A Matter of Life and Death
New Vic

Adapted from the film by Powell and Pressburger by Theresa Heskins
Director                          Theresa Heskins
Designer                         Laura McEwen
Sound Designer             Alex Day
Musical Director            Akintayo Akinbode
Lighting Designer          Alexandra Stafford
Lighting Programmer    Peter Morgan
Projection Design          Illuminos
Movement Director       Beverley Norris-Edmunds

"It brings the dead of past conflicts into contact with the living via a seemingly whimsical romance – and a seemingly endless, celestial staircase, here magically conjured to our imaginations through the interplay of Alexandra Stafford’s lighting and Laura McEwen’s designs." The Observer 5*

Photographs © Andrew Billington

Wilko   
Queens Theatre Hornchurch

Writer                          Jonathan Maitland
Director                        Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Designer                       Nicolai Hart-Hansen
Lighting Designer        Alexandra Stafford
Composer & MD          Simon Slater
Sound Designer           Simon Slater
Lighting Programmer  James Stokes

"For much of the time, Alexandra Stafford's lighting resembles the cold white glare of an operating theatre but, when the music plays, the stage is transformed: gauzy walls ripple with rainbows, fuzzy orange sunsets and dreamy peach-coloured dawns." The Stage 

Photographs © Mark Sepple

Alice in Wonderland
Derby Theatre

Director                           Sarah Brigham
Set Designer                   Emily Bestow
Costume Designer         Tim Heywood
Lighting Designer           Alexandra Stafford
Composer                       Ziad Jabero
Video Designers             Ben Glover & Douglas Baker
Lighting Programmer     David Coull

Photographs © Pamela Raith

Skellig
Nottingham Playhouse

Director                                         Lisa Blair
Designer                                        Frankie Bradshaw
Lighting Designer                         Alexandra Stafford
Composer & Sound Designer      Tom Attwood

Photographs © Marc Brenner

Around The World in 80 Days-ish!
York Theatre Royal

Director                              Juliet Forster
Designer                             Sara Perks
Lighting Designer              Alexandra Stafford
Sound Designer                 Ed Gray

Photographs © Kirkpatrick Photography

Oh No George! 
Can't Sit Still Theatre

From the original book by Chris Haughton

Director                                      Catherine Boot
Designer                                     Laura McEwen
Lighting Designer                      Alexandra Stafford
Composer & Sound Designer   Luke Thomas

Photographs © Von Fox Productions

Robin Hood & The Major Oak  
Derby Theatre

Director                                      Sarah Brigham
Set Designer                              Emily Bestow
Costume Designer                    Tim Heywood
Lighting Designer                      Alexandra Stafford
Composer & Sound Designer  Ivan Stott

Photographs © Pamela Raith

Anna Hibiscus' Song
Utopia Theatre

Director                     Mojisola Kareem 
Designer                    Kevin Jenkins
Lighting Designer     Alexandra Stafford
Sound Designer        Lee Afren

Photographs © Chris Saunders

The Wind in the Willows  
Derby Theatre

Director                                      Trina Haldar
Designer                                     Nettie Scriven
Lighting Designer                      Alexandra Stafford
Composer & Sound Designer   Ivan Stott

Photographs © Graeme Braidwood

The Swearing Jar 
New Perspectives

Director                             Angharad Jones
Designer                           Gemma Caseley-Kirk
Lighting Designer             Alexandra Stafford
Musical Director              Joe Danks

Photographs © Kate 
Hewlett

The Snowy Day  
Can't Sit Still 

From the original book by Ezra Jack Keats
Director                             Catherine Boot
Designer                          Laura McEwen
Lighting Designer            Alexandra Stafford
Composer                        Rob Green
Sound Designer              James Gow

Photographs © Steve Gregson

I Dare You   
Hannah Stone, Tilly Branson, Ria Ashcroft

Written by Tom Powell

Director                     Beth Schouler
Designer                    Lydia Denno
Lighting Designer     Alexandra Stafford
Sound Designer        Drew Baumohl

Photographs © Pamela Raith

Harrogate Theatre Pantomimes

Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin, Dick Whittington, Jack and The Beanstalk, Sleeping Beauty

Directors                         Phil Lowe, Marcus Romer
Designers                Foxton, Helen Davies, Philip Whitcomb, Morgan Brind
Musical Director             Nick Lacey
Lighting Designer           Alexandra Stafford
Lighting Programmer     Stuart Kirkby

Photograph © Karl Andre Photography

The Great Almighty Gill  
New Perspectives

Director                     Angharad Jones
Designer                    Gemma Caseley-Kirk
Lighting Designer     Alexandra Stafford
Sound Designer        Adam McCready

Photographs © Robert Day

A Tender Thing  
Chipping Norton Theatre 

Director                         John Terry 
Designer                        Alex Berry
Lighting Designer         Alexandra Stafford

Photographs  © Tomalinlightworks

York Theatre Royal & Evolution Productions Pantomimes

Cinderella & Jack and The Beanstalk

Director                             Juliet Forster
Designers                          Helga Wood & Michelle Marsden
Choreographer                  Hayley Del Harrison
Lighting Designer             Alexandra Stafford
Musical Directors            James Harrison (Cinderella) 
                                       Robert Louden (Jack and The Beanstalk)
Sound Designers          Mike Redley (Cinderella)  Tom Smith (Jack and The Beanstalk)
Lighting Programmers      Craig Kilmartin and Peter Roar

Photographs                     Cinderella © Pamela Raith
                                     Jack and The Beanstalk © S R Taylor Photography

The Kreutzer Sonata  
Chipping Norton Theatre and Arcola Theatre

Director                      John Terry 
Designer                     Alex Berry
Lighting Designer      Alexandra Stafford
Composer:                  Harry Sever

Photographs © Ciáran Dowd

Red Earth Theatre Productions

Cinderella's Sisters, Famous Five, Emil & The Detectives, 
The Remarkable Adventures of Oliver Twist, Hansel & Gretel, 
Mirror Mirror, The Red Tree

Directors                       Amanda Wilde & Wendy Rouse
Designer                        Laura McEwen
Lighting Designer         Alexandra Stafford

Photographs © Robert Day

Hard Times
Oldham Collesium 


Director                     Chris Lason
Designer                    Sammy Dowson
Sound Designer        Lorna Munden
Lighting Designer     Alexandra Stafford

"For Chris Lawson’s production, Sammy Dowson has designed a grey factory-like structure versatile enough to represent the entire “ugly citadel” of Coketown. Wistful background music contrasts with social harshness. Lighting is gorgeously moody." The Stage 

Photographs © Joel C Filde

Babe The Sheep Pig Mercury Theatre Colchester


Director                      Katie Posner
Designer                     Sara Perks
Lighting Designer      Alexandra Stafford
Sound Designer         Adam McCready

Photographs © Robert Day

Fifth Word Theatre Productions

Amateur Girl
Director: Kate Chapman, Designer: Eleanor Field, Lighting Designer: Alexandra 
Stafford, Sound  Designer: Adam McCready
Photographs © Robert Day

All The Little Lights
Director: Laura Ford, Associate Director: Angharad Jones,  Designer: Max Dorey, Lighting Designer: Alexandra Stafford,  Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim
Photographs © Robert Day

Lava
(Nottingham Playhouse & Soho Theatre)
Director: Angharad Jones,  Associate Director: Laura Ford, Designer: Amy Jane Cook, Lighting Designer: Alexandra Stafford, Sound Designer: Dan Balfour, AV Designer: Louise Rhoades-Brown
Nottingham Playhouse Photographs  © Creative by Wren
Soho Theatre Photographs © Robert Day

New Perspectives Productions

Finding Nana
Director: Katie Posner, Designer: Sara Perks, Lighting Designer: Alexandra Stafford, Sound Designer: Adam McCready
Photographs © Robert Day

Harvest
Director: Jack Mcnamara, Designer: Amy Jane Cooke,  Lighting Designer: Alexandra Stafford 
Photographs © Pamela Raith

A Thing Mislaid
Maison Foo

Directors                               Bethany Sheldon & Kathryn Lowe
Designer                               Sam Wilde                           
Lighting Designer              Alexandra Stafford
Sound Designer                 Matt Marks
Video Design                      Barret Hodgson

Photographs © Robert Day

Aidy The Awesome
The Gramophones

Director                                              Hannah Stone
Designer                                             Jade Irene
Lighting Designer                              Alexandra Stafford
Composer & Sound Designer           Darren Clark

Photographs © Pamela Raith

Antigone - Pilot Theatre

Adapted by Roy Williams

Director                                            Marcus Romer
Designer                                          Joanna Scotcher
Lighting Designer                            Alexandra Stafford
Original Music & Sound Design     Sandy Nuttgens

Photographs © Robert Day

Kindertransport 
Nottingham Playhouse


Director                         Fiona Buffini
Designer                       Madelene Girling
Sound Designer           Jon Nicholls
Lighting Designer        Alexandra Stafford

Photographs © Catherine Ashmore

"Alexandra Stafford’s lighting design is quite simply brilliant, adding layers of atmosphere to Eva’s physical, emotional and psychological journeys." The Reviews Hub

Outsiders
Pilot Theatre


Director                          Fraser Corfield
Designer                         Lydia Denno
Lighting Designer          Alexandra Stafford

Photographs © Ben Bentley

The Island 
Chipping Norton Theatre & Dukes Lancaster


Director                        John Terry
Designer                       Sam Dowson
Lighting Designer        Alexandra Stafford

Photographs © Joel C Filde
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