Simeon Miller
Simeon has worked professionally as a Lighting Designer and Technician since 2008. He works across theatre, musicals, ‘gig theatre’ as well as dance. He enjoys contributing to new writing, especially socially and politically conscious work which amplifies oppressed and radical voices.
Education:
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 2008-2010 First Class Degree BA (Hons) - Technical Theatre specialising in Lighting & Scenic Design
Skills:
Competent LX Programmer with knowledge of ETC, Strand, ChamSys and Zero 88 desks. Skilled with Qlab programming and integration, projection mapping and the creation of technologically complex practical props and lighting practicals.
Selected Recent Credits:
Lighting Design:
Upsetters Takeover Festival at The Bunker for The Upsetters “TAKEOVER FESTIVAL is an annual week-long touring festival which takes over a new theatre venue each year around the country with the aim of presenting new work by artists of colour while engaging with the next generation of young theatre-makers from culturally diverse backgrounds.”
Lighting/Projection Design:
Jude Starbeam and the Shadow Planet at The Albany for On the Button (A play for 7-11 year olds) “Inspired by stories of young people growing up with a brain injury, Jude Starbeam and the Shadow Planet is a challenging and exciting new production about how two the siblings come to terms with this trauma.”
Lighting Designer: Don’t worry Humans can't live without light at The Place for Tamae Yoneda
Taking place as part of the Resolution Dance Festival at the Place, London, this piece was based on the life of Tamae’s father, the loss of his job during the Japanese financial crash, his lowest points, and the meeting of him and Tamae’s mother that brought him out of his darkness.
Lighting Designer:
High Rise eState of Mind on a UK tour for Beats & Elements
"From the makers of No Milk For The Foxes, DenMarked and BAC’s Frankenstein, High Rise eState of Mind tells difficult-to-swallow truths through a dystopian lens using grime, beatboxing, hip hop, looping and MCing. A fast-paced, urban story about class and housing, frustrations, inequalities and the pointlessness of it all at times.”
Lighting Designer:
The Mob Reformers at The Lyric Hammersmith for The Lyric Ensemble “The Mob Reformers prises apart the subject of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt with a sharp, irreverent joy, featuring everything from a Fire in the Booth freestyle by Wat Tyler himself (Johnson Adebayo) to an uncannily good horse impression
Lighting Designer:
Subject Mater at the Edinburgh Fringe for Nadia Cavelle Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award in 2019
“Nadia Cavelle’s three-hander is an exquisite example of what an inventive Fringe company can do with minimal resources. It’s elegantly presented, precisely performed and draws you into its quirky theatrical landscape with an assurance that belies both the scale of the show and the company’s experience.”
Lighting Designer:
Black Holes UK Tour for Seke Chimutengwende & Alexandrina Hemsley
“Weaving together poetic text and movement, Alexandrina Hemsley and Seke Chimutengwende come together to retell the history of the universe from the big bang through to the universe’s death. Speculating on how to be with their bodies that carry histories of marginalisation and anti-blackness, Seke and Alexandrina combine elements of Science Fiction and personal narrative to propel the personal and the mythic onto a cosmic scale.”
Pronouns: He/Him
Website: simeon.lighting
Contact: navarre0@gmail.com