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