

Lighting Services
We provide lighting services for exhibitions, events, theatre productions and touring shows.
Lighting effects that make a difference
Our team of creative lighting designers, headed up by award-winning designer Tony Simpson, works year-round with artists and venues installing lights for:
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Permanent and temporary exhibitions
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Corporate events
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Theatre shows
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Film and TV productions
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Special Effects
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Light trails in botanic gardens and venues worldwide

Tony Simpson has over 30 years experience as a lighting designer and practitioner. Working across a wide range of disciplines including feature film (Bohemian Rhapsody, Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation, Disney's Beauty and the Beast); fashion (L'Oreal, Ralph Lauren, Cottweiler and Gucci at Westminster Abbey); corporate productions (Rolls Royce, Cartier and Selfridges); orchestras, ballet, theatre productions, and opera - both West End and touring.
Before working full time at Culture Creative, Tony was our lighting consultant. Today, he oversees all our lighting hires and manages our team of freelance designers, who light our Christmas and Winter trails worldwide.
If you have a lighting project that you would like to discuss, please click here to get in touch with Tony and the team.

Tony Simpson Portfolio

Our Team of Associates

Tyler Forward
Lighting and Video Designer
Tyler Forward is a Lighting and Video Designer. As our Associate Designer, Tyler has worked on Neverland at Kenwood House, Christmas at Blenheim Palace and Halloween at Thetford Forest. Tyler has also worked as a theatre lighting designer and on major exhibitions including Wes Anderson's Asteroid City Exhibiton and Future Shock.


Jack Goodwin
Lighting Programmer & Visualisation Specialist
Jack is a Lighting Programmer and Visualisation Specialist working across Culture Creative’s illuminated trails and event projects. Collaborating closely with the team of associates, he develops and programmes lighting systems, creates pre-visualisation models and supports the delivery of installations from initial concepts through to on-site programming and delivery. His work spans several of Culture Creative’s Christmas and Halloween trails, including Kew, Blenheim, Westonbirt, Moors Valley, Wimpole and Stourhead. Alongside his work for Culture Creative, Jack programmes and designs lighting for many theatre productions.


Declan Randall
Set & Lighting Designer
Declan Randall has been working on our Christmas light trails at Bedgebury and Dunham Massey for 6 years. He has also worked extensively in opera, drama, dance and musicals for over 25 years and was recently triple-nominated for the South African Theatre Awards for Best Set-, Best Lighting- and Best Projection Design for his work on Sister Act in Johannesburg. In addition to his theatre work, Declan has also worked in film, television, fashion, architecture, corporate events, exhibition design and site-specific works, and teaches lighting at various colleges in the UK.


Peter Harrison
Lighting Designer
Peter is a Lighting Designer who has worked with Culture Creative on Christmas and Halloween Trails at Leeds Castle, Heaton Park, and Quarry Bank Mill. Outside of the trails he works in Theatre, Opera, and Dance, and has over 25 years experience in the field. His work has included lighting pieces for The Royal Ballet, musicals inside prisons, open air Shakespeare, and productions in the West End and on Broadway. He can also be found relighting Opera internationally in cities including Sydney, Paris, Vienna and Berlin.


Dominic Cook
Production Electrician and Technical Project Lead
Dom Cook is the Director of Going Dark Ltd and an experienced Production Electrician and Technical Project Lead, specialising in theatre, live events, touring productions, and large-scale outdoor installations. He has worked across the UK and internationally, delivering lighting systems for theatre, opera, immersive experiences, and public events.
Dom has worked closely with Tony Simpson and the Culture Creative team for a number of years, with 2026 marking his eighth year delivering the lighting installation at Stourhead. He has also supported the delivery of other Culture Creative projects, including Halloween at Kew and Chiswick House. Known for his practical approach and attention to detail, Dom works collaboratively with designers, production managers, and technical teams to deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality lighting installations.

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Adam King
Lighting Designer
Adam King has worked on trails for Culture Creative both in the UK and internationally. His current designs for Culture Creative include Kew (halloween), Blenheim (halloween), Moors Valley (halloween), Chester Zoo, Wimpole, Westonbirt. Adam currently oversees the lighting designs on the Halloween trails. He is also an established designer within theatre and live events with his work being seen both in the West End and internationally.
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