Lighting Designer. all views are my own
Joined June 2014
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alastair west retweeted
19 May 2021
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 😉
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alastair west retweeted
7 May 2021
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. criticscircle.org.uk/nominee… #NDA21
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27 Mar 2021
Can’t wait to be back in a theatre #WorldTheatreDay #touringtheatre #lightingdesign #theatrelighting
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alastair west retweeted
10 Dec 2020
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
ALT Three dancers perform as Prince Albert, Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice. Prince Albert is holding Queen Victoria as she slides with her feet pointed, they are looking at each other happily. Princess Beatrice watches in the background.
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4 Jul 2020
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
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alastair west retweeted
14 May 2020
#ICYMI The full ballet, For An Instant, choreographed by Amaury Lebrun. It's only available until 7 June, so watch it while you can!
youtu.be/DJoBIgIWc2Q
#PayAsYouFeel #NB50 #NBDigitalSeason #StaySafe
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alastair west retweeted
13 May 2020
Members of @NBSinfonia came together, apart, for this amazing performance of the Charleston from The Great Gatsby!
northernballet.com/pay-as-yo…
Produced by @dpconductor
#NBDigitalSeason #NB50 #NBPayAsYouFeel
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alastair west retweeted
29 Apr 2020
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
ALT Dancers Ayami Miyata and Kevin Poeung
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alastair west retweeted
15 Mar 2020
Northern Ballet: Geisha review – potent fusion of romantic dance and Japanese horror theguardian.com/stage/2020/m…
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alastair west retweeted
15 Mar 2020
#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 richjevonsblog.wordpress.com…
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14 Mar 2020
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
14 Mar 2020
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: northernballet.com/geisha/ph…
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alastair west retweeted
28 Nov 2019
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 🎂
28 Nov 2019
It’s our birthday - we’re 50 years old today!
We’ve got a year of celebrations ahead and as a birthday treat we’ve announced details of our 50th Anniversary Gala.
The Gala takes place in Leeds on 4 January but act quickly – tickets are going fast! #NB50
northernballet.com/media-rel…
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alastair west retweeted
15 Nov 2019
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
15 Nov 2019
The nominees for Best Classical Choreography are Patricia Guerrero (Catedral); Cathy Marston @CathyRMarston (Victoria) ; Helen Pickett (The Crucible); Stina Quagebeur @StinaQuagebeur (Nora); & Alexei Ratmansky (Shostakovich Trilogy) #NDA20 #flamenco #ballet
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alastair west retweeted
THEATRE: Feels like a creepy, tortured, seductive succubi sort of day. Northern Ballet brings DRACULA to #Leeds Playhouse...
Full review: on-magazine.co.uk/arts/yorks…
@LeedsPlayhouse @northernballet #ballet #theatre #dance #halloween2019
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15 Sep 2019
Just arrived for tonight’s KOI awards. Still homered to just have been nominated!! #KOI #lightingdesign
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alastair west retweeted
15 Sep 2019
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!
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alastair west retweeted
8 Sep 2019
So grateful to all @northernballet dancers, staff, team to make this happen! We did create some magic! Thank you! @northernballet @AWest_Lighting @MarkSkipperDL
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alastair west retweeted
6 Aug 2019
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
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6 Aug 2019
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
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6 Aug 2019
Thank you for the mention very happy to have been nominated again.
6 Aug 2019
A special mention to our friend @AWest_Lighting who is shortlisted in the ETC Award for Dance category for Victoria,
@northernballet! #KOIawards #LightingDesigner
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