Robbie is a lighting designer for Theatre, Opera, and bespoke live entertainment projects. In 2018, he was a leading figure in the successful international Save Stage Lighting campaign and was subsequently awarded an honorary life membership of the Association for Lighting Production and Design for services to the industry. His design work has been seen on Broadway, The West End, and in international opera houses. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has formerly worked in the lighting departments of leading entertainment companies such as Cirque Du Soleil and Disney.
Awards and Nominations
2024 Profile Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera
2022 Off West End Award for Best Lighting Design
List Of Productions
2025
HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY | Director: Lisa Spirling | Bristol Old Vic
STUDIO3 SEASON - ALRIGHT SUNSHINE | Director: Debbie Hannan | Tron Theatre, Glasgow
STUDIO3 SEASON - FLEG | Director: Dominic Hill | Tron Theatre, Glasgow
STUDIO3 SEASON - FRUITCAKE | Director: Jemima Levick | Tron Theatre, Glasgow
PUNCH | Director: Adam Penford | Manhattan Theatre Club, New York
ALADDIE | Director: Tom Cooper | Ayr Gaiety
CLUB NVRLND | Director: Steven Kunis | Edinburgh Fringe
PUNCH | Director: Adam Penford | Young Vic/ Apollo Theatre, West End
THE MAKROPULOS AFFAIR | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Scottish Opera
KELI | Director: Bryony Shanahan | Scottish Tour
2024
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Natalie Ibu | Northern Stage
REVERBERATION | Director: Jack Swain | Bristol Old Vic
PUNCH | Director: Adam Penford | Nottingham Playhouse
DEATH IN VENICE | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Welsh National Opera
2023
BAROQUE & CONTEMPORARY SCENES | National Opera Studio
CINDERELLA | Director: James Williams | Watford Palace Theatre
INGENTING | As Associate Lighting Designer | Director: Martin Lyngbø | Den Norske Opera & Ballet, Norway
SPIN | Director: Sarah Jane Schostack | The Hope Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival
BOY OUT THE CITY | Director: Nancy Sullivan | Edinburgh, Underbelly
NUCLEAR CHILDREN | Director: Seàn Linnen | Ladbroke Hall/ Roundhouse/ Edinburgh Festival
THEY DON'T PAY? WE WON'T PAY! | Director: Ryan McBryde | Mercury Theatre
DISRUPTION | Director: Hersh Ellis | Park Theatre
THE DRY HOUSE | Director: Eugene O'Hare | Marylebone Theatre
GIANNI SCHICCHI | As Co-Lighting Designer | Director: John Fulljames | Greek National Opera
WINDFALL | Director: Mark Bell | Southwark Playhouse
2022
AN EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS CAROL | As Remount Lighting Designer | Director: Tony Cownie | Edinburgh Lyceum
THE CROWN LIVE | Director: Owen Lewis | US Tour
THE MAKROPULOS AFFAIR | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Welsh National Opera
GODSPELL | Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
LITTLE WOMEN | Director: Ken Alexander | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
ARE YOU BEING MURDERED? | Director: James Callàs Ball | Seabright Productions
YIPPIE KI YAY | Director: Hal Chambers | Seabright Productions/ UK Tour
SONDHEIM: BEFORE & AFTER | Director: Keith Warner | National Opera Studio
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT | Director: Hannah Price | Tower Hill Vaults
OUR MAN IN HAVANA | Director: Abigail Pickard-Price | Watermill Theatre
BLOWHOLE | Director: Tom Wright | Soho Theatre
COULD IT BE MAGIC? | Director: Owen Lewis | Wiltons Music Hall
2021
CONSENT | Director: Julia St. John | Central St Martins
RAGE | Director: David Mumeni | Central Saint Martins
FIDELIO | As Associate Lighting Designer | Director: John Fulljames | Polish National Opera
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN | Director: Derek Anderson | English Theatre Frankfurt
THE GLAD GAME | Director: Tessa Walker | Nottingham Playhouse
BLOWHOLE | Director: Tom Wright | Pleasance Theatre
WOLVES ARE COMING FOR YOU | Offie winner | Director: Kate Bannister | Jack Studio Theatre
DAWN OF MAN | Director: Drew Taylor-Wilson | Sanctuary Queer Arts
HAIR | Director: Danielle Tarento | Associated Studios
2020
THE ANGEL ESMERALDA | Director: Martin Lloyd Evans | Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
VAGABOND MATTER | Director: Jackson Barnard | UK Tour
COPS | Director: Andy Jordan | Southwark Playhouse
2019
THE WOLF, THE DUCK AND THE MOUSE | Director: Jack McNamara | Unicorn Theatre & UK Tour
SINATRA RAW | Director: Richard Shelton | Wiltons Music Hall
POTTED PANTO | Director: Richard Hurst | Southwark Playhouse
IL TROVATORE | As Associate | Director: Francisco Negrin | Royal Danish Opera/ Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain
A PRAYER FOR WINGS | Director: Sean Mathias | The Kings Head
THE GIRL WHO FELL | Director: Hannah Price | Trafalgar Studios 2
A PRAYER FOR WINGS | Director: Sean Mathias | Volcano Theatre Swansea
THE HAPPY TRAGEDY OF BEING WOKE | Directors: Clint Dyer & Simon McBurney | Edinburgh International Festival
GUARDS AT THE TAJ | Director: Kash Arshad | Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
THE CHILDREN | Director: Stefan Escreet | Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD | Director: Katie Posner | Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
ORAL | Director: Tom Roden | Strike A Light Festival
MUSHY: Lyrically Speaking | Director: Ameet Chana | Watford Palace Theatre/ Rifco
THE CROWN DUAL | Director: Owen Lewis | King's Head Theatre & Edinburgh Festival Fringe
THE ISLANDER | Associate | Director: Amy Draper | Southwark Playhouse
2018
CINDERELLA | Director: Omar F Okai | MTA, Tower Theatre
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND | Director: Tilly Vosburgh | MTA, Tower Theatre
LADY MACWATA | Director: Clint Dyer | Cockpit Theatre
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ | Director: Ben Occhipinti | Octagon Theatre, Bolton
THE SELFISH GIANT | Director: Adam Fuller | UK Tour
FOR KING AND COUNTRY | Director: Paul Tomlinson | Southwark Playhouse
DOWN AND OUT | Director: Hannah Price | Chancellor's Hall, Senate House
ISABEAU | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Opera Holland Park
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
THERE OR HERE | Director: Vik Sivalingham | Park Theatre
2017
PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK | Director: Jonny Kelly | Finborough Theatre
MOTHER COURAGE | Director: Hannah Chissick | Southwark Playhouse
EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION | Touring Relighter | Director: Jesse Jones, Helena Middleton | Wardrobe Ensemble, UK Tour
BOOM | Director: Katherine Nesbitt | Theatre 503
THE PROVOKED WIFE | Director: Hannah Boland Moore | The Hope Theatre
WINDOWS | Director: Geoffrey Beevers | Project One/ Finborough Theatre
JUST TO GET MARRIED | Director: Melissa Dunne | Papercut/ Finborough Theatre
1984: LIVE | Director: Hannah Price | Libby Brodie Productions
INCIDENT AT VICHY | Director: Phil Wilmott | Finborough Theatre
JEKYLL & HYDE | Director: Danny Wainwright | Pleasance Theatre
DRACULA | Director: Danny Wainwright | The Warren, Brighton Fringe Festival
CASTE | Director: Charlotte Peters | Project One Theatre/ Finborough Theatre
RUN THE BEAST DOWN | Co-Lighting | Director: Hannah Price | Marlowe Theatre & Finborough Theatre
DUBAILAND | Director: Georgie Straight | Flux Theatre Company/ Finborough Theatre
CORNWALL VS CHINA | Director: Danny Wainwright | Vaults Festival
2016
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | Associate | Director: Abigail Anderson | Jermyn Street Theatre, West End
SCAPEGOAT | Director: Abigail Pickard Price | St. Stephen's Church
ODD SHAPED BALLS | Director: Andrew Twyman | Plane Paper Theatre Company/ Old Red Lion
POPPIES : A NEW MUSICAL | Director: Alanna Stone | Music Box Theatre/ The Space
BABY | Rhiannon Brace Dance | Footprint Dance Festival/ Michaelis Theatre
THE SOCIAL NOTWORK | Director: Adam Wollerton | Lion and Unicorn Theatre
DON'T SMOKE IN BED | Director: Andrew Twyman | Plane Paper Theatre Company/ Finborough Theatre
2015
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN | Director: Jack Bowman | LOST Theatre
INTIMISSIMI ON ICE 2015 | Assistant | Director: Francisco Negrin | Verona Arena
PRINCESS - A ROCK BALLET | Director: Stuart Saint | LOST Theatre
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Andrew Panton | New Athenaeum Theatre, RCS
2014
THE COUNTRY WIFE | Director: James Robert Carson | Chandler Studio, RCS
MANNING | Director: Mikey Collins | Chandler Studio, RCS
FESTEN | Director: Maggie Kinloch & John Kazeck | Tron Theatre & Cockpit Theatre
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Ali De Souza | Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival, Taiwan
