Hello, I'm Sam.

I’m a lighting designer, web developer, and biscuit enthusiast.

Currently:

Show Control Programmer – Peppa Pig's Surprise Party | Immersive Everywhere
Lighting Designer – Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet | Leeds Playhouse
Associate Lighting Designer & Programmer – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Watermill Theatre
COGS Programmer – Clockwork Dog
Technical Director & Duty Technical Manager – Paradise Green (Edinburgh Fringe)

Available for Lighting Design, Associate, Programming, and Relights, QLab Programming and Video Engineering, and show control roles — for digital and in-person projects

Previous roles include:

Lighting Designer

The Little Mermaid | Nottingham Playhouse
The Secret Garden | Big Little Theatre
The Ugly Duckling | Nottingham Playhouse
GNAW | Daniel McVey
Kennington Loop | Loudest Laugh Productions
Choose Your Fighter | Votive Theatre

Associate Lighting Designer

The Wild Cards | Sisco
Lighting Design by Sam Ohlsson
Future Fest | Abandoman
Lighting Design by Clancy Flynn
A Christmas Carol | Hull Truck Theatre
Lighting Design by Joshua Carr
Stranger Sings | The Vaults
Lighting Design by Clancy Flynn

Associate Lighting Designer & Lighting Programmer

A Christmas Carol | Leeds Playhouse
Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria
Animal Farm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse
Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria
THEM (2022) | Body Politic
Lighting Design by Chloe Kenward

Lighting Programmer

Uncanny: I Know What I Saw | Tilted Sessions
Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria
Romeo & Juliet | Lakeside Arts
Lighting Design by Richard Statham

Touring Relighter

Stranger Sings UK Tour | Ellis Live / The Vaults
Dance No 2 Degrees | The Place
Lighting Design by Edward Saunders
THEM (UK Tour) | Body Politic
Lighting Design by Chloe Kenward
Trainspotting Live (Edinburgh Fringe) | Seabright Live
Lighting Design by Clancy Flynn
My Son's A Queer (UK Tour) |
Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria

Video Engineer / Programmer

Public Interest | Common Wealth / Bradford2025
Video Design by Catherine Woodhouse
The Ugly Duckling | Nottingham Playhouse
Little Red Riding Hood | Nottingham Playhouse
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Notitngham Playhouse
Hansel & Gretel | Nottingham Playhouse

QLab Programmer

DNA | Lakeside Arts
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Notitngham Playhouse / Lakeside Arts
Brown Girls Do It Too | Tilted Sessions

Show Control Programmer

Bridge Command
Taskmaster Live
The Traitors Live Experience
Fame Factory

Download CV (pdf) | Lighting Portfolio (pdf)

Email me: sam[at]samosborne[dot]me

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