About

Scott Allan is a stage Lighting Designer based in Melbourne, Australia. He works with a diverse range of theatre makers, corporate producers and educators, presenting creative work to engage contemporary audiences...

Scott is a professional member of the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), Treasurer of the Australasian Lighting Industry Association (ALIA) and has twice attended the Broadway Design Master-class series at New York University.

Scott grew up in the theatres of Newcastle, and after training with the Young People's Theatre (1986-1992), spent a further eight years lighting pantomime and productions in repertory. Scott also worked regularly for Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Hunter School of Performing Arts, Newcastle Repertory Club, Opera Hunter, Freewheels TIE, Metropolitan Players and Flying Teapot Theatre Company.

Before Melbourne, Scott worked at the Shore School (SCEGS, Blue St), collaborating with designer Adam Lindberg to ensure a high standard of production for the elaborate shows produced by the Performing Arts Faculty and Sydney theatre companies. Scott is still an educator and mentor to students of Stage Craft.

For six years Scott was the Resident Lighting Designer for the Gold Coast Arts Centre. He was also appointed Production Manager, overseeing the full operations of the musical theatre programs, touring productions and The Summer School, a Queensland Education in the Arts program.

In 1996 he established a small production company and toured nationally with Henri Szeps' one-man show I'm not a Dentist (Lawrence Jackson Productions) and Late Nite Catechism (Adrian Bohm Presents) with Denise Roberts. Scott later remounted Late Nite Catechism for GCAC/NARPACA Venues which toured internationally with Sally-Anne Upton.

For six years, Scott held the position of Technical Manager for the Arts Faculty at Deakin University. Overseeing the Faculty's Technical Staff and Operations, Scott worked intensely across many Arts disciplines including Film & Television, Photography, Theatre Design, Dance and Motion Capture; contributing to developments in Arts research, teaching and learning; as well as managing many specialised Arts projects and creative events.

Highlights for Scott include: The Maids, Diary of a Madman (Hunter Valley Theatre Company), Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Oldest Profession, Wish I'd Said That (Ensemble Theatre), Damn Yankees, Crazy for You (The Production Company), The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell, Men (Straightjacket), La Boheme, Tosca, La Traviata, Carmen (Melbourne Opera), The Ballard of Backbone Joe (STC), Starting Here Starting Now (Manilla Street), Oliver (Opera Hunter), Jekyll & Hyde, The Boy from OZ, Sweeney Todd (GCAC), Dags, Two Weeks with the Queen, The Golden Masque of Agamemnon (YPT), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Upstage) and Lectern Rock (Westpac Corp.).

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