Profile Awards
STLD is proud to support the founding of the Profile Awards; commencing in 2024
The Profile Awards have been created and are coordinated by Durham and Jennie Marenghi in association with the ABTT, the ALPD and the STLD; the Awards recognise lighting design excellence in Theatre and Television in the UK and took place at the Alexandra Palace theatre on the 6th of June 2024.
Alongside eight specific Theatre awards and six TV awards there was a Student Virtual Lighting Design competition and the Richard Pilbrow Lifetime Recognition Award in the name of Richard Pilbrow by kind agreement with Richard’s family and sponsored by Theatre Projects.
The awards ceremony was an informal cabaret style seating affair with plenty of opportunity to network and catch up with friends and peers with at least half of those in attendance being professional Lighting Designers.
There was also a Student Virtual Lighting Design Award whereby Lighting Design students and programmers from UK colleges were invited to create a two-minute animation using WYSIWYG 2023 or LD Capture visualisation software to music of their choice in a 3D model of the Royal Albert Hall provided by Durham Marenghi and populated with an Ayrton fixture virtual rig.
The student entries were judged by the professional Profile Awards TV and Theatre nominees and the Virtual competition student nominees received an invitation to The Profile Awards event with the winner being announced live at the Awards at Alexandra Palace. These awards are kindly sponsored by AC Entertainment Technologies.
This year's Profile Awards ceremony took place during the ABTT tradeshow on the 6th June 2024, and plans are already under way for 2025.
The STLD is coordinating the TV section with judges chaired by Stuart Gain, STLD Secretary. Details of the categories and the conditions for entries can be found on the Profile Awards website, together with full details about the event
Nominate for 2025
Nominations will be for the lighting team and not just the Lighting Designer. For the judges to choose they will need a clip of the show of up to 10 minutes free to view, and your citation can let the judges know more about any difficulty factors to be considered
All entries must be from mainly UK based productions and have been first shown in the UK after 1st May 2024 and before 30th April 2025 when nominations will close.
Shows can have been shown on any broadcast or streaming platform, but we must have a video clip to make judgement on.
The categories are:
- Best Series
- Best One-off Show
- Best Drama
- Best Small Studio
- Best Continuing Drama episode
- To Be Announced
More about the categories can be found on The Profile Awards or in our member's section
STLD Profile Awards Sponsors
Profile Awards 2024 Winners
ENTERTAINMENT – SERIES AWARD
Sponsored by VERSION 2 LIGHTS
The Traitors
James Tinsley, Will Plenty, Paul Tibbles, Jamie Ings
ENTERTAINMENT – ONE OFF AWARD
Sponsored by LIGHTS CONTROL RIGGING
The Brit Awards
Tom Sutherland, Martin Higgins, Nate Files, Jasmine Lesane, Jay Koch, Richard Gorrod
DRAMA AWARD
Sponsored by CHAMSYS
Good Omens Series 2
Gavin Finney, Scott Napier, Ed Clark, Gareth Spensley, Jon Towler
SMALL STUDIO AWARD
Sponsored by ELP BROADCAST LIGHTING
The Repair Shop
Robin Johnson, Adam Caroll, Neil Kent, Ben Richards
NEWCOMER AWARD
Sponsored by LIGHT INITIATIVE
Jack Woodstock
SPECIAL MERIT AWARD
Sponsored by ROXXLIGHT
Martin Kempton
The Profile Awards 2024 Theatre Awardees
Outstanding Achievement in Theatre sponsored by Chauvet Professional: Simon Wilkinson for ‘Ragnarok’, Tortoise in a Nutshell, Traverse, Edinburgh & tour
Outstanding Achievement in Theatre sponsored by TSL: Ali Hunter for ‘Red Pitch’, @sohoplace
Outstanding Achievement in Musicals sponsored by GLP: Emma Chapman for ‘The Third Man’, Menier Chocolate Factory
Outstanding Achievement in Opera sponsored by ETC: Robbie Butler for ‘Death in Venice’,
Welsh National Opera and tour
Outstanding Achievement in Innovation sponsored by Fix8Group: Tupac Martir for ‘Find Your Eyes’, Manchester Academy, Manchester International Festival
Outstanding Year In Dance sponsored by Elation: Tom Visser for ‘La Ruta’, ‘Assembly Hall’ and ‘Carmen’, all at Sadlers Wells; ‘From England With Love’, Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Outstanding Year in Theatre sponsored by Vari-Lite: Jon Clark for ‘Dear England’, Olivier, National Theatre and West End; ‘The Motive and the Cue’, Lyttelton, National Theatre and West End; ‘The Effect’, Lyttelton, National Theatre; ‘Stranger Things – The First Shadow’, West End
Outstanding New Designer sponsored by SLX: Skylar Turnbull Hurd for ‘These Demons’, Theatre 503
Honourable mentions
Paule Constable for ‘Guys and Dolls’, The Bridge
Lee Curran for ‘Romeo and Juliet’, The Almeida; King Lear, The Almeida
Jon Driscoll for ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’, English National Opera
Oliver Fenwick for ‘Dear Octopus’, Lyttelton, National Theatre
Guy Hoare for ‘Frankenstein’, Frome Memorial Theatre and tour
Aideen Malone for ‘Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning’, National Theatre of Scotland and UK tour
Jai Morjaria for ‘Macbeth’, UK and International tour; ‘The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man’, Nottingham Playhouse
Christopher Nairne for ‘Blackout Songs’, Hampstead Theatre
Lizzie Powell for ‘The Grand Old Opera House Hotel’, Traverse, and ‘The Snow Queen’, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Adam Silverman for ‘Wozzeck’ at the Royal Opera; Machinal, Ustinov Studio, Bath and The Old Vic
Other Awards
Richard Pilbrow Lifetime Recognition Award sponsored by Theatre Projects: Awarded to David Hersey
Student Virtual Lighting Design Award sponsored by AC Entertainment Technology: Awarded to Tom Lee from Rose Bruford College for ‘Exigence’