Freelance Lighting Designer & Operator

Light tells
the story.

Design and operation for live music, theatre, festivals and television — shaping atmosphere, drama and energy around the performance.

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Lighting is the difference between a stage and a moment. Across touring theatre, live music, festivals and broadcast, Mike Stevens designs and operates light that serves the show — and makes every seat feel like the front row.

Selected Work

Shows, lit.

A selection of productions designed and operated on the road. Tap any frame to view it larger.

Forever Jackson — Michael Jackson tribute, dancers backlit in beams
Forever JacksonMichael Jackson
Live Forever — Oasis tribute, wide stage in beams of light
Live ForeverOasis · Britpop
The Shoop Shoop Show — Cher tribute, dramatic portrait lighting
The Shoop Shoop ShowThe Cher Collection
Beautiful Day — One Night of U2, singer in red light
Beautiful DayOne Night of U2
Beautiful Crazy — Luke Combs country show, single beam
Beautiful CrazyLuke Combs · Country
Uptown Girl — Billy Joel show, symmetrical coloured beams
Uptown GirlBilly Joel
The Bon Jovi Experience — stadium rock lighting
The Bon Jovi ExperienceStadium rock
That'll Be The Day — rock and roll variety show, graphic backdrop
That'll Be The DayRock 'n' Roll variety
Walk Right Back — The Everly Brothers, two silhouettes backlit
Walk Right BackThe Everly Brothers
The McCartney Songbook — Beatles and Wings, arms-raised finale
The McCartney SongbookBeatles · Wings
Dino Tales — family show with walking dinosaurs in jungle lighting
Dino TalesFamily spectacular
That'll Be Christmas — festive rock and roll show
That'll Be ChristmasFestive Rock 'n' Roll

Production photography © Prestige Productions / respective photographers, used with permission.

What I do

From design to the desk.

  1. Theatre Shows

    Lighting design and operation for touring and staged productions — built to travel and repeat, night after night.

  2. Live Music

    Concerts, gigs and tours, from intimate rooms to arenas — design, programming and operation.

  3. Festivals

    Main-stage and outdoor lighting that reads at scale and turns around fast between acts.

  4. Set & Lighting Design

    Full creative design as well as operation — concept, plan and delivery.

  5. Programming & Operation

    Shows programmed and operated from a professional lighting console — precise, repeatable and ready for anything the night throws at it.

Also experienced across television & broadcast lighting.

At the controls

On the desk.

Every show is programmed and operated from an industry-standard lighting console — from black-box theatre to festival main stage. Drag to explore →

Lighting console at front of house — black-box theatre
Black-box theatre
Lighting console at front of house — West End musical
West End musical
Lighting console at front of house — opera house
Opera house
Lighting console at front of house — live music venue
Live music venue
Lighting console at front of house — festival headline night
Festival headline
Lighting console at front of house — arena rock show
Arena
Lighting console at front of house — stadium pop show
Stadium
Lighting console at front of house — club and EDM with lasers
Club & EDM
Lighting console at front of house — television awards show
Television
Lighting console at front of house — symphony hall
Symphony hall
A lone performer caught in a single shaft of light
About

Mike Stevens

Mike Stevens is an award-winning freelance lighting designer and operator working across live music, theatre, festivals and television. From touring productions to one-off broadcasts, he designs and runs lighting that serves the show.

The craft is the same whatever the room: shape the atmosphere, build the drama, and give the audience a reason to lean in. Whether it's a packed theatre, a festival field or a television studio, the goal never changes — make the audience feel something.

Every show is programmed and operated from a professional lighting console — the kind trusted on the world's biggest tours.

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Contact

Let's light
your show.

Tell me the dates, the venue and what you need — I'll come back to you.

Or email hello@mikestevens.uk