Matthew Swithinbank

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    Biography

    Matthew ‘Lux’ Swithinbank is a lighting technician and designer based in London, UK.

    As of March 2023, Matthew has been the technical manager at the Arcola Theatre in East London.

    Growing up in Luxembourg Matthew took a keen interest in theatre, most notably during his time at the European School there. Whilst living in Luxembourg, Matthew designed the lighting for Jane Eyre at the Mierscher Kulturhaus and Abbaye de Neumunster, and The Devil His Due at FEATS 2011 in Geneva. In 2018, Matthew returned to Luxembourg to design a production of Picnic At Hanging Rock at the Abbaye Neumunster.

    During his time studying at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts — from which he graduated with a Ba(Hons) in Technical Theatre in 2013 — Matthew started designing lights for fringe shows, including Palimpsest One at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate, and Dead Funny at The Old Red Lion in Islington. Since completing his degree, Matthew has worked on a multitude of productions, from plays to musicals, and even one national corporate event tour.

    Although theatre lighting is his passion, Matthew also works regularly as a technician on live events, nightclubs and permanent installations.

    In 2018, Matthew was nominated for an Off West End Award for his lighting on Brass at the Union Theatre.

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    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    Broken Lad Theatre Arcola Outside
    Arcola Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Richard Speir
    Set designer: Cecilia Trono
    The D-Word Theatre Pit, The Vaults
    Heretic Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Max Gill
    Can-Can! Musical The Union Theatre
    The Union Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Phil Willmott
    Set designer: Justin Williams & Jonny Rust
    Plaid Tidings Theatre The Bridge House SE20
    The Bridge House     		Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
    The Secret Marriage Opera Jackon's Lane Theatre
    Hampstead Garden Opera     		Lighting Designer Director: Sinéad O’Neill
    Set designer: Rufus Martin
    Brass Musical The Union Theatre
    The Union Theatre     		Lighting Designer Director: Sasha Regan
    Picnic at Hanging Rock Theatre Abbaye Neimënster
    Berliner Grund Theater     		Lighting Designer Director: Tony Kingston
    Set designer: Karl Pierce
    Corpus Christi Theatre Arcola Theatre
    Arcola Queer Collective     		Lighting Designer Director: Nick Connaughton
    Hot Lips and Cold War Musical London Theatre workshop
    Ray Rackham Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Tim McArthur
    Heretic Voices Theatre Arcola Theatre
    Heretic Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Roy Alexander Weise
    , Director: Jessica Edwards
    , Director: Max Gill
    Set designer: Laura Ann Price
    Kings Theatre New Diorama Theatre
    Smoke and Oakum     		Lighting Designer Director: Oli Forsyth
    Set designer: Erin Green
    Clickbait Theatre Theatre503
    DEM Productions     		Lighting Designer Director: Holly Race-Roughan
    Set designer: Frankie Bradshaw