Hugh has designed the lighting for more than 160 productions and worked for most of the UK's national companies and extensively on Broadway. He has received three Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Designer: in 2004 for Pacific Overtures (Donmar); in 2000 for The Graduate (West End) and The Cherry Orchard (National Theatre); and in 1998 for The Unexpected Man (RSC) and The Blue Room (Donmar). In New York he received TONY® award nominations for Mary Stuart and Spamalot.
His most recent work includes: Ghost the Musical (West End); The Wizard of Oz (West End); Matilda (RSC); Deathtrap (West End); La Bête (West End & Broadway); Shrek (London & US Tour); The Late Middle Classes (Donmar); The Real Thing (Old Vic); Arabian Nights (RSC); A Steady Rain (Broadway); Tanz der Vampire (Vienna & Berlin).
Hugh Vanstone, The Height of the Storm
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Hugh Vanstone, Groundhog Day
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda the Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost: The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hugh Vanstone, Pacific Overtures
Hugh VanstoneThe Cherry Orchard
Hugh Vanstone, The Unexpected Man
Hugh Vanstone, The Unexpected Man
Hugh VanstoneThe Blue Room
Hugh VanstoneHamlet
Hugh Vanstone, Art
Hugh Vanstone has been nominated for several awards for his outstanding lighting designs, including: - Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Height of the Storm" and "A Christmas Carol" - Tony Awards for "A Christmas Carol," "Matilda the Musical," and "Ghost The Musical" - Olivier Awards for "Groundhog Day," "Matilda," "Ghost The Musical," "Ghost The Musical," "Matilda The Musical," "Monty Python's Spamalot," "Pacific Overtures," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Blue Room," "Hamlet," and "Art" - BroadwayWorld Awards for "Matilda" and "Ghost" - Drama Desk Awards for "Mary Stuart" and "The Unexpected Man" - The Lortels for "The Unexpected Man" - Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Ghost: The Musical" and "Monty Python's Spamalot."
Hugh Vanstone has won the following awards: Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Christmas Carol, The Height of the Storm, and Ghost: The Musical. He also won the Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Christmas Carol, Best Lighting Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Matilda and Ghost, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Pacific Overtures, and The Cherry Orchard, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Ghost: The Musical, Best Lighting Designer (Olivier Awards) for The Blue Room, and The Unexpected Man.
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