Lucy Carter
Photographer Credit: The Fifth Estate Ltd
Awards
2022 - WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play for 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Noël Coward Theatre, London
2020 - South Bank Sky Arts Award - The Royal Opera House won the Opera trophy for Katya Kabanova
2019 - Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts Companionship for outstanding achievement and practical contribution to the Institutes’ learning.
2019 - Olivier Award Best New Opera Production for Katya Kabanova at The Royal Opera House
2018 - Critics Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Contribution to Dance
2015- Winner of the Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for Woolf Works at The Royal Ballet
2013 - Winner of the TMA Achievement in Opera for Lohengrin
2009 - South Bank Show Awards Winner in the Dance Category, Wayne McGregor's Infra Royal Ballet; and Entity Random Dance, Lighting Designed by Lucy Carter
2008 - Winner of the Knight of Illumination for Dance for Chroma
2004 - Winner of the Olivier Award for Dance for 2 Human
Nominations
2022 - Olivier Award for Best New Opera for The Cunning Little Vixen at ENO, for which Lucy designed the Lighting
2022 - Olivier Award for Best New Play for 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Noël Coward Theatre, for which Lucy designed the Lighting
2015 - Nominated for Best Ballet Production, The Golden Mask Awards for INFRA at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
2014 - Nominated for Knight of Illumination Award for Theatre for Emil and the Detectives
2012 - Nominated for Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for Carbon Life
Lucy trained in Dance and Drama at the Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey and then took an Advanced Diploma in Lighting Design at Central School of Speech and Drama.
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - Apollo Theatre
Every element oozes with creative juice: Anna Fleischle’s set turns grey school desks into an illuminated catwalk, brilliantly lit by Lucy Carter.”
“Woolf Works - The Royal Ballet
Lucy Carter’s lighting is amazing... with a web of laser beams that suggests the whole thing is happening in the depths of outer space.”
“La Finta Giardiniera - Glyndebourne
....a Baroque German pleasure-dome exquisitely lit by Lucy Carter....
”
Gallery
2024
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Hansel and Gretel | Royal Ballet & Opera, Dir. & Des. Antony McDonald, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
| The Little Foxes | The Young Vic, Dir. Lyndsay Turner |
| MaddAddam | The Royal Ballet & Opera, Dir. Wayne McGregor |
| Woolf Works | Segerstrom Centre, California, Dir. Wayne McGregor, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter, Associate Lighting Des. Simon Bennison |
| City of Floating Sounds | Factory International, Dir. Adam Szabo |
| INFRA | Royal New Zealand Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Cunning Little Vixen | Canadian Opera Company, Dir. Jamie Manton |
| DYAD 1929 | Croatian National Theatre, Dir. & Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Deepstaria | Montpellier Danse, Dir. & Chor. Wayne McGregor |
2023
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Shirley Valentine | Duke Of York's Theatre, Dir. Matthew Dunster, Des. Paul Wills |
| The Time Traveller's Wife: A New Musical | West End, Dir. Bill Buckhurst, Co-Lighting Des. Lucy Carter & Rory Beaton, Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Des. Susanna Peretz |
| The Dante Project | The Royal Opera House & Royal Danish Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor, Part 1 Lighting Des. Lucy Carter & Simon Bennison, Parts 2 & 3 Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
| Home, I'm Darling | UK tour, Dir. Tamara Harvey |
| Hansel and Gretel | Royal Opera House, Dir. & Des. Antony McDonald, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
| Free Your Mind | Manchester International Festival, Dir. Danny Boyle |
2022
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| MADDADDAM | National Ballet of Canada, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| The Time Traveller's Wife: A New Musical | Chester Storyhouse, Dir. Bill Buckhurst, Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Des. Susanna Peretz |
| Much Ado About Nothing | National Theatre, London, Dir. Simon Godwin |
| 2:22 A Ghost Story | Criterion Theatre, London, & Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, Dir. Matthew Dunster |
| The Cunning Little Vixen | English National Opera, Dir. Jamie Manton |
| Le nozze di Figaro | Opéra national de Paris, Dir. Netia Jones |
| Mavra/Pierrot Lunaire | Royal Opera House, Dir. Anthony Almeida |
| Persuasion | Rose Theatre, Kingston, Dir. Jeff James, Des. Alex Lowde |
| Alcina | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Richard Jones James, Des. Antony McDonald |
| The Turn of the Screw | Royal Danish Opera, Dir. Anthony Almeida |
2021
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| 2:22 A Ghost Story | Noël Coward Theatre, Dir. Matthew Dunster |
| Wicked | Stage Entertainment Hamburg, Dir. Lindsay Posner |
| Force Majeure | Donmar Warehouse, Dir. Michael Longhurst, Movement Dir. Sasha Milavic Davies |
| The Dante Project | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor, Part 1 Lighting Des. Lucy Carter & Simon Bennison, Parts 2 & 3 Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
| Escaped Alone | Sheffield Crucible, Dir. Caroline Steinbeis |
2020
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Coriolanus | Sheffield Crucible, Dir. Robert Hastie |
| Yugen | Dutch National Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Together Season | Sheffield Theatres |
2019
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Katya Kabanova | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Richard Jones, Des. Antony McDonald |
| Werther | Bergen National Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
| On The Town | Hyogo Performing Arts (Japan), Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Chor. Ashley Page, Movement Dir. Lucy Burge |
| Home, I'm Darling | Duke of York's Theatre, Dir. Tamara Harvey, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons |
| Woolf Works (Revival) | Teatro alla Scala, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| PreSentient (Revival) | Rambert, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Orphée | English National Opera, Dir/Des/Video Des. Netia Jones |
| MсGregor + Mugler (World Premiere) | London Coliseum, Chor. & Dir. Wayne McGregor |
| 24/7: A Wake-Up for Our Non-Stop World | Somerset House, Curated by Sarah Cook |
2018
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Yugen, part of Bernstein Centenary | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| The Most Incredible Thing | Charlotte Ballet, Chor. Javier de Frutos |
| The Almighty Sometimes | The Royal Exchange, Dir. Katy Rudd |
| Threshold | Le Patin Libre |
| Afterite | American Ballet Theatre, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Home, I'm Darling (World Premiere) | Clwyd Theatre & National Theatre, Dir. Tamara Harvey, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons |
| Salomé | English National Opera, Dir. Adena Jacobs |
| La finta giardiniera | Teatro alla scala, Dir. Frederic Wake-Walker, Des. Antony McDonald |
| Hansel and Gretel | The Royal Opera House, Dir & Des. Antony McDonald, Chor. Lucy Burge |
2017
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| The Dream of Gerontius | English National Opera at The Royal Festival Hall Director & Designer |
| Elektra | Goteborge Opera, Dir. Stephen Langridge |
| Lohengrin | Greek National Opera, Dir. Antony McDonald |
| Persuasion | Royal Manchester Exchange, Dir. Jeff James |
| + - Human | The Roundhouse (London), Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Autobiography | Sadler's Wells, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| London Fashion Week 2017 | Designer Gareth Pugh Women's Collection |
| Infra | Royal Danish Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Genus | National Ballet Canada, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Obsidian Tear | Boston Ballet, Dir. Wayne McGregor |
| Infra | Australian Ballet |
| Autobiography | Sadler's Wells, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Apollo Theatre (London), Dir. Jonathan Butterell, Wigs & Drag Queen Makeup Des. Susanna Peretz |
2016
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Multiverse (World Premiere) | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Carbon Life (Revival) | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor Cost. Gareth Pugh, Music by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt |
| Chroma | Polish National Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Oil | The Almeida (London), Dir. Carrie Cracknell, Hair Des. Susanna Peretz |
| La Nuit S'Acheve | Mariinsky Theatre Gala, Chor. Benjamin Millepied |
| Appasionata | Pacific Northwest Ballet, Chor. Benjamin Millepied |
| No Body (Installation) | Sadler's Wells, Comp. Jules Maxwell |
| Dyad 1929 | Houston Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Infra | Tulsa Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| The End of Longing | ATG Productions Ltd, Dir. Lindsay Posner |
| Obsidian Tear | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
2015
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Chroma | Pennsylvania Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward | Paris Opera Ballet, Chor. Benjamin Millepied |
| Alea Sands | Paris Opera Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Life in Progress | Aakram Khan - International tour incl. Sadlers Wells |
| Ravengirl (Revival) | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Brit Awards: Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This | London Brit Awards, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Husbands and Sons | National Theatre co-prod. with Royal Exchange, Dir. Marianne Elliott |
| L'Anatomie de la Sensation (Revival) | Paris Opera Ballet |
| Chroma | Het Nationale Ballet, Amsterdam |
| Woolf's Works | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Grange Park Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald, Costume Des. Gabrielle Dalton, Chor. Lucy Burge |
| Wagner | Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Festival Hall |
| Rachmaninoff - The Miserly Knight | Dir. Annabel Arden, Conductor. Vladimir Jurowski |
2014
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Terra Ingonita | Rambert, Chor. Shobana Jeyasingh |
| Medea | National Theatre, Dir. Carrie Cracknell |
| Prometheus | LPO at the BBC Proms, Cond. Vladimir Jurowski |
| La finta giardiniera | Glyndebourne Festival, Dir. Frederic Wake-Walker, Des. Antony McDonald |
| Light Installation | Schlossmediale Castle, Werdenberg |
| Kairos | Zürich Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Tetractys - The Art of Fugue | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Blurred Lines | National Theatre, Dir. Carrie Cracknell |
| Lohengrin | Polish National Opera, Warsaw |
2013
Production |
Company |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Grimes | Aldeburgh Productions on the Beach, Dir. Tim Albery | ||
| The Wasp Factory | Bregenz Werkstadbuhne tour & ROH Hebbel-Theater Berlin, Dir. Ben Frost | ||
| Innocence | Scottish Dance Theatre, Chor. Fleur Darkin, Des. Alex Lowde | ||
| Infra | Royal Ballet of Flanders, Chor. Wayne McGregor | ||
| Borderlands | San Francisco Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor | ||
| Chroma | Boston Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor | ||
| Lohengrin | Welsh National Opera co-production with Polish National Opera, Dir/Des. Antony McDonald | ||
| Ravengirl | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor | ||
| Symbiont(s) | Recreation by Estonian National Ballet, Tallinn Chor. Wayne McGregor | ||
| ATOMOS | Random Dance, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
2012
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Crow | Greenwich and Docklands Festival/Handspring Puppets Chor. Ben Duke |
| Hot House | The Royal Opera House, Chor. Morgann Runacre-Temple, Tom Guthrie, Sarah Dowling |
| SUM | The Royal Opera House, Dir. Wayne McGregor |
| Chroma | Royal Danish Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Pre Sentient | Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Royal Exchange (Manchester), Dir. Matthew Dunster |
| Infra | Joffrey Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Incantations | Joffrey Ballet, Chor. Val Caniparoli |
| The Most Incredible Thing | Sadlers Wells, Chor. Javier de Frutos/The Pet Shop Boys |
| Protocol Gala at The Royal Opera House | The Royal Ballet |
| The Trial of Ubu | Hampstead Theatre (London), Dir. Katie Mitchell |
| Carbon Life | The Royal Ballet, Chor. Wayne McGregor |
| Classic Cut | Shobana Jeyasingh |
| Metamorphosis : Titian | The Royal Ballet, 7 Chors. Kim Brandstrup, Wayne McGregor, Alastair Marriott, Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Will Tuckett & Jonathan Watkins |
| Entity Tour | Random Dance |