Colin Grenfell Lighting Designer
Colin has been lighting shows and performances for over 20 years, beginning his career with the Improbable Theatre Company. His first productions were 70 HILL LANE and ANIMO and these marked the start of a long collaboration; designing the lighting for shows touring the UK and around the world, including THEATRE OF BLOOD (National theatre), THE HANGING MAN (West Yorkshire Playhouse) LIFEGAME (National Theatre, UK Tour, La Jolla Playhouse, Off Broadway, Brisbane, US Tours) SPIRIT (Royal Court, UK, US Tours, Sydney Opera House,New York Theatre Workshop.
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Credits
Theatre
Production Company Notes RODELINDA Royal College of Music Dir. Jo Davies 2021
STILL Traverse Theatre Dir. Gareth Nicholls 2021
THE KING OF HELL'S Hampstead Theatre Dir. Michael Boyd PALACE 2019
MACBETH Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Dir. Christopher Haydon 2019
TAO OF GLASS Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Co-Directors: Phelim 2019 McDermott and Kirsty Housley
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes ON THE EXHALE China Plate & Audible in association Dir. Christopher Haydon 2018 with New Theatre Royal Portsmouth
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Bristol Old Vic & Manchester Royal Dir. Michael Boyd 2018 Exchange
CHRISTMAS EVE Theatre Royal Bath Dir. Laurence Boswell 2018
TROUBLE IN MIND Print Room at the Coronet/Theatre Dir Laurence Boswell 2017 Royal Bath
THE MENTOR Theatre Royal Bath and Nica Burns Dir: Laurence Boswell. 2017 Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath and Vaudeville Theatre, West End
UNTOLD STORIES The Watermill Dir: Tom Attenborough 2016
THE MOTHER Theatre Royal Bath presented by the Tricycle 2016 Theatre
FOREVER YOURS, MARIE Theatre Royal, Bath LOU 2016
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Theatr Clywd Dir: Robert Hastie 2016
BRAVE NEW WORLD Royal and Derngate, Northampton Dir: James Dacre 2015
THE TEMPEST Northern Stage Company Dir: Phelim McDermott 2015
THE MOTHER Theatre Royal Bath Dir Laurence Boswell 2015
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Oneofus/Improbable/Adelaide Festival Dir: Phelim McDermott 2015 2015
THE TYPIST Kam-Ri Dance Theatre Co-Directors: Kerieva 2015 McCormick & Ben Harrison
LOVE, LOSS AND CHIANTI Chichester Festival Theatre, Minerva Dir: Jason Morrell 2015 Theatre
THE DEVIL MASTERS Traverse Theatre Dir: Orla O'Loughlin 2014
DEBUSSY PELLEAS ET Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Esa-Pekka MELISANDE Salonen 2014
THE CRUCIBLE West Yorkshire Playhouse Dir: James Brining 2014
SPOILING Traverse Theatre Dir: Orla O'Loughlin 2014
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes LETTERS HOME Grid Iron 2014
NORMA/ADRIANA Opera Holland Park LECOUVRER 2014
STEVIE Chichester Festival Theatre, Minerva Dir: Christopher Morahan 2014 Theatre
THE ADVENTURES OF Guildhall School of Music and Drama by Jonathan Dove PINOCCHIO 2014
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Improbable/UK Tour/Young Vic Dir. Phelim McDermott 2013
The Selfish Giant Edinburgh Festival Theatre Wee Stories Theatre 2013
IDEAL WORLD SEASON Watford Palace Theatre 3 new plays 2013 Dir. Brigid Lamour, Joe Murphy and Selina Cartmell
I GIOIELLI DELLA Opera Holland Park Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans MADONNA 2013
L'ELISIR D'AMORE Opera Holland Park Dir. Pia Furtado 2013
THE PIRATES OF Scottish Opera/D'Oyly Carte Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans PENZANCE 2013
BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS Northern Stage/UK Tour Dir. Psyche Stott 2013
THURSDAY Brink/ETT Dir. Chris Drummond 2013
AMERICAN JUSTICE Arts Theatre Dir. Lisa Forrell 2013
THE SNOW QUEEN Dundee Rep Dir. Jemima Levick 2012
BLACK WATCH National Theatre of Scotland USA & South Korea Tour 2012
MILL LAVVIES/SHE TOWN Dundee Rep Dir. Andrew Panton/Jemima 2012 Levick
MONKEY BARS Chris Goode and Company Dir. Chris Goode. Traverse 2012 Edinburgh/Unicorn Theatre, London/National Tour. Fringe First Award.
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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Opera Holland Park Dir. Olivia Fuchs 2012
GIANNI Opera Holland Park Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans SCHICCHI/ZANETTO 2012
THE STEAMIE Neil Laidlaw Productions Dir. Tony Roper 2012
THE CARETAKER His Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide/The Dir. Christopher Morahan 2012 Curran, San Francisco/The Southern, Columbus/BAM
HORSE PISS FOR BLOOD Plymouth Drum Dir. Simon Stokes 2012
STEEL MAGNOLIAS Dundee Rep Dir. Jemima Levick 2012
HANSEL AND GRETEL Glasgow Citizens' Dir. Guy Hollands 2011
THE VILLAGE SOCIAL National Theatre Wales Created by Dafydd James 2011 and Ben Lewis
MEN SHOULD WEEP National Theatre of Scotland Dir. Graham McLaren. 2011 Citizens Glasgow and Tour.
TARTUFFE ETT Dir. Gemma Bodinetz 2011
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Opera Holland Park Dir. Liam Steele 2011
LA RONDINE Opera Holland Park Dir. Tom Hawkes 2011
RITA/IOLANTA Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2011
MACBETH Liverpool Everyman Dir. Gemma Bodinetz 2011
PANDAS Traverse Dir. Rebecca Gatward 2011
PICCARD IN SPACE Southbank Centre Dir. Jude Kelly 2011
A DOLL'S HOUSE Dundee Rep Dir. Jemima Levick 2011
FAITH AND COLD READING Live Theatre Dir. Jonathan Moore 2011
BLACK WATCH National Theatre of Scotland National Tour 2010
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes FALSTAFF Mid-Wales Opera 2010
NO IDEA Improbable Theatre/Young Vic 2010
THROUGH A GLASS Almeida Theatre Dir. Jenny Worton DARKLY 2010
FIDELIO Opera Hollland Park 2010
DON GIOVANNI Opera Holland Park 2010
CARMEN Opera Holland Park 2010
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE Opera Holland Park 2010
CANARY Liverpool Everyman/Hampstead Dir. Hettie McDonald 2010 Theatre
THE GLASS MENAGERIE Salisbury Playhouse/Shared Experience Dir. Polly Teale 2010
EQUUS Dundee Rep 2010
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF Edinburgh Lyceum Dir. Tony Cownie LEENANE 2010
I AM YUSUF AND THIS IS Young Vic Dir. Amir Nizar Zuabi MY BROTHER 2010
THE CARETAKER Trafalgar Studios Dir. Christopher Morahan 2010
THE CARETAKER Liverpool Everyman Theatre Dir. Christopher Morahan 2009
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS Almeida Dir. Michael Attenborough FALLING 2009
FUNNY Reeling & Writhing / Edinburgh Fringe Dir. Katherine Morley 2009 Festival
LA BOHEME Opera Holland Park Dir. Elaine Kidd 2009
KATA KABANOVA Opera Holland Park Dir. Olivia Fuchs 2009
QUEEN BEE New Writing North Dir. Wils Wilson 2009
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Opera Holland Park Dir. Martin Lloyd Evans 2009
ORPHEUS IN THE Opera Holland Park Dir. Tom Hawkes UNDERWORLD 2009
PANIC Improbable Theatre 2009
BABY BABY Stellar Quines Theatre Company Dir. Jemima Levick 2009
THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD Royal Opera House Dir. Will Tuckett 2008
RIFLEMIND Trafalgar Studios Dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman 2008
PANIC Improbable Theatre 2008
LA VIE PARISIENNE Guildhall 2008
SINGLE SPIES by Alan Theatre Royal Bath Bennett 2008
365 National Theatre of Scotland 2008
OUT OF TIME Dublin Festival, Madrid 2008
TOUCHED by Stephen Salisbury Playhouse Dir. Rebecca Gatward Lowe 2008
IL TROVATORE/LA FILLE Opera Holland Park Dir. Will Kerley DU REGIMENT 2008
MINE Hampstead Theatre Written & Directed by Polly 2008 Teale
CASANOVA Told By an Idiot/West Yorkshire 2007 Playhouse
ANIMO Minneapolis WAC 2007
COSI FAN TUTTI / Opera Holland Park RIGOLETTO / QUEEN OF SPADES / MERRY WIDOW 2007
SILVER BIRCH HOUSE Arcola Theatre Dir. Mehmet Ergen 2007
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes BLACK WATCH US and World Tour Dir. John Tiffany 2007
THE BACCHAE Edinburgh International Festival for Dir. John Tiffany 2007 the National Theatre of Scotland
ALEX Arts Theatre Dir. Phelim McDermott 2007
BLACK WATCH National Theatre of Scotland/UK Tour Dir. John Tiffany 2007
TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN Library Theatre, Manchester Dir. Roger Haines 2007
LAKME and IL BARBIERE Opera Holland Park DI SIVIGLIA 2007
ENJOY Watford Palace Theatre Dir. Christopher Luscombe 2007
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Chickenshed Theatre Co. 2007
SOAP Royal and Derngate, Northampton Dir. Laurie Sansom 2007
CAPRICCIO Guildhall 2007
RABBIT Old Red Lion and Trafalgar Studios, Dir. Nina Raine 2006 West End
THE ATHEIST Theatre 503 Dir. Ari Edelson 2007
2GRAVES The Arts Theatre Dir. Yvonne McDevitt 2006
TANGLE UK tour devised by Unlimited 2006 Theatre
UNPROTECTED The Traverse Theatre Dir. Nina Raine 2006
BLACK WATCH National Theatre of Scotland at The Dir. John Tiffany 2006 Traverse Theatre
70 HILL LANE Improbable Theatre/UK Tour 1996
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S British Youth Opera Dir. Martin Lloyd Evans DREAM 2003
ALADDIN AND THE Bristol Old Vic Dir. Alita Collins ENCHANTED LAMP 2005
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes BETWEEN THE NOTES Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Niall Ashdown 2002
BODY TALK The Royal Court Dir. Stephen Daldry 1997
BOTTLE Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Guy Dartnall 2000
BYE BYE BIRDIE Guildhall School of Music & Drama Dir. Martin Connor 2005
CENDRILLON RSAMD 2006
CHARADES Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Tom Morris 2001
CHARLIE LAVENDER Southwark Playhouse Dir. Jo Davies 2001
COMA Improbable Theatre/UK Tour 1997
CONSUMING SONGS Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Guy Dartnall 2002
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT The Arcola Dir. David Farr IN DALSTON 2001
DOG Battersea Arts Centre Dir. John Hegley 2000
EUGENE ONEGIN & Opera Holland Park ANDREA CHENIER 2005
FALSTAFF RSAMD Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans 2005
FIDELIO Opera Theatre Company, Dublin Dir. Annelise Miskimmon 2006
HEAVENLY The Soho Theatre Frantic Assembly 2002
KES The Royal Exchange Manchester Dir. Sarah Frankcom 2004
KINETIC CONCERT Battersea Arts Centre Dir. David Lasserson 2001
KOSHER HARRY The Royal Court Dir. Kathy Burke 2002
LA BOHEME English Touring Opera 2004
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes LADIES & GENTLEMEN Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Guy Dartnall. Winner of WHERE AM I?/WOULD SAY TIME OUT Best Fringe Show SOMETHING Award 2001
LIFE IN THE FOLDS Out of Inc/Battersea Arts Centre 2002
LIFEGAME Improbable Theatre/National Theatre 2004
LIFEGAME Improbable Theatre - Lyric 1998 Hammersmith, off-Broadway
MAPS OF DESIRE Wonderful Beast/Southwark Playhouse 2002
MARIE LUISE The Gate Theatre Dir. Erica Whyman 2004
MISSING REEL West Yorkshire Playhouse Dir. Toby Jones & Ed Kemp 2002
MY DAD'S A BIRDMAN The Young Vic Studio Dir. Josie Rourke 2003
OLD KING COLE The Unicorn Theatre at the Cochrane Dir. Rebecca Gatward 2004
PASSIONS Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Tom Morris 2000
PLAYING THE VICTIM Told by an Idiot Dir. Richard Wilson. 2003 Premiered at The Traverse Theatre.
PRESENCE Theatre Royal, Plymouth 2005
PROMISED LAND Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 2006
ROMANIA'S BABY New End Theatre Dir. Michael Wicherek 1994
SEPARATE TABLES Royal Exchange, Manchester Dir. Sarah Frankcom 2006
SPIRIT Theater Workshop, New York Improbable Theatre revival 2005
STIFF Spymonkey/UK Tour 2001
THE EVOCATION OF PAPA UK Tour devised by Told By An Idiot MAS 2006
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes THE HANGING MAN West Yorkshire Playhouse/Lyric Improbable Theatre. Winner 2003 Hammersmith of the TMA Award for Best Design
THE MAGIC FLUTE British Youth Opera Dir. Chris Cowell 2003
THE MARRIAGE OF RSAMD Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans FIGARO 2004
THE PROVOK'D WIFE New End Theatre Dir. John Best 1994
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA The Guildhall School of Music & Drama Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans 2004
THE TWO FACES OF UK Tour MITCHELL & WEBB 2006
THE UNTHINKABLE The Crucible Theatre Sheffield Dir. Josie Rourke 2004
THEATRE OF BLOOD The National Theatre Improbable Theatre 2005
TICK TICK...BOOM! Menier Chocolate Factory Dir. Scott Schwartz 2005
TO THE ISLAND WITH THE The Purcell Rooms Dir. Tom Morris GOOSE 2001
TRAVELS WITH MY Battersea Arts Centre Dir. Guy Dartnall VIRGINITY 2005
UNPROTECTED Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Dir. Nina Raine 2006
YIKES! The Unicorn Theatre 2006
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