Paule Constable

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Paule Constable BIO

National Theatre credits include Pinocchio, Follies, Mosquitoes, Common, Angels in America, The Red Barn, The Suicide, Wonder.land, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Table, This House (also West End and Chichester), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End and Broadway, Olivier Award for Best Lighting 2013, Tony Award for Best Lighting), The Comedy of Errors, Danton, The Power of Yes, Phedre, Death and the King's Horseman, War Horse (also West End and Broadway, 2011 Tony Award for Best Lighting), Some Trace of Her, Women of Troy, Triple Bill, Saint Joan, Attempts on Her Life, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tour and Cottesloe), Waves, Southwark Fair, Paul, Coram Boy, Translations, The House of Bernarda Alba, His Dark Materials (2005 Olivier Award, Best Lighting), Play Without Words, Three Sisters, Jumpers and Ivanov. For the RSC: Wolf Hall (also West End and Broadway), As You Like It, The Prince of Homburg, The Seagull, Tales From Ovid, The Dispute, Uncle Vanya, Beckett's Shorts and The Mysteries. Other credits include Heisenberg for Elliott Harper at the Wyndhams, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Cripple of Inishmaan (also Broadway), Peter and Alice and Privates on Parade for the Michael Grandage Company at the Coward Theatre; Elegy, Luise Miller, (Royal Court Theatre), Ivanov (Donmar at the Wyndham's), The Chalk Garden (2009 Olivier Award for Best Lighting), The Man Who Had All the Luck, Othello, Absurdia, The Cut, Proof and Little Foxes (Donmar Warehouse); How to Hold Your Breath, Clybourne Park, Posh, The City, Krapp's Last Tape, Forty Winks, Boy Gets Girl, Nightsongs, The Country, Dublin Carol and The Weir (also West End and Broadway) for The Royal Court; Happy Days, Feast, The Good Soul of Szechuan, Generations and Vernon God Little (Young Vic), 17, Herons, Blasted, Three Sisters, The Servant and Oliver Twist (Lyric Hammersmith), Don Carlos (Sheffield Crucible and West End. Olivier Award for Best Lighting), Love Never Dies, Half A Sixpence (also Chichester), Oliver!, Evita (West End) and Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert at the O2, together with designing the lighting for the new 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables (worldwide and on Broadway) and the new production of The Phantom of the Opera; Moon for the Misbegotten and Dancing at Lughnasa (The Old Vic) and five productions for Theatre de Complicite. Opera includes Carmen, Faust, Rigoletto, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and Macbeth (Royal Opera House), The Marriage of Figaro, The Cunning Little Vixen, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Billy Budd, Rusalka, St Matthew Passion, Cosi fan tutte, Giulio Cesare, Carmen, the Double Bill and La boheme (Glyndebourne), Benvenuto Cellini, Cosi fan Tutte, Medea, Idomeneo, Satyagraha, La clemenza di Tito, Gotterdammerung, The Rape of Lucretia and Manon (ENO), Peter Grimes (Opera North), Pelleas and Melisande (Scottish Opera), Norma, Cav and Pag, Roberto Devereux, The Merry Widow, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Anna Bolena (Metropolitan Opera New York), The Tales of Hoffman (Salzburg Festival), Poppea (Theatre des Champs Elysees), Agrippina and A Midsummer Night's Dream (La Monnaie), Cosi fan tutte and The Ring Cycle (Opera National du Rhin), Tristan und Isolde (New National Opera Tokyo), and productions throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Dance includes The Goldberg Variations (Kim Brandstrup), Seven Deadly Sins (Royal Ballet), Naked (BalletBoyz), and The Red Shoes, Sleeping Beauty, Dorian Gray, Play Without Words (Matthew Bourne). Paule is an Associate Director of the National Theatre and an Associate of the Lyric Hammersmith and for Matthew Bourne's New Adventures. She has been nominated for a further six Olivier Awards and for the 2007 Tony Award for Coram Boy and a 2013 Tony Award for The Cripple of Inishmaan. She has received three Critics Circle Awards in LA and two in New York along with two Drama Desk Awards. She received the Hospital Award for contribution to theatre and was the first recipient of the Opera Award for Lighting in 2013. She has also received the Knight of Illumination Award twice. She is a Fellow of Goldsmiths College and an honorary fellow of Rose Bruford College and Central School of Speech and Drama.

Paule Constable Productions

 
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[West End, 2021]
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[West End, 2019]
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[West End, 2019] [Replacement]
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[West End, 2018]
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[Broadway, 2018]
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[US Tour, 2017]
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[West End, 2017]
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[West End, 2017]
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[West End, 2016] [Replacement]
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[US Tour, 2016]
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[Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Design (Part 1)
 
[Broadway, 2014]
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[West End, 2012]
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[Broadway, 2011]
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[US Tour, 2010]
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[Broadway, 1999]
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Paule Constable Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 2018 - White Light Award For Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Follies

Olivier Awards - 2018 - White Light Award For Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Angels In America

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Angels in America

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, Angels in America


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Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two

Olivier Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableWolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


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Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two


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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2014 - Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Les Miserables

Olivier Awards - 2014 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableThe Light Princess

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Paule Constable, Les Miserables

Tony Awards - 2014 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, The Cripple of Inishmaan

Olivier Awards - 2013 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


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Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Special Award

Paule Constable, War Horse

Olivier Awards - 2011 - Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Love Never Dies


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, War Horse


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Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, War Horse


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Olivier Awards - 2009 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableThe Chalk Garden

Olivier Awards - 2009 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableIvanov

Olivier Awards - 2008 - Best Lighting Design

Paule Constable, War Horse

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Coram Boy

Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, Coram Boy


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Olivier Awards - 2006 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableDon Carlos


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Olivier Awards - 2005 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstableHis Dark Materials

Olivier Awards - 2003 - Best Lighting Design

Paule ConstablePlay Without Words

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Paule Constable, Amadeus

Olivier Awards - 1999 - Best Lighting Designer

Paule ConstableAmadeus

Olivier Awards - 1993 - Best Lighting Designer

Paule ConstableThe Street Of Crocodiles

Paule Constable Videos

Paule Constable News


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Experience the thrilling first-ever performance of MEDEA at the Canadian Opera Company. This captivating production promises to set the stage ablaze, offering a unique spectacle for opera enthusiasts.

SUNSET BOULEVARD, PLAZA SUITE, and More Nominated For Olivier Awards; Full List!

The nominations are in for this year's Olivier Awards! Among those nominated are Sunset Boulevard, Plaza Suite, The National Theatre, and many more. Check out the full list of nominations here!

LES MISERABLES Extends Booking to March 2025

LES MISÉRABLES at the Sondheim Theatre has extended its booking until Saturday 29 March 2025. The Christmas performance schedule is also announced. 

Tickets Now on Sale for LES MISERABLES at Proctors

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Review: LES MISERABLES at Des Moines Performing Arts

One of the great things about the Des Moines Performing Arts Broadway series is that it not only introduces us to new productions in their season, but there are also a few shows you can purchase as an add-on that have stood the test of time. This week, they are bringing the musical 'Les Miserables' back for its 9th engagement since 1989.

Tickets On Sale For LES MISERABLES At Fox Theatre

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Photos: Inside Rehearsal For NYE at the National Theatre

The National Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre have released rehearsal photos for Nye. Check out the photos here!

Video: Learn How The Royal Opera Created A 'Green' Production of RUSALKA

Learn how The Royal Opera created a climate-conscious production of Rusalka in this all-new video. The Royal Opera worked towards Green Book standards in The Royal Opera's recent production of Rusalka - a modern interpretation of Dvořák's magical story. 

Video: Center Theatre Group Presents MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO AND JULIET

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LES MISERABLES Comes To Overture Center in February

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Feature: MILAN VAN WAARDENBURG SPEELT HOOFDROL IN LES MISERABLES IN LONDEN!

Producent Cameron Mackintosh is verheugd te melden dat Milan van Waardenburg, vanaf maandag 11 maart 2024, de hoofdrol van Jean Valjean gaat spelen in Les Misérables in het Londense Sondheim Theatre. Milan maakt zijn West End debuut nadat hij onlangs nog in Nederland en België in Les Misérables te zien was. Voor zijn vertolking van de hoofdrol van Jean Valjean ontving hij lovende kritieken en een Musical Award nominatie voor Beste Hoofdrolspeler in een Grote Musical. Milan was eerder oa te zien als Prins Hans in Disney's Frozen in Duitsland, Dimitri in Anastasia zowel in Duitsland als in Nederland, luitenant Frederic Charles en Quasimodo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame en Herbert in Tanz der Vampire, beide op tournee door Duitsland. Naast Milan zijn ook de Nederlanders Djavan van de Fliert en Anouk van Laake in de Londense versie van Les Misérables te zien. 

Peter Joback and Milan van Waardenburg to Join LES MISERABLES at the Sondheim Theatre

New casting has been announced for LES MISÉRABLES at the Sondheim Theatre, with Swedish star, Peter Jöback and Dutch leading artist, Milan van Waardenburg taking on the role of Jean Valjean respectively in the critically acclaimed production. 

Photos: See New Production Images of LES MISERABLES in the West End

Check out new production photos of Les Miserables in the West End!

Juliet Stevenson Joins the ENO's THE HANDMAID'S TALE

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Full Cast Announced for the National Theatre's NYE, Starring Michael Sheen

The National Theatre and Wales Millenium Centre have announced the full cast for Nye as the company begins rehearsals. Tim Price's (Teh Internet is Serious Business) new play directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), charts the life of Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan and his battle to create the NHS. Michael Sheen is cast as Nye in this co-production between the National Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE Returns to the ENO in February

The Handmaid’s Tale opera will return to the ENO in a highly anticipated production. Read more about the upcoming show including how to get tickets, and all about the new arrival.

Matthew Bourne's ROMEO AND JULIET to Have North American Premiere at The Ahmanson Theatre This Month

Matthew Bourne's 'Romeo and Juliet' opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on January 31.

LES MISERABLES Kicks Off The New Year At The Lied Center!

Get your tickets now for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg's LES MISÉRABLES at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln. Don't miss the world's most popular musical!

LES MISERABLES Returns To Boston Performances At The Citizens Bank Opera House, August 13 �" 25

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES, are now on sale.  Performances at the Citizens Bank Opera House August 13 – 25, 2024.  LES MISÉRABLES is part of the 23/24 Lexus Broadway In Boston season.

Tickets For LES MISERABLES at Overture Center Go On Sale This Week

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISÉRABLES, will go on sale Friday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. for its engagement at Overture Center Feb. 14-18.

Paule Constable FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Paule Constable been nominated for?

Paule Constable has been nominated for several awards, including the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for "Follies" and "Angels In America." She was also nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Angels in America" and won the Best Lighting Design of a Play Tony Award for the same production. Constable received nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and "Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two." Additionally, she won the Best Lighting Design Olivier Award for "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up The Bodies." Other nominations include Best Lighting Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Les Miserables" and the Special Award at the Drama Desk Awards for "War Horse." Constable's nominations also include recognition at the Tony Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Olivier Awards for various productions such as "The Light Princess," "The Cripple of Inishmaan," "Love Never Dies," "The Chalk Garden," "Ivanov," "His Dark Materials," "Play Without Words," "Coram Boy," "Don Carlos," "Amadeus," and "The Street Of Crocodiles."

What awards has Paule Constable won?

Paule Constable has won several awards for her outstanding lighting designs in various Broadway and theater productions. These include Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." She also won the Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. Additionally, she received the Best Lighting Design award at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Les Miserables" and a Special Award at the Drama Desk Awards for "War Horse." Paule Constable's accolades also include Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Best Lighting Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "War Horse." She has also won multiple Olivier Awards for Best Lighting Design, including for "The Chalk Garden," "Don Carlos," and "His Dark Materials."

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