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The Association of Lighting Designers is a professional body representing lighting designers working in the live performance industry in the United Kingdom and many other parts of the world.
Its aims are to further the art of lighting design and to raise the professional status of the Lighting Designer as a member of the creative team.
The majority of its members work in Theatre (including Opera and Dance), but there are many others working in Television, Architecture, Rock and Roll Concerts, Education and Corporate Presentation.
The ALD is the mouthpiece of the performance lighting industry and a resource for information on the wide range of lighting design topics that affect designers in the lighting profession.
Latest News
2010 Whatsonstage Theatre Awards
2010 Olivier Awards Nominations
2010 Knight of the Illumination Awards
2010 Whatsonstage Theatre Awards
The winners for the tenth annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the “theatregoers’ choice”, were made on 14th February. A number of ALD members were nominated for the Best Lighting Designer Award which is sponsored by ALD Corporate Member White Light.
The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
- Natasha Katz – Sister Act at the London Palladium
Other nominees:
- Johanna Town – Speaking in Tongues at the Duke of York’s
- Kevin Adams – Spring Awakening at the Lyric Hammersmith & Novello
- Mark Henderson – Enron at the Royal Court
- Mike Robertson – On the Waterfront at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Neil Austin – Life Is a Dream at the Donmar Warehouse & Madame de Sade, Donmar West End at Wyndham's
The Whatsonstage.com Awards are the only major theatre prize-giving decided by the public. To vote in the awards and to see the full list of nominations in all categories, please visit the full list
2010 Olivier Awards Nominations
The nominations for this year's London Theatre Awards were recently made. Once again ALD members were nominated. They are indicated in bold below:
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
- Mark Henderson - BURNT BY THE SUN, National Theatre, Lyttelton
- Mark Henderson - ENRON, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court and now at the Noël Coward Theatre
- Kevin Adams - SPRING AWAKENING, Novello Theatre
- Jon Clark - THREE DAYS OF RAIN, Apollo Theatre
To see the full list of nominations, please visit the website
2010 Knight of the Illumination Awards
The Knight of Illumination Awards, organized by STLD, ALD and Clay Paky, will provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in Lighting Design by UK based Lighting Designers, in a number of professional areas. At the same time, these Awards will forge closer ties between the world of Lighting Design and the Lighting Industry as a whole.
The Awards for “The Knight of the Illumination” will be nominated and judged by a panel of professional reviewers working in the specific categories, selected and coordinated entirely by STLD and ALD. These two British associations of Lighting Designers will ensure that these Awards go to recipients showing professionalism and integrity of Lighting Design each year.