Neil Austin’s lighting designs have been seen at HGO in this production of Madame Butterfly (2010, 2011, and 2015) and in Carousel (2016). He has designed hundreds of shows worldwide, including plays, musicals, opera, and dance, including 41 for the National Theatre, 34 for the Donmar Warehouse and 52 in London’s West End. He is a three-time Tony Award winner, two-time Olivier Award winner, two-time Drama Desk Award winner, and three-time Knights of Illumination Award winner, among dozens of others. He most recently designed lighting for The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida Theatre, London) and The Pillowman(Duke of York’s Theatre, West End). Other recent work includes Medea (Soho Place Theatre, London), Leopoldstadt (Longacre Theatre, Broadway), Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End), Piaf (Teatro Lice, Buenos Aires), Tammy Faye (Almeida Theatre, London), Company (Jacobs Theater, Broadway), and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – One-Part Version for numerous theaters worldwide. Austin has collaborated extensively with Rob Ashford, including The Winter’s Tale and a double-bill of Harlequinade/All on Her Own(Garrick Theatre, London’s West End); Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory, New York, and Manchester International Festival); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Rodgers Theatre, Broadway); Finding Neverland (Curve, Leicester); Evita (Marquis Theatre, Broadway); A Streetcar Named Desire (Donmar Warehouse); and Parade(Donmar and Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles). Additional work on Broadway includes Hughie starring Forrest Whittaker at the Booth Theatre; Red; Hamlet; The Seafarer; and Frost/Nixon. He also designed lighting for the first U.S. tours of Evita and Frost/Nixon.
Lighting Designer:
MADAME BUTTERFLY 2010-11
Original Lighting Designer:
MADAME BUTTERFLY 2014-15
CAROUSEL 2015-16