This year's judging panel is led by chair Jess Allan, and comprises LSi editor Claire Beeson, TPi editor Kelly Murray, director of 18 Degrees architectural lighting Christopher Knowlton, head of lighting design at creative agency Imagination, Jonny Milmer, and account manager at Coloursound Experiment Jo Bierne.
Concert Touring & Events Shortlist
Award for Arena, sponsored by GLP German Light ProductsCate Carter for Elbow
Tim Routledge for Sam Smith
Rob Sinclair for Queen + Adam Lambert
Award for Stage, sponsored by Avolites
Bruno Poet and Matt Daw for Sigur Rós
Rob Sinclair for David Byrne
Samuel Tozer for Wilkinson
Award for Club, sponsored by MA Lighting
Tom Campbell for Nick Mulvey
Luke Edwards for Gary Numan
John 'JP' Partridge for Tom Misch
Award for Video Content, sponsored by disguise
Pablo Beckett of Bryte Design for Elbow
Tom Colbourne for The Killers
Ben Farrey of Mixed Emotions, Jamie Thompson of MIRRAD and Tom Wall and Satoko Wall of BlinkinLab for The Script
Award for Events, sponsored by HSL
Matthew Button for Asics 'Blackout'
Simon Horn for Cream25
Gerry Mott for Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2017
Christopher Knowlton comments: "The Awards have gone from strength to strength over the years, and the quality of the entries is always high. I love to see and experience the way lighting designers from different disciplines work with the medium of light."
Jess Allan says, "From metalcore to orchestral EDM in Concerts, and the Military Tattoo to London Fashion Week in Events, the nominations showed a fantastic diversity, with designers adapting their craft for a broad range of clients, producing high calibre work in every case. The quality of their work made it another tough year in the judge's deliberations.
"Thank you to our CT&E judging team who spent many an evening seeing shows in the flesh and then tirelessly reviewing all nomination assets and thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a design, particularly the designers who self-nominated, who made up the vast majority of the nominations this year."
The winning designers will be announced at the 2018 ceremony and gala dinner, held at the Eventim Apollo on 16 September.
(Jim Evans)
