Michael Scott (Lighting Designer: Dr Faustus)

Michael originally trained as an electronic engineer but the stage was calling.

In 1987 he became the chief and resident designer at the Adeline Genee Theatre, going on to work as a freelance production electrician in London and the provinces before spending a year in Australia where work included the Sydney Arts Festival.

In 1988, Michael joined the Royal Opera House and has worked for the Opera and Ballet companies in the UK, Europe and the Far East, rising to the position of Lighting System Manager.

Dance design credits include Desirable Hostilities, First Drafts (Royal Ballet), No Hot Ashes, Don’t Dress For Dinner, and Out Of The Blue (Diamond Dance).

Theatre design credits include Murder On The Nile, Flare Path, Same Time Next Year, Cymbeline, Cloud Nine, Macbeth and Little Murders. Michael has also worked on First Nights At The Garden, Phantoms and Tutti Verdi (Linbury Studio).