alastair west

Lighting Designer. all views are my own

[Briony Thomas @DrBrionyThomas]

Well tonight was a bit special with @Tindallkenny @AWest_Lighting Emily Nuttall and the amazing dancers from @northernballet 🎥🩰

@UniLeedsCulture and @LeedsAHRI — you are going to love it... and we’re only just getting started 😉

[Northern Ballet @northernballet]

We’ve been nominated in two @NatDanceAwards categories! For Outstanding Company and @TindallKenny for Best Classical Choreography twice, for The Shape of Sound and Geisha. Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees. https://t.co/s8ZyvgDeT5 #NDA21

[alastair west @AWest_Lighting]

Can’t wait to be back in a theatre #WorldTheatreDay #touringtheatre #lightingdesign #theatrelighting

[Northern Ballet @northernballet]

We're thrilled that Victoria, choreographed by @CathyRMarston has won the dance award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards! 🎉🎉 Watch dancers Abigail Prudames and Joseph Taylor collect the award on Sky Arts on Sunday 20 December.
#SkyArts @SkyTV

[alastair west @AWest_Lighting]

To all professionals in the film, television, theatre,entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic. #SaveTheArts

[Northern Ballet @northernballet]

#ICYMI The full ballet, For An Instant, choreographed by Amaury Lebrun. It's only available until 7 June, so watch it while you can!
https://t.co/lojbki6DCC
#PayAsYouFeel #NB50 #NBDigitalSeason #StaySafe

[Northern Ballet @northernballet]

Members of @NBSinfonia came together, apart, for this amazing performance of the Charleston from The Great Gatsby!
https://t.co/zLWZnEKQNz
Produced by @dpconductor
#NBDigitalSeason #NB50 #NBPayAsYouFeel

[Northern Ballet @northernballet]

Happy #InternationalDanceDay! We may be indoors but we couldn't resist sharing some lesser seen photos from our productions, like these from an alternate cast Geisha dress rehearsal taken by @rikachu_NB. #IDD2020
Geisha a ballet by @Tindallkenny with music by @AlexharwoodMuso

[Guardian culture @guardianculture]

Northern Ballet: Geisha review – potent fusion of romantic dance and Japanese horror https://t.co/GEnOZ0yD2K

[Rich Jevons @richjevons]

#Dance #Review #RichPickings on @northernballet #Geisha @GrandTheatreLS1 #Leeds 'Let's cut to the chase: if Rich Pickings did give star ratings Northern Ballet's Geisha would be bursting the seams of five stars!' @richjevons https://t.co/JlkDZgFzyz

[alastair west @AWest_Lighting]

Just a little project I have been working on. Big thanks to everyone involved in the creation of this show. Big thanks to the whole technical team at Northern Ballet. Also to the team at Hawthorns for there support on this project. #Geisha #lightingdeaign #LD #worldpremiere

[Northern Ballet @northernballet]

With just four hours to go until the world première of Geisha, a ballet by Kenneth Tindall with music by Alexandra Harwood, the first images are in!

Check out the gallery: https://t.co/DDLmiyjnMv

[Encore EMEA @EncoreEMEA]

A HUGE Happy Birthday 🥳 to our very good friends @northernballet @ballettechnical from all of us here @hawthornbiz ! Here’s to the next 50! @AWest_Lighting #ballet #theatre #lighting #hire #sales #NB50 🎂

[cathy marston @CathyRMarston]

Happy and proud that our production of #Victoria is nominated for Best Classical Choreography @NatDanceAwards #NDA20 - thank you #DavidNixon & all @northernballet as well as @SteffenAarfing @UzmaHameedRexha #PhilipFeeney #alastairwest #JennyTattersall

[On: Yorkshire, What's On, Theatre Guide, Gig Guide @on_magazine]

THEATRE: Feels like a creepy, tortured, seductive succubi sort of day. Northern Ballet brings DRACULA to #Leeds Playhouse...

Full review: https://t.co/9Z8zzYNakP

@LeedsPlayhouse @northernballet #ballet #theatre #dance #halloween2019

[alastair west @AWest_Lighting]

Just arrived for tonight’s KOI awards. Still homered to just have been nominated!! #KOI #lightingdesign

[Knight of Illumination Awards @KOIAwards]

Check out this year’s mapping in the foyer! The first thing everyone sees upon arrival to the sparkling wine reception. Thanks to @GreenHippo_ for that!

[Amaury Lebrun @amaury_lebrun]

So grateful to all @northernballet dancers, staff, team to make this happen! We did create some magic! Thank you! @northernballet @AWest_Lighting @MarkSkipperDL

[Encore EMEA @EncoreEMEA]

A huge congratulations to all nominees featured on this year's @KOIAwards theatre shortlist, especially those up for the Hawthorn Award for Musicals. What a line-up! 😍 #Theatre #KOIawards

[alastair west @AWest_Lighting]

Honoured to have been nominated for a #KOIAward in the ETC award for Dance category again this year! For #northernballet Victoria by #CathyMarston. A huge congratulations to all the other nominees

[alastair west @AWest_Lighting]

Thank you for the mention very happy to have been nominated again.

[Encore EMEA @EncoreEMEA]

@KOIAwards A special mention to our friend @AWest_Lighting who is shortlisted in the ETC Award for Dance category for Victoria,
@northernballet! #KOIawards #LightingDesigner