Lighting Design

Barnaby’s work as a lighting designer mostly keeps him close to the contemporary dance world. He is proud of his work with long standing collaborators such as Sita Ostheimer, Carlos Pons Guerra and Northern Rascals - with whom his voice as a light artist continues to evolve. He is excited for new challenges as he starts to work on more plays, operas and music concerts.

See Barnaby’s portfolio below (for image and performance credits, please go to the bottom of the page, HERE).

For a list of selected lighting credits, see HERE.

Background image credit: Last Man Standing by Sita Ostheimer, for Xie Xin Dance Theatre. Photo by Yifan Hu


Lighting Design Credits

Edward II - Dance work by DeNada Dance Theatre, premiere Leeds October 2026

Stories for Boys - Play written by Kieron Barry, Directed by Hope Wishart with set and costume by Enza Kim. Premiere Drayton Arms Theatre, London June 2026

LoonHeads - Dance work by Orla Hardie, premiere London April 2026

Abundance - Dance work by Lizzie Klotz, premiere NEwcastle UK, April 2026

Mika and the Polar Bear - Children’s dance work, created by Coalesce Dance Theatre, premiere Ellesmere Port, UK, February 2026

Copters and Hearses - Dance Work by JJ James, premiere January 2026

Woven Souls - Dance work by Lucia Taylor, premiere London, January 2026

RIDE! - Dance theatre community work, directed by Robbie Graham/Southpaw Dance Company, produced by SpinArts Management. Premiere Bradford, October 2025

Threads - Dance work by Coalesce Dance Theatre, premiere Ellesmere Port, September 2025

PULSE - Duet by Sita Ostheimer and Álvaro Murillo, premiere Berlin, June 2025

Mortal Heroes - Dance work for ZfinMalta, the National Dance Company of Malta, May 2025

Womb Party - Dance work by Stefania Pinato and Amarnah Ufuoma, Premiere April 2025

Reviving Her - Full evening work by Northern Rascals Dance Company. Premiere July 2024 in Leeds, UK.

The Place Gala performance - Mixed Bill of work. Premiere May 2024 at La Villette, Paris, France.

Hasard/Bolero - Dance work by Sita Ostheimer for Mir Dance Company. Premiere March 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

How to Build a Universe - Dance work created by Jamaal Burkmar/Extended Play Dance Company. Premiere January 2024 in Leicester, UK. Touring UK and internationally in 2024/25

Full Circle - Dance work by Sita Ostheimer for Braunschweig Staatstheater. Premiere January 2024 in Braunschweig, Germany.

Last Man Standing - New work by Sita Ostheimer for XieXin dance company, premiere in October 2023 in Shanghai, China

Sunnyside - New full evening dance theatre work by Northern Rascals. Premieres October 2023 in Leeds UK.

The Album: Live - Performance by SAY collective. Design for shows in Barcelona in September 2023

Frida - UK premiere of Opera by Robert Rodriquez at Leeds Opera festival July 2023. Directed by Francesca Murray-Fuentes, performed by Northern Opera Group.

Maria de Buenos Aires - Opera by Astor Piazzolla at Leeds Opera festival July 2023. Directed by Carlos Pons Guerra. Performed by Northern Opera Group.

GONER - Solo show created and performed by Marikiscrycrycry. Premiere April 2023 at the Yard Theatre in London

Molimo (remake) - By Sita Ostheimer for Pzorzheim Stadttheater. Premiere April 2023 in Pforzheim, Germany

La Mecanica de l’Infortuni - by Clementine Telesfort and Lisard Tranis. Premiere March 2023 in Barcelona

The Inevitable and You - Work by Sita Ostheimer, premiere Berlin, December 2022

Dawn and Day - Work by Sita Ostheimer commissioned for Staatstheater Kassel. Premiere Kassel, Germany, October 2022

Chapters 25 + 1 - Gala performance by IMPACT Dance, directed by Hakeem Onibudo and featuring performances by IMPACT company, Botis Seva/Far From the Norm, Boy Blue, Zoo Nation and many others. Performance June 2022

Souls and Cells - Work by Akeim Toussaint and Crystal Zillwood. Premiere in Derby, UK in April 2022

Wild Thoughts - Work by Andrea Costanzo Martini for National Dance Company of Wales. Premiere in Cardiff, Wales, Feb 2022

Torito Y La Luna - Children’s work by Carlos Pons Guerra, indoor premiere in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, November 2021

The Unbearable - Sita Ostheimer new work for NSCD Verve22 to be premiere in Leeds UK Feb 2022

Opto Nano - Group work with choreographer Jack Philp, premiere Wales January 2022

Donuts - Work for Jamaal Burkmar/Extended Play Dance in Birmingham, UK. Premiere October 2021

Mariposa - New production by Carlos Pons Guerra/DeNada Dance Theatre. Premiere Birmingham September 2021

Home (What We Lost What is Us) – Solo by Sebastian Abarbanell. Premiere in Berlin August 2021

Vibrant Matter – Work choreographed by Wilhelmina Ojanen for Mobius, for premiere 15th March 2020

The Mesmerist – New work by Northern Rascals, premiered on 23rd February 2019

Man to Monk – Mavin Khoo and company, choreographed by Carlos Pons Guerra, premiered at Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Theatre in November/December 2018.

Deeds Not Words – Work by Kristin Kelly Abbott for Abbott Dance Theatre – Premiered on 24th November 2018, UK touring spring 2019

US – Group work by Sita Ostheimer, created and premiered in Berlin, November 2018

Footnotes/Phrases – Double bill by Lewys Holt, premiered in Leicester (UK) in October 2018

Human in Pieces – Solo by Sita Ostheimer, premiered in Gevena in September 2018

Species Pitches – Group work by Sita Ostheimer for students at Folkwang University of the Arts, in Essen, Germany, in June 2018

They Live Next Door – Work by Ieva Kuniskis. UK and Lithuanian touring in 2018 and 2019

Nobody 'Cept You – Sita Ostheimer's work on NSCD Verve 2018, premiere February 2018 toured internationally throughout the year.

Chasm – Duet created by Sita Ostheimer, premiered in Berlin in December 2017 with further performances in Germany and South Korea in 2018.

Molimo – Quintet created by Sita Ostheimer, premiered in Berlin in December 2017 with further performances in Germany in 2018.

TORO – Full length work by Carlos Pons Guerra/DeNada Dance Theatre, previewed in September 2017 and toured UK March/April 2018

Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea – Play by Unholy Mess theatre company, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2017, with UK touring in autumn 2017 and spring 2018, with performances in Singapore in Jan 2019.

The Way They Were Then - by Feet Off the Ground Dance, performed as part closing night of Resolutions! Festival 2017.

Paradis - Choreographed by Carlos Pons Guerra, performed by Northern Ballet. In Feb 2017

Bodhi - choreographed by Mala Kline on Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) Bodhi Project, toured internationally in 2016 and 2017

Under - solo choreographed and performed by Tora Hed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2016

Of or at a Fairly Low Temperature - Choreographed by Lewys Holt, national tour 2015/2016, including dates in London, Leicester and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016.

O Maria! – DeNada Dance Theatre. Part of Ham and Passion Bill, with National Tours 2015/2016/2017

Young Man – DeNada Dance Theatre. Part of Ham and Passion Bill, with National Tours 2015/2016/2017

Passionaria – DeNada Dance Theatre. Part of Ham and Passion Bill, with National Tours 2015/2016/2017

Mad Meg - by Mazpod dance for Resolutions! 2016 at The Place, London in Feb 2016

Eter - by Feet Off the Ground Dance collective, performed as part of Resolutions festival, at The Place, London, in January 2016

LifeLine - Choreographed by James Rosenthal Dance, performed as part of Leeds Light Night Festival, in October 2015

Iyalode of Eti - preview of play written by Debo Oluwatuminu and directed by Moji Kareem, performed by Utopia Theatre Company at the Arcola and Rich Mix, in London in October 2015.