STLD is proud to support the founding of the Profile Awards; now in its second year.

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 the next ceremony will take place at the Alexandra Palace theatre on the 5th of June 2025. 

Alongside eight specific Theatre awards and eight TV awards there will be 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 is 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 is 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 are judged by the professional Profile Awards TV and Theatre nominees and the Virtual competition student nominees will receive an invitation to The Profile Awards event with the winner being announced live at the Awards at Alexandra Palace on the 5th of June. The deadline for MP4 video entries to info@profileawards.com is the 30th of April 2025