Philip Gladwell
Lighting Designer
Philip is based in Hertfordshire and works all over the world. He has lit plays, musicals, operas, circus shows, and a Hollywood movie. He has worked for leading companies and major theatres across the UK and the world including: The National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare company, English National Opera, The Royal Court, The Abbey Theatre, The Royal Exchange, The Sydney Opera House, The Almeida, The Young Vic, The Traverse, The Bridge Theatre, The Schaubuhne, Welsh Millennium Centre, The Public Theater and many others. Philip has enjoyed creating his Lighting for five individual productions of Magic Mike Live after he lit the original in Las Vegas.
Awards and Nominations
List Of Productions
2024
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY | Director: Adam Penford | Birmingham Rep
BLANC DE BLANC ENCORE | Director: Scott Maidment | The West End Electric, Brisbane, Australia
FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD | Director: Pravesh Kumar | Southbank Centre
HAIRSPRAY | Director: Brenda Edwards | UK Tour
LIMBO THE RETURN | Director: Scott Maidment | Adelaide Festival, Australia
RICHARD, MY RICHARD | Director: Katie Posner | Shakespeare North Playhouse / Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD | Director: Pravesh Kumar | UK Tour
JERRY’S GIRLS | Director: Hannah Chissick | Menier Chocolate Factory
2023
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY | Director: Adam Penford | Alexandra Palace
LIMBO UNHINGED | Director: Scott Maidment | Toll wood Festival Germany
CLOSE UP: THE TWIGGY MUSICAL | Director: Ben Elton | Menier Chocolate Factory
MU’ALLAQATNA: AN EXTENSION OF GLORIES | Director: Amer Malhamoud | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
THE PARTY | Director: Scott Maidment | The Grand Electric, Sydney, Australia
CABARET | Director: David Michael | Blackburn International on CFC Cruises
BLANC DE BLANC ENCORE | Director: Scott Maidment | The Grand Electric, Sydney, Australia
2022
MAGIC MIKE LIVE - US TOUR | Director: Channing Tatum & Alison Faulk
BUGSY MALONE | Director: Sean Holmes | Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour/ Alexandra Palace
LEGALLY BLONDE | Director: Lucy Moss | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
MAGIC MIKES LAST DANCE | Director: Steven Soderbergh | Warner Brothers
BLANC DE BLANC UNCORKED | Director: Scott Maidment | P&O Cruises
2021
BOHEMIA | Director: Sean Kempton | MonteCarlo
HAIRSPRAY | Director: Paul Kerryson | UK Tour
FINDING MAGIC MIKE | Director: Hisham Abed | HBO Max
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Adam Penford | Nottingham Playhouse/ Alexandra Palace
MAGIC MIKE LIVE - LAS VEGAS | Director: Channing Tatum & Alison Faulk
2020
MAGIC MIKE LIVE - AUSTRALIA | Director: Channing Tatum & Alison Faulk |
MAGIC MIKE LIVE - BERLIN | Director: Channing Tatum & Alison Faulk | Club Theater
CHOIR OF MAN – LIVE FROM LONDON | Director: Nic Doodson | Garrick Theatre
2019
BOOM BOOM AT THE HOUSE OF CASA BLAH BLAH | Director: Scott Maidment | Strut and Fret
BLANC DE BLANC | Director: Scott Maidment | Sahara Las Vegas, US
THE EXORCIST | Director: Sean Mathias | UK Tour
SHOWTIME AT THE PINK FLAMINGO | Director: Scott Maidment | Strut and Fret/ Atlantis Bahamas
BLANC DE BLANC ENCORE | Director: Scott Maidment | Strut and Fret/ Sydney Opera House/ UK Tour
2018
VULCAN 7 | Director: Steve Marmion | Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour
MAGIC MIKE LIVE | Director: Channing Tatum & Alison Faulk | Hippodrome London
A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER | Director: Matthew Dunster | The Bridge Theatre
LIMBO UNHINGED | Director: Scott Maidment | Sydney Opera House, Australia
2017
BARNUM | Director: Gordon Greenberg | Menier Chocolate Factory
THE EXORCIST | Director: Sean Mathias | Phoenix Theatre
GODSMACKED | Director: Gareth Walker | US Tour
FIVE GUY NAMED MOE | Director: Clark Peters | Marble Arch Theatre
HAIRSPRAY | Director: Paul Kerryson | UK Tour
ROLLER DINER | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Matthew Dunster | Shakespeare's Globe
LIMBO UNHINGED | Director: Scott Maidment | Adelaide Fringe Festival, Australia
MAGIC MIKE LIVE | Director: Channing Tatum | Base Entertainment, Las Vegas, US
2016
SNOW WHITE | Director: Jonny Bowles | Dartford Orchard Theatre
TRAINSPOTTING | Director: Gareth Nicholls | Citizens Theatre Main Stage Glasgow
AFTER MISS JULIE | Director: Anthony Banks | Theatre Royal Bath/ UK Tour
HOUSE OF DETENTION | Director: Save The Children/PD3 | The House of Detention, London
MILK | Director: Orla O’Laughlin | Traverse, Edinburgh
JACKIE THE MUSICAL | Director: Anna Linstrum | UK Tour
LAILA THE MUSICAL | Director: Pravesh Kumar | Watford Palace Theatre
BLANC DE BLANC | Director: Scott Maidment | Sydney Opera House, Australia/ The Hippodrome Casino London/ Australian Tour
THE JAMES PLAYS | Director: Laurie Samson | National Theatre Scotland/ UK & International Tour
CYMBELINE | Director: Melly Still | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon/ Barbican
2015
FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre
HAIRSPRAY | Director: Paul Kerryson | UK Tour
GOBSMACKED | Director: Gareth Walker | Edinburgh Festival/ International Tour
SWALLOW | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Traverse
THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE | Director: James Brining | Birmingham Rep/ West Yorkshire Playhouse
THE SEAGULL | Director: Matthew Dunster | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
THE TWITS (Roald Dhal) | Director: John Tiffany | Royal Court
LIBERIAN GIRL | Director: Matthew Dunster | Royal Court
2014
GOD BLESS THE CHILD | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court
THE INFIDEL | Directors: David Baddiel & Kerry Michael | Theatre Royal Stratford East
THE SOUND OF MUSIC | Director: Paul Kerryson | Leicester Curve Theatre
THE JAMES PLAYS | Director: Laurie Samson | National Theatre Scotland/ Edinburgh Int Festival/ National Theatre, Olivier
MR. BURNS | Director: Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre
HAIRSPRAY | Director: Paul Kerryson | Leicester Curve
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Tom Morris | Barbican
ENJOY | Director: James Brining | West Yorkshire Playhouse
EVERY LAST TRICK | Director: Paul Hunter | Royal & Derngate, Northampton
HAPPY DAYS THE MUSICAL | Director: Andrew Wright | UK Tour
SWEENEY TODD | Director: Caroline Leslie | LAMDA
2013
CHICAGO | Director: Paul Kerryson | Leicester Curve
THE WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS | Director: Michael Longhurst | National Theatre
THE OPINION MAKERS | Director: Daniel Buckroyd | Colchester Mercury Theatre
THE RITUAL SLAUGHTER OF GORGE MASTROMAS | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court Theatre
CEILIDH | Edinburgh Festival
CIARA | Director: Orla O’Laughlin | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
I’M WITH THE BAND | Director: Hamish Pirie | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
TOO CLEVER BY HALF | Director: Paul Hunter | Royal Exchange Manchester
IF ONLY | Director: Angus Jackson | Chichester Festival Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Tom Morris | Bristol Old Vic
BEFORE THE PARTY | Director: Matthew Dunster | Almeida Theatre
PASTORAL | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre/ Hightide Festival
ONE FOR THE ROAD | Director: Laurie Samson | Royal & Derngate, Northampton
LIMBO | Set and Lighting | Underbelly Productions/ Southbank Centre/ Australia/ London
NO QUARTER | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Royal Court Theatre
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
FRAULEIN JULIE | Director: Katie Mitchell and Leo Warner | Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
LOVE THE SINNER | Director: Matthew Dunster | National Theatre
GYPSY | Director: Paul Kerryson | Leicester Curve
RADIO TIMES | Director: Caroline Leslie | Watermill Theatre/ UK Tour
FOR ONCE | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Pentabus at Hampstead Theatre / UK Tour
ALADDIN | Susie McKenna | Hackney Empire
THE SPIRE | Director: Gareth Machin | Salisbury Playhouse
COSÍ FAN TUTTE | Director: Benjamin Davis | Welsh National Opera
OBAMA THE MAMBA | Director: Kully Thiarai | Leicester Curve/ The Lowry
CINDERELLA | Director: Sean Holmes | Lyric Theatre
GOD OF CARNAGE | Director: Kate Saxon | Royal Northampton
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE | Director: Caroline Leslie | Watermill Theatre
THE ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE APPRECIATION SOCIETY | Director: Orla O’Laughlin | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
THE BOY WHO FELL INTO A BOOK | Director: Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre
THE FESTIVAL OF CHAOS: BLOOD WEDDING, HEDDA GABLER, THE BACCHAE | Director: Laurie Sansom | Royal Northampton
DESIGN FOR LIVING | Director: Caroline Leslie | Salisbury Playhouse
TWIST OF GOLD | Director: Philip Wilson | Polka Theatre
THE KING AND I | Director: Paul Kerryson | UK Tour/ Curve Theatre Leicester
FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING | Director: James Brining | Dundee Rep
MOGADISHU |Director: Matthew Dunster | Manchester Royal Exchange/ Lyric Hammersmith
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU | Director: Paul Hunter | Manchester Royal Exchange
ALADDIN | Director: Steve Marmion | Lyric Hammersmith
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA | Director: Matthew Dunster | Royal Northampton
RADIO TIMES | Director: Caroline Leslie | Watermill Theatre
PARK AVENUE CAT | Director: Glen Walford | Arts Theatre
THE WIZ | Director: Josette Bushell-Mingo | Birmingham Rep/ West Yorkshire Playhouse
TERMINUS | Director: Mark O’Rowe | Abbey Theatre/ Irish Tour/ Australia/ Young Vic
A RUDE AWAKENING | Director: Olivia Rowe | New End Theatre, Hampstead
RELATIVELY SPEAKING | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Watermill Theatre
SMALL HOURS | Director: Katie Mitchell | Hampstead Theatre Studio
THE SNOW QUEEN | Director: Jonathan Lloyd | Polka Theatre
INHERITANCE | Director: Lisa Goldman | Live Theatre, Newcastle
MY ROMANTIC HISTORY | Director: Lyndsey Turner | Traverse / Bush Theatre / Sheffield
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI | Director: Laurie Sansom | Royal Northampton
PUNK ROCK | Director: Sarah Frankcom | Lyric Hammersmith / Royal Exchange/ UK Tour
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE | Director: Paulette Randall | Edinburgh / Stratford East
DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD | Director: Tim Fountain | Soho Theatre
DAISY PULLS IT OFF | Director: Caroline Leslie | Watermill Theatre
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR | Director: Matthew Dunster | Royal Exchange Theatre
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES | Director: Paul Jepson | Manchester Library Theatre
LOW PAY? DON’T PAY! | Director: Paul Hunter | Salisbury Playhouse
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: James Brining | Dundee Rep
THE FAHRENHEIT TWINS | Director: Matthew Dunster | Told by an Idiot tour
SHRADDHA | Director: Lisa Goldman | Soho Theatre
2ND MAY 1997 | Director: George Perrin | Nabokov / Bush / Tour
ORIGINS | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Pentabus Theatre / Pleasance Edinburgh/ Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | Director: Susie McKenna | Hackney Empire / Nottingham Playhouse / Birmingham Rep
FEEBLE MINDS | Director: Arti Prashnar | Spare Tyre Theatre Company
BLITHE SPIRIT | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Watermill Theatre
MACBETH | Director: Matthew Dunster | Royal Exchange
HARVEST | Director: Wilson Milam | Oxford Playhouse / UK Tour
ANANSI AND THE MAGIC MIRROR | Director: Paul Medford | Talawa Theatre Company
AMAZONIA | Director: Paul Heritage | Young Vic
GHOSTS | Director: William Oldroyd | Young Vic
OVERSPILL | Director: Tim Roseman | Soho/ Churchill Theatre Bromley
IN PARENTHESIS | Director: Róisín McBrin | Churchill Theatre Bromley
FESTA! | Director: Cyda Morenyx | Young Vic
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK | Susie McKenna | Hackney Empire
OXFORD STREET | Director: Dawn Walton | Royal Court Upstairs
BLACK COMEDY | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Watermill Theatre
TESTING THE ECHO | Director: Matthew Dunster | Out of Joint tour
CRESTFALL | Director: Róisín McBrinn | Theatre 503
ANANSI TRADES PLACES | Director: Paul Medford | Talawa
MEMBER OF THE WEDDING | Director: Matthew Dunster | Young Vic Theatre
KEBAB | Director: Orla O’Loughlin | Royal Court and Dublin Festival
MIDNIGHT COWBOY | Director: John Clancy | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival
THE MORRIS | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | Liverpool Everyman
IN THE BAG | Director: Lorne Campbell | Traverse Theatre
INTO THE WOODS | Director: Karen Hebden | Derby Playhouse
WAY UPSTREAM | Director: Tim Sheader | Derby Playhouse
THE BODIES | Director: Maggie Norris | Live Theatre Newcastle
PAPER THIN | Director: Janet Steel | Kali Theatre Company
TAPE | Director: Geoffrey Nauffts | Soho Theatre
BREAD AND BUTTER | Director: Mark Rosenblatt | Tricycle Theatre
MIXED FEELINGS | Director: Jeremy Meadow | TEG No 1 tour
DREAMS FROM A SUMMERHOUSE | Director: Timothy Sheader | Watermill Theatre
OPERA, DANCE AND MUSIC
RIGOLETTO/LA WALLY | Director: Lindsay Posner, Martin Lloyd-Evans | Opera Holland Park
COSÍ FAN TUTTE | Director: Benjamin Davis | Welsh National Opera
AFTER DIDO | Director: Katie Mitchell | English National Opera/ Young Vic
STRAVINSKY’S VIOLIN CONCERTO, GEORGE BENJAMIN’S DANCE FIGURES & BARTOK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA | Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen | Concert performance by Philharmonia Orchestra
STRAVINSKY’S OEDIPUS REX | Director: Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen | Concert performance by Philharmonia Orchestra
FALSTAFF | Director: Hazel Gould | Grange Park Opera/ Nevill Holt Festival
IL TRITTICO | Director: Ben Davis | Opera Zuid
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI | Director: Adrian Osmond | Haddo House, Aberdeen
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST | Director: David Fielding | London Children’s Ballet at Peacock Theatre
ANOTHER AMERICA: FIRE | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | Sadler's Wells