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Nick Schlieper

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BIO

Australian born Nick Schlieper has designed lighting for opera and theatre internationally, across Europe, Canada and the United States, and for all the major companies in Australia. Work in Europe includes productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the State Theatres of Berlin, Hamburg and Munich as well as productions in Vienna, Stuttgart, at the Hamburg State Opera and Theatre Clwyd in Wales. Notable credits include Wagner's Ring Cycle in Adelaide, Hedda Gabler and A Streetcar Named Desire in Washington and New York. His designs have also won four Melbourne Green Room Awards, two Sydney Theatre Critics Awards and two Helpmann Awards.

Productions

 
[West End, 2026]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2025]
Lighting Designer
 
[US Tour, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Lighting Design
 
[US Tour, 2013]
Lighting Designer
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
 
[Toronto, 2010]
Lighting Designer
 
[West End, 2009]
Lighting Designer

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2025 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Videos

News


THE EDIT, GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, and More Receive 2025 Sydney Theatre Awards Nominations; Full List
by Stephi Wild - Dec 22, 2025

Nominations were announced for the 2025 Sydney Theatre Awards, which will be presented at an industry gala ceremony on Monday 19 January 2026 at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre.
Video: THE LADY FROM THE SEA Trailer at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2025

London Theatre Company has released a trailer for The Lady from the Sea, written and directed by Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen. The production, which is in collaboration with Wouter van Ransbeek, is now playing at the Bridge Theatre.
Tickets For Cynthia Erivo in DRACULA Go on Pre-sale This Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2025

Tickets for Sydney Theatre Company's production of DRACULA, starring Cynthia Erivo, adapted and directed by visionary theatre-maker Kip Williams, will have a Priority On-Sale on Monday 22 September. 
Ganadores de los PREMIOS DEL PÚBLICO BROADWAYWORLD SPAIN 2025
by Alba Corona - Aug 6, 2025

Ya tenemos a los ganadores de la 15ª Edición de los PREMIOS DEL PÚBLICO BROADWAYWORLD SPAIN. El musical más premiado ha sido MAR I CEL, con 12 galardones.
Further Cast Revealed For THE LADY FROM THE SEA at The Bridge
by Stephi Wild - Jul 2, 2025

London Theatre Company has announced further casting for The Lady from the Sea written and directed by Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen, opening at The Bridge in September.
Segunda Ronda de los Premios del Público BroadwayWorld Spain 2025
by Juan Cano - Jul 2, 2025

BroadwayWorld Spain se complace en anunciar la lista oficial de finalistas de los Premios del Público BroadwayWorld Spain 2025, donde los espectadores han tenido, una vez más, el poder de reconocer lo mejor del teatro musical del último año. Un año vibrante, lleno de talento, emoción y producciones memorables que han dejado huella en los escenarios de toda España.
GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS Comes to Belvoir
by Stephi Wild - Jun 25, 2025

Belvoir will present acclaimed New Zealand-Australian theatre director Simon Phillip’s new adaptation of Max Porter’s bestselling novel, Grief is the Thing With Feathers.
2025 Tony Awards Winners - The Full List
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 8, 2025

The best of Broadway took the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. See all of the 2025 Tony winners here.
2025 Tony Awards Guide - How to Watch, Who is Nominated & More
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 7, 2025

The best of Broadway will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. Need a refresher on how to watch and when? We've got you covered!
Pamela Rabe Takes on HAPPY DAYS at Sydney Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - Apr 10, 2025

Australian stage icon Pamela Rabe will take on one of the greatest roles ever written, by one of the 20th century's greatest playwrights, Samuel Beckett in Sydney Theatre Company's Happy Days, playing STC's Wharf 1 Theatre

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and Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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