ADAM KING
LIGHTING DESIGN
HAMLET - Mountview
about
Adam is a Lighting Designer for theatre and dance based in London. He trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Technical Theatre specialising in Lighting. Adam worked as Assistant Lighting Designer to Neil Austin on the Olivier Award winning Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre) and Bend It Like Beckham (Pheonix Theatre). Adam's own designs have seen him light across the UK in a variety of venues from small fringe theatres and concert halls, to the main stage at the Royal Opera House.
portfolio
recent credits
2023
Annie Get Your Gun
Lavender Theatre
Then, Now & Next
Southwark Playhouse
Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Linbury Theatre/ Royal Opera House/ Opera Holland Park
Oh What A Lovely War
The Mack Theatre
We Need New Names
UK Tour
The Little Mermaid
The Mack Theatre
Gone Too Far
Stratford East
Dare You Say Please
Kings Head Theatre
2022
Christmas at Hillsborough
Christmas at Wimpole Estate
Christmas at Leeds Castle
From Here To Eternity
Charing Cross Theatre
Cecchetti Society Ballet Gala
Linbury Theatre
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Charing Cross Theatre
We're Few and Far Between
White Bear Theatre/ Drayton Arms
Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Linbury Theatre/ Royal Opera House
Ballet Gala for Ukraine
Sadlers Wells
Stewart Lee - Snowflake/Tornado
BBC Recording
Enron
The Mack Theatre
Legally Blonde
The Mack Theatre
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre
Stewart Lee - Snowflake/Tornado
Leicester Square theatre & UK Tour
Lysistrata Jones
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre
2021
Children of Eden
Union Theatre
Robin Hood
Harlow Playhouse
Hamlet ( Co-design with Matt Whale)
The Mack theatre
The Oresteia
The Mack Theatre
Flashdance
European tour
The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
Backstage Theatre
How to Survive an Apocalypse
Finborough Theatre
See You Online | Alexzandra Sarmiento
Dance Film
Mephisto Waltz | Ashley Page
Royal Opera house
Swingle Stepping | Morgann Runacre-Temple
Royal Opera house
Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Linbury Theatre/ Royal Opera House
Coram Boy
The Mack theatre
Rent
Backstage theatre
Shakespeare In Love
The Mack Theatre
London
The Mack Theatre
2020
Hamlet
Mountview Theatre
Hollywood
Mountview Theatre
New York
Mountview Theatre
Macbeth
Mountview Theatre
Stewart Lee Snowflake/Tornado
UK Tour
A Clockwork Orange
Mountview Theatre
2019
The Nutcracker
Portsmouth New Theatre Royal
Jack & The Beanstalk
Harlow Playhouse
Guys & Dolls
Mountview Theatre
Stewart Lee | Snowflake/Tornado
Leicester Square Theatre
Beyond Therapy
UK Tour
The Sound of Music
Rose Theatre Kingston
The Clockmakers Daughter
Cadogan Hall
Queen Margaret
Mountview Theatre
Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Linbury Theatre/ Opera Holland Park / Royal Opera House
Untied Undone | Ashley Page
Royal Opera House
Grand Hotel
Bridewell Theatre
Lend Me A Tenor
Bridewell Theatre
Swallows and Amazons
Backstage Theatre
Original Death Rabbit
Jermyn Street Theatre
2018
Peter Pan
Portsmouth New Theatre Royal
Aladdin
Harlow Playhouse
Brass
Bernie Grants Arts Centre
Footloose
Arts Depot
Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Opera Holland Park / Royal Opera House
Trenches / Parlour Games
Bridewell Theatre
Lock Up your Daughters
Bridewell Theatre
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Bridewell Theatre
To Kill A Mockingbird
Bridewell Theatre
Our Country's Good
Bridewell Theatre
The Hostage
Jacksons Lane
2017
Beauty & The Beast
Portsmouth New Theatre Royal
San Diego
Jacksons Lane
Gidea Park
Jacksons Lane
Hairspray
Arts Depot
The Wasp
Jermyn Street Theatre
Royal Ballet School Summer Performances
Opera Holland Park / Royal Opera House
Sea Interludes | Andrew McNicol
Royal Opera House
The Alchemist
Neuss Germany
Montagu
Tabard Theatre
Clybourne Park
Karamel Club
9 to 5
Bridewell Theatre
King Of Hearts
Bridewell theatre
Dog Ends
Tabard Theatre
2016 & Before
The Night Before Christmas
Luton Library Theatre
Grown Up
Camden Peoples Theatre
Broken Strings
Tabard Theatre
A Flea In Her Ear
Tabard Theatre
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child
(Assistant Lighting Designer to Neil Austin)
Palace Theatre
Hamlet
Bussey Building
Hoods The Musical
Bernie Grants Arts Centre
Bend It Like Beckham
(Assistant Lighting Designer to Neil Austin)
Pheonix Theatre
Stories Before Bedtime Series
Criterion Theatre