Lighting Designer

Gavan Swift graduated from Australia’s National Institute for Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1994. Since then he has been in constant demand as a lighting designer for plays, musicals and corporate events.

His musical lighting designs include The Pirates of Penzance, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof, Jolson, Buddy and Oh! What a Night. Gavan’s most recent work includes OzOpera’s production of La Boh éme, The Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Stones in His Pockets; the Ensemble Theatre’s productions of All My Sons, Noises Off, and Lush; and the Australian tour of Burn The Floor together with Saturday Night Fever in Australia and London’s West End.