Lee Curran
Lighting Designer
Lee is a lighting designer of theatre, dance, and opera. Lee has worked with artists and organisations such as the National Theatre, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Opera House, Hofesh Shechter, Royal Exchange Manchester, Rambert Dance Company, LIFT, Boy Blue Entertainment, and the Royal Danish Opera.
Awards and Nominations
2023 Olivier Award nomination for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre.
2019 Olivier Award nomination for Summer and Smoke at the Almeida Theatre.
2019 Knight of the Illumination Award nomination for Summer and Smoke at the Almeida Theatre.
2017 Knight of Illumination Award nomination for Jesus Christ Superstar at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
2017 Olivier Award nomination for Jesus Christ Superstar at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
2016 Knight of Illumination Award nomination for Orphée et Eurydice at the Royal Opera House.
2013 Olivier Award nomination for Best Lighting Designer for Constellations at the Royal Court and Duke of York’s Theatre.
2013 WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Lighting Designer for Constellations at the Royal Court and Duke of York’s Theatre.
List Of Productions
2024
ROOTS | Director: Diyan Zora | Almeida Theatre
LOOK BACK IN ANGER | Director: Atri Banerjee | Almeida Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | Australian Tour
ENOWATE | Choreographer: Dickson Mbi | Pleasance Grand Theatre, Edinburgh
NEXT TO NORMAL | Director: Michael Longhurst | Wyndham's Theatre, West End
THE GLASS MENAGERIE | Director: Atri Banerjee | Belgrade Theatre/ Rose Theatre
CYCLES | Choreographer: Michael 'Mikey J' Asante | Boy Blue Entertainment/ Barbican
TOSCA | Director: Edward Dick | Margaret Court Arena/ Melbourne & Sydney Opera House, Australia
PLAYER KINGS | Director: Robert Icke | Wimbledon Theatre/ Manchester Opera House/ Noël Coward Theatre/ UK Tour
KING LEAR | Director: Yaël Farber | Almeida Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | UK & US Tour
2023
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | National Theatre
THE LIMIT | Director: Ed Madden | Royal Opera House
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | UK Tour
NEXT TO NORMAL | Director: Michael Longhurst | Donmar Warehouse
ROMEO AND JULIET | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Almeida Theatre
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Phoenix Theatre
AIDA | Director: Annabel Arden | Royal Danish Theatre
FIDELIO | Director: John Fulljames | Nederlandse Reisoper, The Netherlands
JULIUS CAESAR | Director: Atri Banerjee | Royal Shakespeare Company
2022
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Almeida Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | US Tour
ENOWATE | Dickson Mbi | Sadler's Wells
THE GLASS MENAGERIE | Director: Atri Banerjee | Manchester Royal Exchange
BRITANNICUS | Director: Atri Banerjee | Lyric Hammersmith
THE WIDER EARTH | Director: David Morton | Australian Tour/ Broadcast
HENRY V | Director: Max Webster | Donmar Warehouse
DON QUIXOTE | Director: Nikolaj Hübbe | Royal Danish Theatre
CLORINDA AGONISTES | Choreographer: Shobana Jeyasingh | Grange Festival
2021
FIDELIO (REVIVAL) | Director: John Fulljames | Polish National Opera
WE ARE AS GODS | Choreographer: James Cousins | Battersea Arts Centre
THE SONG PROJECT | Royal Court Theatre
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhurst | Vaudeville Theatre, West End
THE TWO CHARACTER PLAY | Director: Sam Yates | Hampstead Theatre
HARM | Director: Atri Banerjee | Bush Theatre
IL COMBATTIMENTO | Shobana Jeysaingh | Dance
ENOWATE | Dickson Mbi | Dance East & Barbican Centre
2020
UPRISING | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Royal Danish Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: THE CONCERT | Director: Tim Sheader | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
THE BEAUTY PARADE | Director: Kaite O’Reilly | Wales Millennium Centre
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Sarah Frankcom | Manchester Royal Exchange
RARE EARTH METTLE | Director: Hamish Pirie | Royal Court
FIDELIO | Director: John Fulljames | Royal Danish Theatre
NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE | Director: Elizabeth Freestone | Young Vic Theatre
THE WELKIN | Director: James Macdonald | National Theatre
POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company Tour
CLOWNS | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company Tour
2019
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | US Tour
THE SON | Director: Michael Longhurst | Duke Of York's Theatre, West End
ENOWATE | Director: Dickson Mbi | The Lowry
BLACK MEN WALKING | Director: Tim Sheader | UK Tour
SPIRAL PASS/OPUS 131 | Choreographer: Russell Maliphant | Opéra National de Lyon, France
PETER PAN | Director: Liam Steel | Birmingham Repertory Theatre
PHAEDRA | Director: Noa Naamat | Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House
PLENTY | Director: Kate Hewitt | Chichester Festival Theatre
BURGERZ | Director: Sam Curtis Lindsay | Revival and Tour
MR GUM AND THE DANCING BEAR | Director: Amy Hodge | National Theatre
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | Barbican
NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE | Director: Elizabeth Freestone | Glasgow Citizens Theatre
WEST SIDE STORY | Director: Sarah Frankcom | Manchester Royal Exchange
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO | Director: Tom Scutt | Donmar Warehouse
IN YOUR ROOMS | Choreographer: Hofesh Schecter | Rambert
WITHIN HER EYES | Choreographer: James Cousins | UK Tour
2018
MIRABEL | Director: Rachel McCutcheon | Ovalhouse
BURGERZ | With Lauren Woodhead | Director: Sam Curtis Lindsay | Hackney Showroom
RAMBERT 2: NEW BENOIT-SWAN POUFFER/E2 7SD | Choreographer: Benoit-Swan Pouffer | Rambert/ Rafael Bonachela
THE WIDER EARTH | Director: David Morton | Natural History Museum
DANCE NATION | Director: Bijan Sheibani | Almeida Theatre
ORPHEE ET EURIDICE | Director: John Fulljames | La Scala, Italy
TOSCA | Director: Edward Dick | Opera North
CLOWNS | Choreographer: Hofesh Schecter | Tour
JUBILEE | Director: Chris Goode | Lyric Hammersmith
NABUCCO | Director: John Fulljames | Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier, France
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Director: Chelsea Walker | Nuffield Theatre/ UK Tour
WOYZECK | Director: Roxana Silbert | Birmingham Repertory Theatre
AS YOU LIKE IT | Director: Max Webster | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
SUMMER AND SMOKE | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Almeida Theatre/ Duke of York's Theatre, West End
BLACK MEN WALKING | Director: Dawn Walton | Royal Exchange Theatre, UK Tour
GUNDOG | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court
2017
JUBILEE | Director: Chris Goode | Royal Exchange Theatre
LADY FROM THE SEA | Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah | Donmar Warehouse
UNTOUCHABLE | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Royal Opera House
THE WEIR | Director: Adele Thomas | English Touring Theatre
ROAD | Director: John Tiffany | Royal Court
KISSING THE SHOTGUN GOODNIGHT | Artist: Christopher Brett Bailey | UK Tour
COVER MY TRACKS | Director: Max Webster | Old Vic
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
A TALE OF TWO CITIES | Director: Timothy Sheader | Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
DEPART | Director: Yaron Lifschitz | Lift Festival & UK Tour
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
NUCLEAR WAR | Director: Imogen Knight | Royal Court
LOVE | Director: Debbie Tucker Green | Royal Court
ROSALIND | Director: James Cousins Company | The Place
A PROFOUNDLY AFFECTIONATE, PASSIOANTE DEVOTION TO SOMEONE (-NOUN) | Director: Debbie Tucker Green | Royal Court
THE WINTERS TALE | Director: Max Webster | Lyceum, Edinburgh
FANTASTIC MR FOX | Director: Maria Aberg | Lyric Hammersmith
BLAK/WHYTE/GRAY | Choreography: Kenrick Sandy & Michael Asante | Boy Blue Entertainment
2016
FANTASTIC MR FOX | Director: Maria Aberg | Nuffield Theatre
KISSING THE SHOTGUN GOODNIGHT | Artist: Christopher Brett Bailey | UK Tour
IMOGEN | Director: Mathew Dunster | Shakespeare’s Globe
DOCTOR FAUSTUS | Director: Maria Aberg | Barbican Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company
THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Swan, Royal Shakespeare Company
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
BOYS WILL BE BOYS | Director: Amy Hodge | Bush Theatre
DEPART | Director: Yaron Lifschitz
TOMORROW | Choreographer: Lucy Guerin | Rambert Dance Company
CLOWNS | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Nederlands Dans Theater, The Netherlands
X | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court Theatre
DOCTOR FAUSTUS | Director: Maria Aberg | Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre/ Barbican
2015
LINDA | Director: Michael Longhurst | The Royal Court Theatre
THE ORESTEIA | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Home Manchester
WIDE AWAKENING | Joss Arnott Dance | On Tour
FRIEZE ARTIST AWARD | Lighting Designer for Rachel Rose | Frieze Artist Award Winning Commission
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS | Director: Zoe Seaton | Big Telly Theatre Company Tour
ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE | Dir/Chor: John Fulljames, Hofesh Shechter | Royal Opera House
SPLENDOUR | Director: Robert Hastie | Donmar Warehouse
A NUMBER | Director: Michael Longhurst | Young Vic
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhusrt | UK Tour
BASTARD AMBER | Choreographer: Liz Roche | Liz Roche Company/ Dublin Dance Festival, Ireland
LOVE’S SACRIFICE | Director: Matthew Dunster | Royal Shakespeare Company
UNTOUCHABLE | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
FRAMES | Chor: Alexander Whitely | Rambert
THE RISE AND SHINE OF COMRADE FIASCO | Director: Elayce Ismail | Gate Theatre
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhurst | Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, US
TRIBUTE ACTS | Directors: Cheryl Gallacher & Tess Seddon | UK Tour
2014
NABUCCO | Director: John Fulljames | Opera National de Lorraine, France
OTTONE | Director: James Conway | English Touring Opera
LIFE ON THE MOON | Director: Cal McCrystal | English Touring Opera
THE GRIT IN THE OYSTER | Director: Alexander Whitley | The Point
HAMLET | Director: Sarah Frankcom | Royal Exchange Manchester
REGENERATION | Director: Simon Godwin | Royal & Derngate/ UK Tour
MAMETZ | Director: Matthew Dunster | National Theatre of Wales
TURFED | Director: Renato Rocha | LIFT Festival
THE MEASURES TAKEN/ ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR | Choreographer: Alexander Whitley | Royal Opera House, Linbury
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM | Director: Polly Findlay | Royal Shakespeare Company
PUFFBALL | Director: Mark Storer | Roundhouse
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Maria Aberg | Royal Exchange Manchester
A NUMBER | Director: Michael Longhurst | Nuffield Theatre
INTERLOPER | Choreographer: Liz Roche | Ireland Tour
OUR BIG LAND | Director: Amy Hodge | Romany Theatre Company
BLINDSIDED | Director: Sarah Frankcom | Royal Exchange Manchester
2013
PROTEST SONG | Director: Polly Findlay | National Theatre Shed
THE JUNGLE BOOK | Director: Liam Steel | West Yorkshire Playhouse
SUN | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Premiere at Melbourne Festival
THE EMPTY QUARTER | Director: Anna Ledwich | Hampstead Studio
BLAM! | Director: Kristján Ingimarsson & Simon K. Boberg | Edinburgh/ Sadler's Wells Glynis Henderson Production/ Neander Teater, The Netherlands
THE MEASURES TAKEN | Choreographer/Director: Alexander Whitley | Sadler’s Wells
DANCING AT LUGHNASA | Director: Richard Beecham | Royal & Derngate, Northampton
METH & REVERIE | Ivan Blackstock | Sadler’s Wells
CHAPEL STREET | Director: Bryony Shanahan | Scrawl/Richard Jordan Prods/ UK Tour
DESOLATE HEAVEN | Director: Paul Robinson | Theatre 503
BORDERLANDS | Dora Frankel Dance| Dance City, Newcastle
PREVIOUS THEATRE
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhurst | Duke of York’s/Royal Court
LYRIKAL FEARTA REDUX | Choreographer: Jonzi, Director: Dawn Walton | Sadler’s Wells
THE SACRED FLAME | Director: Matthew Dunster | ETT/ Rose Theatre Kingston
THE ROVER | Director: Amy Hodge | Hampton Court Palace
66 MINUTES IN DAMASCUS | Director: Lucien Boujeily | LIFT/ Shoreditch Town Hall
CLYTEMNESTRA | Director: Amy Hodge | Hampton Court Palace
THE FAT GIRL GETS A HAIRCUT | Director: Mark Storor | Roundhouse
GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Director: Nikolai Foster | Watford Palace/ ETT
AN EVENING WITH NICK CAVE | Director: Iain Forsythe & Jane Pollard | Palace Theatre London
UNBROKEN | Director: Natalie Abrahami | The Gate
PREVIOUS DANCE
REVOLVER | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | The Place/ Darren Ellis Dance
THERE WE HAVE BEEN /EVERYTHING AND NOTHING | Choreographer: James Cousins | Sadler’s Wells/ James Cousins Dance
TANK | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | U Dance Ensemble/ Youth Dance England/ Queen Elizabeth Hall
THE PERFORMANCE | Choreographer: John Ross, Siobhan Maguire-Swartz | Dance United
OMI | Choreographer: Tony Adigun | Breakin’ Convention/ Sadler’s Wells
THE IMPENDING STORM | Choreographer: Mark Storer | International Dance Festival Birmingham
MOMENTUM | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | Darren Ellis Dance
THE SELFISH GIANT | Choreographer: Steve Stickley, Darren Ellis | Springs Dance Company/ Epsom Playhouse
POLITICAL MOTHER (Choreographer’s Cut) | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company
POLITICAL MOTHER | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company
FROM THE WAIST UP | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | Darren Ellis Dance
TOUCH WOOD | The Place, London
THE ART OF NOT LOOKING BACK | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company/ Brighton Dome
STICKS AND BONES | Choreographer: Darren Ellis | Darren Ellis Dance
UPRISING/IN YOUR ROOMS (Choreographer’s Cut) | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofest Shechter Company/ Roundhouse
THE PERFECT HUMAN | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company/ The Point/ Eastleigh
SOLO | Choreographer: Alex Whitley | Rambert Dance Company/ Queen Elizabeth Hall.
IN YOUR ROOMS | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company/ The Place/ Queen Elizabeth Hall/ Sadler’s Wells
AEQUUS/DIAGOLO | Choreographer: Jean Abreu | New Wolsey Theatre
VOICES + SET BOUNDARIES | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
UPRISING | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company
DEVI | Choreographer: Mavin Khoo | Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH
CURIOUS CONSCIENCE | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | Rambert Dance Company/ The Lowry Salford
HAVE WE MET SOMEWHERE BEFORE | Choreographer: Mark Bruce, Lea Anderson & Rafael Bonachela | PROBE/ Hextable Dance
SOLEDAD | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | PROBE/ Rep Bonachela Dance Company 2007/ Rep Sydney Dance Company 2010
LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | Danceworks Rotterdam
PSYCHE | Sankalpam, Artsdepot, London
21 TALES | Fionnbarr Factory, The Lighthouse Poole
E2 7SD | Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela | The Place Theatre, London
HYPNOS | Choreographer: Tom Sapsford | ICA, London
SINGING | Choreographer: Jonathan Burrows
JUICE | Choreographer: Jeremy James
OPERA
TOUJOURS ET PRES DE MOI | Choreographer: Patrick Eakin-Young | Opera Erratica, The Print Room
LIEBESLIED/MY SUICIDES | Choreographers: Duttmann/Clark/Sapsford | Rut Blees Luxembourg/ ICA London
MISCELLANEOUS
DIG LAZARUS DIG! | Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard | Music Video filmed at Pinewood Studios.
MAIYET Fashion Event | Laura Holmes Prods | The Zabludowicz Collection