Hugh Vanstone has designed the lighting for more than 150 productions and worked for most of the national companies and extensively on Broadway. He has been nominated for six Laurence Olivier Awards, winning three for Pacific Overtures (2004, Donmar), The Graduate (Gielgud) and The Cherry Orchard (NT) in 2000, and The Unexpected Man (RSC) and The Blue Room (Donmar) in 1998.
Recent work includes: Present Laughter directed by Howard Davies (NT), Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello), The Pain and the Itch directed by Dominic Cooke (Royal Court), Rafta, Rafta… directed by Nicholas Hytner (NT), Spamalot (Palace and Broadway, US tour and Las Vegas, directed by Mike Nichols), Dance of the Vampires (Berlin, directed by Roman Polanski), Market Boy directed by Rufus Norris, The Royal Hunt of the Sun directed by Trevor Nunn and Once in a Lifetime directed by Edward Hall (both NT), And Then There Were None (Gielgud), Mary Stuart (Apollo) and The Carmelites (ENO) both directed by Phyllida Lloyd, and Epitaph for George Dillon directed by Peter Gill (Comedy).