John Bishop Lighting Design

01/09/2024

Following on in Dick Whittington’s fabled footsteps, I have travelled to London looking for work and hoping that the streets of Olympia will be paved with gold for me.

I will be at the PLASA Show today and tomorrow, 1st & 2nd September 2024, actively looking to meet people who need my skills and extensive experience of Lighting Design, CAD, 3d modelling and photography.

I usually light 5 or 6 big shows every year and have already done that this year so I now have lots of time on my hands.

I’ve come without a cat, but have brought my smile, optimism and cheery disposition with me instead!

If you see me smiling, come over and say “Hi”.
If you see me looking dejected, please offer me work.

15/10/2023

Freme il bosco, accompagnato dai continui glissando dell'orchestra, durante la magica introduzione di A Midsummer Nigth's Dream, capolavoro creato a quattro mani dalla "Royal Family" (così vennero, maliziosamente, definiti) composta dal compositore Benjamin Britten e dal suo compagno di vita il ten...

29/11/2016

I'm delighted that Ballet Cymru are performing this wonderful production at Sadler's Wells.
It was a great pleasure to have designed the lighting for it.
Bravo one and all...!

Engaging, imaginative ballet adaptations of Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes entertain adults and children alike

13/09/2015

An opera adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 thriller Notorious draws not only on Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant, but also on Wagner, a domineering foul-mouthed mother and Slavov Žižek. Peter Conrad meets its stellar cast and composer

18/12/2014

Under Milk Wood

18/12/2014

Images from some of the UK’s best opera productions this year

12/12/2014

Here are my production photos of our recent Hänsel und Gretel at Oper Frankfurt. . .

Conductor - Sebastian Weigle, Director - Keith Warner,
Set Designer - Jason Southgate, Costume Designer - Julia Müer,
Lighting Designer - John Bishop, Photographer - John Bishop.

http://www.johnbishopphotography.me.uk/Galleries/Shows/Hänsel-und-Gretel

Hänsel und Gretel, Oper Frankfurt

14/01/2014

Hurrah!

"La Colombe" & "La Princesse Jaune" nominated for Best Design in this year's Manchester Theatre Awards.
Director: Francis Matthews
Set & Costume Design: L*z Brotherston
Lighting Design: John Bishop.

"La Finta Giardiniera" nominated for Best Opera in this year's Manchester Theatre Awards.
Director: Harry Fehr
Set & Costume Design: Yannis Thavoris
Lighting Design: John Bishop.

Winners will be announced on 7th March.