Malcolm Rippeth
Biography
Malcolm has worked extensively with Kneehigh, Headlong, West Yorkshire Playhouse, ETT, Northern Stage, Live Theatre and balletLORENT. A full credits list is available by following the link to the left.
He is currently lighting Belong at the Royal Court; Wah! Wah! Girls, a new British Bollywood musical for Sadler's Wells, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Kneehigh; West Side Story at the Sage Gateshead and Steptoe and Son, a new touring production for Kneehigh and West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Recent work for Kneehigh includes Brief Encounter at Studio 54 on Broadway, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg in the West End, The Wild Bride touring the UK and at Berkeley Rep and The Red Shoes touring internationally.
Other recent work includes Decade, a site-specific piece for Headlong at St. Katharine Docks; The Acid Test, Spur of the Moment and Kin at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs; HMS Pinafore at the Guthrie Theater Minneapolis; The Pitchfork Disney at the Arcola; A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings for Little Angel Theatre; Stones in His Pockets at the Tricycle Theatre; Calendar Girls in the West End, Australia and Canada; The Field at the Olympia Theatre Dublin; Little Women at the Gate Theatre Dublin; The Devil Inside Him by John Osborne for National Theatre Wales; Armida and The Marriage of Figaro at Garsington Opera; Six Characters in Search of an Author for Headlong in the West End and touring; His Dark Materials for Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse and Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall.
He was awarded a 2010 Village Voice OBIE as a member of the design team for Brief Encounter at St. Ann's Warehouse, New York and the 2009 Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Lighting Designer for his work on Brief Encounter and Six Characters in Search of an Author in the West End. He was nominated for the 2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Brief Encounter on Broadway.
He lives in London.