Guy Hoare

Guy Hoare has been designing lighting for dance, theatre and opera for over 20 years; he has been based in London since 1998 as a freelance designer but creates work throughout the UK and internationally. His opera credits include the Met, the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Bregenz Festival and National Theatre, Brno; he has also designed multiple productions for English Touring Opera, including the 2014 Olivier award-winning Season of King Priam and Paul Bunyan. His designs for dance include Arthur Pita’s The Metamorphosis and Mark Bruce’s Dracula which won the South Bank Award for Dance in 2012 and 2014 respectively. Guy is currently an Associate Artist at Wilton’s Music Hall in London.

Recent engagements: The Grapes of Wrath (National Theatre); My Fair Lady (Opera North / Leeds Playhouse); Carmen (Met Opera); Portia Coughlan (Almeida).