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KNIGHT OF ILLUMINATION 2018 The leading lights of the entertainment production industry descended on London’s famous Eventim Apollo on Sunday night, where the winners of the 2018 Knight of Illumination Awards were announced.
A record number of people attended the glittering ceremony this year, which brings together entertainment technology professionals from around the world. The Knight of Illumination Awards celebrate the achievements of lighting and video designers working in the fields of Theatre, Television and Concert Touring and Events. This, the eleventh Knight of Illumination Awards, saw more nominations than ever before, with the winners in each category chosen by a wholly independent panel of judges, all experts in their respective sectors. The winners of the 2018 Knight of Illumination Awards are as follows:
• The Hawthorn Award for Musicals: Paule Constable for Follies, National Theatre TELEVISION • The Light Initiative Award for Events: Andy Stagles for The MOBO Awards 2017 • The Altman Lighting Award for Small Production: Andy Stagles for Songs of Praise • The Green Hippo Award for Video Design and Graphic Display: Kate Dawkins for WW1 Remembered: Passchendaele • The SLX Award for Light Entertainment: Dave Davey for The Voice Final • The Philips Strand Lighting Award for Drama: Martin Kempton for Upstart Crow, series 2 • The Ayrton Award for Contribution to Television Lighting: Steve Wells CONCERT TOURING & EVENTS • The MA Lighting Award for Club: Tom Campbell for Nick Mulvey • The disguise Award for Video Content: Tom Colbourne, William Baker and Rupa Rathod with Blink for The Killers
THEATRE • The PRG Award for Projection Design: CHOU Tung-Yen & Very Mainstream Studio for Formosa, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Sadler’s Wells • The ETC Award for Dance: David Plater for The Suit, Ballet Black • The ADB Award for Plays: Jack Knowles for Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre • The Robert Juliat Award for Opera: Fabiana Piccioli for Eugene Onegin, Scottish Opera 14
