Simon Bennison
Lighting Designer
Awards
2022 - South Bank Awards - Best New Dance Piece for The Dante Project
2021 - National Dance Critics Awards - Best Classical Choreography for Anemoi
2021 - South Bank Awards - Best New Dance Piece for Scherzo
British lighting designer Simon Bennison is from Manchester and has trained in lighting, architecture and music at UCL, Yale, Surrey and RADA . Simon was Lighting Associate for the Royal Opera House until 2022.
Gallery
2023
Production |
Company |
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The Realistic Joneses | Gare St Lazare & Rubicon Theatre, LA, Dir. Judy Hegarty Lovett |
Carlos at 50 | The Royal Opera House, Lighting Designs Revived by Simon Bennison |
Prometheus Poem of Fire | The Royal Festival Hall with The Philharmonia Orchestra |
2022
Production |
Company |
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Nureyev Legend & Legacy | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Chors. Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, August Bournonville, John Neumeier | How it is Part 2 | Gare St Lazare, Dir. Judy Hegarty Lovett | Dido & Aeneas | Theatre Royal Bath - Ustinov Studio, Dir. Isabelle Kettle | The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration | The Royal Opera House - Lighting designed by Simon Bennison: For Four, chor. Chris Wheeldon; See Us, chor. Joseph Toonga; Dispatches Duet, chor. Pam Tanowitz; Concerto pour Deux, chor. Benoit Swan Pouffer; Prima, chor. Valentino Zucchetti |
2021
Production |
Company |
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Anemoi | Royal Ballet |
Agnes Dei | Royal Ballet (Film) |
The Dante Project Part 1 | Royal Ballet Chor. Wayne McGregor, Co Lighting Des. Lucy Carter & Simon Bennison |
2020
Production |
Company |
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Scherzo | Royal Ballet |
Dance of the Blessed Spirit | Royal Ballet |
Happy Days | National Theatre, Oslo |
2019
Production |
Company |
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The Lady from the Sea | Print Room at The Coronet |
Krenket (Disgraced) | National Theatret, Oslo |
2017
Production |
Company |
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Eugene Onegin | Rhosygilwen Opera |
The Cunning Little Vixen | Byre Opera | Jenufa (Revival) | Royal Swedish Opera, Original Dir. Annilese Miskimmon |
2016
Production |
Company |
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La Voix Humaine | The Forge, Camden |