Richard Williamson

Biography

Image from Onysos The Wild
Lighting by Richard Williamson
Onysos The Wild, Compagnie Rhapsodie, August 2006

Trained at LAMDA, previous lighting designs include: Richard III, An Arab Tragedy - Swan Theatre Stratford and international tour, Peer Gynt, Macbeth, A Midsummer nights Dream, The Night Just Before the Forest, Tartuffe, Through a Cloud, King Arthur, Mojo Mickybo, The Great Theatre of the World, Tombstone Tales – Arcola Theatre, In My Name - Trafalgar Studios, Follow - Finborough, Play Size - Young Vic, All Those People I Have Met – Hoxton Hall, Dutchman ­– Etcetera Theatre and Edinburgh Festival, Blue Jam – Etcetera Theatre and Riverside Studios, The Al-Hamlet Summit (English and Arabic productions) – Tokyo International Festival and international tour, Best Friends – New End, Crossing the line – Baltimore college, USA, Onysos the Wild - Theatre 503 and Traverse Edinburgh, Summer Begins - Southwark Playhouse.
Other work includes Associate Lighting Designer for Mrs Warren’s Profession – Strand Theatre London and National Tour, Assistant Lighting Designer for Elmina's Kitchen - National Tour and West End, and re-lights for the Lyric Hammersmith production of Metamorphosis.
Richard is Production Manager for C venues at the Edinburgh Festival and Technical Manager for the Greenwich and Docklands Festivals. He also is a founding member and owner of www.blue-room.org.uk