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Luke Halls

Luke Halls is a London-based video designer, recognised by Drama Desk and BAFTA for his work spanning concerts, opera, theatre shows, film and public art. 

Halls theatre credits include: Paranormal Activity (Chicago Shakespeare/Ahmanson Theatre/West End); Aida (Circustheater); West Side Story (Broadway Theatre); The Starry MessengerEveryone’s Talking About JamieThe Moderate SopranoFrozen, 2071, The Nether and The Lehman Trilogy (West End); Shipwreck and Oil (Almeida); Linda and Girls & Boys (Royal Court); Miss Saigon (Austria, Japan, New York and UK tour); Antony and CleopatraMan and Superman, Ugly Lies the Bone and The Great Wave (National Theatre); The Book of Dust: La Belle SauvageTalking HeadsA Christmas CarolAlys, AlwaysMy Name is Lucy Barton (Bridge Theatre); Local Hero (Royal Lyceum Theatre); Desire Under the Elms (Crucible Theatre); Elegy for Young Lovers (Theater an der Wien); Mary Poppins (touring); Hamlet and The Master and Margarita (Barbican); I Can’t Sing (The London Palladium).

Halls opera credits include: Boris Godunov (Teatro alla Scala); Lucia di Lammermoor and Otello (Metropolitan Opera); The Merry Widow (Bergen National Opera); Atlas (LA Philharmonic); Don Giovanni and Król Roger (Royal Opera House); The HobbitThe Cunning Little VixenDon Giovanni and Der Freischütz (Danish Royal Opera); Zeitgeist (Coliseum); Das Liebesverbot (Teatro Real); West Side Story (Malmö Opera); Don Giovanni (Barcelona Opera and Houston Opera); Madame Butterfly and Carmen (Bregenzer Festspiele); and Porgy and Bess (National Opera, Amsterdam and Met Opera).

Halls ballet credits include: Like Water for Chocolate (Royal Opera House, Costa Mesa and Metropolitan Opera); Malgorzata Dzierzon (Ballet Rambert); Connectome (Royal Ballet). 

Halls has designed visuals for performing artists such as Adele, Rolling Stones, Elton John and U2. Halls has been awarded Knight of Illumination Awards in 2014, 2015 and 2016; BAFTA Award for The Cube; and 2020 Drama Desk Award for West Side Story.