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 numerous awards for his outstanding lighting designs in various Broadway productions. Some of his nominations include Outstanding Lighting Design from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Height of the Storm" and "A Christmas Carol," Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "A Christmas Carol," and Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for productions like "Groundhog Day," "Matilda," "Ghost," "Ghost The Musical," "Matilda The Musical," "Ghost: The Musical," "Mary Stuart," "Monty Python's Spamalot," "Pacific Overtures," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Unexpected Man," "The Blue Room," "Hamlet," and "Art." Vanstone has also received nominations from other prestigious award ceremonies such as the Drama Desk Awards and The Lortels.
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 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. Additionally, he won Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Unexpected Man and Best Lighting Designer (Olivier Awards) for The Blue Room.
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