
Joseph Ed Thomas
Joseph Ed Thomas, Lighting Designer.
Training: Arts Educational Schools London, RADA
West End and Touring Lighting Design Credits:
Lucie Jones at Christmas (Her Majesty's Theatre, St Davids Hall Cardiff), Collabro, Greatest Hits Tour (London Palladium, Lowry Theatre, Birmingham Symphony Hall and more... UK TOUR), Julius "Call Me Caesar" Caesar (Arts Theatre, West End).
Lighting Design Credits:
Cinderella (Millfield Theatre), The Pleasure Garden (Above The Stag), 39 and Counting (PARK Theatre 200), Well-Behaved Women (Cadogan Hall), Our Girls Our Game (Alhambra Theatre, Bradford), Tommy On Top** (Above The Stag), Platinum Trending (Millfield Theatre), Wind in the Willows (Theatre Royal Norwich, Turbine Theatre and LATITUDE), EVITA, Moments in Time and The Liberators (Eve Lyons Studio Theatre, PPA), John Owen Jones Celebrating his 50th Birthday - Live at Cadogan Hall, Lucie Jones and David Hunter LIVE! (Cadogan Hall), Rock Choir (Birmingham REP), Collabro, Christmas is Here (Cadogan Hall), Guys and Dolls (The Rose Theatre, Ascot), 39 Degrees (The Vaults, Waterloo), Who Cares (The Vaults, Waterloo), Welcome to Shangri-La (Hope Mill Theatre), Dick Whittington and his Cat (Tower Theatre, The MTA), The Love of the Nightingale (The MTA), I Do, I Do (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Now&Then (Above The Stag), LOST BOYS (Unity Theatre + Tour), Fight Like A Girl (Mountview, Cameron Mackintosh Theatre), Making P*rn, BOY TOY (Above The Stag), Woyzeck (Greenside, Edinburgh Fringe), PROM! the Musical (Oldham Coliseum), Perfectly Ordinary (2019, Hope Mill Theatre), A Million Dreams (O2 Arena), The Psychic Project (The Vaults, Waterloo), Sister Act the Musical (The Vaults, Waterloo), PURGE (Oldham Coliseum and The Lowry), Digging Deep (The Vaults, Waterloo), An Evening With Stephen Schwartz (Hope Mill Theatre), MYDIDAE (Hope Mill Theatre), Of Our Own Making (Tara Arts), AISHA*(Old Red Lion, Tristan Bates Theatre), Proof (Hope Mill Theatre), An Honourable Man (The White Bear), Tainted - A New Musical (The Vaults, Waterloo), Lost Boys New Town (National Youth Theatre, The Hope Theatre), Closets the Musical (Hope Mill Theatre), The 43 Club (The Other Palace), The Jury A New Musical (The Brindley Theatre), Perfectly Ordinary the New Musical (GLive Guilford), Shakespeare’s Sister (Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton), The Blue Electric Wind (Bush Theatre), Status Update (Soho Theatre), Drowned or Saved (Drayton Arms Theatre), Lobster (Theatre503), Little Girl Inside Me (ThePlace), UK Premier of Miracle on 34th Street (BridgeHouseSE20), World Premiere of Down The Hatch (RADA GBS Theatre), Dogfight (The Capitol Theatre, Horsham), A Destiny With Death (Cockpit Theatre), Suessical the Musical Jr. (Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre), Dinner (The Chelsea Theatre), Songs For A New World, Make Me A Song, A Chorus Line, Peter Pan, Calamity Jane (ArtsEd), Dominoes (Wandsworth Fringe festival & Tara Arts), A New Brain (The Angles Theatre), La Clamenza di Tito, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Cenerentola (Opera de Bauge 2017 rep season).
**Offie Nominated Best Lighting Design 2021
*Offie Nominated Best Lighting Design 2019
Associate Lighting Design Credits:
Rags (PARK Theatre) for Derek Anderson,
AdLibido (Soho Theatre) for Peter Small.
Lighting Programmer Credits:
Aladdin (Mercury Theatre, Colchester) for David Kidd.
Baskerville (Mercury Theatre, Colchester) for Jo Town.
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Forthcoming productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team | Opens |
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COLLABRO, Christmas Is Here | Concert | Cuffe&Taylor/ LambertJackson | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Pagan |
29 Nov 2022 |
FREEDOM | Concert | Cuffe&Taylor/ LambertJackson | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Pagan Set designer: JET and Robins Audio |
05 Oct 2022 |
The Secret Garden the Musical | Musical |
The London Palladium Cuffe&Taylor/ LambertJackson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nick Winston |
28 Aug 2022 |
Current credits
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team | Closes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Little Voice | Theatre |
MAST- Southampton, then touring Aria Entertainment |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Nic Farman Director: Bronagh Lagan Set designer: Sara Perks |
09 Jul 2022 |
Previous productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Above the Stag Summer Season | Theatre |
Above The Stag Theatre, Main House Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Glenn Chandler , Director: Bryan Hodgson and Gene David Kirk Set designer: David Shields |
Apr 2022, May 2022, Jun 2022 |
Above the Stag Summer Season | Theatre |
Above The Stag Theatre, Main House Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Glenn Chandler , Director: Bryan Hodgson and Gene David Kirk Set designer: David Shields |
Apr 2022, May 2022, Jun 2022 |
Above the Stag Summer Season | Theatre |
Above The Stag Theatre, Main House Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Glenn Chandler , Director: Bryan Hodgson and Gene David Kirk Set designer: David Shields |
Apr 2022, May 2022, Jun 2022 |
Jewish Hollywood | Musical |
Upstairs at the Gatehouse Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cressida Carrè |
Mar 2022 |
Camelot | Musical |
London Palladium Lambert Jackson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emma Butler |
Feb 2022 |
Lucie Jones at Christmas | Concert |
Her Majesty’s London Lambert Jackson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Eliza Jackson |
Dec 2021 |
Cinderella - Pantomime | Dance |
Millfield Theatre Platinum Performing Arts |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Various |
Dec 2021 |
Collabro, Greatest Hits Tour | Concert |
UK tour SJM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Collabro Set designer: JET and Robins Audio |
Oct 2021 |
The Pleasure Garden | Musical |
Above The Stag Theatre, Main House Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Fenton Gray Set designer: David Shields |
Sep 2021 |
39 and Counting | Theatre |
The Park Theatre, 200 Oxford School of Drama |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gemma Aked-Priestley Set designer: Natalie Johnson |
Sep 2021 |
Well Behaved Women | Musical |
Cadogan Hall Lambert Jackson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Julie Atherton |
Sep 2021 |
Tommy On Top | Theatre |
Above The Stag Theatre, Main House Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bryan Hodgson Set designer: David Shields |
Aug 2021 |
Baskerville | Theatre | Mercury Colchester | Lighting Programmer |
Lighting designer: Jo Town |
Aug 2021 |
PLATINUM TRENDING | Dance |
Millfield Theatre Platinum Performing Arts |
Lighting Designer | Jul 2021 | |
The Wind in the Willows | Musical |
Norwich Theatre Royal Paul Taylor-Mills and Turbine Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sasha Regan Set designer: David Shields |
Jul 2021 |
Evita | Musical |
Eve Lyons Studio Theatre PPA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lizzi Gee |
Jul 2021 |
Moments In Time | Musical |
Eve Lyons Studio Theatre PPA |
Lighting Designer | Jun 2021 | |
The Liberators | Theatre |
Eve Lyons Studio Theatre PPA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michelle Payne |
Jun 2021 |
John Owen Jones - Celebrating his 50th Birthday | Concert |
Cadogan Hall Lambert Jackson |
Lighting Designer | Jun 2021 | |
Lucie Jones and David Hunter Live | Concert |
Cadogan Hall Lambert Jackson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Lambert , Director: David Hunter , Director: Lucie Jones |
May 2021 |
Rock Choir, Comic Relief Concert | Musical |
Birmingham Rep Rock Choir |
Lighting Designer | Mar 2021 | |
Collabro Christmas is Here | Concert |
Cadogan Hall Lambert Jackson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Lambert |
Nov 2020 |
Robes Charity Sleep In Live from Southwark Cathedral | Television |
Southwark Cathedral Robes Charity |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Co-Lighting Designer Will Alder |
Nov 2020 |
Guys and Dolls | Theatre |
Rose Theatre, Ascot St Mary’s Ascot |
Lighting Designer | Mar 2020 | |
39 Degrees | Theatre |
The Vaults - Cage RedBellyBlack |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alistair Wilkinson |
Mar 2020 |
Who Cares | Theatre |
The Vaults - Cage JustAddMilk |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tom Bellerby Set designer: Justin Williams |
Feb 2020 |
Welcome to Shangri-La | Theatre |
Hope Mill Theatre Broken Biscuits |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joel Parry Set designer: Abby Clarke |
Feb 2020 |
The Spark of Creation | Concert |
Park Theatre Aria Entertainment |
Lighting Designer | Jan 2020 | |
RAGS the Musical | Musical |
Park Theatre 200 Aria Entertainment, Knockhardy Productions and Park Theatre |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Derek Anderson Director: Bronagh Lagan Set designer: Gregor Donnelly |
Jan 2020 |
The Love of The Nightingale | Theatre |
The Tower Theatre The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tilly Vosburgh Set designer: Stewart J Charlesworth |
Dec 2019 |
Dick Whittington | Musical |
The Tower Theatre The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Howard Samuels Set designer: Stewart J Charlesworth |
Dec 2019 |
I Do, I Do | Musical |
Upstairs at the Gatehouse Joseph Hodges Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Hodges Set designer: Emily Bestow |
Oct 2019 |
Now & Then | Musical |
Above The Stag Theatre Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Harry Blumenau Set designer: David Shields |
Sep 2019 |
Lost Boys | Theatre |
Unity Theatre, Liverpool, then touring National Youth Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Zoe Lafferty Set designer: Jasmine Swan |
Sep 2019 |
Fight Like A Girl | Musical |
Mountview Main House British Youth Music Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nick Stimson Set designer: Talia Sanz, Set designer: Asst. Annie Cross |
Aug 2019 |
Woyzeck | Theatre |
Greenside Infirmary Street - Forest Theatre Missing Cat Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joshua Silverlock Set designer: Fran Jones |
Aug 2019 |
Julius "Call Me Caesar" Caesar | Theatre |
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Andrew Maxwell |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Russell Bolam Set designer: Maeve Black |
Jul 2019 |
Making P*rn | Theatre |
Above The Stag Theatre Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew Beckett Set designer: Andrew Beckett |
Jul 2019 |
Woyzeck | Theatre |
Quirkspace Missing Cat Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joshua Silverlock Set designer: Fran Jones |
Jul 2019 |
PROM! the Musical | Musical |
Oldham Coliseum Oldham Theatre Workshop |
Lighting Designer |
Director: James Atherton |
Jul 2019 |
Perfectly Ordinary - A New Musical | Musical | Hope Mill Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Rankcom Set designer: Frankie Gerrard |
Jul 2019 |
Julius "Call Me Caesar" Caesar | Theatre |
The Arts Theatre, West End Andrew Maxwell |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Russell Bolam Set designer: Maeve Black |
Jul 2019 |
A Million Dreams | Dance |
Indigo at the O2 Make Believe |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Various |
Jul 2019 |
Boy Toy | Dance |
Above The Stag Theatre Above The Stag |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: William Spencer Set designer: Andrew Beckett |
Jun 2019 |
The Psychic Project | Theatre |
The Vaults, London David Narayan Magic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Narayan |
Jun 2019 |
Sister Act the Musical | Musical |
The Vaults, London Associated Studios |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cameron Menzies |
Jun 2019 |
Ad Libido | Theatre | Soho Theater, London | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Peter Small |
May 2019 |
PURGE | Theatre | The Lowry, Manchester | Lighting Designer |
Director: Kayleigh Hawkins |
Mar 2019 |
PURGE | Theatre | Oldham Coliseum | Lighting Designer |
Director: Kayleigh Hawkins |
Mar 2019 |
Digging Deep | Theatre |
The Vaults, London JustAddMilk |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alistair Wilkinson Set designer: Emily Nobel |
Feb 2019 |
MYDIDAE | Theatre |
Hope Mill Theatre Wonderhouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laura Woodward Set designer: Natalie Johnson |
Feb 2019 |
Of Our Own Making | Theatre |
Tara Arts, London Something Underground |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan Brown Set designer: Sorcha Corcoran |
Jan 2019 |
AISHA | Theatre |
Tristan Bates Theatre AILIA UK |
Lighting Designer |
Director: AJ Set designer: Alys Whitehead |
Jan 2019 |
AISHA | Theatre |
Old Red Lion AILIA UK |
Lighting Designer |
Director: AJ Set designer: Alys Whitehead |
Dec 2018 |
Proof | Theatre |
Hope Mill Theatre Hope Mill Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joseph Houston Set designer: Frankie Gerrard |
Nov 2018 |
An Honourable Man | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Jolly Gosnold Set designer: Mike Lees |
Nov 2018 |
Tainted - A New Musical | Theatre | The Vaults Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Bryan Hodgson Set designer: Mike Lees |
Oct 2018 |
Lost Boys New Town | Theatre |
The Hope Theatre National Youth Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Zoe Lafferty Set designer: Jasmine Swan |
Sep 2018 |
Closets the Musical | Musical | Hope Mill Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Lloyd Eyre-Morgan |
Aug 2018 |
Perfectly Ordinary - A New Musical | Theatre | GLive Guilford | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Rankcom Set designer: JT |
Jul 2018 |
The 43 Club | Theatre | The Other Palace | Lighting Designer |
Director: Leah Fogo Set designer: JT |
Jul 2018 |
The Jury | Musical |
The Brindley Ashley Walsh Productions Ltd. & Josh Hankey |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joseph Meighan |
Jul 2018 |
Shakespeare's Sister | Theatre |
The Courtyard Theatre The Courtyard Theatre Co. |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jake Smith Set designer: Jamie Simmons |
May 2018 |
A Chorus Line | Theatre |
ArtsEd - London ArtsEd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Ferrington |
May 2018 |
The Blue Electric Wind | Theatre |
Bush Theatre, London ArtsEd Extra |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonathan Goodwin |
May 2018 |
Drowned or Saved | Theatre |
Drayton Arm Theatre - Kentish Town StormBlast |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Geoffrey Williams |
Feb 2018 |
Lobster | Theatre |
Theatre503 Snapper Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kayla Feldman Set designer: Jamie Simmons |
Jan 2018 |
Down The Hatch | Theatre |
GBS Theatre, RADA Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Vivian Munn Set designer: Eleanor Field |
Dec 2017 |
Miracle on 34th Street | Theatre |
BridgeHouse Theatre SE20 Climar Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Retallack |
Nov 2017 |
Lucie Jones at Christmas
Collabro, Greatest Hits Tour
The Pleasure Garden
Lucie Jones and David Hunter Live
Rock Choir, Comic Relief Concert
Collabro Christmas is Here
Welcome to Shangri-La
The Love of The Nightingale
Dick Whittington
Now & Then
Lost Boys
Fight Like A Girl
PROM! the Musical
Perfectly Ordinary - A New Musical
A Million Dreams
Boy Toy
The Psychic Project
Sister Act the Musical
PURGE
Digging Deep
MYDIDAE
AISHA
Proof
An Honourable Man
Tainted - A New Musical
Lost Boys New Town
Closets the Musical
Shakespeare's Sister
Lobster
Down The Hatch
Miracle on 34th Street
Fight Like A Girl
PROM! the Musical
Boy Toy
Sister Act the Musical
Digging Deep
AISHA
Proof
Closets the Musical
Perfectly Ordinary - A New Musical
The Jury
Lobster
Miracle on 34th Street
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