• LOOP, The Core at Corby Cube 2019
    Photographer: Matt Cawrey |
  • © Notnow Collective Pepper & Honey 2019
  • © Notnow Collective Pepper & Honey 2019
  • © Notnow Collective Pepper & Honey 2019
  • © Notnow Collective Pepper & Honey 2019

    James D Stokes

    Biography Credits

    Biography

    James is a lighting designer, technician, and programmer working across the UK, with experience of number 1 touring musicals, West End, regional theatres, and fringe. He has programmed several small-to-mid scale tours, including My Beautiful Launderette for LD Ben Cracknell, and By The Waters Of Liverpool for LD Ian Scott, which James also relit on tour. 

    James' recent designs include LOOP, directed by Kathryn King, and Pepper & Honey, directed by Mathilda Branson; James has also recently expanded his design horizons as Assistant Lighting Designer for LD Ben Cracknell on the 2021 UK tour of Grease The Musical. Whereever possible, James loves to investigate how light can support the narrative of a production, especially in new writing or adaptations with a strong social motive, but it hardly needs mentioning that he can never resist the razzle-dazzle of a big musical or pantomime when the opportunity arises! 

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    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • West End
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale Touring
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Commercial Tour
    • Small Scale / Fringe
    • Pantomime
    Opera:
    • Small scale
    Dance:
    Concert:
    Corporate:
    Architectural:
    Non-professional:
    • Dance
    • Musicals
    • Opera
    • Plays
    Education:

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Into Battle Theatre Greenwich Theatre, London
    In Soft Wings Ltd     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Alex Stafford
    Director: Ellie Jones
    Set designer: Ellen Cairns
    Grease the Musical Musical Curve Theatre Leicester, then touring
    InTheatre Productions     		Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Ben Cracknell
    Director: Nikolai Foster
    Set designer: Colin Richmond
    By The Waters Of Liverpool Theatre New Brighton Pavilion, then touring
    Pulse Stage Productions     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ian Scott
    Director: Gareth Tudor Price
    Set designer: Richard Foxton
    Giraffes Can't Dance Theatre Curve Theatre, Leicester, Studio, then touring
    Curve Theatre     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Jane Lalljee
    Director: Julia Thomas
    Set designer: Simon Kenny
    LOOP Theatre The Core, Corby, then touring
    Carbon Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Katherine King
    My Beautiful Launderette Theatre Curve Theatre, Leicester, Studio, then touring
    Curve Theatre     		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: Ben Cracknell
    Director: Nikolai Foster
    Set designer: Grace Smart
    Dick Whittington Musical Hounslow Arts Centre
    Ashby Ryder Pantomimes     		Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan Ashby