Sam Waddington

- Lighting Designer
- Lighting Programmer
London
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Year	Review	Publication
2020	Glorious lighting throughout Richard Lambert	theatrereviews.design
2020	Sam Waddington's lighting is almost a character in its own right, coming into its own for the Shadow Waltz number David Guest	thereviewshub.com
2020	Impressive lighting design Patrick Honoré	musicaltheatrereview.com
2019	Powerful lighting Anna James	thestage.co.uk
2019	Scenes flow quickly into one another with a cinematic speed using Sam Waddington’s lighting design Maryam Philpott	thereviewshub.com
2019	...A grippingly fast pace throughout, which is enabled by Sam Waddington’s lighting design Jonathan Marshall	theupcoming.co.uk
2019	Sam Waddington’s glamorously dramatic lighting design Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2019	Very effective lighting Keith Mckenna	britishtheatreguide.info
2019	Everything is handsomely lit by Sam Waddington Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2019	The lighting design is focused and gives the already energetic vibe the last spur of stamina Cindy Marcolina	broadwayworld.com
2019	Matt Daw and Sam Waddington’s clever lighting adds both location and nuance to the show Jonathan Baz	jonathanbaz.com
2019	Matt Daw and Sam Waddington’s lighting design is particularly effective and makes limitless possibilities arise in the small space Lani Calvert	musicaltheatrereview.com
2019	Joe Bunker's band are as much part of the show as Matt Daw and Sam Waddington's exciting lighting. Alun Hood	whatsonstage.com
2019	The silent heroes of this production however are Owen Crouch’s sound design, and Sam Waddington’s skillful lighting Curious Mum	curiousmum.co.uk
2019	Sam Waddington’s lighting design skilfully moves the action between the two locations – home and garden Jo Caird	thestage.co.uk
2019	Lit glamorously by Sam Waddington Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2019	Magnificently lit by Sam Waddington Aline Waites	remotegoat.com
2018	It’s an impressive technical feat by lighting designer Sam Waddington; it repunctuates the play, giving it the flicker of film. Susannah Clapp	theguardian.com
2018	Enhanced by an atmospheric lighting design by Sam Waddington Nick Wayne	pocketsizetheatre.com
2018	Accented by Sam Waddington’s emotional lighting states Miriam Gillinson	theguardian.com
2018	Sam Waddington’s lighting design is a lesson in how to light a space of its kind, a delightfully lit production Mark Swale	pocketsizetheatre.com
2018	Lit impeccably Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2018	Never missing the musical nuances or the costume bling, Sam shows an experienced hand on the lighting Richard Lambert	theatrereviews.design
2017	Angular and dynamic lighting... (designed perfectly by Sam Waddington) Colm Molloy	the730review.co.uk
2017	Glamorising the emptiness, pools and shafts of wonderful light from Sam Waddington give character and mood Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2017	Sam Waddington is here to light it all with his trademark skill Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2017	Director Adam Lenson's work, combined with lighting designer Sam Waddington, is what makes the musical run smoothly and clearly Cindy Marcolina	broadwayworld.com
2017	Punctuated with near-perfection by Waddington’s 300 or so lighting cues, is a miracle of stagecraft Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2017	Cinematically lit by Sam Waddington, who manages to create a Marvel-worthy apparition Francesca Peschier	exeuntmagazine.com
2017	The lighting was as original and exciting as the rest of the musical Christian Fisher	weekender.co.uk
2017	The constant change of setting and flashbacks could prove challenging. However, through a clever lighting plot, this was overcome easily Sarah MacPartlan	musicaltheatremusings.co.uk
2017	Waddington’s lighting design is crisp and clear, giving definition between states of past and present, taking us into new worlds Max May	livetheatreuk.co.uk
2017	Sam Waddington’s designs are kind and responsive, allowing in the second act for a more performative space. Max May	livetheatreuk.co.uk
2017	Sam Waddington – that upcoming genius of the theatre – lights it all with his customary brilliance Julian Eaves	britishtheatre.com
2017	The lighting design by Sam Waddington and musical direction also add to the high standard of professionalism of this production Musical Theatre Review	musicaltheatrereview.com
2017	The lighting (Sam Waddington) is very sympathetic to the piece. Expertly achieved Richard Lambert	theatrereviews.design
2016	Light & darkness are controlled expertly, whether for beauty & atmosphere or to establish the horror of fire & smoke Judi Herman	jewishrenaissance.org.uk
2016	The lighting was perfect. Expertly transporting from drawing room to sunny glades with enough dynamic variations to keep it interesting Richard Lambert	theatrereviews.design
2016	The lighting, music and sound effects were all incredible, successfully setting the scene of where Shane was Ellie Close	northwestend.co.uk
2016	Faultless sound and light cues further enhance David Upton	britishtheatreguide.info
2016	...all given full value by Sam Waddington - Lighting Designer Aline Waites	hamhigh.co.uk
2015	Both the set and the period-but-greyish costumes are given brush-strokes of class in Sam Waddington’s richly toned lighting design. Johnny Fox	londonist.com
2015	Sam Waddington lights proceedings with a sure eye and real skill, shadows dance and hover in an appropriately romantic/spooky way Stephen Collins	britishtheatre.com

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

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