Ben Ormerod

Lighting Designer

Ben Ormerod

Nominated for Best Lighting Design for TWO MEN OF FLORENCE at the Huntington Theatre Company by Boston’s Independent Reviewers of New England
Nominated for Best Lighting for THE LAST DAYS OF THE RELUCTANT TYRANT at the Abbey Theatre in the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards


PRODUCTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION COMPANY


Current and Forthcoming Productions
THE HERESY OF LOVE	Nancy Meckler	Royal Shakespeare Company
HENRY V & THE WINTER’S TALE	Edward Hall	Propeller UK and international tour
KING LEAR	Dominic Hill	Glasgow Citz


Most Recent Theatre
FIT AND PROPER PEOPLE	Steve Marmion	Soho Theatre
THE PHOENIX OF MADRID, IPHIGENIA AND THE SURPRISE OF LOVE	Laurence Boswell	Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
ZORRO!	Chris Renshaw	Tokyo and Holland, previously Paris, West End and UK tour
TRANSLATIONS	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre, Dublin
RICHARD III & COMEDY OF ERRORS	Edward Hall	Propeller UK and international tour
LOYALTY	Edward Hall	Hampstead Theatre
THE CRUCIBLE	Conall Morrison	Lyric Theatre, Belfast
ONASSIS	Nancy Meckler	Derby Playhouse / West End
CARMEN - THE MUSICAL	Olivia Fuchs	Pimlico Opera at HMP Wandsworth
THE SANCTUARY LAMP	Tom Murphy	B*spoke Theatre at the Arcola and in Cork and Dublin
TREASURE ISLAND	Stephen Unwin	Rose Theatre Kingston
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM & THE MERCHANT OF VENICE	Edward Hall	A Propeller Production by The Watermill Theatre
THE LAST DAYS OF THE RELUCTANT TYRANT	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre
SERIOUS MONEY	Jonathan Munby	Birmingham Rep


Most Recent Opera & Dance
BALLET SHOES	Chor. Matthew Hart	London Children’s Ballet
LA TRAVIATA	Olivia Fuchs	Danish National Opera
FRAME OF VIEW	Choreographer Didy Veldman	A new ballet for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York
JEANNE D’ARC au BÛCHER	Keith Warner	Academia Santa Cecilia, Rome
FALSTAFF	Dominic Hill	Scottish Opera
CINDERELLA	Choreographer Didy Veldman	Gothenborg


Other Theatre
DIMETOS	Douglas Hodge	Donmar Warehouse
TWO MEN OF FLORENCE	Edward Hall	Huntington Theatre Company, Boston
THE DRESSER	Di Trevis	Watford Palace Theatre
LEGAL FICTIONS	Christopher Morahan	West End & Bath Theatre Royal production on UK tour
THE CHANGELING	Stephen Unwin	ETT tour


In the West End and London
SWEENEY TODD	David Freeman	Royal Festival Hall
SEE HOW THEY RUN	Douglas Hodge	Act tour/Duchess
CALICO	Edward Hall	Sonia Friedman/Duke of Yorks
DICK WHITTINGTON	Edward Hall	Barbican
THE OLD COUNTRY	Stephen Unwin	ETT tour/Trafalgar Studios
THE BEST OF FRIENDS	James Roose Evans	Hampstead/Duncan Weldon UK tour
A NIGHT AT THE DOGS	Abigail Morris	Soho Theatre
MACBETH starring Sean Bean and Samantha Bond	Edward Hall	Albery
THE CONSTANT WIFE	Edward Hall	West End, Watermill Theatre & UK tours
WHO KILLED MR DRUM	Paul Robinson	Riverside Studios
THE LEENANE TRILOGY	Garry Hynes	Royal Court & Druid Theatre


For the Royal Shakespeare Company
MACBETH	Conall Morrison	Royal Shakespeare Company
HOUSE OF DESIRES	Nancy Meckler	West End & RSC (Spanish Golden Age Season in the Swan Theatre)
PEDRO DE URDEMALAS	Mike Alfreds	As above
THE DOG IN THE MANGER	Lawrence Boswell	RSC (Spanish Golden Age Season in the Swan Theatre)
TAMAR’S REVENGE	Simon Usher	As above
TRADE	Sascha Wares	RSC New Work Festival
HEAD/CASE	Caroline Hunt	Swan Theatre Stratford, Soho Theatre & Coventry Belgrade
JULIUS CAESAR	Edward Hall
HENRY V	Edward Hall
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA	Edward Hall
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY	Di Trevis


For Bristol Old Vic
GHOSTS	Robert Bowman	Bristol Old Vic
THE SEAGULL	Robert Bowman	Bristol Old Vic


For The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
BIG HOUSE	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre


For Edward Hall’s Propeller Company
TAMING OF THE SHREW and TWELFTH NIGHT		Watermill Theatre, tour & Old Vic
THE WINTER’S TALE		Watermill Theatre and UK & USA tour
ROSE RAGE TMA Award Best Touring Production		Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Duke Theatre New York, West End and Watermill Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM TMA Award for Best Touring Production.		Brooklyn Academy, USA & West End, UK tour, Watermill Theatre


For the National Theatre
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST (Pinter’s adaptation of PROUST)	Di Trevis
UNCLE VANYA	Sean Mathias
BENT	Sean Mathias
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST	Tim Supple
AT OUR TABLE	Jenny Killick
THE WINTER’S TALE	Peter Hall
THE COLLEEN BAWN	Conall Morrison	also Abbey Theatre


Other work for English Touring Theatre
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
GHOSTS
THE MASTERBUILDER
HEDDA GABLER
THE SEAGULL
A DOLL’S HOUSE
HAMLET
MACBETH	all Stephen Unwin
THE CARETAKER	Gari Jones


Other theatre in Ireland
THE HOUSE	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre
THE WAKE	Patrick Mason	Abbey Theatre
MADE IN CHINA	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre
FREEDOM OF THE CITY	Conall Morrison	Abbey Theatre / Lincoln Festival New York
LONESOME WEST	Garry Hynes	Gaiety Theatre


Other International Theatre
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE	Garry Hynes	Broadway, Sydney, Toronto, West End and Druid Theatre
OEDIPUS TYRANNUS	George Kimoulis	Epidaurus, Greece
SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE	Vito Taufer	Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana
MACBETH	Ole Bornedal	Gladsaxe Theatre Denmark


And
LAST EASTER	Douglas Hodge	Birmingham Rep studio
MACBETH	George Kimoulis	Greece
LEAVES	Garry Hynes	Druid Theatre & Royal Court co-production
AN IDEAL HUSBAND	Christopher Morahan	Theatr Clwyd
THE RIVALS	Christopher Morahan	Bath Theatre Royal No 1 tour
THE MARQUISE	Guy Retallack	UK tour
RESURRECTION	Corin Redgrave & Annie Castledine	Lichfield Garrick
HINGE OF THE WORLD	Edward Hall	Yvonne Arnaud
THE CIRCLE	Mark Rosenblatt	No 1 Tour
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE	Bill Alexander	Theatr Clwyd
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA	Di Trevis	Theatr Clwyd
JOURNEY TO THE WEST	Jatinder Verma	Tara Arts Trilogy on national tour
PUTTING IT TOGETHER	Edward Hall	Chichester Festival Theatre
THE CIRCLE	Mark Rosenblatt	UK tour
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL	Irina Brook	Oxford Stage Company
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	Di Trevis	Birmingham Rep
JUST THE THREE OF US	Peter Hall	Theatre Royal Windsor/regional tour
ALBERTINE IN FIVE TIMES	Jeremy Kingston	BAC ‘Critics Up for Review’
MACBETH & PERICLES	James Roose-Evans	Ludlow Festival
TWELFTH NIGHT	Edward Hall	Watermill Theatre
ABANDONMENT	John Tiffany	Traverse Theatre
SHETLAND SAGA	Philip Howard	Traverse Theatre
THE WINSLOW BOY	Wyn Jones	The Gielgud/national tour
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF	Matthew Warchus	West Yorkshire Playhouse
BETRAYAL	Matthew Warchus	West Yorkshire Playhouse
BABES IN ARMS	Martin Connor	Guildhall

and as director on MEPHISTO and FOUR TALES FROM THE DECALOGUE at E15 School


Other Opera & Dance
La TRAVIATA	Conall Morrison	English National Opera
TENDERHOOKS	Choreographer Didy Veldman	Skanes Dansteater / Ballet Gulbenkian
ESSENCE	Fin Walker	Walker Dance Park Music, Linbury Studio & UK tour
SEE BLUE THROUGH	Choreographer Didy Veldman	Introdans / Phoenix Dance Company / Ballet Gulbenkian
THE JOURNEY	Fin Walker	new dance piece for CandoCo
OUTSIGHT	Didy Veldman	Ballet Gulbenkia
I REMEMBER RED	Didy Veldman	Cullberg Ballet
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	Didy Veldman & Patricia Doyle	Northern Ballet Theatre
IBI L’OHUN	Sophiatou Kossoko	Brest
GOD’S PLENTY	Christopher Bruce	Rambert Dance Company
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP	Jonathon Moore	World Premiere, Opera North/BBC 2
PUNCH AND JUDY	Graham Devlin	Aldeburgh/Berlin & Vienna
IL TROVATORE	Mark Brickman	Scottish Opera
COSI FAN TUTTE	Graham Devlin	Scottish Opera
AGRIPPINA		Buxton Opera Festival
THE BOTTLE IMP & BOW DOWN	Graham Devlin	Major Road
LA TRAVIATA	John Pascoe	Bath & Wessex Opera
THE TURN OF THE SCREW	Olivia Fuchs	Bath & Wessex Opera
ARMINIO	Olivia Fuchs	Royal College Music
THE MASK OF ORPHEUS	Stephen Langridge	Royal Festival Hall
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA	Peter James	The Purcell Quartet, Japan
THE CUNNING PEASANT	Robert Chevara	Guildhall
LA FEDELTA PREMIATA	Jamie Hayes	Guildhall

He has also designed the lighting for the Calico Textiles Museum, Ahmedebad.