Sean Hawkins

Sean has been working professionally as a lighting designer for 15 years and has a Diploma of Entertainment Technology from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.

Sean has worked internationally as The Head of Lighting at Soho Theatre in London’s West End and was previously employed as the House Technician at The Court Theatre for 5 years.

He has designed more than 25 productions for the Court Theatre, and his experience ranges from children’s theatre to full scale musicals to lighting installation pieces.

Highlights include, Songs for Nobodies, Stag Weekend, Hamlet: The Video Game (the stage show), Exit the King (The Court Theatre), Di and Viv and Rose (Fusion Productions), Cabaret and A Comedy of Errors (NASDA).

He has also been responsible for designing a number of well-known items including the large, illuminated tunnel in the Tirama Mai celebration and the St Andrews College graduation performance of Stairway to Heaven that went viral at the end of 2023.

Sean and Mark Hadlow have worked together for many years as Sean is responsible for the touring lighting design of MAMIL (Middle Aged Man in Lycra), as well as working together in a director/designer team on a number of productions.

Sean is currently employed at The Light Site, Christchurch’s premiere lighting company for events and theatre.