David Plater
Lighting Designer
Photograph: Johan Person
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
David trained at RADA. He spent seventeen years at the Donmar Warehouse where he was Head of Lighting.
His nominations include: Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk nominee for Best Lighting Design for Bring Up The Bodies Winter Gardens Broadway & Aldwych West End; Knight of Illumination Award for Richard II (Best Play Lighting) in 2012 & for This is my Family (Best Musical Lighting) in 2013.
For more information, go to www.davidrobertplater.com.
Photograph: Johan Person
Photograph: Johan Person
Photograph: Johan Person
Photograph: Marc Brenner
Photograph: Marc Brenner
Photograph: Mark Brenner
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Robert Workman
Photograph: Johan Person
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE LODGER 2021 | Coronet Theatre | Dir. Geraldine Alexander |
THE SUIT 2021 | Badisches Staats Theatre | Postponed due to Covid, new dates tbc |
MUSIK 2020 | Leicester Square Theatre | Directed by Josh Seymour |
THIS IS MY FAMILY 2019 | Chicester Festival Theatre | Dir. Daniel Evans |
MY COUSIN RACHEL 2019 | Theatre Royal Bath | Dir. Anthony Banks |
PORGY & BESS 2018 | GRANGE PARK OPERA | |
THE OUTSIDER 2018 | THE PRINT ROOM | |
APPROACHING EMPTY 2018 | TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY | |
BALLET BLACK 2018 2018 | BALLET BLACK | |
MISALLIANCE 2018 | ORANGE TREE THEATRE | |
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA & ROMEO ET JULIETTE 2017 | GRANGE PARK OPERA | |
2017 | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Dir: Lily Arnold |
TOSCA and DIE WALKURE 2017 | Grange Park Opera | Directors: Peter Relton and Stephen Medcalf respectively |
2017 | Print Room at the Coronet | Dir: Kathryn Hunter |
2016 | Stratford East | Dir: Kerry Michael |
2016 | Soundcheck Productions | Dir: Sam Yates |
2016 | Print Room at the Coronet | Dir: Michael Oakley |
2016 | National Youth Music Theatre | Hackney Empire |
2016 | Grange Park Opera | Dir: Stephen Medcalf |
2016 | Grange Park Opera | Dir: Jean-Pierre van der Spuy |
2016 | Print Room Dance Company | Choreographer: Hubert Essakow |
DEATHWATCH 2016 | Print Room at the Coronet | Dir: Geraldine Alexander |
2015 | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Dir: Kerry Michael |
THE COCKTAIL PARTY 2015 | Print Room at the Coronet | by T S Eliot |
2015 | Wyndham's Theatre | by Richard Bean |
2015 | Sheffield Theatres | Dir: Daniel Evans |
2015 | Theatre Royal Bath | Dir: Sam Yates |
2015 | Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, Playful Productions, Royal Shakespeare Company | Dir: Jeremy Herrin |
2014 | Theatre Royal Stratford East | |
2014 | Sheffield Lyceum and Touring | Dir: Daniel Evans |
2014 | Hampstead Theatre | Dir: Abbey Wright |
2014 | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | Directed by Sam Yates |
Bring Up The Bodies 2014 | RSC Aldwych Theatre West End | Dir Jeremy Herrin |
BALLET BLACK 2014 - A Dream Within a Midsummer Nights Dream 2014 | Choreographed by: Arthur Pita | |
THE DISHWASHERS 2014 | The Birmingham Repertory Theatre | By Morris Panych. Directed by Nikolai Foster |
2014 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
2013 | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Dir. Kerry Mitchell |
MRS LOWRY AND SON 2013 | Trafalgar Studios 2 | Dir. Abbey Wright |
2013 | Sheffield Crucible Studio | Dir. Daniel Evans |
2013 | HighTide/Nuffield Southampton | Dir. Steven Atkinson |
2013 | Arts Theatre/UK Tour | Dir. Nikolai Foster |
2013 | Traverse Theatre | Dir. Hamish Pirie |
2013 | ROH2 | |
2012 | Donmar Trafalgar | Dir. Simon Evans |
2012 | Shakespeare's Globe/Apollo Theatre | Dir. Tim Carroll |
2012 | Apollo Theatre | |
2012 | Sheffield Crucible | Dir. Daniel Evans |
2012 | NYMT/Apollo Theatre | Dir. Jason Robert Brown |
THE CHAIR PLAYS 2012 | Lyric Studio Hammersmith | Dir. Edward Bond and Sean Holmes |
BALLET BLACK 2012 | ROH2 | Choreographed by Christopher Hampson, Jonathan Watkins, |
RICHARD II 2012 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Michael Grandage. Nominated for a Knight of Illumination Award. |
MIXED MARRIAGE 2011 | Finborough Theatre | Dir. Sam Yates |
SONDHEIM AT 80 2011 | Queen's Theatre | Merrily We Roll Along (Dir. Rob Ashford) & Company (Dir. Jamie Lloyd) |
STACY/FANNY & FAGGOT 2007 | Trafalgar Studios | Dir. Hamish Pirie/Steven Keyworth |
STACY 2007 | Arcola | Dir. Hamish Pirie |
A THOUSAND YARDS 2005 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Roisin McBrinn |
THE ARAB ISRAELI COOKBOOK 2004 | Gate Theatre/Tricycle Theatre | Dir. Tim Roseman |
MICHAEL BALL: SINGULAR SENSATIONS 2004 | Theatre Royal Haymarket | Dir. Jonathan Butterall |
LOYAL WOMEN 2003 | Royal Court Downstairs | Dir. Josie Rourke |
THE DOUBLE BASS 2003 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Andy Serkis |
MONGOOSE 2003 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Thea Sharrock |
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED 2003 | York Theatre Royal | Dir. Jim Hooper |
A PASSIONATE WOMAN 2003 | York Theatre Royal | Dir. Jim Hooper |
TRIP'S CINCH 2002 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Thea Sharrock |
ESKIMO SISTERS 2002 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Nina Raine |
FRAME 312 2002 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Josie Rourke |
AMY'S VIEW 2001 | Windsor Theatre Royal/Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford/UK tour | Dir. Robin LeFevre |
THREE DAYS OF RAIN 1999 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Robin LeFevre |
MORPHIC RESONANCE 1999 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. James Kerr |
SPLASH HATCH 1999 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Roxana Silbert |
SUMMER BEGINS 1997 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Jonathan Lloyd |
BADFINGER 1997 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Michael Sheen |
THE DAVE STRASSMAN SHOW 1997 | Apollo Theatre | Dir. Dave Strassman |
Opera
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA & ROMEO ET JULIETTE 2018 | GRANGE PARK OPERA |