Elliot Griggs is a multi-award winning Professional International Lighting Designer based in Croydon, South London. He trained in lighting design at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has been designing lighting professionally for more than fourteen years. He has designed for theatres including London’s National Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Royal Court, in the West End and Manchester’s Royal Exchange. As well as creating lighting designs for Royal Shakespeare Company, Jamie Lloyd Company, and Headlong, he has developed immersive experiences for Immersive Everywhere, Punchdrunk, Bompas and Parr and World Economic Forum. Such events have represented clients including Diageo, NBC Universal, all3Media, Harman, LiveNation, National Bank of Kuwait, and Avalon.

He creates lighting designs for theatre, musicals, opera, dance and experiential events and attractions.

He also teaches lighting design and lighting programming for EOS to the next generation of lighting designers and technicians at drama schools and colleges.

Elliot is represented by Dan Usztan at United Agents.

Best Lighting Design

Off West-End Awards - Pomona, Orange Tree Theatre, London

New Talent In Entertainment Lighting

Worshipful Company of Lightmongers

Francis Reid Award

Association of Lighting Designers

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Olivier Awards - Sleepova

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Olivier Awards - The P Word

OTHER AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best New Production in an Affiliate Theatre

Olivier Awards - English (Kiln Theatre)

Best Lighting Design

Off West-End Awards - The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre)

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Olivier Awards - Blue Mist (Royal Court)

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

Olivier Awards - The Swell (Orange Tree)

Best New Musical

Olivier Awards - Amelie The Musical (The Other Palace)

Best Entertainment or Comedy Play

Olivier Awards - Fleabag (Wyndhams)

Best Production

Off West-End Awards - An Octoroon (Orange Tree)

Best New Comedy

Olivier Awards - Dry Powder (Hampstead)