Nick Hunt
After a career as a professional lighting technician and designer, Nick started teaching lighting design at Rose Bruford College. He went on to become Head of the School of Design, Management and Technical Arts for twelve years, and he now a Research Fellow and Professor of Lighting Design and Performance Technologies.
Nick’s practice-based doctoral thesis ‘Repositioning the Role of the Lighting Artist in Live Theatre Performance’ investigated how the role of the theatre lighting artist might be more akin to a performer than a designer. His current research interests include: the performative potential of light; photography, light and performance; digital scenography and digital performance; the history of theatre lighting; and the roles and status of the various personnel involved in theatre-making.
Nick is a past co-convenor of the TaPRA Scenography working group in the UK and the Scenography working group of the International Federation for Theatre Research.