Rick is a lighting designer working internationally on plays, opera, and musicals. He has won a Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Billy Elliot on Broadway and a Helpmann Award for Billy Elliot in Sydney. He has also won two Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design for his work at the National Theatre and a Tony and Drama Desk Award for An Inspector Calls.
Theatre, Opera & Dance
Awards
KNIGHT OF ILLUMINATION AWARD
2017
Lifetime Recognition
DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINATION
2017
The Judas Kiss
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD NOMINATION
2015
The Audience
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York City
Outstanding Lighting Design
WHATSONSTAGE AWARD NOMINATION
2010
Enron / Life Is A Dream / Madame de Sade
Royal Court / Donmar Warehouse
Best Lighting Design
TONY AWARD
2009
Billy Elliot
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
DRAMA DESK AWARD
2009
Billy Elliot
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
2009
Billy Elliot
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
LIVE DESIGN AWARDS
2008
Lighting Designer of the Year
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
2006
Billy Elliot
Victoria Palace, West End
Best Lighting Design
WORLD STAGE DESIGN EXHIBITION
2005
Bronze Medal for Lighting Design
GARLAND AWARD
2003
Cinderella
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
Lighting Design
GOLDEN TRIGA, PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL
2003
Cinderella
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
British Entry
OLIVIER AWARD
1998
Lady In the Dark / Chips with Everything
National Theatre
Best Lighting Design
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
1995
Pericles / The Cryptogram
National Theatre / Ambassador’s Theatre
Best Lighting Design
OVATION AWARD
1996
An Inspector Calls
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
Lighting Design
LA DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
1996
An Inspector Calls
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
Lighting Design
GOLDEN TRIGA, PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL
1995
British Entry
TONY AWARD
1994
An Inspector Calls
Broadway, Royale Theatre
Best Lighting Design
DRAMA DESK AWARD
1994
An Inspector Calls
Broadway, Royale Theatre
Outstanding Lighting Design
OLIVIER AWARD
1994
Hysteria / Machinal / Moonlight
Royal Court / National Theatre
Best Lighting Design
OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION
1993
An Inspector Calls
National Theatre
Best Lighting Design
Credits
THEODORA
2026
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
Director: Thomas Guthrie
Così fan tutte
2026
The Glasshouse
Royal Northern Sinfonia
THE LITTLE PRINCE
2026
The Dallas Opera, US
Director: Francesca Zambello
SUNNY AFTERNOON
2025
Chicago Shakespeare, US / UK Tour
Director: Edward Hall
NATASHA
2025
New National Theatre, Japan
Director: Ono Kazushi
RIGOLETTO
2025
Sante Fe Opera, US / Irish National Opera
Director: Julien Chavaz
PORGY AND BESS
2024
Cape Town Opera / Beijing / Shanghai
Director: Noa Naamat
INTO THE WOODS
2024
Royal Academy of Music
Director: Bruce Guthrie
AN EVENING WITH ABDULHUSSAIN
2024
Kuwait Opera House (JACC)
LE PROPHÈTE
2024
Fisher Center for Performing Arts, Bard College
Director: Christian Räth
I PAGLIACCI
2024
Florida Grand Opera, US
Director: Jeffery Marc Buchman
LA TRAVIATA
2024
Florida Grand Opera, US
Director: Chía Patiño
AN ACTOR CONVALESCING IN DEVON
2024
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Clarissa Brown & Richard Nelson
RECENT CREDITS
SAN XING DUI | Director: Thom Southerland | Shanghai, China
SEMELE (with Peter Mumford) | Director: Adele Thomas | Glyndebourne Opera
NOISES OFF | Director: Thom Southerland | Cottbus, Germany
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR | Director: Bruce Guthrie | NCPA, Mumbai, India
GISELLE | Director: Miyako Yoshida | National Ballet of Japan
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry | UK Tour
THE SILENT WOMAN | Director: Christian Räth | Bard Summerscape Opera, US
MIDDLE | Director: Polly Findlay | National Theatre
THE BREACH | Director: Sarah Frankcom | Hampstead Theatre
RED RIDING HOOD | Director: Robert Shaw Cameron | Theatre Royal Stratford East
EUGENE ONEGIN | Director: Alessandro Talevi | Santa Fe Opera, US
BILLY ELLIOT | Director: Stephen Daldry | Korea
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Marta Domingo | Royal Muscat Opera
SEMELE | Director: Thomas Guthrie | UK & European Tour/ Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
EDMUND DE BERGERAC | Director: Roxana Silbert | Birmingham Rep
MAN OF LA MANCHA | Director: Lonny Price | English National Opera
THE PEARL FISHERS | Director: Shawna Lucey | Santa Fe Opera, US
UNCLE VANYA | Director: Rupert Everett | Theatre Royal Bath
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Stephen Whitson | Edinburgh International Festival
BENVENUTO CELLINI | Director: Noa Naamat | UK & European Tour/ Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
WHAT’S IN A NAME | Director: Jeremy Sams | UK Tour
THE PERMANENT WAY | Director: Alexander Lass | The Vaults
THE HAYSTACK | Director: Roxana Silbert | Hampstead Theatre
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES | Director: Jez Bond | Park Theatre
BEETHOVEN CONCERT (RFH) | Philharmonia Orchestra
ELEKTRA | Bournemouth Symphony
CARMEN | Director: Edward Dick | Opera North
‘NIGHT MOTHER | Director: Roxana Silbert | Hampstead Theatre
FOR WEST END
CONSENT | Director: Roger Michell
WOMAN IN WHITE | Director: Thom Southerland
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry
RENT | Director: Bruce Guthrie
THE AUDIENCE | Director: Stephen Daldry
SUNNY AFTERNOON | Director: Edward Hall
CHARIOTS OF FIRE | Director: Edward Hall
THE JUDAS KISS | Director: Neil Armfield
BILLY ELLIOT | Director: Stephen Daldry
HERGE’S ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN | Director: Rufus Norris
OLD TIMES | Director: Roger Michell
FAMILY REUNION | Director: Jeremy Herrin
THE PHILANTHROPIST | Director: David Grindley
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA | Director: Stewart Lee
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE | Director: Adrian Noble
LOBBY HERO | Director: Mark Brokaw
BOSTON MARRIAGE | Director: Phyllida Lloyd
A NUMBER | Director: Stephen Daldry
GLEE CLUB | Director: Mike Bradwell
STAR QUALITY | Director: Christopher Luscombe
NAPOLEON | Director: Francesca Zambello
MY ZINC BED | Director: David Hare
MISS JULIE | Director: Michael Boyd
LENNY | Director: Sir Peter Hall
MACBETH | Director: John Crowley
VIA DOLOROSA | Director: Stephen Daldry
THE OLD NEIGHBOURHOOD | Director: Patrick Marber
SWAN LAKE | Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
CINDERELLA | Director: Matthew Bourne
THE CHANGING ROOM | Director: James MacDonald
HYSTERIA | Director: Phyllida Lloyd
RAT IN THE SKULL | Director: Stephen Daldry
SERIOUS MONEY | Director: Max Stafford-Clark
FOR BROADWAY
THE AUDIENCE | Director: Stephen Daldry
THE PHILANTHROPIST | Director: David Grindley
BILLY ELLIOT | Director: Stephen Daldry
SWAN LAKE | Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
VIA DOLOROSA | Director: Stephen Daldry
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry
SOME AMERICANS ABROAD | Director: Roger Michell
SERIOUS MONEY | Director: Max Stafford-Clark
OFF BROADWAY
MAN TO MAN | Director: Bruce Guthrie & Scott Graham
THE JUDAS KISS | Director: Neil Armfield
FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE
AN INSPECTOR CALLS | Director: Stephen Daldry
MIDDLE | Director: Polly Findlay
CONSENT | Director: Roger Michell
WASTE | Director: Roger Michell
LANDSCAPE WITH WEAPON | Director: Roger Michell
JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA | Director: Stewart Lee
HONOUR | Director: Roger Michell
MOTHER CLAP’S MOLLY HOUSE | Director: Nicholas Hytner
THE WINTER’S TALE | Director: Nicholas Hytner
ALBERT SPEER | Director: Trevor Nunn
BLUE/ORANGE | Director: Roger Michell
BETRAYAL | Director: Trevor Nunn
FLIGHT | Director: Howard Davies
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING | Director: Howard Davies
LADY IN THE DARK | Director: Francesca Zambello
FAIR LADIES PLAYING A GAME OF POEM CARDS | Director: John Crowley
BLINDED BY THE SUN | Director: Ron Daniels
DEATH OF A SALESMAN | Director: David Thacker
UNDER MILK WOOD | Director: Roger Michell
THE COUP | Director: Roger Michell
PERICLES | Director: Phyllida Lloyd
MACHINAL | Director: Stephen Daldry
PEER GYNT | Director: Declan Donnellan
INTERNATIONAL
SWEENEY TODD | Director: Lee Blakeley | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
THE KING AND I | Director: Lee Blakeley | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
THE SOUND OF MUSIC | Director: Jonathan Butterell | Citi Opera Theatre, Buenos Aires Argentina
DISNEY’S THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME | Director: James Lapine | Berlin, Germany
FORBIDDEN CITY | Director: Stephen Dexter | Singapore Repertory Theatre, China
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Bruce Guthrie | Singapore Repertory Theatre, China
OTHELLO | Director: Bruce Guthrie | Singapore Repertory Theatre, China
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Edward Dick | Singapore Repertory Theatre, China
HAMLET, AN INSPECTOR CALLS, KING LEAR, RED DEMON, SALOME, FALSTAFF, BILLY ELLIOT, MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE, MATA HARI, GISELLE | All Japan
OPERA
Lighting design for 27 operas at Santa Fe Opera between 2001-2021
SWEENEY TODD | Director: Lee Blakeley | Houston Opera/ San Francisco Opera, US
THE KING AND I | Director: Lee Blakeley | Chicago Lyric Opera, US
MADAME BUTTERFLY | Director: Lee Blakeley | LA Opera/ Santa Fe Opera, US
FALSTAFF | Director: Lee Blakeley | LA Opera, US
FALSTAFF | Director: David Kneuss | Saito Kinen Festival, Japan
ALBERT HERRING | Director: Paul Curran | LA Opera/ Santa Fe Opera
PETER GRIMES | Director: Paul Curran | LA Opera/ Santa Fe Opera/ Oslo, Norway
SALOME | Director: Daniel Slater | Santa Fe Opera, US
SALOME | Director: Francesca Zambello/Christian Rath | Saito Kinen Festival Japan
BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY | Director: Daniel Slater | Glyndebourne/ Valencia, Spain
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: David Pountney | Fenice, Venice, Italy
THE HEART OF DARKNESS | Director: Edward Dick | Royal Opera House
TSARINA’S SLIPPERS | Director: Francesca Zambello | Royal Opera House
WOZZECK | Director: Keith Warner | Royal Opera House
OF MICE AND MEN | Director: Francesca Zambello | Washington Opera, US
THE LITTLE PRINCE | Director: Francesca Zambello | Houston Opera/ New York City Opera/ San Francisco Opera, US
FIERY ANGEL | Director: Francesca Zambello | Bolshoi Theatre, Russia
TURANDOT | Director: Francesca Zambello | Bolshoi Theatre, Russia
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI | Director: Paul Curran | Charleston, US
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | Director: Chen Shi-Zheng | Charleston, US
TURANDOT | Director: Rupert Goold | English National Opera
LA VESTALE | Director: Francesca Zambello | English National Opera
VERDI’S REQUIEM | Director: Phyllida Lloyd | English National Opera
DER FREISCHUTZ | Director: David Pountney | English National Opera
DR OX’S EXPERIMENT | Director: Atom Egoyan | English National Opera
THE FAIRY QUEEN | Director: David Pountney | English National Opera
WOZZECK | Director: William Friedkin | Florence Maggio Musicale, Italy
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | Director: Francesca Zambello | Bordeaux, France
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Jonathan Miller | Bastille, France
CARMEN | Director: Edward Dick | Opera North
GLORIANA | Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Opera North
MEDEA | Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Opera North
LA BOHEME | Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Opera North
L’ETOILE | Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Opera North
MANON LESCAUT | Director: Stephen Daldry | Dublin, Ireland
THE MAGIC FLUTE | Director: Stephen Medcalf/John Elliot Gardiner | Parma, Italy
BALLET
GISELLE | Director: Miyako Yoshida | National Ballet of Japan
SWAN LAKE | Director: Matthew Bourne | World Tour/ West End/ Los Angeles, US/ Broadway
CINDERELLA | Director: Matthew Bourne | West End/ Los Angeles, US
OTHER
Chairman of the Association of Lighting Design and Production 1995-2011
Vice President of the Association of Lighting Design and Production 2011-Present
Trustee Back Up The Technical Entertainment Charity
Former trustee National Board of United Scenic Artists, USA
Former visiting Professor in Lighting Design – Dramatiska Institute Stockholm, Sweden
Rick Fisher
Lighting Designer
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