JAMES FARNCOMBE
Lighting Designer

As a freelance lighting designer, James has lit over 150 productions throughout the UK since 2001. Recent credits include critically acclaimed lighting for The Overcoat (for Gecko/Lyric Hammersmith); Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (Bristol Old Vic and tour); The Great Game: Afghanistan (a cycle of 12 new plays at the Tricycle, London); The Ayckbourn at 70 season at Northampton Theatre Royal including Man of the Moment (directed by Alan Ayckbourn); Turandot (Hampstead Theatre); 2000 Feet Away (Bush Theatre); Plague Over England (Duchess Theatre, West End) and Breaking the Silence (Nottingham Playhouse). Last year, James was nominated for a Knights of Illumination award for The Dysfunctionalz at the Bush, and was shortlisted for the 2008 Arts Foundation Award for Lighting Design. He is artistic associate of the Bush Theatre, London.