ALASTEIR WEST is a freelance lighting designer based in the UK. He graduated from Bretton Hall in 2004 with a BA (Hons) degree in Performance Design and Production, having specialised in lighting design. Alongside his design work, he has also worked as Head of Lighting for Northern Ballet for the past 14 years.
He was nominated for a Knight of Illumination Award for his design for Kenneth Tindall's Casanova in 2017 and again in 2019 for Cathy Marston's Victoria.
Throughout his career, Alastair has re-designed and re-lit various shows, working in the lighting departments for The Royal Shakespeare Company, Sheffield Theatres and numerous touring productions.
Dance lighting design credits include Geisha, Casanova (nominated for a Knight of Illumination Award), States of Mind, The Shape of Sound, The Architect, Luminus Junc·ture, Project 1 all for choreographer Kenneth Tindall; Victoria (nominated for a Knight of Illumination Award), Jane Eyre for Cathy Marston; Dangerous Liaisons, The Three Musketeers (Tour Lighting), Madame Butterfly (Mid-scale), I Got Rhythm, for David Nixon CBE and Giselle for Yoko Ichino.
Alastair's other dance lighting design credits include Ma Vie for Dickson MBI; Wailers for Mthuthuzeli November; Nostalgia for Stina Quagebeur; Mamela for Mlindi Kulashe; The Kingdom of Back for Morgann Runacre-Temple; For an Instant (Amaury Lebrun); Ugly Duckling, The Tortoise & The Hare, (Dreda Blow & Sebastian Loe); Three Little Pigs (Hannah Bateman & Victoria Goldsmith); Elves & The Shoemaker (Daniel de Andrade); Puss In Boots (Jenna Lee); and Goldilocks & The Three Bears (Nicola Gervasi).
Other lighting design credits include: Calendar Girls The Musical, Croft House Theatre Company; Jungle Book, Derby Playhouse; Cinderella, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty CAST Doncaster; Puzzle Women, Dead Ernest; The Indian Boy RSC Cube Season; La Ronde Bolt Productions.
Recent productions include the lighting design of Tiler Peck's Intimate Pages and Benjamin Ella's Joie de Vivre both for Northern Ballet.
More recently, Alastair collaborated with Kenneth Tindall on the North American premiere of Casanova for Orlando Ballet. Future engagements include staging Casanova for Milwaukee Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Tulsa Ballet and the Latvian National Ballet all in 2024 and 2025.
Other projects in 2024 include lighting new works by Kristen McNally and Mthuthuzeli November for Northern Ballet. And, in 2025, Alastair will design the lighting for the world premiere of Kenneth Tindall's new Alice in Wonderland for Tulsa Ballet.