Neil Austin (lighting designer)

Neil Austin is an English lighting designer. He has won two Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards and is the lighting designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, for which he has won an Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Helpmann, Outer Critics Circle and WhatsOnStage Award.

Neil studied Technical Theatre at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was made a Fellow in 2008.^[1] Variety named him a Pacesetter on the London Arts Scene in 2007,^[2] and an Artisan Elite in 2019.^[3]

Awards


Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2023	Leopoldstadt	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play^[4]	Nominated
	Leopoldstadt	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design^[5]	Nominated
	Tammy Faye	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design^[6]	Nominated
2022	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design^[7]	Won
	The 47th	BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	Company	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical^[8]	Nominated
	Frozen	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design^[9]	Nominated
	Frozen	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design^[10]	Nominated
2020	Rosmersholm	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design^[11]	Nominated
2019	Ink	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play^[12]	Won
	Ink	Knight of Illumination Award (USA) for Best Lighting Design (Play - Large Venue)	Nominated
	Company	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design^[13]	Nominated
		WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
		Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre)	Won
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Helpmann Award for Best Lighting Design	Won
	Rosmersholm	BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
2018	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play	Won
		Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play	Won
		Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Won
	Translations	BroadwayWorld Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
2017	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Won
2017	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Won
2016	The Winter's Tale	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
2016	Hughie	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play	Nominated
2015	Assassins	Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre)	Nominated
2015	The Winter's Tale	Falstaff Award for Best Lighting Design	Won
2013	Macbeth	Manchester Theatre Award for Best Design	Nominated
2013	Macbeth	Falstaff Award for Best Lighting Design	Won
2012	Evita	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical	Nominated
	Evita	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Nominated
	Company	Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre)	Won
	Betty Blue Eyes	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
2011	The White Guard	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Won
	Passion	Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre)	Nominated
	The Prince of Homburg	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	Women Beware Women	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
2010	Red	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play	Won
		Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play	Won
		LDI Award for Excellence in Lighting Design	Won
	Hamlet	Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play	Nominated
		Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play	Nominated
		LDI Award for Excellence in Lighting Design	Won
	Judgement Day	Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Play)	Nominated
	Madame de Sade	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	Life is a Dream	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	Parade	LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards	Nominated
	Parade	Backstage Garland Award for Lighting Design	Won
2009	Piaf	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
		WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
		Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre)	Nominated
	No Man's Land	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	No Man's Land	Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Lighting Designer	Nominated
	Oedipus	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	Life is a Dream	WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
	Twelfth Night	Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Play)	Nominated
2008	Parade	Knight of Illumination Award for Best Lighting Design (Musical Theatre)	Won
2007	Therese Raquin	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Nominated
2007	Frost/Nixon	Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Nominated

References

^ "Neil Austin". Guildhall Alumni. Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Pacesetters on the London Arts Scene". Variety. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Artisans Elite: Meet the Minds Behind the Best Looks on Screens and Stages". Variety. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". Tony Awards. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ Rocsy, Nicole. "New York, New York; Some Like It Hot; & More Lead Nominations for Outer Critics Circle Awards". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Nominees for 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced". WhatsOnStage. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "2022 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ Sherman, Rachel (9 May 2022). "Full List of the 2022 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Nominations announced for Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ "Nominees for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced". WhatsOnStage. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ "Nominations announced for Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ "Tony Award Winners". Tony Awards. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "Nominations Announced for Olivier Awards 2019 With Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[1] "Neil Austin". Guildhall Alumni. Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[2] "Pacesetters on the London Arts Scene". Variety. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[3] "Artisans Elite: Meet the Minds Behind the Best Looks on Screens and Stages". Variety. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[4] "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". Tony Awards. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

[5] Rocsy, Nicole. "New York, New York; Some Like It Hot; & More Lead Nominations for Outer Critics Circle Awards". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[6] "Nominees for 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced". WhatsOnStage. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

[7] "2022 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

[8] Sherman, Rachel (9 May 2022). "Full List of the 2022 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[9] "Nominations announced for Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[10] "Nominees for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced". WhatsOnStage. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[11] "Nominations announced for Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[12] "Tony Award Winners". Tony Awards. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[13] "Nominations Announced for Olivier Awards 2019 With Mastercard". Society of London Theatre. SOLT. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

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