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Patrick Woodroffe has been responsible for the lighting for many of the top names
in the music world. These include, among others - ABBA, AC/DC, Andrea Boccelli,
Bob Dylan, The Bee Gees, Bjork, Cher, The Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Ferry, Depeche Mode,
Donna Summer, Elton John, Garth Brooks, Genesis, Erasure, Mike Oldfield, Michael
Jackson, Mick Jagger, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, M. People, Rod Stewart, Sarah
Brightman, Seal, Simply Red, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Van Morrison and
The Rolling Stones.
In musical theatre he has lit The Millennium Dome Show,
the martial arts spectacular, Shaolin, Wheel of Life, the long-running, Tribute
To The Blues Brothers, Godspell at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the dance
shows of Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flame), Joaquin Cortez
(Gypsy Passion) and Burn The Floor. He also lit the English National Ballets'
Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall and the film of Cirque du SoleilŐs Quidam
in Amsterdam.
He has lit many international music festivals and television events, including
the Hollywood Rock and Rock in Rio festivals in Brazil, The Montreux Jazz
Festival, The Tokyo Music Festival, The Les Miserables 10 Year Anniversary
Concert, The Brit Awards, The Freddie Mercury Tribute, The Princes Trust
concerts, Songs + Visions from Wembley Stadium, Guitar Legends in Seville, The
Bob Dylan Tribute from Madison Square Gardens in New York, The Great Music
Experience in Nara, Japan and the Amnesty Tribute Concert in Paris.
He has lit fashion shows for Jasper Conran, Betty Jackson and John Richmond,
industrial presentations for Mercedes-Benz, Bordeaux Wines and Pepsi
International, where he lit the Concorde at Gatwick Airport. He has taught and
lectured on the subject of lighting in many countries, and his work was featured
at an exhibition at the Musée Moderne in Paris - Le Jardin Musical.
His credits for classical music include The Prague Heritage Concert at Prague
Castle with Sir George Solti and the Prague Symphony Orchestra; Chess -The
Concert with the LSO; The Planets multi-media concerts with The London
Philharmonia, Handel in the Park with Andre Previn and The LPO; Music from Outer
Space with Zubin Mehta and The LA Philharmonic in Los Angeles; Casta Diva at the
Herodian Theatre in Athens and the opening of the Globe Stadium in Stockholm with
Esa-Pekka Salonen and The Swedish Radio Orchestra.
In addition to his work in live performance he has been responsible for some
important architectural lighting schemes, including the temporary lighting of La
Grande Cascade restaurant in Paris and Mortons restaurant in Los Angeles, the
gardens at Highgrove House for HRH The Prince of Wales, The Ukrainian Institute
in New York and the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park for Vanity Fair. He has
designed permanent installations at The Millennium Dome, Prague Castle for
President Vaclav Havel, the Schlumberger Headquarters in Vienna and Yo! Sushi,
the high-tech sushi restaurant in Soho.
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