Robbie is a lighting designer for Theatre, Opera, and bespoke live entertainment projects. In 2018, he was a leading figure in the successful international Save Stage Lighting campaign and was subsequently awarded an honorary life membership of the Association for Lighting Production and Design for services to the industry. His design work has been seen on Broadway, The West End, and in international opera houses. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has formerly worked in the lighting departments of leading entertainment companies such as Cirque Du Soleil and Disney.
Theatre, Live Events & Opera
Awards
Olivier Award nomination
2026
Punch
Nottingham Playhouse, Young Vic, Apollo Theatre, West End
Best Lighting Design
Profile Award
2024
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Off West Award
2022
Best Lighting Design
Credits
SCROOGE - THE MUSICAL
2026
SEC Armadillo
Director: Thom Southerland
CLUB NVRLND
2026
The Vaults, London
Director: Steven Kunis
HANSEL & GRETEL
2026
Scottish Opera
Director: Lucy Bradley
THE PIANIST
2026
Park Theatre
Director: Thom Southerland
THE SHINING
2026
Malmö Opera
Director: Keith Warner
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
2026
Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Seán Linnen
PUNCH
2026
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Adam Penford
HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY
2025
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Lisa Spirling
STUDIO3 SEASON - ALRIGHT SUNSHINE
2025
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Director: Debbie Hannan
STUDIO3 SEASON - FLEG
2025
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Director: Dominic Hill
STUDIO3 SEASON - FRUITCAKE
2025
Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Director: Jemima Levick
PUNCH
2025
Manhatten Theatre Club, New York
Director: Adam Penford
ALADDIE
2025
Ayr Gaiety
Director: Tom Cooper
CLUB NVRLND
2025
Edinburgh Fringe
Director: Steven Kunis
PUNCH
2025
Young Vic / Apollo Theatre, West End
Director: Adam Penford
THE MAKROPULOS AFFAIR
2025
Scottish Opera
Director: Olivia Fuchs
KELI
2025
Scottish Tour
Director: Bryony Shanahan
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2024
Northern Stage
Director: Natalie Ibu
REVERBERATION
2024
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Jack Swain
PUNCH
2024
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Adam Penford
DEATH IN VENICE
2024
Welsh National Opera
Director: Olivia Fuchs
BAROQUE & CONTEMPORARY SCENES
2023
National Opera Studio
CINDERELLA
2023
Watford Palace Theatre
Director: James Williams
INGENTING
2023
Den Norske Opera & Ballet, Norway
Director: Martin Lyngbø
Associate Lighting Designer
SPIN
2023
The Hope Theatre / Edinburgh Festival
Director: Sarah Jane Schostack
BOY OUT THE CITY
2023
Edinburgh, Underbelly
Director: Nancy Sullivan
NUCLEAR CHILDREN
2023
Ladbroke Hall / Roundhouse / Edinburgh Festival
Director: Seàn Linnen
THEY DON'T PAY? WE WON'T PAY!
2023
Mercury Theatre
Director: Ryan McBryde
DISRUPTION
2023
Park Theatre
Director: Hersh Ellis
THE DRY HOUSE
2023
Marylebone Theatre
Director: Eugene O'Hare
GIANNI SCHICCHI
2023
Greek National Opera
Director: John Fulljames
Co-Lighting Designer
WINDFALL
2023
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Mark Bell
AN EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS CAROL
2022
Edinburgh Lyceum
Director: Tony Cownie
Remount Lighting Designer
THE CROWN LIVE
2022
US Tour
Director: Owen Lewis
THE MAKROPULOS AFFAIR
2022
Welsh National Opera
Director: Olivia Fuchs
GODSPELL
2022
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones
LITTLE WOMEN
2022
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Director: Ken Alexander
ARE YOU BEING MURDERED?
2022
Seabright Productions
Director: James Callàs Ball
YIPPIE KI YAY
2022
Seabright Productions / UK Tour
Director: Hal Chambers
SONDHEIM: BEFORE & AFTER
2022
National Opera Studio
Director: Keith Warner
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
2022
Tower Hill Vaults
Director: Hannah Price
OUR MAN IN HAVANA
2022
Watermill Theatre
Director: Abigail Pickard-Price
BLOWHOLE
2022
Soho Theatre
Director: Tom Wright
COULD IT BE MAGIC?
2022
Wiltons Music Hall
Director: Owen Lewis
CONSENT
2021
Central St Martins
Director: Julia St. John
RAGE
2021
Central St Martins
Director: David Mumeni
FIDELIO
2021
Polish National Opera
Director: John Fulljames
Associate Lighting Designer
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
2021
English Theatre Frankfurt
Director: Derek Anderson
THE GLAD GAME
2021
Nottingham Playhouse
Director: Nottingham Playhouse
BLOWHOLE
2021
Pleasance Theatre
Director: Pleasance Theatre
WOLVES ARE COMING FOR YOU
2021
Jack Studio Theatre
Director: Kate Bannister
Offie Award Winner
DAWN OF MAN
2021
Sanctuary Queer Arts
Director: Drew Taylor-Wilson
HAIR
2021
Associated Studios
Director: Danielle Tarento
THE ANGEL ESMERELDA
2020
Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Director: Martin Lloyd Evans
VAGABOND MATTER
2020
UK Tour
Director: Jackson Barnard
COPS
2020
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Andy Jordan
THE WOLF, THE DUCK AND THE MOUSE
2019
Unicorn Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Jack McNamara
SINATRA RAW
2019
Wiltons Music Hall
Director: Richard Shelton
POTTED PANTO
2019
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Richard Hurst
IL TROVATORE
2019
Royal Danish Opera House / Teatro Real, Madrid
Director: Francisco Negrin
Associate Lighting Designer
A PRAYER FOR WINGS
2019
The King's Head
Director: Sean Mathias
THE GIRL WHO FELL
2019
Trafalgar Studios 2
Director: Hannah Price
A PRAYER FOR WINGS
2019
Volcano Theatre Swansea
Director: Sean Mathias
THE HAPPY TRAGEDY OF BEING WOKE
2019
Edinburgh International Festival
Director: Clint Dyer & Simon McBurney
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
2019
Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
Director: Kash Arshad
THE CHILDREN
2019
Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
Director: Stefan Escreet
MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD
2019
Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
Director: Katie Posner
ORAL
2019
Strike A Light Festival
Director: Tom Roden
MUSHY: LYRICALLY SPEAKING
2019
Watford Palace Theatre / Rifco
Director: Ameet Chana
THE CROWN DUAL
2019
The King's Head Theatre / Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Director: Owen Lewis
THE ISLANDER
2019
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Amy Draper
CINDERELLA
2018
MTA, Tower Theatre
Director: Omar F Okai
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
2018
MTA, Tower Theatre
Director: Tilly Vosburgh
LADY MACWATA
2018
Cockpit Theatre
Director: Clint Dyer
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
2018
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Director: Ben Occhipinti
THE SELFISH GIANT
2018
UK Tour
Director: Adam Fuller
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
2018
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Paul Tomlinson
DOWN AND OUT
2018
Chancellor's Hall, Senate House
Director: Hannah Price
ISABEAU
2018
Opera Holland Park
Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES
2018
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
THERES OR HERE
2018
Park Theatre
Director: Vik Sivalingham
PASSING ON THE THIRD FLOOR BACK
2017
Finborough Theatre
Director: John Kelly
MOTHER COURAGE
2017
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Hannah Chissick
EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION
2017
Wardrobe Ensemble, UK Tour
Director: Jesse Jones & Helena Middleton
Touring Relighter
BOOM
2017
Theatre503
Director: Katherine Nesbitt
THE PROVOKED WIFE
2017
The Hope Theatre
Director: Hannah Boland Moore
WINDOWS
2017
Finborough Theatre
Director: Geoffrey Beevers
JUST TO GET MARRIED
2017
Papercut / Finborough Theatre
Director: Melissa Dunne
1984: LIVE
2017
Libby Brodie Productions
Director: Hannah Price
INCIDENT AT VICHY
2017
Finborough Theatre
Director: Phil Wilmott
JEKYLL & HYDE
2017
Pleasance Theatre
Director: Danny Wainwright
DRACULA
2017
The Warren, Brighton Fringe Festival
Director: Danny Wainwright
CASTE
2017
Project One Theatre / Finborough Theatre
Director: Charlotte Peters
RUN THE BEAST DOWN
2017
Marlowe Theatre / Finborough Theatre
Director: Hannah Price
Co-Lighting Designer
DUBAILAND
2017
Flux Theatre Company / Finborough Theatre
Director: George Straight
CORNWALL VS CHINA
2017
Vaults Festival
Director: Danny Wainwright
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
2016
Jermyn Street Theatre, West End
Director: Abigail Anderson
Associate Lighting Designer
SCAPEGOAT
2016
St Stephen's Church
Director: Abigail Pickard Price
ODD SHAPED BALLS
2016
Plane Paper Theatre Company / Old Red Lion
Director: Andrew Twyman
POPPIES: A NEW MUSICAL
2016
Music Box Theatre / The Space
Director: Alanna Stone
BABY
2016
Footprint Dance Festival / Michaelis Theatre
Choreographer: Rhiannon Brace Dance
THE SOCIAL NOTWORK
2016
Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Director: Adam Wollerton
DON'T WORK IN BED
2016
Plane Paper Theatre Company / Finborough Theatre
Director: Andrew Twyman
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
2015
LOST Theatre
Director: Jack Bowman
INTIMISSIMI ON ICE
2015
Verona Arena
Director: Francisco Negrin
Assistant Lighting Designer
PRINCESS - A ROCK BALLET
2015
LOST Theatre
Director: Stuart Saint
WEST SIDE STORY
2015
New Athenaeum Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Andrew Panton
THE COUNTRY WIFE
2014
Chandler Studio, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: James Robert Carson
MANNING
2014
Chandler Studio, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Mikey Collins
FESTEN
2014
Tron Theatre & Cockpit Theatre
Director: Maggie Kinloch & John Kazeck
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
2014
Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival, Taiwan
Director: Ali De Souza
