Derek Anderson is a lighting designer for theatre and live events. He graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with a First Class Honours Degree in Production Arts and is an associate of the National Youth Theatre.

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Theatre Lighting Design credits include:

Two Gentleman of Verona (RSC); King Lear (Singapore Arts Festival); Doubt, Snake in the Grass (Dundee Rep); Cat Power, GRIT Orchestra (EIF/ Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh); James V (National Tour); To Kill A Mockingbird (Lyric Hammersmith); Macbeth (Garrick Theatre, West End); BK Shivani (Wembley Arena); Mrs President (Charing Cross Theatre); Sweeney Todd, Secret Life of Humans, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Handbagged and Spamalot (English Theatre Frankfurt); Hound of the Baskervilles, Our Man in Havana, Our Friends The Enemy, If We Got Some More Cocaine (UK Tour); Whatsonstage Awards 2012-2017 (Prince Of Wales Theatre, West End); What I Go To School For (Theatre Royal Brighton); Rumplestiltskin (Theatre Royal Bath then MAC Belfast); Sunset Boulevard (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre); Pure Imagination, Marry Me A Little, Andrew Lippa in Concert, Scenes From a Marriage directed by Trevor Nunn (St James Theatre); Man Up, Ignition (Frantic Assembly); Henry V (Cambridge Arts Theatre); The Wedding Singer, How To Succeed in Business (Lowry Theatre); Brixton Calling, Dessert directed by Trevor Nun, Promises Promises, Allegro, The Grand Hotel, Uppercut, Followers (Southwark Playhouse); Rags, Animal, My Dad's Gap Year, Hatched and Dispatched (Park Theatre).

 

Associate/ Assistant Lighting Design credits include:

to Neil Austin - Shakespeare In Love, Henry V (Noel Coward); Silver Tassie, Great Britain (National Theatre) Le Corsaire (English National Ballet); The El Train (Hoxton Hall); Birdland (Royal Court).

to Natash Katz - Skylight (Wyndhams Theatre then Golden Theatre, NY), Winner for Best Lighting Design for the 2015 Tony Awards.

to Paul Pyant - Fatal Attraction (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Winner for Best Lighting Design for the 2014 Olivier Awards.

to Simon Wilkinson - Dragon (Vox Motus and National Theatre of Scotland).