Martin McLachlan

    Biography Credits

    Biography

    Martin has spent the last 10 years working on a diverse range of lighting projects, both as an assistant to several well established LDs and building up a portfolio of his own design work alongside relighting for a number of national tours.

    Recent credits as LD include new play Weird Weather by Matt Cunningham at Vault Festival 2015, the opera L’Arlesiana in Jesi, Italy as well as productions of School for Scandal, Blood Wedding and an actor musician production of musical Parade.

    As Assistant LD he worked with Rick Fisher on Chariots of Fire at the Hampstead and Gielgud Theatres as well as on Hero at the Royal Court. He has also assisted Simon Corder, lighting all 3 main stage productions at Wexford Festival Opera.

    On top of design work he spent three years working as Head of Lighting for Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He also does programming on ETC EOS range of consoles including for Mark Jonathan for London Children's Ballet, and for the Thursford Christmas Spectacular in Norfolk.

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    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • Commercial Tour
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale Touring
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Regional (Main House)
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Small Scale / Fringe
    • Touring relights
    Opera:
    • Large scale
    Dance:
    • Medium Scale
    • Touring relights
    Concert:
    Corporate:
    Architectural:
    • Open Air Events
    Non-professional:
    • Dance
    • Musicals
    • Plays
    Education:

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Thursford Christmas Spectacular Musical Thursford Collection, Norfolk
    		Lighting Programmer Lighting designer: James Smith
    Barmitzvah Boy Musical Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London, UK
    Aria Entertainment     		Lighting Designer Director: Stewart Nicholls
    Set designer: Grace Smart
    The Great Jewish American Songbook Concert Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London, UK, then touring
    Aria Entertainment     		Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Gould
    Smashed Dance
    Gandini Juggling     		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
    Choreographer: Sean Gandini
    See What I Wanna See Musical Jermyn Street Theatre, London
    Aria Entertainment     		Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: James Smith
    Director: Adam Lenson
    Set designer: Simon Anthony Wells
    Weird Weather Theatre Crescent Theatre, Waterloo Vaults
    Mongrel Thumb     		Lighting Designer Director: Will Wrightson
    Set designer: Max Dorey
    L'Arlesiana Opera Teatro G.B. Pergolesi, Jesi, IT
    Teatro G.B. Pergolesi     		Lighting Designer Director: Francesco Cilluffo
    Set designer: Sarah Bacon
    Blood Wedding Theatre Waterloo East Theatre, London
    Hiareth Artistic Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Zoe Ford
    The School For Scandal Theatre Waterloo East Theatre
    Turn of the Wheel Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Zoe Ford
    Set designer: Max Dorey
    Parade Musical Unicorn Theatre, London
    Rose Bruford College     		Lighting Designer Director: Iain Reekie
    Set designer: Sarah Peachey