Hugh has designed the lighting for more than 160 productions and worked for most of the UK's national companies and extensively on Broadway. He has received three Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Designer: in 2004 for Pacific Overtures (Donmar); in 2000 for The Graduate (West End) and The Cherry Orchard (National Theatre); and in 1998 for The Unexpected Man (RSC) and The Blue Room (Donmar). In New York he received TONY® award nominations for Mary Stuart and Spamalot.
Hugh VanstoneBack to the Future
Hugh Vanstone, The Height of the Storm
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Hugh Vanstone, A Christmas Carol
Hugh Vanstone, Groundhog Day
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda the Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost: The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost The Musical
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart
Hugh Vanstone, Mary Stuart
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hugh Vanstone, Pacific Overtures
Hugh VanstoneThe Cherry Orchard
Hugh Vanstone, The Unexpected Man
Hugh Vanstone, The Unexpected Man
Hugh VanstoneThe Blue Room
Hugh VanstoneHamlet
Hugh Vanstone, Art
Hugh Vanstone has been nominated for several awards for his outstanding lighting design work on various Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Some of his notable nominations include Outstanding Lighting Design for "Back to the Future," "The Height of the Storm," and "A Christmas Carol" at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. He has also been nominated for Best Lighting Design of a Play for "A Christmas Carol" at the Tony Awards, Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for "Groundhog Day," "Matilda," and "Ghost The Musical," and Outstanding Lighting Design for "Ghost: The Musical" at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, he received nominations for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for "Matilda the Musical" and "Ghost The Musical" at the Tony Awards. Other nominations include Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Mary Stuart," Best Lighting Design for "Monty Python's Spamalot" at the Olivier Awards, and Best Lighting Designer for "The Cherry Orchard," "The Unexpected Man," "The Blue Room," "Hamlet," and "Art" at the Olivier Awards.
Hugh Vanstone has won the following awards: Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Christmas Carol, The Height of the Storm, and Ghost: The Musical. He also won Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Christmas Carol, Best Lighting Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Matilda and Ghost, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Pacific Overtures, and The Cherry Orchard. Additionally, he has won Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Ghost: The Musical, Best Lighting Designer (Olivier Awards) for The Blue Room and The Cherry Orchard, and Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Unexpected Man.
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