From Elton John to Jessye Norman, from drama to musicals, weddings to memorials, concerts to restaurants, from London to New York to Sydney, Rob Halliday has been lighting artists and performances of all types, all over the world, for almost thirty years.

His recent work as a lighting designer includes collaborating with Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx on the Manchester International Festival’s acclaimed, Olivier Award-nominated dance show Tree of Codes. The spectacular show Giudizio Universale enjoyed the longest ever run by a production in Rome.

Other recent work includes the premiere of the new musical Glory Ride in London, the brand new production of Les Misérables for Mountview; The Wild Party and City of Angels for the Royal Academy of Music, the UK premiere of Amour at the Charing Cross Theatre, for which he was been nominated for an Offie Award, Cry Baby at ArtsEd, Shrek for GSA, as well as the opening shows for the Royal Academy of Music’s new theatre and the new Storyhouse theatre in Chester.
[Lighting Design]

Rob counterbalances his own design work by working with other lighting designers, as lighting programmer, associate lighting designer or both. This privileged position has let him sit alongside great designers working on remarkable shows. Current and recent work includes the the new production of The World of Abdulhussain in Kuwait, Billy Elliot across the UK, in Korea and in Japan (the latter to return this year, the last production re-lit remotely from London during the pandemic), the new Japanese production of the musical Mata Hari; a project at the Wynn Macau Resort, Waitress in the West End, and the musical Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum.
[Programming] [Re-Creation & Adaptation]

Rob also shares his knowledge and experience with anyone interested - as a guest lecturer at drama schools, and as a speaker at conferences and trade shows where his talks strive to balance looking back at the history of entertainment technology, and looking forward to where that technology is heading next. He recently spoke at Showlight in Florence about Tree of Codes, about Giudizio Universale at PLASA in London and RIMINI in Italy, and about lighting remotely around the world at this year’s Virtual Showlight.
[Showlight] [PLASA]

He also shares in print, as a regular contributor to publications including Lighting & Sound International, Lighting & Sound America, Live Design and the British theatre newspaper The Stage, to which he contributes a monthly column.
[Knowledge Sharing]

His knowledge of new technology and pioneering yet practical approach to using that technology has led Rob to be involved as lighting consultant to a number of new venues around the UK.

He has also created new tools for lighting designers, the FocusTrack and SpotTrack show documentation systems.
[FocusTrack] [SpotTrack]

And somewhere alongside all of that, he finds time to hang out with his wife, Mary (when she’s not off doing shows herself), and children Emily, Ben and Leo.

Contact:
contact@robhalliday.com