"...lit with atmospheric virtuosity by Malcolm Rippeth."

Michael Coveney whatsonstage.com 2012-02-02

"Michael Barker-Caven directs and designs the excellent sound, with equally good lighting from Malcolm Rippeth."

Emer O'Kelly Sunday Independent 2011-11-20

"On a single, extra-ordinarily flexible and cleverly crafted set (great work from designer Libby Watson and lighting designer Malcolm Rippeth)..."

Simon Cole whatsonstage.com 2011-10-21

"...magical lighting by Malcolm Rippeth..."

Michael Coveney whatsonstage.com 2011-09-13

"Director Jeremy Herrin has polished this little gem to near perfection, and Bunny Christie’s design, lividly lit by Malcolm Rippeth, catches exactly the white-tiled misery of the institution, its corridors and noise outside, its bunk beds and smelly lockers and classrooms."

Michael Coveney whatsonstage.com 2010-11-26

"The production’s unflaggingly inventive design team — Neil Murray (set and costumes), Malcolm Rippeth (lighting), Simon Baker (sound) and Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington (projections) — doesn’t just conjure up different locations with witty efficiency. It also subtly conveys the transformative, dissociative nature of passion,"

Ben Brantley The New York Times 2010-09-28

"Malcolm Rippeth's lighting carves the actors out of the space with chiaroscuro effects, often casting a melancholy glow on the action."

David Barbour Lighting and Sound America 2010-10-08

"Neil Murray’s period sets and costumes, Malcolm Rippeth’s mood setting lighting, Simon Baker’s adept use of sound, and Gemma Carrington and Jon Driscoll’s powerful projections enhance this truly unique theatrical experience, one that should not be missed."

Harry Forbes harryforbes.com 2010-10-02

"...enhanced in excellent lighting by Malcolm Rippeth."

Graham Watts londondance.com 2010-10-14

"It’s all highly enjoyable and atmospheric [...] with Neil Murray’s rotating set of dark obelisks conspiring with Malcolm Rippeth’s beautiful lighting effects to cast long shadows across the stage."

Allan Radcliffe The List 2009-10-23

"Neil Murray’s set and costumes (complete with a wonderfully employed stage revolve) and Malcolm Rippeth’s lighting are brilliantly attuned to the tone of [the] production."

Mark Brown Herald Scotland 2009-10-29

" Neil Murray and Malcolm Rippeth’s design for a set of dimly-lit revolving monoliths is highly effective."

Dave Pollock Big Issue Scotland 2009-10-22

"...this sequence under Malcolm Rippeth's chiaroscuro lighting carries an unforgettable erotic charge."

Bob Verini Variety 2009-09-16

"Malcolm Rippeth's painterly lights cleverly evoke the zeitgeist of the past."

Karen D'Souza San Jose Mercury News 2009-09-18

"Malcolm Rippeth's lighting design shifts the mood starkly so that at times you feel as though you too are in a black and white movie."

Gwen Orel The L Magazine 2009-12-28

"The device of a travelling freak-show is not just a sweetener, though, but is fully enjoyed for its own sake, as evident in the design, fully maintained in the lighting of Malcolm Rippeth, the atmospheric soundtrack of composer Tom Mills and the succession of theatrical tricks involving disembodied heads, swishing scenic curtains, flickering footlights and copious squirtings and spurtings of various liquids and bodily fluids."

Michael Coveney The Independent 2009-04-02

"Steve Marmion’s production, beautifully designed by Tom Scutt and cunningly lit by Malcolm Rippeth, is full of bravura and unusual visual gags."

Michael Coveney whatsonstage.com 2009-04-02

"Technically, the production is hard to fault. In a world inured to the wizardry of computer effects, Cownie makes the most of some old-fashioned theatrical tricks, using gauzes, spooky music and effects (Philip Pinsky) and subtle lighting effects (Malcolm Rippeth)."

Robert Dawson Scott The Times 2008-10-30

"The unsettling atmosphere this creates [...] is well-captured in Tony Cownie’s production, not least due to Malcolm Rippeth’s eerie lighting..."

Yasmin Sulaiman The List 2008-10-30

"There’s some compelling lighting work from Malcolm Rippeth too."

Maxwell Cooter whatsonstage.com 2008-07-09

"It was one visually arresting coup (brilliant design/lighting/music and sound by Miriam Buether/Malcolm Rippeth/Adam Cork respectively) in an evening of many."

westendwhingers 2008-10-11

"..,brilliantly lit by Malcolm Rippeth."

Andrew Clark Financial Times 2007-05-29

"...Malcolm Rippeth's gorgeous lighting design."

Christopher Collett The Stage 2006-12-06

"Neil Murray's production looks ravishing [...] while the effects of sunset and sunrise are so exquisitely realised you could simply sit and gaze at the lighting for hours."

Alfred Hickling The Guardian 2006-12-21

"...Malcolm Rippeth's subtle and vibrant lighting."

Philip Fisher British Theatre Guide 2006-10-26

"...clever lighting from Malcolm Rippeth."

MA Official London Theatre Guide 2006-10-26

"The undisputed highlight is Liv Lorent’s La Penumbra - an exquisite miniature ballet, spiced with Latin spirit. Her three Mexican dancers are paragons of grace and symmetry, their performances enhanced by Malcolm Rippeth’s lighting design, which creates a backdrop out of their beautiful, oversized silhouettes."

Christopher Collett The Stage 2006-06-05

"Lighting designer Malcolm Rippeth has created slanting, consuming shadows as if painted by a Dutch master."

Benjamin Davis Time Out 2006-03-01

"The effect is rather like seeing a Rembrandt painting brought to life, an effect enhanced by Mark Bouman’s costumes and Malcolm Rippeth’s lighting. "

Maxwell Cooter Whatsonstage.com 2006-02-26

"I should acknowledge many other virtues here - especially Malcolm Rippeth's superb lighting on the Ghost."

Alistair Macaulay Financial Times 2006-02-22

"...favouring Malcolm Rippeth's minimal lighting [...] with images that are reminiscent of Flemish Grand Master paintings."

Philip Fisher British Theatre Guide

"It is also largely unadorned, to the point of almost complete reliance on Malcolm Rippeth's uncannily skilful lighting rather than scenery."

Carlo Ardito Plays International 2006-03-01

"...Patrick Drury [is] a troubled ghost who appears out of nowhere thanks to Malcolm Rippeth's excellent lighting"

Steve Orme British Theatre Guide

"...a world lit like a Caravaggio painting."

Susan Irvine Sunday Telegraph 2005-10-09

"...light pouring in through casement windows like an interior painted by Vermeer."

Georgina Brown Mail on Sunday 2005-10-09

"This is a Macbeth that's stunning to behold, with Malcolm Rippeth's lighting achieving often breathtaking effects. "

The Northern Echo 2005-03-04

"Cruden’s design, which also includes some masterful use of curtains, is aided enormously by Malcolm Rippeth’s jaw-dropping lighting. "

Dave Windass The Stage 2005-03-23

"Malcolm Rippeth's lighting is superb."

J D Atkinson British Theatre Guide 2005-03-04

"The visual detail dazzles, from the blood that spurts from Banquo's wrists in red ribbon form to Malcolm Rippeth's lighting, all brilliant blue, Martian orange or blood red, but never obvious black. "

Evening News 2005-03-05

"...much aided by Malcolm Rippeth’s emphatic lighting..."

Anne Morley-Priestman whatsonstage.com 2005-02-09

"...the effect of some of the layered backdrops with the atmospheric lighting is superb."

Jo Cummins Jersey Evening Post 2004-06-30

"The costumes and lighting effects are stunning."

Kevin Berry The Stage 2004-06-17

"Malcolm Rippeth's lighting is gently understated."

Kevin Berry The Stage 2003-07-10