Danny Vavrečka

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Biography

Danny is a lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance. 

THEATRE INCLUDES: work.txt (Soho Theatre & International Tour); The Watsons (Jermyn Street Theatre); Without (Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Compositor E (VAULTS Festival); Zombiegate (Theatre503); Period Dramas (Other Palace); Noson yn y Glwys (Neuadd Dewi Sant); Jigsaw, The Abductions (Rose Theatre, Kingston); The Moors (Richard Burton Theatre); Fires Our Shoes Have Made, The Improv Musical! (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Dogfight (Warwick Arts Centre Studio); Timpson: The Musical (King’s Head Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Warwick Arts Centre Theatre); X (Warwick Arts Centre Studio); RENT (Goose Nest Theatre); Blood Wedding (Mumford Theatre).

OPERA INCLUDES: L'Étoile (Opera Zuid); A Visit to Friends (Aldeburgh Festival); Uprising (Glyndebourne); Beauty and the Seven Beasts (Brixton Jamm); Don Giovanni / Il barbiere di Siviglia / Le nozze di Figaro (Sherman Theatre); Hansel and Gretel (Goose Nest Theatre).

DANCE INCLUDES: Éireann (National Folk Theatre of Ireland & Peacock Theatre); English National Ballet Emerging Dancer 2024 (Sadler’s Wells Theatre); Re-Play (Mulryan Centre for Dance); Empower in Motion (Sadler’s Wells Theatre); Terra Nova (Theatre Royal, Winchester); 1001 (Omnibus Theatre).

CREDITS AS ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER INCLUDE: Jesus Christ Superstar (for Lee Curran, London Palladium); The Great Gatsby (for Cory Pattak, London Coliseum); Starlight Express (for Howard Hudson, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre); Rock 'n' Roll (for Peter Mumford, Hampstead Theatre); Roald Dahl’s The Witches (for Bruno Poet, National Theatre); The Hypochondriac (for Johanna Town, Sheffield Crucible); Dialogues des Carmélites (for Alessandro Carletti, Glyndebourne).

Danny trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, following a degree in Theatre at the University of Warwick. He was selected as the 2023 Design Lumière by the Association for Lighting Production and Design.

Specialisms

Theatre:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Education Establishment
  • Touring relights
Musical:
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Education Establishment
Opera:
  • Small scale
  • Education Establishment
Dance:
  • Small Scale
Education:
  • Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Training

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
L'Étoile Opera The Netherlands, then touring
Opera Zuid 		Lighting Designer Director: Matthew Eberhardt
Set designer: Zahra Mansouri
From Ash to Promise Dance BalletMAR Lighting Designer Choreographer: Marika Brussel; Richard Bermange
Sleeping Beauty Theatre The Central Theatre, Chatham
Jordan Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Julia Cave
Set designer: Julie Godfrey
Dick Whittington Theatre Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Jordan Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Jordan
Éireann Dance National Folk Theatre of Ireland, Tralee; Peacock Theatre, London Lighting Designer Set designer: Justin Williams
A Visit to Friends Opera Aldeburgh Festival Lighting Designer Director: Rachael Hewer
Set designer: Leanne Vandenbussche
Just For One Day Musical Shaftesbury Theatre, London Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
Director: Luke Sheppard
Set designer: Soutra Gilmour
The Great Gatsby Musical London Coliseum Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Cory Pattak
Director: Marc Bruni
Set designer: Paul Tate dePoo III
Uprising Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Lighting Designer Director: Sinéad O’Neill
Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre The Central Theatre, Chatham
Jordan Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Julia Cave
Set designer: Julie Godfrey
The New Adventures of Peter Pan Theatre Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Jordan Productions 		Lighting Designer Director: Chris Jordan
Brassed Off Theatre Octagon Theatre, Bolton Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Director: Liz Stevenson
Set designer: Simon Kenny
Welcome to Serene (The Town with the Machine) Musical New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
British Youth Music Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Hannah Benson
Set designer: Claire Nicoll Chan
Brassed Off Theatre Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Director: Liz Stevenson
Set designer: Simon Kenny
Brassed Off Theatre Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Director: Liz Stevenson
Set designer: Simon Kenny
Starlight Express Musical Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
Director: Luke Sheppard
Set designer: Tim Hatley
Emerging Dancer 2024 Dance Sadler's Wells Theatre
English National Ballet 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rentaro Nakaaki
, Choreographer: Ching Ying Chien
The Watsons Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre, London Lighting Designer Director: Max Key
Set designer: Sue Pearce
Re-Play Dance Mulryan Centre for Dance
English National Ballet 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Miguel Altunaga
, Choreographer: Carolyn Bolton
, Choreographer: Kate Hartley-Stevens
, Choreographer: Jenna Lee
, Choreographer: Gerrard Martin
, Choreographer: Jo Meredith
, Choreographer: Hannah Williams
The Watsons Theatre Oxford School of Drama Lighting Designer Director: Max Key
Set designer: Sue Pearce
Just For One Day Musical Old Vic Theatre, London Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
Director: Luke Sheppard
Set designer: Soutra Gilmour
Empower in Motion Dance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London Lighting Designer Choreographer: Kristen McNally
, Choreographer: Maia Rose Roberts
, Choreographer: Sebastian Kloborg
, Choreographer: Mary Skeaping
, Choreographer: Joe Powell-Main
Rock 'n' Roll Theatre Hampstead Theatre Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Peter Mumford
Director: Nina Raine
Set designer: Anna Reid
Roald Dahl's The Witches Musical The Olivier, National Theatre Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Bruno Poet
Director: Lyndsey Turner
Set designer: Lizzie Clachan
The Hypochondriac Theatre Sheffield Crucible Theatre Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Johanna Town
Director: Sarah Tipple
Set designer: Colin Richmond
The Little Big Things Musical Soho Place Associate Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Howard Hudson
Director: Luke Sheppard
Set designer: Colin Richmond
Without Musical Big Belly, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Lighting Designer Director: Ben Tomalin & Maisie Fawcett
Semele Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Peter Mumford & Rick Fisher
Director: Adele Thomas
Set designer: Annemarie Woods
A Midsummer Night's Dream Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Paul Pyant
Director: Peter Hall
Set designer: John Bury
Dialogues des Carmelites Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Alessandro Carletti
Director: Barrie Kosky
Set designer: Katrin Lea Tag
Don Giovanni Opera Glyndebourne Opera House Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Bernd Purkrabek
Director: Mariame Clément
Set designer: Julia Hansen
work.txt Theatre International Tour Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
Kathak Monologues Dance UK tour
Amina Khayyam Dance Company 		Touring Re-Lighter Lighting designer: Clare O'Donoghue
Choreographer: Amina Khayyam
Compositor E Theatre Network Theatre, Vault Festival
Falling Sparrow 		Lighting Designer Director: Amie Burns Walker
Love Goddess, the Rita Hayworth Musical Musical The Cockpit Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Steve North
Set designer: Mayou Trikerioti
Zombiegate Theatre Theatre503 Lighting Designer Director: Julian Bruton
Set designer: Delyth Evans
work.txt Theatre Studiobühne U17, Staatstheater Mainz Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
Terra Nova Dance Theatre Royal Winchester
British Youth Music Theatre 		Lighting Designer Choreographer: Rachel Birch-Lawson & Khyle Eccles
Period Dramas Theatre Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lighting Designer Director: Jessy Roberts
work.txt Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
Beauty and the Seven Beasts Opera Brixton Jamm
The Opera Story 		Lighting Designer Director: James Hurley
Set designer: Tomás Palmer
work.txt Theatre Soho Theatre Upstairs Lighting Designer Director: Nathan Ellis
Period Dramas Theatre Other Palace Studio, London Lighting Designer Director: Jessy Roberts
1001 Dance Omnibus Theatre Lighting Designer Choreographer: Jana Aizupe
Noson yn y Glwys Theatre Neuadd Dewi Sant, Cornerstone, Cardiff Lighting Designer Director: Rhian Blythe
Set designer: Tomás Palmer
Jigsaw Theatre Rose Theatre, Kingston
Pound of Flesh Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Matt Owen
Lights Over Tesco Carpark: The Abductions Theatre Rose Theatre, Kingston
Poltergeist Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Jack Bradfield and Shankho Chaudhuri
Set designer: Shankho Chaudhuri
Don Giovanni / Il barbiere di Siviglia / Le nozze di Figaro Opera Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Lighting Designer Director: Sarah Crisp
Set designer: Emeline Beroud
The Moors Theatre Richard Burton Theatre, Cardiff Lighting Designer Director: Patricia Logue
Set designer: Joe Loftin
Fires Our Shoes Have Made Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues
Pound of Flesh Theatre 		Lighting Designer Director: Matt Owen
Dogfight Musical Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Bronte Skey
Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
Guys and Dolls Musical Warwick Arts Centre Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Alessandra French
Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
Timpson: The Musical Musical Kings Head Theatre, then touring
Gigglemug Comedy 		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Cochrane
Set designer: Doug Cairns
The Pillowman Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Matt Owen and Oscar Sadler
Set designer: Meg Colborne
X Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Joe Matty
Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
Lip Service Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Grace Lovegrove
Set designer: Grace Lovegrove
A Monster Musical! Musical Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues Lighting Designer Director: Josh Dixon
Timpson: The Musical Musical Edinburgh Fringe Festival, C Venues
Gigglemug Comedy 		Lighting Designer Director: Sam Cochrane
Set designer: Doug Cairns
Rent Musical The Goose Nest Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Josh Dixon
Set designer: Tommy Harvey
Hansel and Gretel Opera The Goose Nest Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Rhiannon McDonagh
Set designer: DeDe Cullum
The Pirates of Penzance Musical Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Rebekah Hesmondhalgh and Sophie Taylor
Set designer: DeDe Cullum
Blood Wedding Theatre Mumford Theatre, Cambridge Lighting Designer Director: Rachel Ellis
Jerusalem Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Bethan Pitts
Set designer: Natalie Doyle
Little Shop of Horrors Musical Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Rob Madge
Set designer: Doug Cairns
Noughts and Crosses Theatre Warwick Arts Centre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Zahrah Kazim
Set designer: Ciara Shrager
Heads Theatre Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lighting Designer Director: Leo Reich & Adam Husain
Contact method Details
Website www.dannyvavrecka.com
Agent name CVH Management
Agent email kate@clarevidalhall.com
Agent website https://www.cvhmanagement.com