David Hersey Lighting Designer
Credits include:
SHOW BOAT Theatre: Sheffield Crucible Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein Director: David Evans
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Theatre: Menier Chocolate Factory / West End Steven Sondheim / George Furth Director: Maria Friedman
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Theatre: The Almeida Shakespeare Director: Michael Attenborough
DESIGN FOR LIVING Theatre: The Old Vic Noel Coward Director: Anthony Page
EQUUS Theatre: West End / Broadway Peter Shaffer Director: Thea Sharrock Drama Desk Award for Best Lighting Design Tony Nomination for Best Lighting Design
SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS Theatre: Theatre Royal, Haymarket Richard Alferi Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
ANYTHING GOES Theatre: National Theatre / West End Cole Porter Director: Trevor Nunn
THE COAST OF UTOPIA Theatre: National Theatre Tom Stoppard Director: Trevor Nunn Olivier Nomination for Best Lighting Design
MY FAIR LADY Theatre: National Theatre / West End Lerner and Loewe Director: Trevor Nunn Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production
OKLAHOMA! Theatre: National Theatre / West End / Broadway Rogers and Hammerstein Director: Trevor Nunn Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Olivier Nomination for Best Lighting Design
BURNING BLUE Theatre: Theatre Royal Haymarket David Geer Director: John Hickok Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
THE GLASS MANAGERIE Theatre: The Donmar Warehouse Tennessee Williams Director: Sam Mendes Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
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TWELTH NIGHT Theatre: RSC / Barbican / UK Tour Shakespeare Director: Ian Judge Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design
OLIVER! Theatre: West End Lionel Bart Director: Sam Mendes Olivier Nomination for Best Lighting Design
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Theatre: Donmar Warehouse David Mamet Director: Sam Mendes Olivier Nomination for Best Lighting Design
MISS SAIGON Theatre: West End / Broadway / World Wide Schonberg and Boublil Director: Nicolas Hytner Tony Nomination for Best Lighting Design
LES MISÉRABLES Theatre: West End / Broadway / Worldwide Schonberg and Boublil Director: Trevor Nunn Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
STARLIGHT EXPRESS Theatre: West End / Broadway / World Wide Andrew Lloyd Webber / Richard Stilgoe Director: Trevor Nunn Tony Nomination for Best Lighting Design
CATS Theatre: West End / Broadway / World Wide Andrew Lloyd Webber / TS Eliot Director: Trevor Nunn Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY Theatre: West End / Broadway David Edgar (Adapt.) Director: John Caird, Trevor Nunn Tony Nomination for Best Lighting Design
EVITA Theatre: West End / Broadway / World Wide Lloyd Webber / Rice Director: Harold Prince Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
Other Lighting Designs:
Lighting extravaganzas at THE MIRAGE, TREASURE ISLAND and BELAGGIO hotels in Las Vegas. Work can also be seen in theme parks in Florida and Italy
Additional information:
Lighting Designer for well over 250 plays, musicals, operas and ballets. Lighting Consultant to the National Theatre for ten years. Chairman and Fellow of the Association of Lighting Designers. Honorary Doctorate - Middlesex University David founded DHA Lighting, industry leaders in the design and manufacture of specialist lighting equipment and effects.