
Edmund Sutton
Edmund Sutton has a physics degree from the University of Bristol.
He is currently (autumn 2021) preparing the lighting design for Bonny and Read, a new musical.
Lighting designs include London Armenian Opera's Fire Ring at the Grimeborn Opera Festival and Davit Bek, The Opera Co's Onegin and Tatiana, Tricolore's Saffron Hill, Toos Foundation's Memories in Exile, the Asian Music CIrcuit's Umrao, and Sue Nieto Theatre School's A Night at the Palace.
Re-lighting includes several children's productions for Lyngo Theatre, Opera up Close's tenth anniversary UK tour of La Bohème, their Peace at Last tour to schools, and Maria Stuarda in 2019, Mandala Theatre's Castaways in 2018, Creative Cow's UK tour of Our Man in Havana in 2017, Max Calaf's Anyday, C-12 Dance Theatre's UK tour of Shhh! and Actors' of Dionysus UK tours of Antigone and Helen, On The Run Theatre's UK tour of So It Goes in 2015, and Vamos Theatre's UK tour of Finding Joy in 2014. .
Other credits include Putain de Guerre! at the French Cultural Institute, the first and third weeks of C-12 Dance Theatre's Emerge 14 festival, Historia Theatre's Queen Anne, Pell Mell Theatre's The Duchess of Malfi, Logos Theatre's The London Cuckolds, TNT Theatre Britain's tours of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Italy and Macbeth in Germany, WOH Productions' Macbeth and Six Characters in Search of an Author, and Handel Furioso at the Arcola Theatre's Grimeborn Opera Festival 2013 and on UK tour, the Armenian Institute's exhibition Salon Mashup, the revival of The Emperor of Atlantis and Handel Furioso (trial version), at the Arcola Theatre's Grimeborn Opera Festival 2012, Keneish Dance's UK tour of Vigour, a triple bill, the Musical Theatre Academy's première of In Touch and annual revue Something Old, Something New at the Bridewell Theatre, Virgins, directed by Chloe Austin, and re-lighting of Oily Cart's Drum at the Abu Dhabi Festival and Tour de Force Theatre's The Great Gatsby in Switzerland and Germany.
Other credits also include The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Puss in Boots, Secrets from the Long Grass, The Social Climber, The Queen of Spades, The Emperor of Atlantis, Les Justes, Decline and Fall, George M. Cohan Tonight!, Dorian Gray, Miss Julie Crisp, Jet Set Go!, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Rapunzel's Last Midnight, Unscripted, The Girl, the Oil Pipe and the Murder in the Forum, How the West Was Spun, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Jabberwocky, TRASh: 7 Deadly Sins, A Night of 100 Dancers, Aladin, Bouncers, Mexico, Grease, and TRASh: The Seven Ages.
In October 2009, he won the Equity Young Members' Professional Development Bursary to attend the Broadway Lighting Masterclass in New York in May 2010. Please see http:livedesignonline.com/masterclasses/news/edmund_sutton_2010_blmc_110... for his article describing the visit.
He worked for Luxam in the autumn of 2009, lighting exhibits in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, during its refurbishment, and in the Museum of London Docklands.
Two of his gobo designs are produced by Apollo Design Technology Inc: http:www.apollodesign.net/Products/View/4676.aspx and http:www.apollodesign.net/Products/View/4677.aspx.
Please see the Credits page for further details of productions and the Portfolio page for photographs. Please see http:www.stagejobspro.com/uk/cv/edmundsutton for details of his other theatrical work.
He is a member of the Institute of Physics and regularly helps to clear litter out of the River Thames.
Previous productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
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As Real As Anything | Theatre |
Hen and Chickens, Islington Thursday Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jenny Eastop |
Jul 2022 |
Mayflower - They Knew They Were Pilgrims | Theatre |
Hen and Chickens, Islington Historia Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kenneth Michaels Set designer: Eliza Podesta |
May 2022 |
Glacier Lake | Theatre |
OSO Barnes Thursday Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Conrad Blakemore |
May 2022 |
Bonny and Read | Musical |
Brockley Jack Theatre Novanda Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kenneth Michaels Set designer: Victoria Maytom |
Nov 2021 |
Savage Beauty | Theatre |
25, St Luke's Road, Brighton Actors of Dionysus |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tamsin Shasha Set designer: Katherine Sturt-Scobie |
Oct 2020 |
Emerge 20 | Dance |
The Space, London Docklands C-12 Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Feb 2020 | |
Emerge 18 Festival | Dance |
The Space, London Docklands C-12 Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Nov 2018 | |
Onegin and Tatiana | Opera |
Arcola Studio 2 (Grimeborn Festival) The Opera Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guido Martin-Brandis |
Aug 2018 |
Emerge 17 Festival | Dance |
The Space, London Docklands C-12 Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Oct 2017 | |
Sayat Nova | Opera |
Questors Theatre, Ealing London Armenian Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Seta White |
Oct 2017 |
Elf jr | Non-professional |
Winston CHurchill Theatre, Ruislip Encore Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Holly-Anna Lloyd & Abigail Bulfin |
Dec 2016 |
Formations - Triple Opera Show | Opera |
ENO, Lilian Baylis House Helios Collective |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ella Marchment |
Nov 2016 |
Emerge 16 Festival | Dance |
The Space, London Docklands C-12 Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Nov 2016 | |
Fire Ring | Opera |
Arcola Theatre (Grimeborn Festival) London Armenian Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Seta White |
Jul 2016 |
Annie Jr | Non-professional |
Compass Theatre, Ickenham Encore Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Holly-Anna Lloyd & Abigail Bulfin |
Jun 2016 |
A Game of Chess | Theatre |
Theatro Technis, London Theatro Technis |
Lighting Designer |
Director: George Eugeniou |
Apr 2016 |
Davit Bek | Opera |
Britten Theatre, RCM, London London Armenian Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Seta White Set designer: Gabriella Ingram |
Dec 2015 |
Memories in Exile | Concert |
Logan Hall, London Toos Foundation |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Seta White |
Nov 2015 |
Saffron Hill | Theatre |
Stage Space, Pleasance Islington Tricolore |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Shrubsall Set designer: Fiona McKeon |
Oct 2015 |
Pygmalion | Theatre |
Hounslow Arts Centre, then touring London Contemporary Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan Ashby-Rock Set designer: Victoria Spearing |
Oct 2015 |
Orbits | Theatre | White Bear Theatre, Kennington | Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Shrubsall |
Sep 2015 |
Umrao - The Noble Courtesan | Theatre |
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Asian Music Circuit |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Aaron Bay Parkin Set designer: Valentina Ricci |
Aug 2015 |
Umrao - The Noble Courtesan | Theatre |
Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone Asian Music Circuit |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Vasilios Arabos Set designer: Valentina Ricci |
Jul 2015 |
A Night at the Palace | Theatre |
Watford Palace Theatre Sue Nieto Theatre School |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sue Nieto |
Jul 2015 |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2014 | |
Putain de guerre! | Concert |
Ciné Lumière, London Institut français |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jacques Tardi & Dominique Grange |
Nov 2014 |
Emerge 14 Festival | Dance |
The Space, London Docklands C-12 Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer | Nov 2014 | |
The Duchess of Malfi | Theatre |
New Diorama Theatre, London Pell Mell Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Natalie York Set designer: Jenny Gamble |
Aug 2014 |
Queen Anne | Theatre |
Baron's Court Theatre, London Historia Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kenneth Michaels Set designer: Sharon Lovett |
Jul 2014 |
Cryptic | Concert |
Christ Church Spitalfields Evelina Sanders |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Evelina Sanders |
Jun 2014 |
The London Cuckolds | Theatre |
Theatro Technis, Camden Logos Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kenneth Michaels Set designer: Sharon Lovett |
Apr 2014 |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2013 | |
Handel Furioso | Opera |
Arcola Theatre, London, then touring Isle of Noise |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Hoehn Set designer: Holly Piggott and Jemima Robinson |
Aug 2013 |
Macbeth | Theatre |
Rose Theatre, Bankside, London WOH Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Manuela Ruggiero Set designer: Paulina Rzeszowska |
Jul 2013 |
Six Characters in Search of an Author | Theatre |
Rose Theatre, Bankside, London WOH Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Manuela Ruggiero |
Apr 2013 |
Macbeth - German tour | Theatre |
Staatstheater Darmstadt, then touring TNT / American Drama Group |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Stebbings Set designer: Arno Scholz |
Feb 2013 |
Salon Mashup | Theatre |
Shoreditch Town Hall Armenian Institute |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Seta White |
Jan 2013 |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2012 | |
Vigour | Dance |
Pound Arts, Corsham; MAC, Birmingham, then touring Keneish Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Keisha Grant Set designer: Heidi Luker |
Sep 2012 |
The Emperor of Atlantis | Opera |
Arcola Tent (Grimeborn Festival) Ardente Opera / Max Hoehn |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Hoehn Set designer: Valentina Ricci |
Aug 2012 |
Handel Furioso | Opera |
Arcola Tent (Grimeborn Festival) Ardente Opera / Max Hoehn |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Hoehn Set designer: Jemima Robinson |
Aug 2012 |
In Touch | Musical |
Bridewell Theatre, London The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: John Brant Set designer: Alexandria Kerr |
Jun 2012 |
Virgins | Theatre | Hanbury Hall, Spitalfields | Lighting Designer |
Director: Chloe Austin |
May 2012 |
Crypt Acoustics | Concert |
Christ Church Spitalfields King Cave Project |
Lighting Designer | Apr 2012 | |
Something Old, Something New | Musical |
Bridewell Theatre, London The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Gunn |
Mar 2012 |
Puss in Boots | Theatre |
Waterloo East Theatre The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gerry Flanagan Set designer: Ellen Stewart |
Dec 2011 |
Carols by Candlelight | Non-professional | St Paul's Church, Shadwell | Lighting Designer | Dec 2011 | |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2011 | |
The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Theatre |
Waterloo East Theatre The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Helen Evans Set designer: Alexandria Kerr |
Dec 2011 |
The Queen of Spades | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre, Studio 2 Fusebox Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Hoehn Set designer: Valentina Ricci |
Oct 2011 |
The Social Climber | Theatre |
Upstairs at the Gatehouse Logos Theatre Co |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kenneth Michaels |
Oct 2011 |
Welcome To My Love - Jazz and Soul | Concert | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer |
Director: Jeremiah Harris |
Sep 2011 |
Stepney Area Welcome Service | Non-professional |
Christ Church Spitalfields Diocese of London |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rev. Andrew Rider |
Sep 2011 |
The Emperor of Atlantis | Opera |
Arcola Theatre (Grimeborn Festival) Dioneo |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Hoehn Set designer: Valentina Ricci |
Aug 2011 |
Music for a Summer Evening | Concert | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Jul 2011 | |
When You Hear My Voice - Tim Williams Awards | Concert |
Cochrane Theatre, London London Shakespeare Workout |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bruce Wall |
Jun 2011 |
Secrets from the Long Grass | Theatre |
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre Art Saves Lives & Jack Studio Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Bannister Set designer: David Shields |
Jun 2011 |
Paper Wings | Theatre |
The Space, London Docklands Beehive Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Helen Tennison Set designer: Martyn Doust and Steven Shapland |
May 2011 |
The Emperor of Atlantis | Opera |
Cello Factory, Waterloo Dioneo |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Hoehn Set designer: Valentina Ricci |
Apr 2011 |
Les Justes | Theatre |
Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone Beautiful Freak |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Christophe Damblant and Scarlet Sweeney Set designer: Libby Todd |
Mar 2011 |
Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran - German tour | Theatre |
Theatro Technis, Camden; Staatstheater Darmstadt, then touring Tour de Force Theatre / American Drama Group |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Peter Joucla and Barry Goldman Set designer: Loretta Lipworth and Armando Seijo |
Jan 2011 |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2010 | |
Decline and Fall | Theatre |
Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington Le Nez Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Thomas King Set designer: Richard Kent |
Dec 2010 |
Vocal Anatomy | Concert | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer |
Director: Jeremiah Harris |
Nov 2010 |
George M. Cohan Tonight! | Musical |
New Players' Theatre, London Spitalfields Theatrical |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bart Williams Set designer: Edmund Sutton |
Sep 2010 |
Lilly: My Debussy | Theatre |
Louise Blouin Foundation, Kensington Sian Jones |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lotte Wakeham |
Sep 2010 |
Recipe for a Perfect Wife | Theatre |
King's Head Theatre, Islington PapaC Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nadia Papachronopoulou |
Aug 2010 |
La Traviata | Opera |
Burlyns House, East Woodhay, Berkshire, then touring Garden Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Saffron van Zwanenberg Set designer: Neil Irish |
Jun 2010 |
Beyond the Pale | Theatre |
Southwark Playhouse London Quest Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Harper and Andrew Pawlby Set designer: Florence McHugh |
Mar 2010 |
Tig | Theatre |
Hen and Chickens Theatre Tama Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Leigh Stevenson |
Mar 2010 |
The Barber of Seville | Opera |
Ipswich School and Centenary Theatre, Berkhamsted Garden Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Katharina Wienecke Set designer: Neil Irish |
Feb 2010 |
Miracle | Theatre |
Leicester Square Theatre Ruby in the Dust Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Linnie Reedman Set designer: Belle Mundi |
Jan 2010 |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2009 | |
Miracle | Theatre |
St Andrew's Church, Holborn Ruby in the Dust Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Linnie Reedman Set designer: Bryony Rumble |
Dec 2009 |
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Musical |
Drill Hall & Greenwich Playhouse, London; Komedia, Bath The Sticking Place |
Lighting Designer |
Director: The audience, the cast |
Sep 2009 |
Peter Duncan's Daft and Dangerous | Theatre |
Pleasance Beyond, Edinburgh HOIME Productions |
Lighting Designer | Aug 2009 | |
Dorian Gray | Theatre |
Leicester Square Theatre Basement Ruby in the Dust Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Linnie Reedman Set designer: Christopher James Hone |
Jun 2009 |
Waterfront Wasteland Medea Material Landscape with Argonauts | Theatre |
Etcetera Theatre, Camden Anahat Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrea Cabrera Luna |
Jun 2009 |
Immaculate | Theatre |
Leatherhead Theatre Mole Valley Scriptwriting Group, Leatherhead Drama Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sally McCormack |
May 2009 |
Miss Julie Crisp | Theatre |
Soho Theatre Studio Polight Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Chapman Set designer: Katherine Webb |
Apr 2009 |
Jet Set Go! | Musical |
Jermyn Street Theatre Take Note Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Luke Sheppard Set designer: Mike Lees |
Mar 2009 |
Champagne! | Theatre |
Baron's Court Theatre, London Beautiful Freak |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Christophe Damblant Set designer: Laura Bateman |
Jan 2009 |
Respite | Dance |
Hextable Dance Theatre, Swanley, then touring Sakoba Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Bode Lawal |
Jan 2009 |
Annual Carol Service | Non-professional | Christ Church Spitalfields | Lighting Designer | Dec 2008 | |
Au revoir les enfants - German tour | Theatre |
Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone; Stadttheater Ingolstadt, then touring Tour de Force Theatre / American Drama Group |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Peter Joucla Set designer: Bex Crofton-Atkins |
Oct 2008 |
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Musical |
King's Head Theatre, Islington, & Leicester Square Theatre The Sticking Place |
Lighting Designer |
Director: The audience, the cast |
Sep 2008 |
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Musical |
George 4, Musical Theatre@ George Square The Sticking Place |
Lighting Designer |
Director: The audience, the guest critic, the cast |
Aug 2008 |
George M. Cohan Tonight! | Theatre |
George 4, Musical Theatre @ George Square LIPA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nick Phillipps |
Aug 2008 |
Memories of Midnights Gone | Theatre |
Bull Theatre, High Barnet WAC Performing Arts and Media |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Vik Sivalingam Set designer: Signe Beckmann |
Jun 2008 |
Rapunzel's Last Midnight | Theatre |
White Bear Theatre, Kennington Ruby in the Dust Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sharon Enav Set designer: Gabrielle Williams |
May 2008 |
Unscripted | Theatre |
Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone Top of the Moon Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: The audience |
Apr 2008 |
The Girl, the Oil Pipe and the Murder in the Forum | Theatre |
Tara Arts Studio Theatre Tara Arts |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mukul Ahmed Set designer: Christina Hemsley |
Mar 2008 |
How the West was Spun | Theatre |
Pleasance Stage Space Spinalot |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Abigail Graham |
Dec 2007 |
The Catskills | Theatre |
Pleasance Stage Space El Lupo |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dean M. Drinkel |
Nov 2007 |
The Crumps | Theatre |
Pleasance Stage Space El Lupo |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dean M. Drinkel |
Nov 2007 |
Performing Arts Showcase | Non-professional |
Winston Theatre Various Performers |
Lighting Designer | Oct 2007 | |
Dance Fever | Non-professional |
Winston Theatre UoB Dance Society |
Lighting Designer | Mar 2007 | |
TRASh - The Seven Ages | Non-professional |
Lady Windsor Studio Theatre University of Bristol DramSoc |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Maddie York Set designer: Roz Sandwell |
Oct 2006 |
A Russian Evening | Non-professional | UoB Russian Dept | Lighting Designer | Mar 2006 | |
Mexico | Non-professional |
Lady Windsor Theatre University of Bristol DramSoc |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tom Worsley Set designer: Tom Lightbody |
Mar 2006 |
Bouncers | Theatre |
Cricketers' Pub, Kingston upon Thames Pendry Porter Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Louise Pendry |
Jul 2005 |
Savage Beauty
Onegin and Tatiana
The Duchess of Malfi
Handel Furioso
Vigour
Handel Furioso
The Emperor of Atlantis
In Touch
Something Old, Something New
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
When You Hear My Voice - Tim Williams Awards
Secrets from the Long Grass
George M. Cohan Tonight!
Beyond the Pale
Annual Carol Service
Dorian Gray
Au revoir les enfants - German tour
George M. Cohan Tonight!
Rapunzel's Last Midnight
Savage Beauty
The Duchess of Malfi
Macbeth
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Vigour
The Queen of Spades
The Emperor of Atlantis
Secrets from the Long Grass
Decline and Fall
Recipe for a Perfect Wife
Miracle
Jet Set Go!
Respite
- Commercial Tour
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Touring relights
- Regional (Studio)
- Small scale
- Touring relights
- International
- Medium Scale
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- Stage Touring
- Displays & Art
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