Paul has worked extensively in Theatre and Opera. He trained at Mountview Theatre School and York College of Arts and Technology.
Awards and Nominations
Olivier Award nomination for Best Lighting Designer for The Master and Margarita for Complicité.
List Of Productions
2024
THE BAKER'S WIFE | Director: Gordon Greenberg | Menier Chocolate Factory
THE TURN OF THE SCREW | Director: Isabella Bywater | English National Opera
MNEMONIC | Director: Simon McBurney | National Theatre
2022
HEX | Director: Rufus Norris | National Theatre
SMALL ISLAND | Director: Rufus Norris | National Theatre
SHEILA'S ISLAND | Director: Joanna Reid | Yvonne Arnaud Guildford/ UK Tour
2021
BRIAN & ROGER | Director: David Babani | Menier Chocolate Factory
TYPICAL | Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour | Soho Theatre on Demand
2020
WOZZECK | Director: Simon McBurney | Aix En Provence, France
WEIMAR NIGHTFALL - THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS | Director: Simon McBurney | La Philharmonic
2019
THE BOY FRIEND | Director: Matthew White | Menier Chocolate Factory
THE RAKES PROGRESS | Director: Simon McBurney | Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre, Russia
AS YOU LIKE IT | Director: Douglas Rintoul | Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
SMALL ISLAND | Director: Rufus Norris | National Theatre
JACK THE RIPPER | Director: Daniel Kramer | English National Opera
2018
FOXFINDER | Director: Rachel O'Riordan | Ambassador's Theatre
PACK OF LIES | Director: Hannah Chissick | Menier Chocolate Factory
TARTUFFE | Director: Gerald Garutti | Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN | Director: Laurie Sansom | Menier Chocolate Factory
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS | Director: Simon McBurney | De Nationale Opera, The Netherlands
2017
CINDERELLA | Director: Susie McKenna | Hackney Empire
14 DAYS | Ballet Boyz | Sadler's Wells Theatre
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS | Director: Simon McBurney | D'Aix en Provence, France
THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE | Director: Simon McBurney | Royal Court Theatre
2016
THE ENCOUNTER | Director: Simon McBurney | Golden Theater, Broadway
A PACIFIST’S GUIDE TO THE WAR WITH CANCER | Director: Bryony Kimmings | Complicite/ HOME/ Northcott/ National
MADE IN DAGENHAM | Director: Douglas Rintoul | Queens Theatre, Hornchurch
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE | Director: Daniel Kramer | English National Opera
RUNNING WILD | Director: Timothy Sheader | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
THE ENCOUNTER | Director: Simon McBurney | Barbican
I AM THOMAS | Director: Paul Hunter | The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
HAMLET | Director: Simon Goodwin | Royal Shakespeare Company
2015
BEWARE OF PITY | Director: Simon McBurney | Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
A WOLF IN SNAKESKIN SHOES | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | Tricycle Theatre
THE ENCOUNTER | Director: Simon McBurney | Complicité/ Edinburgh/ Tour
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Fiona Shaw | Glyndebourne Festival
THE GHOST TRAIN | Director: Paul Hunter | Royal Exchange, Manchester
THE PRODUCERS | Director: Matthew White | Adam Spiegel Productions/ UK Tour
EVERYMAN | Director: Rufus Norris |Olivier, National Theatre
OPPENHEIMER | Director: Angus Jackson | Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre/ West End, Vaudeville Theatre
2014
THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | Tricycle Theatre
SPEED THE PLOW | Director: Lindsay Posner | Playhouse Theatre
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Fiona Shaw | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
WARHORSE (BBC PROMS) | Director: Melly Still | Royal Albert Hall/ BBC Proms
PETER GRIMES | Director: Jeremy Sams | Grange Park Opera
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Lindsay Posner | Grange Park Opera
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS | Adam Penford | Olivier, National Theatre
A TASTE OF HONEY | Bijan Sheibani | Lyttelton, National Theatre
TWO INTO ONE | Ray Cooney | Menier Chocolate Factory
2013
TEN BILLION (Feature Documentary) | Oxford Film & TV/ ROH Linbury
THIS HOUSE | Jeremy Herrin | National Theatre, Olivier
AMEN CORNER | Rufus Norris | National Theatre, Olivier
PROOF | Polly Findlay | Menier Chocolate Factory
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG | Stephen Unwin | Rose Theatre, Kingston/ Liverpool Playhouse
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Fiona Shaw | Glyndebourne on Tour, Glyndebourne Festival
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA | Simon McBurney | Complicité/ Barbican/ Paris, France/ National Theatre, Olivier
SHUN KIN | Simon McBurney | Complicité NYC, US
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
MOUSE AND HIS CHILD | Royal Shakespeare Company
A RAT’S TALE | Manchester Royal Exchange
DON GIOVANNI | English National Opera
OF MICE AND MEN | Watermill Theatre
A DOG’S HEART | Compicité, US k/La Scala, Italy
ALL NEW PEOPLE | West End/ ATG
EDUCATING RITA | West End/Menier Chocolate Factory
TORCH SONG TRILOGY | Menier Chocolate Factory
SHIRLEY VALENTINE | West End/ Menier Chocolate Factory
ARCADIA | West End
TREASURE ISLAND | West End
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS | West End
ALL MY SONS | Broadway
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | West End/ Menier Chocolate Factory
UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL | West End
THE TEMPEST | West End
BENT | West End
ON THE THIRD DAY | West End
SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME | West End
A DISAPPEARING NUMBER | Complicité, US
THE ELEPHANT VANISHES | Complicité, US
STRANGE POETRY | With the LA Philharmonic, US
LIGHT | Complicité, US
THE NOISE OF TIME | Complicité, US
MNEMONIC | Drama Desk and Lucille Lortell Award |Complicité, US
THE CHAIRS | Nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards | Complicité, US
SIMPLY HEAVEN | West End/ Young Vic
A SERVANT TO TWO MASTER | West End/ RSC
BLOOD AND GIFTS | National Theatre
NATION | National Theatre
THE REVENGERS TRAGEDY | National Theatre
A MINUTE TOO LATE | National Theatre
STUFF HAPPENS |National Theatre
BLOOD AND GIFTS | National Theatre
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM | National Theatre
MEASURE FOR MEASURE | National Theatre
CYRANO DE BERGERAC | National Theatre
THE BIRDS | National Theatre
TERRIBLE ADVICE | Menier Chocolate Factory
TALENT | Menier Chocolate Factory
THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI | National Actors’ Theatre New York (with Al Pacino)
LENNY HENRY’S SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY | West End/ International Tour
JULIUS CAESAR | Royal Shakespeare Company
THE TEMPEST | Royal Shakespeare Company
TWELFTH NIGHT | 400 Anniversary Producion For Shakespeare’s Globe at Middle Temple Hall
SINGER | Oxford Stage Company
AMERICANS | Oxford Stage Company
THE INLAND SEA | Oxford Stage Company
TWO CITIES | Salisbury Playhouse
PLAYING FOR TIME | Salisbury Playhouse
TAMING OF THE SHREW | Salisbury Playhouse
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA | Theatre Royal Stratford East
SHOOT TO WIN | Theatre Royal Stratford East
PINNOCHIO | Theatre Royal Stratford East
SLEEPING BEAUTY | Theatre Royal Stratford East
RED RIDING HOOD | Theatre Royal Stratford East
ALADDIN | Theatre Royal Stratford East
CINDERELLA | Theatre Royal Stratford East
THE ENCHANTED PIG | Young Vic Theatre
KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE |Young Vic Theatre
SIMPLY HEAVEN | Young Vic Theatre
ARABIAN NIGHTS | Young Vic Theatre
AS I LAY DYING | Young Vic Theatre
TWELFTH NIGHT | Young Vic Theatre
GUYS AND DOLLS | Young Vic Theatre
WESTSIDE STORY | Young Vic Theatre
SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS | Lyric Hammersmith
PINOCCHIO | Lyric Hammersmith
THE THREESOME | Lyric Hammersmith
LYRIC NIGHTS | Lyric Hammersmith
ON TOUR | Royal Court Theatre
RANDOM | Royal Court Theatre
INCOMPLETE ACTS OF KINDNESS | Royal Court Theatre
TURN OF THE SCREW | Bristol Old Vic
OTHER WORK
THE CHRISTIE BROWN EXHIBITION | Fragments of narrative at the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
REDISCOVERING POMPEII | Academia Italiana | IBM Exhibition
FASHION SHOWS | For Fashion East/ Lancome/ GHD/ Basso & Brooke/ Al International