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David Plater

@drplight

freelance lighting designer working in theatre and dance. previously head of lighting @donmar , resiident designer for @balletblack

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Joined May 2010
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Today we wrapped on #BBThenOrNow, the film! Lots of exciting new things coming next season... stay tuned! Pictured: BB! Choreography: @willtuckettrb Filmed by: #RoswitherChesher Lighting design: @drplight Costume design: @YukikoTsukamoto #AdrienneRich #BBonFilm #BalletBlack
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C O M I N G S O O N | Then Or Now Pictured: #IsabelaCoracy & #MthuthuzeliNovember Choreography: @willtuckettrb Lighting: #DavidPlater Design: #YukikoTsukamoto #BBThenOrNow #BalletBlack
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And we're back at it with a new film! Shooting #BBWaitingGame with @poetryfilmpro and @BarbicanCentre! #BBonFilm #BalletBlack
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C O M I N G S O O N | The Waiting Game Choreography: #MthuthuzeliNovember Photography: #BillCooper Lighting: @drplight Designs: #PeterTodd Pictured: #EbonyThomas #SayakaIchikawa #CiraRobinson #IsabelaCoracy & #AlexanderFadayiro #BalletBlack
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Sunday evening throwback to 2019 & WASHA: The Burn From The Inside by Mthuthuzeli November, a co-commission between BB, The Grange Festival & Studio Wayne McGregor Pictured: #EbonyThomas Photography & design: #MthuthuzeliNovember Lighting: #DavidPlater #BalletBlack
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We're releasing something very special on Sunday 3rd May: the full version of #BBIngoma choreographed by Mthuthuzeli November, nominated for a National Dance Award & an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production! Available for 7 days! #BBonFilm #BalletBlack @BarbicanCentre
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Ballet Black@BalletBlack9 Mar 2020
Coming soon... #BBWaitingGame by #MthuthuzeliNovember 🚪🗝⏳ #BalletBlack
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chrismarney@chrismarney9 Mar 2020
‘To begin, begin’ for @BalletBlack in 2016 @BarbicanCentre 📷 Bill Cooper 💡@drplight – at Kensington, London
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Will exotic foreigner Rachel Sangalletti be welcomed in a quiet corner of Arthurian England...? Opening night of My Cousin Rachel this evening @TheatreRBath Thankyou to all - on and off stage - who have brought this gothic mystery to such vivid life.
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#petshopboys #Musik,the cabaret by @JOJEHARVEY/ the @petshopboys,is to get a 4 week #London run following its sold-out,the 60-minute,one-woman show starring @francesbarber13 reprising her role as Billie Trix will run @lsqtheatre , #UK Wednesday,Feb. 5th to Sunday,March 1st. 2020
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Ahead of its premiere at @brumhippodrome, we're excited to release casting for our Autumn Mixed Bill. Three stunning ballets. The world premiere of Jack Lister's A Brief Nostalgia, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs and @BalletBlack's, The Suit. bit.ly/2kIfxJd
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Ballet Black@BalletBlack3 Aug 2019
#Throwback to 2016 and our Arthur Pita ballet, #Cristaux, featuring a tutu covered in @swarovski crystals! 💎💎💎 Pictured: #CiraRobinson & #MthuthuzeliNovember Photography: #BillCooper Lighting: @drplight Design: @Yannseabra #BalletBlack
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Our award-winning lighting designer, Mr @drplight, working on the award-winning #BBTheSuit in our technical rehearsal today #BalletBlack
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Summertime and the living is easy 🎤 One week today (Sat 8 June) we start our performances of Porgy & Bess at @grangeparkopera that run until 7 July - buy your tickets here: bbc.in/2HNuUd8
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#Edinburgh On the 8th of June we're making our Edinburgh debut at King's Theatre! Can you help us spread the word? It's the biggest theatre we've danced in outside of London! 😯 Tickets & info here: capitaltheatres.com/whats-on… 📷 #PhotographyByASH #BalletBlack
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Theatre review: Pendulum / CLICK! / Ingoma from @BalletBlack at @BarbicanCentre - britishtheatreguide.info/rev…
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We had a loooong but great tech day on #BBPendulum & #BBCLICK! today. I've worked with lighting designer, @drplight for 20 years & he always surprises me with brilliant ideas! #BBBarbican #BalletBlack
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Excited to share this new trailer for INGOMA🦋! Created by #MthuthuzeliNovember for our @BarbicanCentre premiere in March 2019! #BalletBlack
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Ballet Black@BalletBlack3 Jan 2019
We're back & getting ready for our @BarbicanCentre premiere + tour of our ALL NEW double bill! This Spring we are visiting: #London #Hertfordshire #Northampton #Bristol #Cambridge #Derby #Birmingham & #Edinburgh! Check this link for dates: balletblack.co.uk/performanc… #BalletBlack
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ETCInc@ETCInc17 Sep 2018
Congratulations to David Plater on the well-deserved award--and cheers to all of the wonderful design work recognized at the #KOIAwards! 🎉
Knight of Illumination Awards (@KOIAwards) profile pictureKnight of Illumination Awards@KOIAwards16 Sep 2018
Winner of the @ETCInc Award for Dance is David Plater, for The Suit! Congratulations, David!
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