Alistair Grant

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Originally from Belfast, Alistair trained at LAMDA, and is a former member of the National Youth Theatre. Further to working for Theatre Projects, Alistair has spent the past twenty years working as Lighting Designer, Consultant and Production Electrician, involving him in more than a hundred West End and International productions.

Theatre Lighting Design Credits include:
Nine and A Man Of No Importance (RADA - Sir Jack Lyons Theatre); Showboat (Co-design with Andrew Bridge at The Royal Albert Hall); Serial Killers (The Derby Playhouse); The Likes Of Us (Sydmonton Festival 2005); Aladdin (Northampton); Grease (Helsinki/Oslo Arena Presentation); One Day More (Symphony Hall, Birmingham); Jailhouse Rock – The Musical (Theatre Royal, Plymouth and The Piccadilly Theatre); Private Lives (The Derby Playhouse); The Pirates of Penzance (The Savoy Theatre); Sydmonton Festival (2003); The Entertainer and Oh! What A Lovely War (Derby Playhouse 2003); Tell Me On A Sunday (Sydmonton Festival 2002); Romance, Romance (Gielgud Theatre); The Beautiful Game (Sydmonton in Exile 2000); The Challenge and The Ten Commandments (The Mercury Trust); The Night Before Christmas, Paula’s Story, The King’s Web (Televised) and The Attraction (The Chicken Shed Theatre Company); Happy End and Romance, Romance (Bridewell Theatre); Cigarettes and Chocolates & Take It To The Green Light Barry (Man In The Moon); Rock Phil (Sydmonton Festival 1997); Mother Goose (Shaw Theatre) and The Clinic (Edinburgh Festival).

Concert & Live Event Lighting Design Credits include:
One Day More – The Music of Boublil & Schonberg (Symphony Hall 2004), Lesley Garret in Concert (2000,2001 & 2003); Kiri Te Kanawa in Concert (2002); John Barry (1999); Millennium Proms New Years Eve (Royal Albert Hall 1999); New Years Eve Symphony Hall Birmingham (1998,2000,2001& 2002); Labour Party 100th Birthday Party (Old Vic 2000);‘S Wonderful at the London Palladium (Televised).

Associate Lighting Designer Credits include:
The Big Life (London Apollo); Sinatra (Palladium); Movin’Out (Apollo Victoria); The Producers (Drury Lane); The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre); The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre); Sunset Boulevard (Germany); Saturday Night Fever (London Palladium, UK & USA Tours); Sir Cliff Richard’s Heathcliff (London Apollo Hammersmith & UK Tour); Maddie (Lyric Theatre); Which Witch (Piccadilly Theatre); Raymond Gubbay’s Operas La Boheme, Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida and Carmen (Royal Albert Hall). Most recently Alistair was Associate Lighting Designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games (Manchester 2002).

Assistant Lighting Design credits include:
Sunset Boulevard (Adelphi Theatre), Crazy For You (Prince Edward Theatre); Copacabana (Prince of Wales Theatre), Five Guys Named Moe (European Tour) and Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Oliver (Toronto).