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Matt Daw

awards and nominations

Awarded the 2005 Michael Northen Bursary for the lighting design of Difficult Times Circus Space, London.

Productions

2024

SAMPHA

Alexandra Palace

FUTURE ISLANDS

European Tour

THE HATCHLING

Director: Mervyn Millar
Wakefield

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Director: Eleanor Rhode
Royal Shakespeare Company

2023

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE REMATCH
(IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE)

Director: Miguel Hernando Torres Umba
Dock X Canada Water
ALICIA KEYS TOUR 2023

US Tour

LORDE FESTIVAL SEASON 2023

International Tour

THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS

Director: Toby Olié
Little Angel Theatre

CYMBELINE

Director: Gregory Doran
Royal Shakespeare Company

LINCK & MÜLHAHN

Director: Owen Horsley
Hampstead Theatre

2022

ARCADE FIRE :  THE 'WE' TOUR

World Tour

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

Album Launch
Royal Albert Hall

POLINATIONS

Director: Angie Bual
Edinburgh/Birmingham

PET SHOP BOYS: DREAMWORLD TOUR

World Tour

RICHARD III

Director: Gregory Doran
Royal Shakespeare Company

2021

BRING IT ON

Director: Guy Unsworth
Selladoor, Southbank Centre

2020

POD

Directors: Jamie Bradley & Vicki Igbokwe
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

WOLVES IN THE WALLS

Director: Toby Olié
Little Angel Theatre

KUWAIT CALLING

59 Productions

2019

PETER PAN
 

Director: Barbara Evans
Orchard Theatre, Dartford

YOUTH AWAKENING
 

Director: Bing Wang
ET Space, Shanghai

PROVOK'D

Director: Jamie Bradley
Guildhall School of Music and Drama

THE SNOW QUEEN
(Co-Design with Bruno Poet)

Director: Francisco Negrin
Royal Danish Theatre
IN THE NIGHT GARDEN: LIVE

Director: Will Tuckett
UK Tour

THE LAST SHIP

Director: Lorne Campbell
Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto

THE SHADOW FACTORY

Director: Samuel Hodges
Nuffield Southampton Theatres

ST NICHOLAS

Director: Simon Evans
Goodman Theatre, Chicago

MEMOIRS OF A SAILOR

Director: Yarub Bourhamah
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre, Kuwait City

2018

ST NICHOLAS

Director: Simon Evans
Smock Alley Theatre

ALADDIN

Director: Thom Southerland
Orchard Theatre

BLACK AND WHITE

Director: Hisham Jaber
59 Productions

BING LIVE

Director: Will Tuckett
UK Tour

THE XX

European Tour 2018
THE LAST SHIP Director: Lorne Campbell
Northern Stage
 

THE RINK

Director: Adam Lenson
Southwark Playhouse

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

Director: Greogry Doran
Royal Shakespeare Company

THE SHADOW FACTORY

Director: Samuel Hodges
Nuffield Southampton Theatres

2017

RAPUNZEL

Director: Pooja Ghai
Theatre Royal Stratford East

EIF 2017

59 Productions
RULES FOR LIVING
 
Director: Simon Godwin
English  Touring Theatre
 
CITY OF GLASS

Director: Leo Warner
Home & Lyric Hammersmith

DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY

Director: Thom Southerland
Charing Cross Theatre

   

2016

TATE TANKS

Tate Modern Gallery

WASTED

Director: Adam Lenson
Bobby Tiwana, West Yorkshire Playhouse

THE FIRST HIPPO ON THE MOON

Director: Finn Caldwell
Les Enfant Terribles, Eastbourne Hippodrome & UK Tour

BEACONS

Director: Philip Wilson
Park Theatre

 

2015

DAMIAN RICE, MY FAVOURITE FADED FANTASY

World Tour

LARDO

Director: Finn Caldwell
The Old Red Lion Theatre

INTIMISSIMI ON ICE (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Francesco Negrin
Baluch Worldwide Shows

 

2014

DAMIEN RICE, MY FAVORITE FADED FANTASY TOUR

European Tour

GHOST THE MUSICAL

Director: Adam Penford
The English Theatre, Frankfurt

DAMIEN RICE, MY FAVORITE FADED FANTASY TOUR

North American Tour

SHREK! THE MUSICAL (with Hugh Vanstone)

Director: Nigel Harman
UK and Ireland Tour

THE ELEPHANTOM

Directors: Finn Caldwell and Toby Olié
National Theatre, The New London Theatre

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Damian Cruden
King’s Cross Station

MISS SAIGON (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Laurence Connor
Prince Edward Theatre

INTIMISSIMI ON ICE (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Francesco Negrin
Balich Worldwide Shows

 

2013

PRIDE (Film)

Director: Matthew Warchus

ELEPHANTOM

Directors: Finn Caldwell and Toby Olié
The National Theatre, The Shed

WAR HORSE (Associate Lighting Designer and Relights)

Directors: Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris
Theatre des Westens, Berlin

SIGUR RÓS KVEIKUR TOUR
(Touring Lighting Designer/Touring Operator)

World Tour

 

2012

WAR HORSE (Associate Lighting Designer)

Directors: Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris
State Theatre, Melbourne

SIGUR RÓS VALTARI TOUR
(Touring Lighting Designer/Touring Operator)

World Tour

BJÖRK, BIOPHILIA
(Touring Lighting Director/Operator)

World Tour

 

previous works

WHITE CHRISTMAS
(Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Morgan Young
UK Tour

BJÖRK, BIOPHILIA
(Touring Lighting Director/Operator)

Residency, Reykjavik

TANZ DER VAMPIRE
(Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Cornelius Baltus
State Theatre of Musical Comedy, St Petersburg

SHREK THE MUSICAL
(Associate Lighting Designer)

Directors: Jason Moore and Rob Ashford
Theatre Royal Drury Lane

SECRET CINEMA, THE RED SHOES
(Assistant Lighting Designer)

Director: Fabien Riggal
Tobacco Dock, London

JÓNSI GO TOUR
(Touring Lighting Director/Operator)

World Tour

PAM ANN – FLYING HIGH

Vaudeville Theatre

MAMMA MIA (Assistant Lighting Designer)

Artscape Opera House, Cape Town

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Damian Cruden
Waterloo Station Theatre

TANZ DER VAMPIRE (Associate Lighting Designer – Relights)

Director: Roman Polanski
Palladium Theatre, Stuttgart

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (Relights)

Director: Alison Pollard
International Tour Dates

BUDDY – THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Stephanie Mohr
Colosseum Theatre, Essen

SINGING’ IN THE RAIN (Chief Electrician and Re-lights)

Director: Alison Pollard
UK Tour

TANZ DER VAMPIRE (Assistant Lighting Designer)

Director: Roman Polanski
Metronom Theater, Oberhausen

ICH WILL SPASS (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Carline Brouwer
Colosseum Theatre, Essen

AIDA (Assistant Lighting Designer)

Director: Kim Duddy
Musical Sommer Amstetten

ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK (Associate Lighting Designer)

Director: Carline Brouwer
Operettenhaus, Hamburg

CARMEN CUBANA (Assistant Lighting Designer)

Director: Kim Duddy
Tour Munich and Vienna

HAIR (Assistant Lighting Designer)

Director: Kim Duddy
Musical Sommer Amstetten

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Assistant Lighting Designer)

Director: Casey Nicholaw
Novello Theatre