Photograph from Rock of Ages - lighting design by smcalister125

Photographer: Melissa Gordon | From the show Rock of Ages

Photograph from In the Heights - lighting design by smcalister125

From the show In the Heights

Photograph from The Same Sky - lighting design by smcalister125

Photographer: Melissa Gordon | From the show Rock of Ages

Sandy McAlister

Sandy McAlister has been brought up in theatre all his life working his way up to be a lighting designer for the past few years. Sandy has worked through out the UK but has spent most of his career in Northern Ireland. As well as lighting design Sandy is also as experienced ETC Eos Programmer and has completed the ETC Eos Training courses Level one, two and three.

Sandy specialises in theatre and musical lighting working on the world premieres of The Same Sky, Sliver Darling and Twisted as well as working on productions of Dogfight, Legally Blonde, Carrie the Musical and many more.

Sandy studied at Derby University, graduating with a Second Class Honours Upper Division degree in Technical Theatre, focusing in Lighting Design.

Previous productions

Show name	Type	Venue/Company	Role	Creative Team	Opened
Sister Act the Musical	Musical	The Mac, Belfast Ravara Productions	Lighting Designer		Sep 2019
Madagascar the Musical	Musical	Ravara Productions	Lighting Designer		Aug 2019
Dogfight	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer		Jul 2019
Legally Blonde	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer		Apr 2019
Give My Head Peace Tour	Theatre	David Hull Promotions	Lighting Designer		Feb 2019
Twisted the Musical	Musical	Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey	Lighting Designer		Feb 2019
Carrie	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer		Oct 2018
Avenue Q	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer		Sep 2017
Rock of Ages	Musical	Belfast Waterfront Hall Studio Belfast Music and Drama Society	Lighting Designer	Director: Jordan Walsh	Sep 2017
Godspell	Musical	Belfast Waterfront Hall Studio Ravara Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Kerry Rodgers	Aug 2017
Rent	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer	Director: Dean Johnson Set designer: Vincent Vyce	Jul 2017
Sliver Darling	Musical	Guildhall Theatre Derby Open Road Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Daniel Ellis Set designer: Maria Terry	Jun 2017
Madagascar the Musical	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer	Director: Jonathan Brown Set designer: Vincent Vyce	Jun 2017
Little Shop of Horrors	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer	Director: Rachel Keys Set designer: Vincent Vyce	Apr 2017
And Then There Where None	Theatre	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer	Director: Aidan Hughes Set designer: Vincent Vyce	Mar 2017
Footloose	Musical	Belfast Waterfront Hall Studio Belfast Music and Drama Society	Lighting Programmer	Lighting designer: James McAlister Director: Jordan Walsh	Mar 2017
Hairspray	Musical	Belfast Waterfront Hall Studio Ravara Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Kerry Rodgers	Feb 2017
Pantomime - Sleeping Beauty	Theatre	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer	Director: Shane Johnson Set designer: Vincent Vyce	Dec 2016
Last orders at the rough diamond	Theatre	Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey	Lighting Programmer	Lighting designer: Conleth White	Dec 2016
In the Heights	Musical	Waterfront Stuido Ravara Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Kerry Rodgers	Aug 2016
Pippin	Musical	Belvoir Players Stuido Belvoir Players	Lighting Designer	Director: Dean Johnson Set designer: Vincent Vyce	Jul 2016
The Same Sky	Musical	Guildhall Theatre Derby Open Road Productions	Lighting Designer	Director: Daniel Ellis Set designer: Daniel Ellis	Jun 2016
Trans Tatum	Theatre	Derby Theatre Stuido Optical Fraud Theatre Company	Lighting Designer	Director: Lewis Pike	Jun 2016