The seventh Knight of Illumination Awards has once more seen record submissions for the title of outstanding lighting and video design in the sectors of TV, Theatre and Concert Touring and Events. Combined with the fact that industry sponsorship and support for the event is at an all-time high.
The KOI Awards, organised by Clay Paky alongside the Society of Television Lighting Designers (STLD), the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and Ambersphere Solutions, were held following the first day of the PLASA Show on the evening of Sunday 5th October at London’s fabulous Art Deco Troxy Theatre.
Winners for each sector were selected from the shortlist of nominations for each of the sector categories and the winners are as follows:
THEATRE
Dance
Paul Keogan – No Man’s Land, English National Ballet at The Barbican
Opera
Joachim Klein – Bluebeard’s Castle, Oper Frankfurt at Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Play
Andy Purves – The Believers, The Drum at Theatre Royal Plymouth and touring
Musicals
Adam Silverman – Urinetown, St. James Theatre
Projection Design
Ethan Wang – Rice, Cloud Gate Theatre Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Sadler’s Wells
TELEVISION
Drama
David Higgs – The Escape Artist
Light Entertainment
Chris Rigby – Alan Carr Chatty Man
Small Studio
Hugh French – Channel 4 News
Events
Ben Cracknell – The Olivier Awards
Video Graphic Display
Luke Halls – Don Giovanni
CONCERT TOURING AND EVENTS
Concert Touring Stage
Will Potts – Disclosure
Concert Touring Arena
Andy Hurst – The Prodigy
Live Events
Matt Button – Castrol
Video Graphic Display
Cate Carter, Paul “Pablo’ Beckett and Blue Leach (Live video director) – Elbow
Enrico Caironi Award for Lifetime Achievement
Brian Croft
