Danny Vavrečka

he/him

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.

Awards and Nominations

List Of Productions

2025

A VISIT TO FRIENDS | Director: Rachael Hewer | Aldeburgh Festival

JUST FOR ONE DAY | Assistant Lighting Designer for Howard Hudson | Shaftesbury Theatre, West End

THE GREAT GATSBY | UK Assistant Lighting Designer for Cory Pattak | London Coliseum

UPRISING | Director: Sinéad O'Neill | Glyndebourne Opera House

2024

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK | Director: Julia Cave | The Central Theatre, Chatham

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN | Director: Chris Jordan | Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

WELCOME TO SERENE (THE TOWN WITH THE MACHINE) | Director: Hannah Benson | The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

BRASSED OFF | Associate Lighting Designer for Johanna Town | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick; Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

STARLIGHT EXPRESS | Assistant Lighting Designer for Howard Hudson | Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET EMERGING DANCER 2024 | Choreographers: Rentaro Nakaaki, Ching Ying Chien | Sadler’s Wells Theatre

RE-PLAY | Choreographers: Miguel Altunaga, Carolyn Bolton, Kate Hartley-Stevens, Jenna Lee, Gerrard Martin, Jo Meredith, Hannah Williams | Mulryan Centre for Dance

THE WATSONS | Director: Max Key | Oxford School of Drama & Jermyn Street Theatre

EMPOWER IN MOTION | Choreographers: Sebastian Kloborg, Kristen McNally, Joseph Powell-Main, Maia Rose Roberts, Mary Skeaping | Sadler’s Wells Theatre

JUST FOR ONE DAY | Assistant Lighting Designer for Howard Hudson | Old Vic Theatre

WORK.TXT | Director: Nathan Ellis | International Tour

2023

ROCK 'N' ROLL | Assistant Lighting Designer for Peter Mumford | Hampstead Theatre

ROALD DAHL’S THE WITCHES | Assistant Lighting Designer for Bruno Poet | The Olivier, National Theatre

THE HYPOCHONDRIAC | Associate Lighting Designer for Johanna Town | The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

THE LITTLE BIG THINGS | Associate Lighting Designer for Howard Hudson | Soho Place

WITHOUT | Co-Directors: Ben Tomalin & Maisie Fawcett | Studio at New Wimbledon Theatre & Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

SEMELE | Assistant Lighting Designer for Peter Mumford & Rick Fisher | Glyndebourne Festival Opera

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Assistant Lighting Designer for Paul Pyant | Glyndebourne Festival Opera

DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES | Assistant Lighting Designer for Alessandro Carletti | Glyndebourne Festival Opera

DON GIOVANNI | Assistant Lighting Designer for Bernd Purkrabek | Glyndebourne Festival Opera

KATHAK MONOLOGUES | Associate Lighting Designer for Clare O’Donoghue | UK Tour

WORK.TXT | Director: Nathan Ellis | International Tour

COMPOSITOR E | Director: Amie Burns Walker | Network Theatre, VAULT Festival

COMMON GROUND THE FILM | Director: Victoria Dela Amedume | Filmed at Flying Fantastic, London

2022

LOVE GODDESS, THE RITA HAYWORTH MUSICAL | Director: Steve North | The Cockpit Theatre, London

ZOMBIEGATE | Director: Julian Bruton | Theatre503, London

WORK.TXT | Director: Nathan Ellis | Studiobühne U17, Staatstheater Mainz

TERRA NOVA | Director: Rachel Birch-Lawson | Theatre Royal, Winchester

BEAUTY AND THE SEVEN BEASTS | Director: James Hurley | Brixton Jamm, London

WORK.TXT | Director: Nathan Ellis | Soho Theatre Upstairs & Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

PERIOD DRAMAS | Director: Jessy Roberts | The Other Palace Studio & Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

1001 | Director: Jana Aizupe | Omnibus Theatre, London

2021 AND EARLIER

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

JIGSAW | Director: Matt Owen | Rose Theatre

​LIGHTS OVER TESCO CARPARK: 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 | Other Palace Theatre 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