Rory is a freelance lighting designer whose work spans West End, Regional, International and Globally Touring productions.
His extensive West End credits include productions at The Savoy Theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, The Apollo, The London Coliseum, The Garrick, Trafalgar Theatre and The Criterion.
He has also worked extensively with companies including: The Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre, Broadway Asia, Crossroads Entertainment, The Royal Court, English Touring Opera, Birmingham Rep, Trafalgar Entertainment, Kiln Theatre, London’s Southbank Centre, The Watermill, Sony Music, Cuffe & Taylor, Bristol Old Vic and Scottish Opera.
Theatre & Opera
Awards
WhatsOnStage Award nomination
The Time Traveller’s Wife
Best Lighting Design
Broadway World Award
Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Lighting Design
Broadway World Award
The Lord of the Rings
Best Lighting Design
Knight of Illumination Award nomination
Cosí fan Tutte
Opera Holland Park
Offie Award nomination
Dumbledore Is So Gay
Best Lighting Design
UK Pantomime Award nomination
Jack And The Beanstalk
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Best Lighting Design
UK Pantomime Award nomination
Aladdin
New Theatre Cardiff
Best Lighting Design
New Talent in Entertainment Lighting, Presented by the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers
Michael Northen Award, Presented by the Association of Lighting Designers
City of London Lord Mayor’s Prize
Credits
JOHANNES RADEBE: FINALLY HOME
2026
UK & Ireland Tour
Director: Johannes Radebe
DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
2026
Wembley Troubadour & Manchester Lowry
Director: Joseph Houston & William Whelton
AFTER PARTY
2026
Traverse Theatre / Paines Plough / Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Director: Katie Posner
GRAYSON THE MUSICAL
2026
Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Director: Sean Foley
Workshop Production
SWEENEY TODD
2026
Birmingham Rep
Director: Joe Murphy
PLEASE PLEASE ME
2026
Kiln Theatre
Director: Amit Sharma
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
2026
Manchester Hope Mill & Liverpool Playhouse
Director: Carrie-Ann Ingrouille
SUMMER HOLIDAY
2026
Sheffield Crucible & Blackpool Grand
Director: Elizabeth Newman & Ben Occhipinti
MIDNIGHT: A NEW MUSICAL
2026
Sadler’s Wells East
Director: Todrick Hall
TOP G'S LIKE ME
2026
Derngate Auditorium, Northampton
Director: Jesse Jones
MIDNIGHT
2025
Sadler’s Wells East
Director: Todrick Hall
BURLESQUE
2025
The Savoy Theatre, West End
Director: Todrick Hall
MILITARY WIVES
2025
Theatre Royal York
Director: Debbie Isitt
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
2025
US Tour
Director: Matt Lenz
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2025
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
GREASE
2025
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Director: Sam Hardie
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
2025
Australian Tour
Director: Paul Hart
(THIS IS NOT A) HAPPY ROOM
2025
King's Head Theatre
Director: Hannah Price
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
2025
UK Tour
Director: Andy Arnold
MERCHANT OF VENICE
2025
UK Tour
Director: Brigid Larmour
THE CREAKERS
2024
Plymouth & Southbank Centre
Director: Tom Jackson Greaves
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
2024
Trafalgar & UK Tour
Director: Brigid Lamour
YOUR LIE IN APRIL
2024
Harold Pinter Theatre, West End
Director: Nick Winston & Jordan Murphy
PINS AND NEEDLES
2024
Kiln Theatre
Director: Amit Sharma
STARTER FOR TEN
2024
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Charlie Parham
WILD ABOUT YOU
2024
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End
Director: Nick Winston
FOR BLACK BOYS...
2024
Garrick Theatre, West End
Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936
2024
Criterion Theatre, West End
Director: Brigid Lamour
TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON
2024
Garrick Theatre, West End
Director: Georgie Straight
MIDSUMMER
2024
Mercury Theatre
Director: Ryan McBride
MARX IN LONDON!
2024
Scottish Opera
Director: Stephen Barlow
ALI COOK: PRINCIPLES OF DECEPTION
2024
Royal & Derngate
Director: Kate Golledge
THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE: A NEW MUSICAL
2023
Apollo Theatre, West End
Director: Bill Buckhurst
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936
2023
Royal Shakespeare Company, Watford Palace and UK Tour
Director: Brigid Larmour
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
2023
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
FOR BLACK BOYS...
2023
Apollo Theatre, West End
Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
UNEXPECTED TWIST
2023
UK Tour
Director: James Dacre
THE JUNGLE BOOK
2023
Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Matt Hassall
CINDERELLA
2023
Bradford Alhambra
Director: Ed Curtis
PETER PAN
2023
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Director: Ed Curtis
CINDERELLA
2023
Bromley Churchill Theatre
Director: Andrew Ryan
DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY
2023
Southwark Playhouse
Director: Tom Wright
SPIKE
2022
Watermill Theatre & UK Tour
Director: Paul Hart
JEWS IN THEIR OWN WORDS
2022
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Vicky Featherstone & Audrey Sheffield
FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY
2022
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Ryan Calais Cameron
DEATH DROP: BACK IN THE HABIT
2022
Garrick Theatre, West End
Director: Jesse Jones
LITTLE WOMEN
2022
Opera Holland Park
Director: Ella Marchment
4
2022
Park Theatre
Director: Rosa Crompton
THE MOUNTAINTOP
2022
Chipping Norton Theatre
Director: John Terry
HANSEL & GRETEL
2022
Britten Theatre, London
Director: Stephen Barlow
HALF EMPTY GLASSES
2022
Paines Plough Roundabout
Director: Kalyea Baxe
LA BOHEME
2022
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
THE ULTIMATE PICKLE
2022
Paines Plough Roundabout
Director: Eva Sampson
SNOW WHITE
2022
New Theatre, Cardiff
Director: David Burrows
A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN
2022
Paines Plough Roundabout
Director: Yasmin Hafesji
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
2022
Bradford Alhambra
Director: Ed Curtis
SNOW WHITE
2022
Nottingham Theatre Royal
Director: Alan Harding
CHRISTMAS AT BLENHEIM PALACE
2022
Culture Creative / Sony Music
Palace Light-Show & Illuminated Trail
THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
2022
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
2021
The London Coliseum / Boadway HD
Director: Kirk Jameson
AMADIGI
2021
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
2021
Opera Holland Park
Director: Stephen Barlow
60 MILES BY ROAD OR RAIL
2021
Royal & Derngate
Director: Andy Routledge
DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY
2021
Pleasance Theatre, London
Director: Tom Wright
THE WILD PARTY
2021
Guildford School of Acting
Director: Cressida Carre
12 POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON
2021
ETO at Home
Director: Matthew Eberhardt
THE LITTLE GREEN SWALLOW
2021
Guildhall School
Director: Martin Lloyd Evans
L'AMICO FRITZ
2021
Opera Holland Park
Director: Julia Burbach
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
2021
Opera Holland Park
Director: Oliver Platt
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2021
Belgrade Theatre
Director: John Terry
ALADDIN
2021
New Theatre, Cardiff
Director: Matt Slack
THE SECRET GARDEN
2021
Guildford School of Acting
Director: Shiv Rabheru
ARIADNE
2021
ETO at Home
Director: Patricia Okenwa
CHRISTMAS AT BLENHEIM PALACE
2021
Culture Creative / Sony Music
Palace Light-Show & Illuminated Trail
SNOW WHITE
2021
Hull New Theatre
Director: David Burrows
SHOSTAKOVICH: MICHELANGELO SUITE
2021
ETO at Home
Director: James Conway
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2020
The Theatre, Chipping North
Director: John Terry
CHRISTMAS AT BLENHEIM PALACE
2020
LightWorks / Culture Creative
Associate Designer
Palace Light-Show & Illuminated Trail
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
2020
LAMDA
Director: Josh Seymour
EARTHQUAKE IN LONDON
2020
LAMDA
Director: Matt Hassall
OPERA SCENES
2020
Royal Academy of Music
Director: Caitlin Fretwell Walsh
DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY
2020
Network Theatre, London
Director: Tom Wright
MYSTERIOUS BRUISES
2019
RADA
Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
2019
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Director: Ben Occhipinti
SKYLIGHT
2019
Chipping Norton Theatre
Director: John Terry
HOW LOVE IS SPELT
2019
Brickdust, Southwark Playhouse
Director: Charlotte Peters
KISS ME, KATE
2019
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
THE BEST DAY EVER (A PLAY ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD)
2019
Company Three
Director: Ned Glasier & Emily Lim
L'ARLESIANA
2019
Opera Holland Park
Director: Oliver Platt
BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943
2019
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Director: Ben Occhipinti
MANON LESCAUT
2019
Opera Holland Park
Director: Karolina Sofulak
SUMMER HOLIDAY
2019
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Director: Elizabeth Newman & Ben Occhipinti
MACBETH
2019
English Touring Opera
Director: James Dacre
IDOMENEO
2019
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
ELIZABETH I
2019
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE
2019
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Director: Ben Occhipinti
SLEEPING BEAUTY
2019
Llandudno, Qdos
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2018
New Theatre, Cardiff
Director: David Burrows
SLEEPING BEAUTY
2018
Byre Theatre, St. Andrews
Director: Gordon Barr
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
2018
Royal College of Music
Director: Sir. Thomas Allen
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
2018
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Director: Oliver Platt
JONAS
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: Bernadette Iglich
LO TACERÒ
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
DIDO AND AENEAS
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: Sebastian Harcombe
RADAMISTO
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
DISHOOM!
2018
Watford Palace Theatre
Director: Pravesh Kumar
LEGALLY BLONDE
2018
Albany Theatre, Coventry
Director: Hannah Roberts
TELL US WHO WE ARE
2018
All4 Scottish National Youth Performing Arts Companies
Director: Mary McCluskey & Anna Kenrick
MAKLENA
2018
Night Train Theatre Co.
Director: Maria Montague
BETTY BLUE EYES
2018
Trinity Laban Conservatoire
Director: Elva Makins
SUMMER HOLIDAY
2018
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Director: Elizabeth Newman & Ben Occhipinti
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
2018
Opera Holland Park
Director: Oliver Platt
TUMBLE TUCK
2018
King's Head Theatre
Director: Thomas Wright
SOUNDING THE SKY
2018
British Library
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: Blanche McIntyre
IL TABARRO
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: James Conway
GIANNI SCHICCHI
2018
English Touring Opera
Director: Liam Steel
PETER PAN
2017
New Theatre, Hull
Director: David McNeil
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2017
Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Director: Gordon Barr
RIGOLETTO
2017
Wexford Festival Opera
Director: Roberto Recchia
LA SCALA DI SETA
2017
Wexford Festival Opera
Director: Nathan Troup
DUBLINERS
2017
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Director: Annabelle Comyn
CATS
2017
Albany Theatre, Coventry
Director: Hannah Roberts
CAROLINE OMINE: ONE NIGHT ONLY AT THE MERMAID
2017
Mermaid Theatre, London
Director: Caroline Omine
DER FREISCHÜTZ
2017
Blackheath Halls
Director: Oliver Platt
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA
2017
Blackheath Halls
Director: Harry Fehr
MAD MAN SAD WOMAN
2017
The Space
Director: Sue Dunderdale
LOVELY UGLY CITY
2017
Almeida Theatre
Director: Jo Tyabji
FAME!
2017
Albany Theatre, Coventry
Director: Hannah Roberts
BOAT
2017
Battersea Arts Centre
Director: Ned Glasier & Amy Hodge
70 ÄRS OPERA
2017
Danish National Opera, National Tour
Director: Eva-Maria Melbye
EDWARD II
2017
Arts Theatre, Cambridge
Director: Caroline Steinbein
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2016
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Director: David Goodall
ALADDIN
2016
Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Director: Gordon Barr
IL CAMPANELLO
2016
Clayton Whites, Wexford
Director: Roberto Recchia
THE BEAR
2016
Clayton Whites, Wexford
Director: Kyle Lang
RIDERS TO THE SEA
2016
Clayton Whites, Wexford
Director: Caitriona McLaughlin
RENT
2016
Albany Theatre, Coventry
Director: Hannah Roberts
THE TEMPEST
2016
Old Sherrif Court, Glasgow
Director: Mary McCluskey
WHEREVER THE WIND TAKES YOU
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Alison Camilleri
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Esteban Fourmi
PLAYTIME
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Abigail Yeates
A NIGHT OF MAGICAL CABARET
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Jennifer Wright
AN EVENING ON BROADWAY
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Elena Pitsiaeli
GO, MAKE YOU READY
2016
Silk Street Theatre / Barbican
Director: Patsy Rodenburg
DEALER'S CHOICE
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Mike Alfreds
PINTER TRIPLE BILL
2016
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Jo McInnes
MEPHISTO
2015
Milton Court Theatre
Director: Wyn Jones
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2015
Silk Street Theatre / Barbican
Director: Patsy Rodenburg
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
2014
Deeside Theatre, Aboyne
Director: Vikki May
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
2014
Silk Street Theatre / Barbican
Director: Anna Pool
POMPEII
2013
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
OPERA, MOVIES & MUSICALS
2013
Deeside Theatre, Aboyne
Director: Fiona Kelly