Now in its 9th year, the KOI Awards is a celebration of the creative talents of international lighting and digital content designers working in the UK across TV, theatre and concert touring and events. The Knight of Illumination Awards is organised by revered lighting designer Durham Marenghi and his partner Jennie, prestigious industry organisations the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and the Society of Television Lighting and Design (STLD) and content creation, communications and events agency The Fifth Estate Ltd.
The Theatre shortlist is the first to be revealed, after a panel of senior critics from national newspapers and magazines deliberated over the finest lighting and video work in the categories of Dance, Musicals, Opera, Plays and Projection Design. The shortlist is as follows:
THE ETC THEATRE AWARD FOR DANCE - Chris Davey for 1984, Northern Ballet; Michael Hulls for Conceal | Reveal, Russell Maliphant Company, Sadler's Wells; and Charles Webber for COAL, Gary Clarke Company, touring (judged by Jonathan Gray of the Dancing Times and Mark Monahan of the Daily Telegraph).
THE HAWTHORN THEATRE AWARD FOR MUSICALS - Christopher Akerlind for Into the Woods, Menier Chocolate Factory; Mark Henderson for Sunset Boulevard, English National Opera; and David Hersey for Show Boat, Sheffield Crucible (judged by Georgina Brown of the Mail on Sunday and Matt Trueman of Variety).
THE ROBERT JULIAT THEATRE AWARD FOR OPERA - Lee Curran for Orphée et Eurydice, Royal Opera House; Mark Howland for Pelléas et Mélisande, English Touring Opera; and Joachim Klein for Saul, Glyndebourne Festival (judged by Alexandra Coghlan of The Spectator and Richard Fairman of the Financial Times.
THE ELATION PROFESSIONAL THEATRE AWARD FOR PLAYS - Lucy Carter for Husbands and Sons, Dorfman, National Theatre; Jane Cox for The Flick, Dorfman, National Theatre; and Jan Versweyveld for Songs from Far Away, Young Vic (judged by Georgina Brown of the Mail on Sunday and Matt Trueman of Variety).
THE FIX8GROUP THEATRE AWARD FOR PROJECTION DESIGN - Will Duke for The Encounter, Edinburgh International Festival/The Barbican; Gerg? His and R
