Malcolm Rippeth

Malcolm Rippeth

Lighting Designer


Current Shows BIOGRAPHY

 

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Malcolm Rippeth                                Last updated July 2010

 

Malcolm won the WOS Theatergoers’ Choice Awards for Best Lighting Designer for his designs on BRIEF ENCOUNTER and SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR.

As a member of the design team, Malcolm jointly won an OBIE Award for BRIEF ENCOUNTER, in New York.
     

PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR

PRODUCTION COMPANY

 

CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS

KIN Jeremy Herrin Royal Court Upstairs
CRASH Sarah Esdaile West Yorkshire Playhouse
SPUR OF THE MOMENT Jeremy Herrin Royal Court Upstairs

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Emma Rice

Kneehigh - US Tour, previously UK tour & West End / Birmingham Rep/ WYP (in association with David Pugh)

CALENDAR GIRLS

Hamish McColl

Australia, previously West End, Chichester Festival Theatre and tour

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Liv Lorent Ballet Lorent

For the Kneehigh Asylum: BLAST!, KING OF PRUSSIA (both Dir Mike Shepherd) and THE RED SHOES (Dir Emma Rice)

For Garsington Opera 2010: ARMIDA (Dir Martin Duncan) and LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Dir John Cox)
 
 

MOST RECENT THEATRE

THE DEVIL INSIDE HIM Elen Bowman National Theatre Wales at the New Theatre, Cardiff
DUMB SHOW Stephen Unwin Rose Theatre Kingston
DARK SIDE OF BUFFOON Timothy Sheader Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR

Rupert Goold

Australian tour, UK tour, West End. Chichester / Headlong co-production.

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Steve Marmion Lyric Hammersmith
CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER Mark Thomson Royal Lyceum Edinburgh

THE WINSLOW BOY

Stephen Unwin

Rose Theatre Kingston / Theatre Royal Bath Tour

DON JOHN

Emma Rice

Kneehigh & RSC co-production, UK tour

HIS DARK MATERIALS PARTS

1 & 2

Rachel Kavanaugh

Birmingham Rep

COPENHAGEN

Tony Cownie

Edinburgh Lyceum

EDWARD GANT’S AMAZING FEATS OF LONELINESS

Steve Marmion

Headlong Theatre

     

MOST RECENT OPERA & DANCE

MaETERNAL

Choreographer Liv Lorent

BalletLORENT at Northern Stage

DESIGNER BODY

Choreographer Liv Lorent

BalletLORENT tour

La NUIT INTIME

Choreographer Liv Lorent

BalletLORENT in Bergen, Norway (previously UK tour)

CRUSH A new dance piece performed by DANIEL DAW

Choreographer Liv Lorent

Dance City, Newcastle & Tour

THE GYMNAST

Jane Arnfield and Nigel Charnock

Edinburgh Festival

CARMEN JONES

Jude Kelly

Royal Festival Hall

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Choreographer Roy Campbell-Moore

Welsh National Opera  & Diversions Dance co-production

THE PHILOSOPHERS’ STONE

John Cox

Garsington Opera

ANGELMOTH

BalletLORENT on UK tour

     

THEATRE

MARY ROSE

Tony Cownie

Edinburgh Lyceum

THE BLOODY CHAMBER

Neil Murray

Northern Stage

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

Dani Parr

Theatre Royal, Northampton

KAFKA’S DICK

Sarah Esdaile

Watford Palace Theatre

CYMBELINE

Emma Rice

Kneehigh Theatre Company on tour in South America and previously on UK tour including RSC Swan/WYP

FAUSTUS

Original director Rupert Goold, revival by Steve Marmion

Headlong UK tour, previously at Hampstead Theatre

THE GROUCH

Sarah Esdaile

West Yorkshire Playhouse

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Gail McIntyre

West Yorkshire Playhouse

STARSEEKER

Dani Parr

Theatre Royal, Northampton

TRANCE

Shoji Kokami and Sarah Chew

Bush Theatre

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

Simon Reade

Bristol Old Vic

SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES

Stephen Unwin

English Touring Theatre

TUTTI FRUTTI

Tony Cownie

National Theatre of Scotland

MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION

Tony Cownie

Edinburgh Lyceum & Nottingham Playhouse

HAMLET

Stephen Unwin

English Touring Theatre (& transfer to the New Ambassadors)

MOTHER COURAGE

Stephen Unwin

English Touring Theatre

MONKEY

Dominic Hill

Dundee Rep

     

Other work for KNEEHIGH includes

NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS

Emma Rice

Lyric Hammersmith / tour

THE BACCHAE (Winner TMA Award for Best Touring production)

Emma Rice

West Yorkshire Playhouse / UK tour / Lyric Hammersmith

ANTIGONE AT HELL’S MOUTH

Mike Shepherd

Kneehigh/NYT at Soho Theatre

PANDORA’S BOX

Emma Rice and Neil Murray

Co-pro with Northern Stage / tour

     

Other work at WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE

SCUFFER

Alex Chisholm

Courtyard Theatre

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

Ian Brown

Quarry

VODOU NATION

Geraldine Connor & Brett Bailey

UK tour

HOMAGE TO CATALONIA

Josep Galindo

WYP/Northern Stage/Teatre Romea co-production playing at WYP, Newcastle Playhouse, Paris and Barcelona

MEDEA and OFF CAMERA

Femi Elufowoju Jnr

Courtyard

     

Other work for ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE

ROMEO AND JULIET

Stephen Unwin

& Hong Kong Arts Festival

JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN (co-designer Ben Ormerod)

Stephen Unwin

ANTON CHEKHON

Michael Pennington

Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal & Oxford Playhouse

Malcolm was also associate lighting designer on THE YORK REALIST for ETT and The Royal Court in the West End.

     

Other work for NORTHERN STAGE includes

THE LITTLE PRINCE

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

and Greenwich

KAPUT!

at Live Theatre Newcastle

CINZANO & SMIRNOVA’S BIRTHDAY

THE SNOW QUEEN

THE TIGER’S BRIDE

All Neil Murray

NOIR

Max Roberts

Northern Stage & Live Theatre at Newcastle Playhouse

     

Other work for LIVE THEATRE NEWCASTLE includes

A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN ELDON SQUARE

Max Roberts

LUSH LIFE

Max Roberts

THE LOVERS

OUR KIND OF FUN

TOAST

DIRTY NETS

all Jeremy Herrin

CHARLIE’S TROUSERS

COOKING WITH ELVIS

KEEPERS OF THE FLAME

all Max Roberts

All RSC/Live Theatre co-prod, 

     

OTHER THEATRE

HAY FEVER

Damian Cruden

York Theatre Royal

MACBETH

Damian Cruden

York Theatre Royal

DICK WHITTINGTON

Peter Rowe

Theatr Clwyd

WOODY ALLEN’S MURDER MYSTERIES

Janey Clarke

I’m a Camera,Croydon Warehouse

COELACANTH

Erica Whyman

Pleasance Edinburgh

LITTLE SWEET THING

Michael Buffong

Birmingham Rep/Nottingham Playhouse/Ipswich Wolsey

BLACK COCKTAIL

Erica Whyman

Pleasance Edinburgh

BILL SHAKESPEARE’S ITALIAN JOB

Malachi Bogdanov

Cooperesque at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh

DEALER’S CHOICE

Femi Elufowoju Jnr

Salisbury Playhouse Studio

FOYER

Richard Gregory

Leicester Haymarket

BOB DOWNE – BRIGHTER! WHITER!

Karushi at Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh & UK tour

BINTOU

Sacha Wares

Arcola Theatre

THE SELFISH GIANT

Annie Wood

Gulbenkian Studio Newcastle / Leicester Haymarket Studio

A BILLION SECONDS

Ann Cleary

Strathcona Theatre Company on UK tour

ABYSSINIA

Femi Elufowoju Jnr

Tiata Fahodzi UK tour

THREE WISHES

Erica Whyman

Karushi at Pleasance Edinburgh

THE GHOST OF GARCIA LORCA

Paul Phillips

Foolsyard at Gulbenkian Studio Newcastle and N/E tour

TEAR FROM A GLASS EYE

Erica Whyman

Gate Notting Hill & National Studio production

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

Erica Whyman

Southwark Playhouse

POPPY DAY

Erica Whyman

Stone Ranger at Pleasance Edinburgh & UK tour

MEL AND SUE – BACK TO OUR ROOTS

Cal McCrystal

Stone Ranger  prods / UK Tour

MEL AND SUE – PLANET PUSSYCAT

Alison Edgar

Stone Ranger  prods / Edinburgh & tour

SPITTING LOVE

Wils Wilson

New Writing North at Customs House, South Shields

     

OTHER OPERA & DANCE

La VIE DES FANTASMES EROTIQUES ET ESTHETIQUES

Choreographer Liv Lorent

BalletLORENT on UK tour

WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM? and INFINITO NERO (co-designer Cathie Boyd)

Cathie Boyd

Almeida Aldeburgh Opera at Aldeburgh Festival, Almeida and UK tour

THE BALL

Choreographer Liv Lorent

balletLORENT on site specific UK tour, Dusseldorf & Bruges

Malcolm also relit THE DISTANCE FROM HERE for the Almeida Theatre and was production electrician on their production of LULU at the Kennedy Center, Washington.  He was also full-time production electrician on their productions of RICHARD II and CORIOLANUS at the Gainsborough Studios in London, BAM in New York and Akasaka Theatre Tokyo.


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