The awards will provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in lighting design by UK based lighting designers, in a number of professional areas. At the same time, these awards will forge closer ties between the world of lighting design and the lighting industry as a whole.
The awards for The Knight of the Illumination are nominated and judged by a panel of professional reviewers working in the specific categories, selected and coordinated entirely by STLD and ALD.
Nominations:
Television
Entertainment
Tonight's The Night - Roger Williams
Top Gear - Chris Kempton
The Chase - Tom Kinane
Events
Superbowl Halftime Show- Al Gurdon
The Royal Wedding - Bernie Davis
Only Men Aloud - Nigel Catmur
Drama
Coronation Street Live Episode - Chris Chisnall
Casualty - Simon Butcher
Rock and Chips - John Sorapure
Small Studio
Monday Night Football- Malcolm Reed
Christmas Lectures - Andy Stagles
ITV Daybreak - Matt Carter
Rock
Stage
Glas Vegas - Michael Straun
Elie Goulding - Ian Tomlinson
Chase & Status - Neil Carson
Arena
Level 42 - Yenz Nyholm
Kylie - Nick Whitehouse
The Script - Jamie Thompson
Elbow - Cate Carter
Theatre
Dance
Awakenings - Yaron Abulafia
Dunas - Felipe Ramos
Tate Project - Charles Atlas
Opera
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Paule Constable
The Damnation of Faust - Peter Mumford
Tristan und Isolde - Wolfgang Goebbel
Play
Luise Miller - Paule Constable
Novecento - Paul Keogan
Frankenstein - Bruno Poet
Musicals
Passion - Neil Austin
Into the Woods - Jon Clark
The Wizard of Oz - Hugh Vanstone
Lifetime Recognition
A very special category which may or may not belong directly to the world of lighting design as such - To be announced during the Awards Ceremony
The shows staged from 1 July 2011 onwards will be candidates for the 2012 Knight of Illumination Awards.
(Jim Evans)
