LONDON — The seventh Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI), held at the at the Troxy Theatre here on Oct. 5, honored the creative achievements of lighting and video professionals working on shows across the U.K. The awards, organized by The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), Clay Paky and Ambersphere Solutions, included touring, television and theatrical lighting and video design categories. LD Mark Jonathan served as host at the event.
More details from KOI (www.knight-of-illumination.com):
The winners for each category follow:
Theatre
Dance: Paul Keogan, No Man’s Land, English National Ballet, The Barbican
Opera: Joachim Klein, Bluebeard’s Castle, Opera Frankfurt, Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Play: Andy Purves, The Believers, The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth and touring
Musicals: Adam Silverman, Urinetown, St. James Theatre
Projection Design: Ethan Wang, Rice, Cloud Gate Theatre Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Sadler’s Wells.
Television
Drama: David Higgs, The Escape Artist
Light Entertainment: Chris Rigby, Alan Carr Chatty Man
Small Studio: Hugh French, Channel 4 News
Events: Ben Cracknell, The Olivier Awards
Video Graphic Display: Luke Halls, Don Giovanni
Concert Touring and Events
Concert Touring Stage: Will Potts, Disclosure
Concert Touring Arena: Andy Hurst, The Prodigy
Live Events: Matt Button, Castrol
Video Graphic Display: Paul ‘Pablo’ Beckett, Blue Leach and Cate Carter, Elbow
In addition to the TV, Theatre and Concert Touring and Events awards, the Enrico Caironi Award For Lifetime Recognition was presented to an individual whom the KOI committee feels has made an outstanding impact on the industry. This year, the coveted award was presented to Brian Croft. Although best known for his work in rock ‘n’ roll, notably with ESP Lighting, RFA Electrosound, Theatre Projects, Samuelson’s, Eagle Trust and Vari-Lite productions, Croft is also a dedicated supporter of the National Youth Theatre since he began his career as a stage manager on its inaugural production in 1956.
Previous winners of this award include LD Richard Pilbrow in 2011, Bryan Leitch in 2012 and Ian Dow in 2013. The category is named in recognition of former Clay Paky commercial director Enrico Caironi (1947-2011), whose inspiration and enthusiasm created and subsequently shaped the Knight Of Illumination Awards.
The Knight Of Illumination Awards has seen main sponsors Ayrton, Hawthorn, MA Lighting, Osram, Robert Juliat, and XL Video all share in KOI’s determination to forge closer ties between the world of lighting design and the lighting industry as a whole.
Knight Of Illumination table sponsors included: AC Entertainment, Avolites, Chauvet Professional, Creative Technology, d3, ETC, Fix8, Gallowglass, Gearsource, Green Hippo, HSL, Martin Professional, Philips Entertainment, Pharos, PLASA, PRG, Rosco, Stage Electrics, TMB, TSL and Wireless Solutions.
“What a fantastic celebration of lighting design and video and projection design and this year supported by so many companies in the lighting and projection world,” said LD Durham Marenghi, who coordinates the Awards along with his wife Jennie. “Although saddened by the passing of Clay Paky’s founder, Pasquale Quadri, the event that he so passionately supported is now recognized as the most prestigious and wide ranging lighting design awards in the UK, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all those who attended.”
