About

Scott Allan is a stage Lighting Designer based in Melbourne, Australia.

He is a professional member of the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), a committee member 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 as their Resident Lighting Designer. 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.

Working for the Shore School (SCEGS, Blue St), Scott collaborated with designer Adam Lindberg over a number of years, to ensure a high standard of production design for the elaborate shows produced by the Performing Arts Faculty, corporate cliental and Sydney theatre companies.

Scott continued to work between Sydney and the Hunter Region before spending six years as the Resident Lighting Designer for the Gold Coast Arts Centre. He was later appointed Production Manager to oversee the full operations of the musical theatre programs, touring productions and the Summer School, a South East Queensland Education in the Arts program.

In 1996 he established a small production company contributing to other areas of the industry and toured nationally as Production/Stage Manager on 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 Australia and New Zealand with Sally-Anne Upton.

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

Now settled in Melbourne, Scott continues to work internationally with a diverse range of theatre makers, corporate producers, educators and architects...

Highlights for Scott include: Diary of a Madman, The Maids (Hunter Valley Theatre Company), The Oldest Profession (Ensemble Theatre), Damn Yankees, Crazy for You (The Production Company), Men (Straightjacket), La Boheme, Tosca (Melbourne Opera), Starting Here Starting Now (Manilla Street), Oliver (Opera Hunter), Gary's House, 12 Angry Men (Shore), Godspell, 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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