Oliver is a freelance lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance.
Theatre, Opera & Dance
Awards
Profile Award Nomination
2024
Dear Octopus
National Theatre
Best Lighting Design
WhatsOnStage Award Nomination
2012
My City
Almeida
Best Lighting Design
UK Theatre Awards Nomination
2011
Tis Pity She's A Whore
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Best Design (Mike Britton Set Design)
Credits
THE JUNGLE BOOK
2026
Olivier, National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
HAY FEVER
2026
Noël Coward Theatre, West End
Director: Emily Burns
HOLY FOOL
2026
Park Theatre
Director: Kate Fahy
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
2026
Royal Shakespeare Company / Soho Place
Director: Lynette Linton
STAGE KISS
2026
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Blanche McIntyre
THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN
2026
Zorlu Centre, Istanbul
Director: Rufus Norris
PINOCCHIO
2026
The National Ballet of Canada
Choreographer: Will Tuckett
BACCHAE
2025
Olivier, National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
DEATH ON THE NILE
2025
UK Tour
Director: Lucy Bailey
WENDY & PETER PAN
2025
Barbican / Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Jonathan Munby
FALLEN ANGELS
2025
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Christopher Luscombe
POOR CLARE
2025
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Blanche McIntyre
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
2025
China Tour
Director: Lucy Bailey
BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT
2025
Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Director: Dominic Dromgoole
ALTERATIONS
2025
National Theatre
Director: Lynette Linton
REYKJAVIK
2024
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Emily Burns
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
2024
UK Tour
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
2024
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Tinuke Craig
THE CABINET MINISTER
2024
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Paul Foster
THE PURISTS
2024
Kiln Theatre
Director: Amit Sharma
DEAR OCTOPUS
2024
National Theatre
Director: Emily Burns
POWER OF SAIL
2024
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Dominic Dromgoole
THE CORD
2024
Bush Theatre
Director: Bijan Sheibani
CLYDE'S
2023
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Lynette Linton
ULSTER AMERICAN
2023
Riverside Studios
Director: Jeremy Herrin
THE FATHER AND THE ASSASSIN
2023
National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
BERLUSCONI: A NEW MUSICAL
2023
Southwark Playhouse
Director: James Grieve
TROUBLE IN BUTETOWN
2023
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Tinuke Craig
KERRY JACKSON
2022
National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
2022
National Theatre
Director: Lynette Linton
THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD
2022
English National Opera
Director: Jo Davies
HANDBAGGED
2022
Kiln Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
2022
UK Tour
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE FATHER AND THE ASSASSIN
2022
National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
WENDY & PETER
2021
Leeds Playhouse
Director: Jonathan Munby & Rupert Hands
THE MAGICIANS ELEPHANT
2021
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Sarah Tipple
OLEANNA
2021
Arts Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS
2021
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Director: Nadia Fall
THE INVISIBLE HAND
2021
Kiln Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
OLEANNA
2020
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Lucy Bailey
CABARET
2020
Gothenburg Opera, Sweden
Director: James Grieve
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
2020
Leeds Playhouse
Director: James Brining
PASS OVER
2020
Kiln Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
CARMEN
2019
Welsh National Opera
Director: Jo Davies
THE ARRIVAL
2019
Bush Theatre
Director: Bijan Sheibani
SWEAT
2019
Gielgud Theatre
Director: Lynette Linton
WHEN THE CROWS VISIT
2019
Kiln Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
NOYE'S FLUDDE
2019
Theatre Royal Stratford East / ENO
Director: Lyndsey Turner
ADMISSIONS
2019
Trafalgar Studios
Director: Daniel Aukin
GHOSTS
2019
Royal & Derngate
Director: Lucy Bailey
HANSEL AND GRETEL
2019
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Timothy Sheader
TARTUFFE
2019
Lyttleton, National Theatre
Director: Blanche McIntyre
SWEAT
2018
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Lynette Linton
THE MERRY WIDOW
2018
Opera North / UK Tour
Director: Giles Havergal
CALENDAR GIRLS
2018
UK Tour
Director: Matt Ryan
KING LEAR
2018
Duke of York's Theatre
Director: Jonathan Munby
WHITE TEETH
2018
Kiln Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
HOLY SH!T
2018
Kiln Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
GENESIS INC.
2018
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Laurie Sansom
GIRLS AND BOYS
2018
The Royal Court / Minetta Lane Theatre
Director: Lyndsey Turner
MOTHER CHRISTMAS
2017
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Donnacadh O'Briain
THE OPEN HOUSE
2017
Ustinov Studios, Bath / Print Room
Director: Michael Boyd
LOVE FROM A STRANGER
2017
Northampton / UK Tour
Director: Lucy Bailey
GLORIA
2017
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Michael Longhurst
LOOKING AT LUCIAN
2017
Ustinov Studios, Bath
Director: Tom Attenborough
KING LEAR
2017
Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Jonathan Munby
LES MISERABLES
2017
Jonkoping, Sweden
Director: James Grieve
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
2017
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Simon Godwin
UGLY LIES THE BONE
2017
National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
PINOCCHIO
2017
National Ballet of Canada
Director: William Tuckett
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
2016
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Kwame Kei Armah
COMUS
2016
Shakespeare's Globe
Director: Lucy Bailey
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING & LOVE LABOUR'S LOST
2016
Chichester Festival Theatre / Haymarket, West End
Director: Christopher Luscombe
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
2016
Shakespeare's Globe / International Tour
Director: Jonathan Munby
LES MISERABLES
2016
Wermland Opera, Sweden
Director: James Grieve
THE INVISIBLE HAND
2016
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
REASONS TO BE HAPPY
2016
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Michael Attenborough
RIGHT NOW
2016
Ustinov Studio, Bath / Bush Theatre / Traverse Theatre
Director: Michael Boyd
PRIVATE LIVES
2016
UK Tour
Director: Tom Attenborough
RED VELVET
2016
Garrick Theatre / Kenneth Branagh Season
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
WENDY AND PETER PAN
2015
RST, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Jonathan Munby
THE WHIPPING MAN
2015
Drum Theatre, Plymouth
Director: Tom Attenborough
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
2015
UK Tour
Director: Lucy Bailey
HANDBAGGED
2015
UK Tour
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
LELA & CO.
2015
Royal Court Upstairs
Director: Jude Christian
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2015
Barbican Theatre
Director: Timothy Sheader
THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT
2015
Lyttleton, National Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
2015
Sheffield Theatres
Director: Tamara Harvey
THE VOTE
2015
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Josie Rourke
THE JEW OF MALTA
2015
Swans Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Justin Audibert
MERMAID
2015
Shared Experience
Director: Polly Teale
MULTITUDES
2015
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
THE KING'S SPEECH
2015
Chichester Festival Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Roxanne Silbert
DI AND VIV AND ROSE
2015
Vaudville Theatre, West End
Director: Anna Mackmin
LOVE LABOUR'S LOST (MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING)
2014
RST, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Christopher Luscombe
LOVE LABOUR'S LOST
2014
RST, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Christopher Luscombe
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2014
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Timothy Sheader
THERESE RAQUIN
2014
Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour
Director: Jonathan Munby
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
2014
The Harold pinter Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE COLBY SISTERS
2014
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Trip Cullman
HOBSON'S CHOICE
2014
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Nadia Fall
BAKERSFIELD MIST
2014
Duchess Theatre
Director: Polly Teale
HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON
2014
Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Director: Philip Wilson
HANDBAGGED
2014
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
INTO THE WOODS
2014
Chatelet, France
Director: Lee Blakely
RED VELVET
2014
St Ann's Warehouse, New York
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
THE BIG MEAL
2014
Ustinov Studios, Bath
Director: Michael Boyd
WENDY AND PETER PAN
2013
RST, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Jonathan Munby
HANDBAGGED
2013
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
ROUTES
2013
Royal Court Upstairs
Director: Simon Godwin
A BOY AND HIS SOUL
2013
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Titis Halder
KING LEAR
2013
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Lucy Bailey
CANDIDA
2013
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Simon Godwin
BRACKEN MOOR
2013
Tricycle Theatre / Shared Experience
Director: Polly Teale
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2013
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Timothy Sheader
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
2013
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Christopher Luscombe
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
2013
Chatelet, France
Director: Lee Blakely
PAPER DOLLS
2013
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
WERTHER
2013
Scottish Opera
Director: Pia Furtado
THE WINTER'S TALE
2013
RST, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Lucy Bailey
RED VELVET
2012
Tricycle Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
THE KINGDOM
2012
Soho Theatre
Director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace
BERENICE
2012
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Josie Rourke
BLUE ORANGE
2012
UK Tour
Director: Christopher Luscombe
THE WITNESS
2012
Royal Court Upstairs
Director: Simon Godwin
AFTER MISS JULIE
2012
The Maria, Young Vic
Director: Natali Abrahami
ROMEO AND JULIET
2012
Tokyo, Japan
Director: Jonathan Munby
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2012
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Sean Holmes
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE III
2012
Apollo Theatre
Director: Christopher Luscombe
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
2012
RST, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Lucy Bailey
HUIS CLOS
2012
Trafalgar Studio 2
Director: Paul Hart
THE KITCHEN SINK
2011
Bush Theatre
Director: Tamara Harvey
THE KINGDOM OF EARTH
2011
The Print Room
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE III
2011
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Christopher Luscombe
MY CITY
2011
Almeida
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
FABRICATION
2011
Print Room
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
2011
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
MONGREL ISLAND
2011
Soho Theatre
Director: Steve Marmion
REALISM
2011
Soho Theatre
Director: Steve Marmion
A MERRY WIDOW
2011
Opera Australia
Director: Giles Havergal
TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
2011
Courtyard, West Yorkshire Playhouse
Director: Jonathan Munby
SAVED
2011
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Sean Holmes
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
2011
Malmo, Sweden
Director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace
THE HOLY ROSENBURGS
2011
Cottesloe
Director: Laurie Sansom
ELECTRA
2010
Manteatern
Director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace
A MERRY WIDOW
2010
Opera North
Director: Giles Havergal
THE PICTURE
2010
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Philip Wilson
HAMLET
2010
Crucible Theatre
Director: Paul Miller
HAYFEVER
2010
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Director: Ian Brown
IF THERE IS I HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET
2010
Bush Theatre
Director: Josie Rourke
A NUMBER
2010
Menier Chocolate Factory
Director: Jonathan Munby
RUINED
2010
Almeida
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
DISCONNECT
2010
Royal Court Upstairs
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
GHOSTS
2010
Duchess Theatre
Director: Ian Gles
TIMING
2009
The King's Head
Director: Tamara Harvey
THE GRAIN STORE
2009
The Courtyard, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Michael Boyd
THE DRUNKS
2009
The Courtyard, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Anthony Nelson
JULIUS CAESAR
2009
The Courtyard, Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE CONTINGENCY PLAN
2009
Bush Theatre
Director: Michael Longhurst & Tamara Harvey
THE LADY FROM THE SEA
2009
Birmingham Rep
Director: Lucy Bailey
THE LINE
2009
Arcola Theatre
Director: Matthew Lloyd
PRIVATE LIVES
2009
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
2008
English Touring Theatre
Director: Kate Saxon
ENDGAME
2008
Everyman, Liverpool
Director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace
MARY STEWART
2008
Malmo Theatre, Sweden
Director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace
THE ELEPHANT MAN
2008
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Director: Ellie Jones
HEDDA GABLER
2008
The Gate, Dublin
Director: Anna Mackmin
HAPPY NOW?
2008
Cottesloe, National Theatre
Director: Thea Sharrock
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
2008
Birmingham Rep
Director: Jonathan Munby
NOISES OFF
2008
Liverpool Playhouse
Director: Philip Wilson
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
2007
Barbican Theatre
Director: Giles Havergal
A MODEL GIRL
2007
Greenwich Theatre
Director: Ruth Carney
KEAN
2007
Apollo Theatre
Director: Adrian Noble
HEARTBREAK HOUSE
2007
Watford Playhouse
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
SUNSHINE ON LEITH
2007
Dundee Rep & Tour
Director: James Brining
THE GIANT
2007
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Greg Doran
PURE GOLD
2007
Soho Theatre
Director: Indhu Rubasingham
GLASS EALS
2007
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
A CONVERSATION
2007
Royal Exchange Theatre
Director: Jacob Murray
NOISES OFF
2007
Liverpool Playhouse
Director: Philip Wilson
HENRY V
2007
Royal Exchange Theatre
Director: Jonathan Munby
MY FAIR LADY
2007
Cameron Mackintosh
Director: Trevor Nunn
THE CARETAKER
2006
Crucible Theatre
Director: Jamie Lloyd
HANSEL AND GRETEL
2006
Dundee Rep
Director: Dominic Hill
FOLLIES
2006
Theatre Royal Northampton
Director: Laurie Sansom
ALL MY SONS
2006
Liverpool Playhouse
Director: Gemma Bodinetz
OZ
2006
Unicorn Theatre
Director: Greg Banks
RESTORATION
2006
Headlong
Director: Rupert Goold
MIRANDOLINA
2006
Royal Exchange Theatre
Director: Jonathan Munby
CHAIRS
2006
Gate Theatre
Director: Thea Sharrock
PLAY ANTARCTICA
2006
Unicorn Theatre
Director: Tony Graham
ON THE PISTE
2006
Birmingham Rep
Director: Paul Raffield
HOBSON'S CHOICE
2006
Watermill Theatre
Director: Timothy Sheader
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES
2006
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
TARTUFFE
2006
Watermill Theatre
Director: Jonathan Munby