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. Open any show to see more.

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

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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.

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
A lone performer caught in a single shaft of light
About

Mike Stevens

Mike Stevens is a freelance lighting designer and programmer working across live music, theatre and live events in the UK. He delivers lighting that supports performance, strengthens visual impact and keeps the focus on the stage.

His approach is simple: use light with intent. Every cue, transition and look is built to serve the show, shape atmosphere and guide audience attention without distraction.

Work spans small venues through to large touring productions, adapting to different spaces, teams and technical setups. Each project is programmed and operated on professional MA Lighting systems, with a focus on consistency, reliability and clean execution under pressure.

The aim is always the same — clear, purposeful lighting that holds up in real-world live environments and gives the production what it needs to land.

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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