Elliot Griggs

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    Biography

     

    Elliot Griggs is a multi-award winning Professional International Lighting Designer based in London. Trained in lighting design at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, he has designed for theatres including the Royal National Theatre; Royal Exchange, Manchester; Royal Court and has created lighting designs for companies including Punchdrunk and Bompas & Parr.

    He also creates lighting designs for musicals, opera, dance and experiential events.

    Elliot is represented by Dan Usztan at United Agents.

    Recent theatre lighting designs include: Richard III (Headlong tour); Blue Door (Ustinov, Theatre Royal Bath); The Wild Duck (Almeida); Sketching (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Lover/The Collection (Harold Pinter Theatre); An Octoroon (Orange Tree/National Theatre); Queens of the Coal Age (also New Vic), The Night Watch (Royal Exchange); Shift, Bromance (Barely Methodical Troupe); Acceptance, Dry Powder, Diminished, The Argument, Deluge (Hampstead Theatre); Disco Pigs (Trafalgar Studios/Irish Rep, NY); The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, Lampedusa (HighTide); Loot (Park Theatre/Watermill Theatre); Hir, Forget Me Not (Bush Theatre); The Oracles (Punchdrunk); Low Level Panic, Sheppey, buckets (Orange Tree); Fleabag (Soho Theatre/World Tour); Fool For Love (Found111); Educating Rita (Hull Truck); Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis (Hull Truck/ Bolton Octagon); Yen (Royal Court/Royal Exchange); Pomona (Orange Tree Theatre/Royal Exchange/National Theatre. Off West End Award for Best Lighting Designer).

    Event lighting designs include:

    For Bompas and Parr; The Height of Winter (The View From The Shard), The Single-Opticon (Diageo Taiwan) and Alcoholic Architecture (Borough Market). Other events include: An American In Paris Press Night Party (CornerShop Events, Hilton Waldorf, Aldwych), Evolution (Martin by Harman, Museum of London Docklands), Charlie and The Chocolate Factory's 1st Anniversary Party (CornerShop Events, Hilton Waldorf, Aldwych)

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    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Missing Julie Theatre Emlyn Williams Theatre, Theatr Clwyd
    Lighting Designer Director: Chelsea Walker
    Set designer: Cathy Waller
    Last Easter Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Tinuke Craig
    Set designer: Hannah Wolfe
    Psychodrama Theatre Never For Ever, Kentish Town
    Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Wilkinson
    Set designer: James Turner
    Amelie The Musical Musical Criterion Theatre, London
    Lighting Designer Set designer: Madeleine Girling
    Missing People Theatre New National Theatre Tokyo, then touring
    Leeds Playhouse / ALA Public Arts
    Lighting Designer Director: Mark Rosenblatt & Nobuhiro Nishikawa
    The Sugar Syndrome Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Oscar Toeman
    Set designer: Rebecca Brower
    On Bear Ridge Theatre Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
    National Theatre Wales
    Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Featherstone & Ed Thomas
    Set designer: Cai Dyfan
    Fleabag Theatre Wyndham's Theatre
    Drywrite
    Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Jones
    Set designer: Holly Pigott
    Ivan and the Dogs Theatre Young Vic Clare Studio
    Lighting Designer Director: Caitriona Shoobridge
    Set designer: Basia Bińkowska
    Somnium Dance Sadler's Wells Theatre
    Lighting Designer Choreographer: Neil Jones
    Amélie Musical The Watermill Theatre, then touring
    Hartshorn-Hook Productions, Selladoor Worldwide and Broadway Asia
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Fenitman
    Set designer: Madeleine Girling
    Richard III Theatre Bristol Old Vic, then touring
    Headlong Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: John Haidar
    Set designer: Chiara Stephenson
    Blue Door Theatre Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath
    Lighting Designer Director: Eleanor Rhode
    Set designer: Madeleine Girling
    Lost Lagoon Corporate & Industrial
    Bompas & Parr
    Lighting Designer Director: Joe Hufton
    Set designer: Lily Carver
    Beauty and the Beast Theatre Theatre By the Lake
    Lighting Designer Director: Chris Honer
    Set designer: Patrick Connellan and Abby Clarke
    Shereiyeat Concert Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre, Kuwait
    Lighting Designer Director: Nader Abassi
    Set designer: Diana Sfeir
    The Wild Duck Theatre Almeida Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Robert Icke
    Set designer: Bunny Christie
    Sketching Theatre Wilton's Music Hall
    Lighting Designer Director: Thomas Hescott
    Set designer: Ellen Parry
    The Lover / The Collection Theatre Harold Pinter Theatre
    Jamie Lloyd Company
    Lighting Designer Director: Jamie Lloyd
    Set designer: Soutra Gilmour
    Dido & Aeneas Opera The Albany, Deptford
    Blackheath Halls Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Polly Graham
    Set designer: April Dalton
    Somnium Dance Lichfield Cathedral
    Lighting Designer
    Queens of The Coal Age Theatre Royal Exchange Manchester, then touring
    Lighting Designer Director: Bryony Shanahan
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    An Octoroon Theatre Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre
    Orange Tree Theatre / National Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Shift Dance Norfolk and Norwich Festival, then touring
    Barely Methodical Troupe
    Lighting Designer Set designer: Lucy Sierra
    Tell Me The Truth About Love Opera Sage Gateshead
    Streetwise Opera
    Lighting Designer Director: Bijan Sheibani
    Set designer: Samal Blak
    Acceptance Theatre Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Ledwich
    Set designer: Frankie Bradshaw
    Richard III Theatre Bristol Old Vic, then touring
    Headlong
    Lighting Designer Director: John Haidar
    Set designer: Chiara Stephenson
    Bromance Dance New Victory, New York
    Barely Methodical Troupe
    Lighting Designer
    Dry Powder Theatre Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Ledwich
    Disco Pigs Theatre Mainstage, Irish Rep, New York City
    Tara Finney Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: John Haidar
    Set designer: Richard Kent
    Aladdin Theatre Beck Theatre, Hayes
    One From the Heart
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Fentiman
    Peter Pan Theatre Harlow Playhouse
    Harlow Playhouse
    Lighting Designer Director: Daniel William Bell
    Cookies Theatre Theatre Royal Haymarket
    Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Ledwich
    Set designer: Frankie Bradshaw
    Anything That Flies Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre
    Jermyn Street Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Alice Hamilton
    Set designer: Neil Irish
    Heroine Theatre HighTide Festival, then touring
    HighTide
    Lighting Designer Director: Steven Atkinson
    Set designer: Richard Kent
    Loot Theatre Park Theatre, then touring
    Tom O'Connell Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Fentiman
    Set designer: Gabriella Slade
    Disco Pigs Theatre Trafalgar Studios
    Tara Finney Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: John Haidar
    Set designer: Richard Kent
    HIR Theatre Bush Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Nadia Fall
    Set designer: Ben Stones
    An Octoroon Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Orange Tree Theatre Production
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Diminished Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Tom Attenborough
    Set designer: Polly Sullivan
    Twelfth Night Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Alex Thorpe
    Set designer: Max Johns
    Faust x2 Theatre The Watermill Theatre
    The Watermill Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Lisa Blair
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Low Level Panic Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Orange Tree Theatre Production
    Lighting Designer Director: Chelsea Walker
    Set designer: Rosanna Vize
    Raising Martha Theatre Park Theatre
    Tom O'Connell Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Fentiman
    Set designer: Rebecca Brower
    Kiki's Delivery Service Theatre Southwark Playhouse
    Southwark Playhouse
    Lighting Designer Director: Kate Hewitt
    Set designer: Simon Bejer
    Fleabag Theatre Soho Theatre
    Drywrite
    Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Jones
    Set designer: Holly Pigott
    Sheppey Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Orange Tree Theatre Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Paul Miller
    Set designer: Simon Daw
    Fool for Love Theatre Found111
    Emily Dobbs Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Simon Evans
    Set designer: Ben Stones
    Frontline Theatre ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
    Arts Educational Schools
    Lighting Designer Director: Rikki Henry
    Set designer: Emma Bailey
    Pigeon English Theatre The Ambassadors
    National Youth Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Niland
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    Romeo & Juliet Theatre The Ambassadors
    National Youth Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Kate Hewitt
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    Be Prepared Theatre Underbelly, Edinburgh
    The Corner Shop Events
    Lighting Designer Director: Rob Watt
    Educating Rita Theatre Hull Truck Theatre
    Hull Truck Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Mark Babych
    Set designer: James Turner
    The Night Watch Theatre Royal Exchange Theatre
    Royal Exchange Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Rebecca Gatward
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    The Box of Photographs Theatre Polka Theatre
    Polka Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Punshon
    Set designer: Lily Arnold
    The Sugar-Coated Bullets of The Borgeoisie Theatre Arcola Theatre
    HighTide
    Lighting Designer Director: Steven Atkinson
    Set designer: Lily Arnold
    The Argument Theatre Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Ledwich
    Set designer: Janet Bird
    Yen Theatre Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court
    Manchester Royal Exchange / Royal Court
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Forget Me Not Theatre Bush Theatre
    HighTide / Bush Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Steven Atkinson
    Set designer: Lily Arnold
    The Height of Winter at The Shard Corporate & Industrial The View From The Shard
    Bompas and Parr
    Lighting Designer Set designer: Ioanna Illiesiu
    Pomona Theatre National Theatre, then touring
    Orange Tree Theatre Production
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Chicken Theatre Roundabout
    Eastern Angles
    Lighting Designer Director: Steven Atkinson
    Set designer: James Turner
    Tether Theatre Underbelly, Edinburgh
    Lost Sock Theatre Company
    Lighting Designer Director: Bethany Pitts
    Set designer: Holly Pigott
    Much Further Out Than You Thought Theatre Underbelly, Edinburgh
    Molino Group
    Lighting Designer Director: Bethany Pitts
    Set designer: Alison Neighbour
    Alcoholic Architecture Corporate & Industrial 1 Cathedral Street, Borough Market
    Bompas and Parr
    Lighting Designer Director: Harry Parr
    Set designer: Bompas and Parr
    Defect Musical ALWF Theatre, Arts Ed
    Arts Educational Schools
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Buckets Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Orange Tree Theatre Production
    Lighting Designer Director: Rania Jumaily
    Set designer: James Turner
    Hansel and Gretel Theatre Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
    HighTime
    Lighting Designer Director: Felicity Green
    Set designer: Richard Evans
    Deluge Theatre Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
    Hampstead Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Ledwich
    Set designer: Moi Tran
    Lampedusa Theatre Soho Theatre, then touring
    HighTide
    Lighting Designer Director: Steven Atkinson
    Set designer: Lucy Osborne
    Contact Theatre Aylesbury Waterside
    Bravo22, Royal British Legion
    Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Rayne
    Set designer: Sarah Booth
    Benefit Theatre Pleasance Theatre, Islington, then touring
    Cardboard Citizens
    Lighting Designer Director: Adrian Jackson
    Set designer: Lucy Sierra
    Yen Theatre The Studio, Royal Exchange, Manchester
    Royal Exchange
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Marching On Together Theatre Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington
    BackHere! Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Joshua McTaggart
    Set designer: Max Dorey
    Treasure Island and The Curse of The Pearl Necklace Theatre Above the Stag
    Above The Stag
    Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Beckett
    Set designer: David Shields
    Pomona Theatre Orange Tree Theatre
    Orange Tree Theatre Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Ned Bennett
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    The Bus Theatre Above the Stag
    Above The Stag
    Lighting Designer Director: Robert McWhir
    Set designer: David Shields
    Henry IV Theatre Donmar Warehouse
    Donmar Productions
    Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Neil Austin
    Director: Phyllida Lloyd
    Set designer: Ellen Stewart, original design by Bunny Christie
    Rachel Theatre Finborough Theatre
    ABG Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Ola Ince
    Set designer: Alex Marker
    Ablutions Theatre Bikeshed Theatre, Exeter, then touring
    FellSwoop Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Bertrand Lesca
    Set designer: Jessie Vickerage
    He Had Hairy Hands Theatre The Lowry, Manchester, then touring
    Kill The Beast
    Lighting Designer Director: Clem Garritty
    Set designer: Bryan Woltjen
    Spokesong Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Simmer Dim
    Lighting Designer Director: Guy Meirion-Jones
    Set designer: Bethany Wells
    John Ferguson Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Lightbox Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Emma Faulkner
    Set designer: James Turner
    Fleabag Theatre Soho Theatre, then touring
    Drywrite / Soho Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Jones
    Set designer: Holly Pigott
    A Hard Rain Theatre Above The Stag Theatre
    Above The Stag
    Lighting Designer Director: Tricia Thorns
    Set designer: David Shields
    Jack Off The Beanststalk Theatre Above The Stag Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Andrew Beckett
    Set designer: David Shields
    Infanticide Theatre Camden People's Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Patrick Steinwidder
    Set designer: Patrick Steinwidder
    CommonWealth Theatre Almeida Theatre
    Almeida Projects
    Lighting Designer Director: Caitlin McLeod
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    The Love Project Theatre Underbelly Festival
    Everyday Prods / Look Left Look Right
    Lighting Designer Director: Ellie Browning
    Fleabag Theatre Soho Theatre, then touring
    Drywrite
    Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Jones
    Set designer: Holly Pigott
    Over The Bridge Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Emma Faulkner
    Set designer: Philip Lindley
    Love Re:Imagined Theatre Only Connect, London
    Only Connect
    Lighting Designer Director: Ellie Browning
    Set designer: Amy Cook
    The Boy Who Kicked Pigs Theatre Jackson's Lane, then touring
    Kill The Beast
    Lighting Designer Director: Clem Garritty
    Set designer: Bryan Woltjen
    Facts Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Worn Red Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Caitlin McLeod
    Set designer: Georgia Lowe
    Blues In The Night Musical The Last Refuge
    The Last Refuge
    Lighting Designer Director: Rania Jumaily
    Set designer: Sean Turner
    Somersaults Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Luke Holbrook
    Lighting Designer Director: Russell Bolam
    Set designer: Philip Lindley
    Joe / Boy Theatre The Last Refuge
    We Were Here
    Lighting Designer Director: Natalie Ibu
    The Soft of Her Palm Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Franklin Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Ola Ince
    Set designer: Daniel Harvey
    Big Sean, Mikey and Me Theatre Tristan Bates Theatre, then touring
    Lighting Designer Director: Paul Robinson
    The Boy Who Kicked Pigs Theatre The Lowry, Manchester
    Kill The Beast
    Lighting Designer Director: Clem Garrity
    Set designer: Bryan Woltjen
    Bitter Pleasures For A Sour Generation Theatre Soho Theatre
    Oxford School of Drama
    Lighting Designer Director: Vicky Jones
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    Meat Theatre Theatre 503
    FallOut Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: David Aula
    Set designer: James Cotterill
    Folk Contraption Theatre Spiegeltent, Southbank Centre
    Rogues Gallery Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Oliver Rose
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    The Custard Boys Theatre Tabard Theatre
    Boys of The Empire
    Lighting Designer Director: Glenn Chandler
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    Belleville Rendez-Vous Theatre Greenwich Theatre
    FellSwoop Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Fiona Mikel
    Set designer: Clem Garrity
    Brightest and Best Theatre Half Moon Theatre, Herne Hill
    pilotLIGHT Theatre Company
    Lighting Designer Director: Natalie Ibu
    Set designer: Alison McDowall
    Crush Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Papatango Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Laura Casey
    Set designer: Emily Howard
    Dealing With Clair Theatre GBS Theatre
    Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
    Lighting Designer Director: Philip Wilson
    Set designer: James Cotterill
    Lagan Theatre Oval House Theatre
    Root Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Jane Fallowfield
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    One Minute Theatre Gielgud Theatre
    Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
    Lighting Designer Director: Hanna Berrigan
    Set designer: Francesca Kelly
    Perchance to Dream Musical Finborough Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Max Pappenheim
    Set designer: Greg Donnelly
    Portraits Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Alex Marker
    Set designer: Alex Marker
    dirty butterfly Theatre Gielgud Theatre
    Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
    Lighting Designer Director: Tara Robinson
    Set designer: Lorna Ritchie
    Nocturnal Theatre Gielgud Theatre
    Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
    Lighting Designer Director: Jacapo Gassman
    Set designer: Lorna Ritchie
    Our Town Theatre GBS Theatre
    Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
    Lighting Designer Director: Geraldine Alexander
    Set designer: Fran Reidy
    And I and Silence Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Worn Red Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Caitlin McLeod
    Set designer: Cecilia Carey
    Northern Star Theatre Finborough Theatre
    Worn Red Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Caitlin McLeod
    Set designer: Clem Garrity
    Drift: Photo 51 Theatre Snow Base, Edinburgh Academy
    Curious Directive
    Lighting Designer Director: Jack Lowe
    West Side Story Musical Warwick Arts Centre
    Music Theatre Warwick
    Lighting Designer Director: Tom Stickland
    Set designer: Nina Scott
    By The Bog of Cats Theatre Warwick Arts Centre
    Warwick University Drama Society
    Lighting Designer Director: Bertrand Lesca
    Set designer: Jessie Vickerage
    Elephant's Graveyard Theatre Warwick Arts Centre
    Warwick University Drama Society
    Lighting Designer Director: Caitlin McLeod
    Contact method Details
    Mobile phone

    +44 7879 861354

    Email address

    e.t.w.griggs@gmail.com

    Website

    http://www.elliotgriggs.co.uk

    Agent name

    Dan Usztan

    Agent website

    http://www.unitedagents.co.uk

    Agent phone

    +44 203 214 0873

    Agent email

    dusztan@unitedagents.co.uk