Will Evans

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    Biography

    Will trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

    Lighting design credits include; 'As You Like It', 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'Romeo and Juliet' and Merry Wives of Windsor' (Grosvenor open air Theatre, Chester), 'Gabriel' and 'Honest' (Theatre 6), 'La Boheme' (Headfirst Productions), 'Far From the Sea' (Theatre Absolute), 'Mudlarks' and '66 Books' (Bush Theatre), 'Tales from the Harrow Road' (Soho Theatre), 'Mr Happiness and the Water Engine' (Theate 6/Old Vic Tunnels), 'The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber' (Showbiz Pops Orchestra), 'Thark' (Hidden Pearl, Upstairs at the Gatehouse), 'Russian National Mail (Sputnik Theatre Moscow and Ekaterineburg) 'The Tempest' (Theatre Royal Winchester), Lady Chatterly's Lover' (Buxton Opera House and Touring),

    Designs for Children's Theatre include; 'Bear and Butterfly', 'Lullabub' and 'Luna' (Theatre Hullabaloo), 'How to Hide a Lion' and 'Moomin Summer Madness' (Polka Theatre), 'Why the Whales Came' (Wizard Presents), 'I believe in Unicorns' (Tour & West End), 'Stuck', 'The Way Back Home', 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus', ‘Legend of Perseus’, 'The Night Before Christmas', 'Don't let the Pigeon Stay up Late!' and 'Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!' (Big Wooden Horse, national and international tours). 'Snow Dragon', 'Twinkle Twonkle', 'How the Giraffe Got Its Neck', 'Monster Hits', Does a Monster Live Next Door?' and 'Cat and No Mouse' (Tall Stories)

    West End shows include; 'Aliens Love Underpants' (Dominion theatre 2015) and 'I Believe in Unicorns' (Vaudeville Theatre 2014 and 2015)

    Re-lights include national tours of; 'The Harder They Come' (Nottingham Playhouse and UK Arts), 'An Inspector Calls' (PW Productions), 'Mermaid', 'Brontë', 'The Glass Menagerie', 'Mine', 'War & Peace', 'Kindertransport', 'Orestes' and 'Jane Eyre' (Shared Experience), 'Casanova' (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Told by an Idiot), 'The House of Bilquis Bibi' and 'A Fine Balance' (Tamasha), ‘HMS Pinafore’ (Carl Rosa Opera), ‘Street Trilogy’ (Theatre Absolute).

    Associate lighting design work includes 'An Inspector Calls' USA Tour 2018/19 & UK Tour 2015/2016 (PW Productions), 'The Gruffalo' (Arts Theatre, London) for James Whiteside, 'Refugge Boy (West Yorkshire Playhouse) for Malcolm Rippeth.

    More information about my personal or professional identity:
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    Specialisms

    Theatre:
    • West End
    • Commercial Tour
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Fringe / Pub Theatre
    • Touring relights
    Musical:
    • Regional (Studio)
    • Touring relights
    Opera:
    • Small scale
    • Touring relights
    Dance:
    • Medium Scale
    Concert:
    • Arena Touring
    • Stage Touring
    Corporate:
    • Conferences
    • Award Ceremonies
    Architectural:
    Non-professional:
    Education:
    • Lectures
    • Workshops

    Previous productions

    Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
    I Believe in Unicorns Theatre Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Av.
    Danyah Millar
    Lighting Designer Director: Dani Parr
    Set designer: Kate Bunce
    Beryl Theatre Oldham Coliseum, then touring
    Oldham Coliseum
    Lighting Designer Director: Chris Lawson
    Set designer: Irene Jade
    Baba Yaga Theatre Theatre Hullabaloo
    Theatre Hullabaloo
    Lighting Designer Director: nina Hajiyianni
    Set designer: Bek Palmer
    Love and Information Theatre Manchester School of Theatre
    Manchester school of Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Simon Trinder
    Set designer: Irene Jade
    Nora: A Dolls House Theatre ALRA North
    ALRA
    Lighting Designer Director: Alyx Tole
    Set designer: Samantha Ackerley
    Sleeping Beauty Theatre Guildford School of Acting
    Guildford School of Acting
    Lighting Designer Director: Charlie Westenra
    Set designer: Elliott Squire
    Peace at Last Opera The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath, then touring
    Opera Up Close
    Lighting Designer Director: Robyn Norton-Hale
    Set designer: Sophia Lovell-Smith
    Wave Me Goodbye Theatre Emlyn Williams Theatre, Theatr Clwyd
    Theatr Clwyd
    Lighting Designer Director: Christian Patterson
    The Taming of The Shrew Theatre Home, manchester
    Manchester school of Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Chris Honer
    Set designer: Abby Clarke
    Luna Theatre Theatre Hullabaloo
    Theatre Hullabaloo
    Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Argent
    Set designer: Bek Palmer
    AN Inspector Calls Theatre Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC, then touring
    PW Productions
    Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Rick Fisher
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Set designer: Ian Mac Neil
    Lullabub Theatre Theatre Hullabaloo
    Hullabaloo
    Lighting Designer Director: Anna Newell
    Set designer: Alison Heffernan
    Pride and Prejudice Theatre Guildford School of Acting
    Guildford School of Acting
    Lighting Designer Director: Emma Bernard
    Set designer: Ilona Dearden
    Estron (Alien) Theatre The Miner's, Ammanford, then touring
    Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
    Lighting Designer Director: Janet Aethwy
    Set designer: Heledd Rees
    Bear and Butterfly Theatre Theatre Hullabaloo, then touring
    Hullabaloo
    Lighting Designer Director: Dani Parr
    Set designer: Bek Palmer
    Estron (Alien) Theatre Yr Cwt (temporary theatre) Eisteddfod 2017
    Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
    Lighting Designer Director: Janet Aethwy
    Set designer: Heledd Rees
    Gabriel Theatre Richmond Theatre, then touring
    Theatre 6
    Lighting Designer Director: Kate McGreggor
    Set designer: Carla Goodman
    How Do Reindeer Fly? Theatre Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke
    Scratch Built Productions/Proteus
    Lighting Designer Director: Mary Swan
    Set designer: Nick Ash
    AN Inspector Calls Theatre Playhouse Theatre, London
    PW Productions
    Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Rick Fisher
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Set designer: Ian MacNeil
    How To Hide a Lion Theatre Polka Theatre, then touring
    Polka Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Peter Glanville
    Set designer: Laura McEwen
    Why The Whales Came Theatre Watford Palace Theatre, then touring
    Wizard Presents
    Lighting Designer Director: Dani Parr
    Set designer: Kate Bunce
    Two Gentlemen of Verona Theatre Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre
    Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Alex Clifton
    As You Like It Theatre Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre
    Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Philip Wilson
    House of Bernada Alba Musical Unicorn Theatre, London
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
    Lighting Designer
    Monstersaurus Theatre
    Big Wooden Horse Theatre for Young People
    Lighting Designer Director: Adam Bampton-Smith
    First Lady Suite Theatre Karamel Club, London
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
    Lighting Designer Director: Matt Ryan
    Set designer: Tony Gale
    AN Inspector Calls Theatre
    PW Productions
    Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Rick Fisher
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    I Believe in Unicorns Theatre Vaudevile Theatre, West End, London, then touring
    Wizard Presents
    Lighting Designer Director: Dani Parr
    Set designer: Kate Bunce
    Merry Wives of Windsor Theatre Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre
    Chester Performs
    Lighting Designer Director: Rebecca Gatward
    Set designer: Jess Curtis
    Romeo and Juliet Theatre Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre
    Chester Performs
    Lighting Designer Director: Alex Clifton
    Set designer: Jess Curtis
    The Boy Who Became a Beetle Theatre Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, then touring
    Little Earthquake
    Lighting Designer Director: Gareth Nicholls
    Set designer: Susannah Henry
    American Idiot Theatre Bridewell Theatre, London
    London School of Musical Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Matt Ryan
    Set designer: Nigel Hook
    Pal Joey Theatre Karamel Club, London
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
    Lighting Designer Director: Matt Ryan
    Set designer: Rebecca Brower
    The Snow Dragon Theatre St James Theatre, London
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Toby Mitchell
    Set designer: Polly Sullivan
    Cinderella and the Glass Slipper Theatre Hertford Theatre
    Hertford Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Rhys Thomas
    Set designer: Toni Bysouth
    Ruthless! The Musical Theatre Karamel Club, London
    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
    Lighting Designer Director: Philip Engleheart
    Set designer: Fi Russel
    The Canterbury Tales Theatre St Mary's Church, Guildford
    Guildford Shakespeare Compnay
    Lighting Designer Director: Abigale Anderson
    Set designer: Dora Schweitzer
    Honest Theatre Courtyard Theatre, London, then touring
    Theatre 6
    Lighting Designer Director: Kate McGregor
    Set designer: James Turner
    La Boheme Theatre Lost Theatre, London
    Headfirst Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Sophie Gilpin
    Set designer: Jason Southgate
    Far From The Sea Theatre Shop front Theatre, Coventry, then touring
    Theatre Absolute
    Lighting Designer Director: Chris O'Connell
    Set designer: Lydia Denno
    Moomin Summer Madness Theatre Polka, Wimbledon and R&D, Northampton
    Polka Theatre/Royal and Derngate, Northampton
    Lighting Designer Director: Peter Glanville and Dani Parr
    The House of Bernarda Alba Theatre Electric Theatre, Guildford
    Guildford School of Acting
    Lighting Designer
    She Loves Me Theatre Electric Theatre, Guildford
    Guildford School of Acting
    Lighting Designer
    Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Theatre Lyric, Hammersmith, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse
    Lighting Designer Director: Adam Bampton-Smith
    My Brother the Robot Theatre Chelsea Theatre, London, then touring
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Toby Mitchell
    Set designer: Isla Shaw
    Dreams to Her Father Theatre mac, Birmingham
    Teasel
    Lighting Designer Director: Delyth Jones
    Set designer: Ollie Cronk
    Mudlarks Theatre The Bush
    High Tide/The Bush Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Will Wrightson
    Set designer: Amy Cook
    Stuck Theatre Compass, Ikenham, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Adam Bampton Smith
    Drama Studio London - End of year shows Theatre New Diarama Theatre, London
    Drama Studio London
    Lighting Designer Director: Various
    Dream Space Theatre Shakespeare's Globe - Sackler Studio
    Shakespeare's Globe
    Lighting Designer Director: Dani Parr
    Set designer: Nick Ash
    The Bloody Ballad of Mary Maid Theatre Chapter Arts, Cardiff, then touring
    Gabblebabble (In assoc with Theatre Iolo)
    Lighting Designer Director: Adele Thomas
    Set designer: Lisa Leighton
    Aladdin Theatre Hertford Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Rhys Thomas
    Set designer: Nicky Bunch
    66 Books Theatre Bush Theatre
    Bush Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Josie Rouke
    Set designer: Amy Cook
    Drama Studio London, end of year shows Theatre New Diorama Theatre, London
    DSL
    Lighting Designer Director: Various
    Mr Hapiness and The Water Engine (double Bill) Theatre Old Vic Tunnels
    Theatre 6
    Lighting Designer Director: Kate McGreggor
    Set designer: Amy Cook and Carla Goodman
    Metamorphosis Theatre Dance East, Ipswich
    Suffolk Youth Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Platt
    Baby Boomers Theatre New Diorama Theatre, London
    Scratch Built Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: John Wright
    The Way Back Home Theatre Compass Theatre, Ickenham, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse Theatre for Young People
    Lighting Designer Director: Adam Bampton Snith
    Them With Frozen Tails Theatre Lakeside Arts centre Nottingham
    Tall Stories/Network of Stuff
    Lighting Designer Director: Olivia Jacobs
    Set designer: Isla Shaw
    Twinkle Twonkle Theatre Chelsea Theatre, London, then touring
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Toby Mitchell
    Set designer: Isla Shaw
    The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Theatre Touring
    Big Wooden Horse/Arts Depot
    Lighting Designer Director: Adam Bampton Smith
    Tales from the Harrow Road Theatre Soho Theatre
    Soho Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Suzanne Gorman
    Set designer: Signe Beckmann
    Them With Frozen Tails Theatre Brighton Dome and Camden Roundhouse
    Tall Stories/Network of Stuff
    Lighting Designer Director: Olivia Jacobs
    Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
    Suffolk Youth Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Platt
    The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert Milton Keynes Theatre, then touring
    Showbiz Pops Orchestra
    Lighting Designer Director: Richard Ward-Roden
    Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late Theatre Compass Theatre, Ikenham, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse
    Lighting Designer Director: Adam Bampton-Smith
    Set designer: Claire Sutherland
    Thark Theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse
    Hidden Pearl
    Lighting Designer Director: Crispin Harris
    DSL end of season shows Theatre Grange Court Theatre, Ealing
    Drama Studio London
    Lighting Designer Director: Various
    Russian National Mail Theatre Ekaterineburg international festival, Russia
    Lighting Designer Director: Noah Birksted-Breen
    Set designer: Clair Winfield
    Jane Eyre Theatre New Wolsey, Ipswitch
    Suffolk Youth Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Platt
    How the Giraffe got its Neck Theatre Compass Theatre, Ikenham and CToo, Edingburgh, then touring
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Olivia Jacobs
    Set designer: Isla Shaw
    The Crossing Bridge Theatre The Drum, Birmingham
    Project B
    Lighting Designer Director: Chris O'Connell
    Does A Monster Live Next Door Theatre C Too, Edinburgh, then touring
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Toby Mitchell
    Set designer: Isla Shaw
    Monster Hits Theatre C Too, Edinburgh, then touring
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Olivia Jacobs
    Set designer: Isla Shaw
    The Tempest Theatre Theatre Royal, Winchester
    Big Wooden Horse
    Lighting Designer Director: Juliet Forster
    Fuente Ovejuna Theatre New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
    Suffolk Youth Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Michael Platt
    Big Space Theatre Battersea Arts Centre
    No.63
    Lighting Designer Director: Dan Milne
    Night Before Christmas Theatre Brighton Dome, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Juliet Forster
    Set designer: Michaela Kemp
    Cat and No Mouse Theatre Arts Depot, Finchley
    Tall Stories
    Lighting Designer Director: Toby Mitchell
    Lady Chatterly's Lover Theatre Buxton Opera House, then touring
    Buxton Opera House Productions
    Lighting Designer Director: Yvonne Hurt
    Honeymoon in Flames Theatre Paupers Pit Theatre, Buxton
    Greenhorn
    Lighting Designer Director: Darren Daly
    Set designer: Marina Syrmakezi
    Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Theatre Compass Theatre, Ickenham, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Juliet Forster
    Set designer: Claire Sutherland
    Serenading Louie Theatre GBS Theatre, RADA
    Aorta
    Lighting Designer Director: Rob Hale
    Set designer: Anna Caligaro
    Legend of Perseus Theatre Pleasance 2, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then touring
    Big Wooden Horse Theatre
    Lighting Designer Director: Juliet Forster
    CBT 10th Aniversary Awards Corporate & Industrial Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Southbank
    Oscada/CBT
    Lighting Designer
    Karim and the Sklark Theatre Epsom Playhouse, then touring
    Funsense
    Lighting Designer Director: Jenny Lockyer
    React! Concert New Victoria Theatre, Woking, then touring
    Oscada
    Lighting Designer Director: Mark Oldknow
    Spend Spend Spend Musical Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
    Birmingham School of Acting
    Lighting Designer Director: Bob Eaton
    Set designer: David Crisp
    7 Lears Theatre The Factory, Birmingham
    Birmingham School of Acting
    Lighting Designer Director: Orla O'loughlin
    Set designer: David Crisp
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