Colin has been in the lighting industry for over 30 years... starting as an electrician, eventually persuading people to let him design their lights too.

His theatre credits include: Medea, Black Watch, The Bacchae, 365, Men Should Weep, Granite (National Theatre of Scotland); Riders to the sea, Macbeth (Druid), For Improbable – Tao of Glass (Manchester International Theatre), Lost without words, Theatre of Blood, Lifegame (National Theatre), The Hanging Man, 70 Hill Lane, Coma, The Paper Man, Spirit, Animo, Beauty and The Beast, Panic, No idea, Still No Idea, The Tempest (UK and International); La Bohème (Longborough Opera); Pirates of Penzance (Scottish Opera); For the Royal Exchange Theatre: Gypsy, Macbeth, Kes, Separate Tables, The Cherry Orchard (also Bristol Old Vic Theatre); Tamburlaine (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Village Social (National Theatre Wales); The Caretaker (Liverpool Playhouse, BAM, Adelaide Festival, West End); Stevie (Chichester Festival Theatre); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatr Clwyd); Treasure Island, Two Sisters, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Kata Kabanova, Rigoletto, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Cosi fan Tutti, Andrea Chénier, La Pique Dame, Eugene Onegin (Opera Holland Park); The Elephant Man (Dundee Rep Theatre); The Hanging Man (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Lyric Hammersmith). Colin's awards include: Wales Theatre Awards, Best Lighting (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof); CATS Awards, Best Design (The Elephant Man); TMA Awards, Best Design (The Hanging Man).