Edward Saunders
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Hedda Lucy Hayes / Peripeteia |
Oxford Playhouse |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Hedda Lucy Hayes / Peripeteia |
The Oxford Playhouse |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Music & Singing |
Swords and Ploughshares Summer Music in City Churches |
St Bartholomew the Great |
2018 |
Lighting Designer, Touring Technician
Theatre |
Twelfth Night Fred Weinand / Oxford Shakespeare Players in association with Thelma Holt |
Touring |
2018 |
Lighting Designer
Theatre |
Anna Karenina Iris Theatre |
The Actors' Church, Convent Garden |
2018 |
Lighting Designer, Touring Technician
Theatre |
For You I Long The Longest Luke Brown / Luke Brown Dance |
Touring |
2017 |
Lighting Designer, Touring Technician
Theatre |
Peer Gynt Peter Sayer / Gruffdog Theatre |
Touring |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2018 | Modern Languages and Linguistics | University of Oxford |
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About me
Ed is a lighting designer for stage and film. Starting out life in the theatre as a follow-spot operator at the Oxford Playhouse, Ed began lighting shows in black box studios as a student before scaling up to design for a range of venues across the UK and abroad, building a portfolio which includes site-specific work, fringe shows, and international touring productions.He received a commendation for design from the National Student Drama Festival for his work on Gruffdog Theatre’s critically acclaimed Peer Gynt, and recently returned from Japan where he lit a touring production of Twelfth Night. He is currently lighting Luke Brown Dance's touring production of 'For You I Long The Longest', supported by Arts Council England.
Ed’s design background is in lighting works of physical theatre and storytelling; the desire for vibrancy, dynamism, and playful stagecraft which lies at the heart of this sort of theatre is one which he explores in all his work, and one which has motivated his more recent ventures into opera and dance. Earlier credits include Lights Over Tesco Car Park (Poltergeist Theatre), Hedda (Peripeteia) at the Oxford Playhouse, a site-specific production of Curlew River at St Bartholomew the Great in London, an international touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (OUDS with Thelma Holt), and productions of Fatzer (Di Trevis), Rhinoceros (Gruffdog) and Ballyturk (Straightface).
Ed is an associate artist with Gruffdog Theatre and Ante Terminum Productions.
Industry awards:
Commendation for Design, National Student Drama Festival 2017 (for work on 'Peer Gynt', Edinburgh)
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Lighting Technician |
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Job Titles | Production Assistant (PA), Lighting Tech / Operator, Lighting Designer |
Years in industry | 1 to 3 years |
Organisations / Memberships | ALD (UK), Equity (UK) |