David Plater
Lighting Designer
Agent
Assistant
Biography
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.
Gallery
Credits
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 | |
|
ROOM 2017 |
Theatre Royal Stratford East |
Dir: Lily Arnold |
|
TOSCA and DIE WALKURE 2017 |
Grange Park Opera |
Directors: Peter Relton and Stephen Medcalf respectively |
|
OUT OF BLIXEN 2017 |
Print Room at the Coronet |
Dir: Kathryn Hunter |
|
SINBAD 2016 |
Stratford East |
Dir: Kerry Michael |
|
MURDER BALLAD 2016 |
Soundcheck Productions |
Dir: Sam Yates |
|
A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR 2016 |
Print Room at the Coronet |
Dir: Michael Oakley |
|
BRASS 2016 |
National Youth Music Theatre |
Hackney Empire |
|
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST 2016 |
Grange Park Opera |
Dir: Stephen Medcalf |
|
OLIVER! 2016 |
Grange Park Opera |
Dir: Jean-Pierre van der Spuy |
|
TERRA 2016 |
Print Room Dance Company |
Choreographer: Hubert Essakow |
|
DEATHWATCH 2016 |
Print Room at the Coronet |
Dir: Geraldine Alexander |
|
ROBIN HOOD 2015 |
Theatre Royal Stratford East |
Dir: Kerry Michael |
|
THE COCKTAIL PARTY 2015 |
Print Room at the Coronet |
by T S Eliot |
|
THE MENTALISTS 2015 |
Wyndham's Theatre |
by Richard Bean |
|
THE EFFECT 2015 |
Sheffield Theatres |
Dir: Daniel Evans |
|
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR 2015 |
Theatre Royal Bath |
Dir: Sam Yates |
|
WOLF HALL 2015 |
Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, Playful Productions, Royal Shakespeare Company |
Dir: Jeremy Herrin |
|
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2014 |
Theatre Royal Stratford East | |
|
This is my Family 2014 |
Sheffield Lyceum and Touring |
Dir: Daniel Evans |
|
THE GLASS SUPPER 2014 |
Hampstead Theatre |
Dir: Abbey Wright |
|
BILLY LIAR 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 |
|
BRING UP THE BODIES 2014 |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
|
DICK WHITTINGTON 2013 |
Theatre Royal Stratford East |
Dir. Kerry Mitchell |
|
MRS LOWRY AND SON 2013 |
Trafalgar Studios 2 |
Dir. Abbey Wright |
|
THIS IS MY FAMILY 2013 |
Sheffield Crucible Studio |
Dir. Daniel Evans |
|
NEIGHBORS 2013 |
HighTide/Nuffield Southampton |
Dir. Steven Atkinson |
|
BEAUTIFUL THING 2013 |
Arts Theatre/UK Tour |
Dir. Nikolai Foster |
|
QUIZ SHOW 2013 |
Traverse Theatre |
Dir. Hamish Pirie |
|
BALLET BLACK 2013 |
ROH2 | |
|
THE SILENCE OF THE SEA 2012 |
Donmar Trafalgar |
Dir. Simon Evans |
|
RICHARD III & TWELFTH NIGHT 2012 |
Shakespeare's Globe/Apollo Theatre |
Dir. Tim Carroll |
|
ROGER REES: WHAT YOU WILL 2012 |
Apollo Theatre | |
|
MACBETH 2012 |
Sheffield Crucible |
Dir. Daniel Evans |
|
13 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 |
