2020
Aix En Provence, France
Director: Simon McBurney
WEIMAR NIGHTFALL - THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
2020
LA Philharmonic, USA
Director: Simon McBurney
THE BOY FRIEND
2019
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Matthew White
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
2019
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russia
Director: Simon McBurney
AS YOU LIKE IT
2019
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Director: Douglas Rintoul
SMALL ISLAND
2019
National Theatre
Director: Rufus Norris
JACK THE RIPPER
2019
English National Opera
Director: Daniel Kramer
FOXFINDER
2018
Ambassador's Theatre, West End
Director: Rachel O'Riordan
PACK OF LIES
2018
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Hannah Chissick
TARTUFFE
2018
Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End
Director: Gerald Garutti
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
2018
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Laurie Sansom
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
2018
De Nationale Opera, The Netherlands
Director: Simon McBurney
CINDERELLA
2017
Hackney Empire
Director: Susie McKenna
14 DAYS
2017
Sadler's Wells
Director: Ballet Boyz
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
2017
Aix En Provence, France
Director: Simon McBurney
THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE
2017
Royal Court
Director: Simon McBurney
THE ENCOUNTER
2016
Golden Theatre, Broadway
Director: Simon McBurney
A PACIFIST'S GUIDE TO THE WAR WITH CANCER
2016
Complicité / HOME Manchester / Exeter Northcott / National Theatre
Director: Bryony Kimmings
MADE IN DAGENHAM
2016
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Director: Douglas Rintoul
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
2016
English National Opera
Director: Daniel Kramer
RUNNING WILD
2016
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Timothy Sheader
THE ENCOUNTER
2016
Barbican Theatre
Director: Simon McBurney
I AM THOMAS
2016
Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
Director: Paul Hunter
HAMLET
2016
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Simon Godwin
BEWARE OF PITY
2015
Schaubühne, Germany
Director: Simon McBurney
A WOLF IN SNAKESKIN SHOES
2015
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
THE ENCOUNTER
2015
Complicité / Edinburgh / Tour
Director: Simon McBurney
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
2015
Glyndebourne Opera
Director: Fiona Shaw
THE GHOST TRAIN
2015
Manchester Royal Exchange
Director: Paul Hunter
THE PRODUCERS
2015
UK Tour
Director: Matthew White
EVERYMAN
2015
National Theatre
Director: Rufus Norris
OPPENHEIMER
2015
Royal Shakespeare Company / Vaudeville Theatre, West End
Director: Angus Jackson
THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND
2014
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
SPEED THE PLOW
2014
Playhouse Theatre, West End
Director: Lindsay Posner
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
2014
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Director: Fiona Shaw
WARHORSE
2014
Royal Albert Hall / BBC Proms
Director: Melly Still
PETER GRIMES
2014
Grange Park Opera
Director: Jeremy Sams
LA TRAVIATA
2014
Grange Park Opera
Director: Lindsay Posner
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS
2014
National Theatre
Director: Adam Penford
A TASTE OF HONEY
2014
National Theatre
Director: Bijan Sheibani
TWO INTO ONE
2014
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Ray Cooney
TEN BILLION
2013
Oxford Film & TV / Royal Opera House
Director: Feature Documentary
THIS HOUSE
2013
National Theatre
Director: Jeremy Herrin
AMEN CORNER
2013
National Theatre
Director: Rufus Norris
PROOF
2013
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Polly Findlay
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG
2013
Rose Theatre / Liverpool Playhouse
Director: Stephen Unwin
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
2013
Glyndebourne Opera
Director: Fiona Shaw
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
2013
Complicité / Barbican Theatre / National Theatre / Paris, France
Director: Simon McBurney
SHUN KIN
2013
Complicité, USA
Director: Simon McBurney
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
MOUSE AND HIS CHILD | Royal Shakespeare Company
A RAT’S TALE | Manchester Royal Exchange
DON GIOVANNI | English National Opera
OF MICE AND MEN | Watermill Theatre
A DOG’S HEART | Compicité, US k/La Scala, Italy
ALL NEW PEOPLE | West End/ ATG
EDUCATING RITA | West End/Menier Chocolate Factory
TORCH SONG TRILOGY | Menier Chocolate Factory
SHIRLEY VALENTINE | West End/ Menier Chocolate Factory
ARCADIA | West End
TREASURE ISLAND | West End
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS | West End
ALL MY SONS | Broadway
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | West End/ Menier Chocolate Factory
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL | West End
THE TEMPEST | West End
BENT | West End
ON THE THIRD DAY | West End
SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME | West End
A DISAPPEARING NUMBER | Complicité, US
THE ELEPHANT VANISHES | Complicité, US
STRANGE POETRY | With the LA Philharmonic, US
LIGHT | Complicité, US
THE NOISE OF TIME | Complicité, US
MNEMONIC | Drama Desk and Lucille Lortell Award |Complicité, US
THE CHAIRS | Nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards | Complicité, US
SIMPLY HEAVEN | West End/ Young Vic
A SERVANT TO TWO MASTER | West End/ RSC
BLOOD AND GIFTS | National Theatre
NATION | National Theatre
THE REVENGERS TRAGEDY | National Theatre
A MINUTE TOO LATE | National Theatre
STUFF HAPPENS |National Theatre
BLOOD AND GIFTS | National Theatre
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM | National Theatre
MEASURE FOR MEASURE | National Theatre
CYRANO DE BERGERAC | National Theatre
THE BIRDS | National Theatre
TERRIBLE ADVICE | Menier Chocolate Factory
TALENT | Menier Chocolate Factory
THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI | National Actors’ Theatre New York (with Al Pacino)
LENNY HENRY’S SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY | West End/ International Tour
JULIUS CAESAR | Royal Shakespeare Company
THE TEMPEST | Royal Shakespeare Company
TWELFTH NIGHT | 400 Anniversary Producion For Shakespeare’s Globe at Middle Temple Hall
SINGER | Oxford Stage Company
AMERICANS | Oxford Stage Company
THE INLAND SEA | Oxford Stage Company
TWO CITIES | Salisbury Playhouse
PLAYING FOR TIME | Salisbury Playhouse
TAMING OF THE SHREW | Salisbury Playhouse
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA | Theatre Royal Stratford East
SHOOT TO WIN | Theatre Royal Stratford East
PINNOCHIO | Theatre Royal Stratford East
SLEEPING BEAUTY | Theatre Royal Stratford East
RED RIDING HOOD | Theatre Royal Stratford East
ALADDIN | Theatre Royal Stratford East
CINDERELLA | Theatre Royal Stratford East
THE ENCHANTED PIG | Young Vic Theatre
KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE |Young Vic Theatre
SIMPLY HEAVEN | Young Vic Theatre
ARABIAN NIGHTS | Young Vic Theatre
AS I LAY DYING | Young Vic Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT | Young Vic Theatre
GUYS AND DOLLS | Young Vic Theatre
WESTSIDE STORY | Young Vic Theatre
SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS | Lyric Hammersmith
PINOCCHIO | Lyric Hammersmith
THE THREESOME | Lyric Hammersmith
LYRIC NIGHTS | Lyric Hammersmith
ON TOUR | Royal Court Theatre
RANDOM | Royal Court Theatre
INCOMPLETE ACTS OF KINDNESS | Royal Court Theatre
TURN OF THE SCREW | Bristol Old Vic
OTHER WORK
THE CHRISTIE BROWN EXHIBITION | Fragments of narrative at the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
REDISCOVERING POMPEII | Academia Italiana | IBM Exhibition
FASHION SHOWS | For Fashion East/ Lancome/ GHD/ Basso & Brooke/ Al International
Paul Anderson
Lighting Designer
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