Danny Vavrečka
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