LONDON – The shortlists of lighting designers nominated for a 2013 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Award have been announced, culled from a record number of submissions in sectors ranging from Theatre, Television and Concert Touring and Events.
More details from the Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards (http://knight-of-illumination.com), which are organized by STLD, ALD, Ambersphere Solutions and Clay Paky:
Here are the shortlists, in alphabetical order, for each category and sector:
Concert Touring and Events:
ARENA: Baz Halpin – Pink; Jamie Thompson – The Script; Ed Warren – Mumford and Sons
STAGE: Bruno Poet – Sigur Ros; Chris Swain – Two Door Cinema Club; Mark Wood – Lana del Rey
LIVE EVENT: Vince Foster – Queen’s Coronation Gala; James Waudby – ShangriLa; Patrick Woodroffe – London Olympics Ceremonies
VIDEO ELECTRONIC CONTENT: Es Devlin & Luke Halls – Pet Shop Boys; Sarah Hopper and Damian Hale – Sigur Ros; Ed Warren – Mumford and Sons
Television:
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT: Dave Davey – Britain’s Got Talent Final; Gurdip Mahal – The Voice Final; Oli Richards – The McFly Show.
SMALL STUDIO: Colin Case – Howard Goodall’s History of Music; Duncan Elsam – Smells Like Friday Night; Dave Gibson – Olympic Studio.
DRAMA: Ashley Rowe BSC – Dancing on the Edge; John Sorapure – Little Cracker; Chris Watts – Father Brown.
EVENTS: Nick Collier – Bollywood Carmen Live; Bernie Davis – Funeral of Baroness Thatcher; Guy Hoare & Mike Le Fevre – Metamorphosis.
GRAPHIC DISPLAY: Dave Davey – Dancing on Ice; Gurdip Mahal – The Voice; Patrick Woodroffe – Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Theatre
DANCE: Damien Cooper & Matt Cox – The Oracle – Queen Elizabeth Hall; Fabiana Piccioli – iTMOi – Sadler’s Wells; Jean-Philippe Roy – Sideways Rain – Sadler’s Wells
OPERA: Jon Clark – Written on Skin – Royal Opera; Jean Kalman – Death in Venice – English National Opera; Mark Jonathan – Lulu – Welsh National Opera
PLAY: Charles Balfour – The River – Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court; Jon Clark – The Effect – Cottesloe, National Theatre; Mike Gunning – The Drowned Man – Punchdrunk at Temple Studios
MUSICALS: Paule Constable – Barnum – Chichester Festival Theatre Tent; Natasha Katz – Once – Phoenix Theatre; David Plater – This Is My Family – Studio, Sheffield Crucible
PROJECTION DESIGN: Lysander Ashton – Feast – Young Vic; Ravi Deepres – Raven Girl – Royal Ballet; Michel van de Aa – Sunken Garden – English National Opera at The Barbican.
Topping off the evening’s celebrations with be the presentation of the Enrico Caironi Award for Lifetime Recognition. Previous winners include: Coral Cooper – 2010, Richard Pilbrow – 2011 and Bryan Leitch – 2012.
Winners will be announced Oct. 6.
