Sam Waddington

Lighting Designer
Lighting Programmer
Location: London

Credits

Year	Role / Type	Name of Production / Director	Company / Venue
2020	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	Back to the Future John Rando	Colin Ingram Ltd Manchester Opera House
2019 - 2020	Lighting Designer Theatre	42nd Street John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2019 - 2020	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	A Christmas Carol Matthew Warchus	The Old Vic The Old Vic
2019 - 2020	UK Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	A Christmas Carol Matthew Warchus	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
2019 - 2020	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	Mary Poppins Richard Eyre	Cameron Mackintosh Prince Edward Theatre
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Maggot Moon Jesse Jones	Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	small Alice Malin	The Oxford School of Drama Soho Theatre
2019	Lighting Programmer Theatre	Fleabag Vicky Jones	Fiery Angel Wyndham's Theatre
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Bones Martin Wylde	CSSD RCSSD
2019	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	Life of Pi Max Webster	Sheffield Theatres Sheffield Crucible
2019	Associate Lighting Designer/Programmer Theatre	Present Laughter Matthew Warchus	The Old Vic The Old Vic
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Into the Woods Adam Lenson	CSSD RCSSD
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	It Never Happened Alex Thorpe	Arts Ed Arts Ed
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Other People's Money Katharine Farmer	Blue Touch Paper Productions Southwark Playhouse
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Polar Bears Go, Go, Go! Lee Lyford	Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre
2019	Associate Lighting Designer Opera	The Merry Widow Max Webster	English National Opera London Coliseum
2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Much Ado About Nothing Richard Beecham	Cambridge Arts Theatre Cambridge Arts Theatre
2018 - 2019	Lighting Designer Theatre	Nice Work If You Can Get It John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2018 - 2019	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	A Christmas Carol Matthew Warchus	The Old Vic The Old Vic
2018	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	The Velveteen Rabbit Purni Morell	Unicorn Theatre Seattle Children's Theatre
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Skate Hard, Turn Left Jemima James	Sophie Nurse Battersea Arts Centre
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Wasted Adam Lenson	Oli Sones Limited Southwark Playhouse
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure Alice Malin	Actors Touring Company Summerhall
2018	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	DUSTY Maria Friedman	Eleanor Lloyd Productions UK Tour
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Our Town Alice Malin	The Oxford School of Drama The North Wall Theatre
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Not Now, Bernard Sarah Argent	Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Return to the Forbidden Planet John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Country Wife Luke Fredericks	Morphic Graffiti Southwark Playhouse
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Cherry Orchard Phil Willmott	The Phil Willmott Company The Union Theatre
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	A Midsummer Night's Dream Lisa Cagnacci	Morley Theatre Company Morley Theatre Company
2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Seesaw Sarah Argent	Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre
2017 - 2018	Lighting Designer Theatre	Top Hat John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2017	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	The Velveteen Rabbit Purni Morell	Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Joy Melanie Fullbrook	Clamour Gerry's, Theatre Royal Stratford East
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Remember, Remember Adam Lenson	Christian Czornyj Nordern Farm Centre for the Arts
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Lucky Stiff Paul Callen	Union Theatre The Union Theatre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	35mm: A Musical Exhibition Adam Lenson	The Other Palace The Other Palace Studio
2017	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	Rules for Living Simon Godwin	English Touring Theatre Royal & Derngate Theatre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Treating Odette John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Skate Hard, Turn Left Jemima James	Sophie Nurse Battersea Arts Centre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Superhero Adam Lenson	Tim Johanson Productions Southwark Playhouse
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Spring Storm Alice Malin	The Oxford School of Drama The North Wall Theatre
2017	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	La bohème Christopher Cowell	Iford Arts Festival Iford Arts
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Big Love Purni Morell/Christian Roe	Unicorn Young Company Unicorn Theatre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Sorrows of Satan Adam Lenson	Fisher Taylor-Gaunt Productions Tristan Bates Theatre
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Daddy's Girl Alice Malin	Three Streets Productions Brick Hall, The Vaults
2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Birthday Suit Alice Malin	Pluck Productions Old Red Lion Theatre
2016 - 2017	Lighting Designer Theatre	Anything Goes John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Legally Blonde Sam Gaines	Cassio Productions Watford Palace Theatre
2016	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	Wasted Adam Lenson	Bobby Tiwana/West Yorkshire Playhouse West Yorkshire Playhouse, Courtyard Theatre
2016	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	Battleface Joe Murphy	The Bush Theatre 'This Place We Know' - St Stephen's CE Primary School
2016	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	One Cold Dark Night Omar Elerian	The Bush Theatre 'This Place We Know' - The Defector's Weld
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Great Divide Rory McGregor	Finborough Theatre Finborough Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Past is a Tattooed Sailor Jeffrey Mayhew	Sky Productions Old Red Lion Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Richard III Imogen Beech	Combat Veteran Players Swan Theatre, RSC/Leicester Square Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Wallis John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	RAZ Anthony Banks	Riverside Studios UK Tour
2016	Assistant Lighting Designer Other	Secret Cinema Presents 28 Days Later Fabien Riggall	Secret Cinema
2016	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	The Caretaker Matthew Warchus	The Old Vic The Old Vic
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Sweet Charity Anthony Banks	CSSD Embassy Theatre
2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	The World Goes Round Kris Rawlinson	Neil Eckersley Productions St James Theatre Studio
2016	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	The Master Builder Matthew Warchus	The Old Vic The Old Vic
2015 - 2016	Lighting Designer Theatre	Legally Blonde John Plews	Ovation Productions Upstairs at the Gatehouse
2015 - 2016	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	The Lorax Max Webster	The Old Vic The Old Vic
2015	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	Singin' in the Rain Nikki Scott	Cassio Productions Watford Palace Theatre
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	The Clockmaker's Daughter in Concert Robert McWhir	Theatrica Ltd St James Theatre Studio
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	La Ronde Jenny Quayle	Cue Productions Camden Etcetera Theatre
2015	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	Tipping the Velvet Lyndsey Turner	Lyric Hammersmith/Edinburgh Lyceum Lyric Hammersmith/Edinburgh Lyceum
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	Thoroughly Modern Millie Matthew Illife	SDWC Productions Landor Theatre
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	The 3 Tryers Paul Nicholas Dyke	PND Productions Landor Theatre
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	An Evening with Tim McArthur	Tim McArthur Landor Theatre
2015	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	American Idiot	Sell a Door Theatre Company Arts Theatre
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	Rhythm of Life Robert McWhir	The Entertainment Business St James Theatre Studio
2015	Lighting Designer Theatre	Red the Wolf Slayer Sherrill Gow	CSSD Webber Douglas Studio
2015	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	The Clockmaker's Daughter	Theatrica Ltd Landor Theatre
2015	Assistant Lighting Designer Theatre	In the Dead of Night	LWL Investments Landor Theatre
2015	Associate Lighting Designer Theatre	West Side Story	CSSD Embassy Theatre

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2016	Theatre Practice: Theatre Lighting Design	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Equipment

I own and can operate: Vectorworks Spotlight 2019, Lightwright 6, ETC Nomad 512, LXKeys

I can operate: ETC Eos Family Consoles

About me

Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Designs include: Maggot Moon, The Polar Bears Go, Go, Go!, Not Now, Bernard, Seesaw, Big Love (Unicorn Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Cambridge Arts Theatre), It Never Happened (Arts Ed), small (Soho Theatre), Bones, Into the Woods (RCSSD), Other People's Money, Wasted (BroadwayWorld UK Awards Nomination for Best Lighting Design), The Country Wife, Superhero (Southwark Playhouse), Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure (Actors Touring Company), Our Town, Spring Storm (The North Wall Theatre), 42ND Street, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Top Hat, Anything Goes, Legally Blonde (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), The Cherry Orchard, Lucky Stiff (The Union Theatre), 35mm: A Musical Exhibition (The Other Palace), The World Goes Round, Rhythm of Life (St James Theatre), Skate Hard, Turn Left (Battersea Arts Centre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Landor Theatre), Joy (Theatre Royal Stratford East), RAZ (UK Tour), The Sorrows of Satan (Tristan Bates Theatre), Birthday Suit, The Past is a Tattooed Sailor (Old Red Lion Theatre), The Great Divide (Finborough Theatre)

As Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer: For Hugh Vanstone: A Christmas Carol (Lyceum Theatre, Broadway/The Old Vic), The Caretaker, The Master Builder (The Old Vic), For Hugh Vanstone/Natasha Katz: Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), For Tim Lutkin: Life of Pi (Sheffield Crucible), For Tim Lutkin/Hugh Vanstone: Back to the Future (Manchester Opera House), Present Laughter (The Old Vic), For Bruno Poet: The Merry Widow (ENO), Dusty (UK Tour), For David W Kidd: The Velveteen Rabbit (Unicorn Theatre/Seattle Children's Theatre), For Jon Clark: The Lorax (The Old Vic), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Hammersmith), For Matt Daw: Rules for Living (English Touring Theatre), 28 Days Later (Secret Cinema), For Tim Deiling: American Idiot (Arts Theatre)

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Lighting Programmer
Job Titles	Lighting Designer, Lighting Director, Lighting Programmer
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Company Experience	Children's Theatre, Regional Theatre, UK Touring Theatre
Languages Spoken	English
Organisation Memberships	ALD (UK), ASP (UK)
Experienced In	Comedy, Dance, Devised, Drama, Fringe, Musicals, New Writing, Opera, Pantomime, Revue, Shakespeare, Tragedy
Interested in	European Tour, UK Tour, World Tour
DBS checked	Yes (within last 12 months)
Driving Licences	Standard
Industry Training	Fireworks/Pyrotechnics, First Aid (Any)