Peter Barnes (lighting designer)

Peter Barnes (born on February 25th 1955 in Enfield, London, United Kingdom) is a lighting designer, lighting director, show producer and set designer. He is credited with more than 150 designs for live music, film, television, dance, fashion, art and architecture. He is known in the live music industry as 'the UK’s guru of pop lighting'[1]. He was the show producer, lighting and set designer for the Spice Girls live shows including the massive, international Spiceworld[2] tour and the Christmas in Spiceworld tour. He designed the lighting for Live 8[3] and his design was used around the world for all major Live 8 venues with an estimated worldwide audience of 3 billion people[4]. In 2000 he was voted Lighting Designer of the Year by Live! Magazine and was nominated Lighting Designer of the Year by Total Production magazine in 2008, 2009 and 2010[5]

He is married to Cindy and has a daughter Joanna and a grandson Reuben. He lives in Cookham Dean, Berkshire, UK.

List of productions designed (selected)

Music

Events

Stage shows

Television and DVD

References

  1. ^ Bandit on the X-Factor Tour. UK Sound and Lighting Community, 23 February 2005
  2. ^ Spice Girls personnel. The Production Office, August 1999 - December 1999
  3. ^ Live 8 design. Artistic Licence 2005
  4. ^ Live 8 lighting talk. A.C. Lighting conference, March 16, 2006
  5. ^ Nominations for TPi Awards 2010, Total Production International
  6. ^ HSL supplies JLS tour HSL Group 2010
  7. ^ Bandits light up Girls Aloud tour. Total Production International, 18 June 2008
  8. ^ Bandit on the X-Factor Tour. UK Sound and Lighting Community, 23 February 2005
  9. ^ The Corrs Borrowed Heaven tour 2004. Lighting Concepts online
  10. ^ Spice Girls personnel. The Production Office, August 1999 - December 1999
  11. ^ G.A.J. Bowdin, Johnny Allen, William O’Toole. Events Management. Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0750665335
  12. ^ Only Connect Comic Relief Special 2011. The Internet Movie Database
  13. ^ Beyonce Knowles Live at Wembley + DVD. Fan Musical 2004

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