Stephen Wickham Lighting Designer & Consultant.

Stephen began lighting at Salisbury Playhouse in the UK in 1978. He later became resident LD at theatres in Plymouth and Cheltenham lighting numerous plays and musicals. He worked for "English National Opera" at The London Coliseum for 3 years before emigrating to Perth Western Australia in 1987.

In Western Australia Stephen  created designs for all the major performing arts companies  including WA Opera, WA Ballet, The Festival of Perth and eleven works for The Chrissie Parrott Dance Company.

In 1995 he relocated to Sydney and has since designed works for Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, Chunky Move Dance Company, Sydney Theatre Company, The Ensemble Theatre Company, Meryl Tankard's Australian Dance Theatre, The State Theatre Company of South Australia and many others.

Stephen was official Lighting Designer for The Pacific Rim Forum Gala shows in Bangkok, Shanghai, Hong Kong and at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

He has designed large scale touring exhibitions such as "Dinamation", "Mining & Minerals" and "Australia's Lost Kingdoms" for The Australian Museum.

In 2001 Stephen was asked by Tiffany & Co in New York to design a show at The New York Museum of Natural History to launch their new range of Pearls in a theatrical extravaganza.

He has also designed a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" This was the first ever open air production of the show and it premiered at The Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon before touring to China, Korea, Malaysia, The Middle East, Scandinavia and Greece.

Stephen Wickham & Associates also provide technical consultancy services for new performing arts venues and special projects. For further information please email steve@wickhamdesign.com.au