2023 – My First winter trail !
Appointed for my experience with zoos and night-zoo lighting, working with the Culture Creative team, a great family night out for the good people of Cheshire!
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Irish?
Like many colleagues in this post-Brexit world, I find my British passport is now a hindrance to trade – not only have I lost my freedom of movement and right to work all over the EU, but every entry and exit to the Schengen Zone earns a stamp. My present passport is almost full of these stamps and a couple of visas, but not due to expire until 2029, six years from now!
Continue readingReviews 2011-2020
Chimelong Safari Park
Chimelong Safari Park is one of a cluster of leisure attractions and hotels in Guangzhou run by the Chimelong Group, it is the biggest wildlife theme park in Asia. Simon has a twenty-year association with the group since designing lighting for Night Zoo, which opened in 2000. Continue reading
Knight Of Illumination
Simon Corder was honoured as a Knight Of Illumination in 2017.
Winner of The Robert Juliat Award for Opera for his lighting of The Queen of Spades – “Simon utilised the natural decay of the evening light. His lighting design constantly controlled the audience’s eye, guiding to where the focus was supposed to be. Unlike the natural, comfortable and exciting darkness, he created a claustrophobic, suffocating and intense darkness.” – Alexandra Coghlan
Sunday 17th September marked the tenth anniversary of the prestigious Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards and the reveal of the 2017 Winners, was held at the Eventim Apollo in London. During the dazzling evening event, many respected designers were ‘knighted’ – and bestowed with the iconic KOI sword.
Irish Times’ Irish Theatre Awards 2012
Simon Corder was nominated best lighting designer in the Irish Times’ Irish Theatre Awards for 2012, for his lighting of L’arlesiana at the Wexford Festival.
Lighting Design Awards 2006
Bough 1 by Simon Corder won the ‘special projects’ category of the Lighting Design Awards 2006 – it was the first of what was to become a series of brick wall mounted fluorescent artworks.
Olivier Awards 2004
Simon Corder was nominated for an Oliver Award in 2004, for his lighting of Hitchcock Blonde, a new play by Terry Johnson. William Dudley won best set design.
Badger Watch – Paignton
A very unusual project – to light a sett of feral badgers inside Paignton Zoo. The exhibit was designed over the winter of 1999 and opened in Spring 2000. Continue reading
Night Safari – Singapore
Night Safari was the first night zoo in the world. It was developed by Singapore Zoological Gardens, and opened in 1994 – it has been visited by over 25 million people. Continue reading