Lucy Birkinshaw

Associate Lighting Designer

Lucy Birkinshaw is a lighting designer and artist whose design work spans theatre, opera, music theatre, concert lighting, dance, film and television. Lucy’s distinctive approach to depth, contrast and beauty within her designs make her an identifiable theatre artist.

Lucy’s opera work includes Tristan & Isolde, Roberto Devereux, Lohengrin, HMS Pinafore, Anna Bolena, Tannhauser, Abduction from the Seraglio, Mary Stuart, Cosi Fan Tutte (Melbourne Opera), Japanese Princess, Our Man in Havana, Il Signor Bruschino, Werther (Lyric Opera Melbourne), Idomeneo (Australian Opera Studio), Opera Classics in the Park (City of Stonnington)

Lucy’s theatre work includes The Torrents (Sydney Theatre Company & BSSTC), The Cherry Orchard, York, Water, Hir, In the Next Room {or the Vibrator Play}, Switzerland, The Eisteddfod, The Messiah, Woyzeck, Falling Petals (Black Swan State Theatre Company), Fully Sikh (Barking Gecko & BSSTC), Skylab (Barking Gecko), Black Brass, Layla & Majnun (PLWA), Ugly Mugs (Malthouse Theatre & Griffin), Africa (Malthouse Theatre & My Darling Patricia), Happiness, Blak Cabaret, Opera XS Merlyn Quaife (Malthouse Theatre),Taking Liberty, Matchmaker, Baby Boomer Blues (Perth Theatre Company), Crawl Me Blood (The Aphids), The Seizure, Delectable Shelter, Spring Awakening (The Hayloft Project), Beside, Rest (WAYTCO), Confidence Man, The Pride, The Manic Pony, Scarecrow (Side Pony Productions), Julia Morris Lift & Separate (Live Nation)

Lucy’s musical work includes Oklahoma (Black Swan State Theatre Company), Flowerchildren, The Hatpin, Title of Show, Mary Bryant, The Thing About Men, Love Equals, Life’s A Circus, Flora the Red Menace, Merrily We Roll Along, Sondheim Triptych, Jerry Herman Triptych, Stephen Schwartz Triptych (Magnormos), Let’s Get It On, Menopause the Musical (Room 8), Beck’s Music Box – Lighting Design 2008 through 2010 (Perth International Arts Festival)