Colin is 43 years old, with over 20 years of experience in theatre, corporate and television lighting design and programming.  Colin's first started out in the industry as a Theatre Technician at the Redgrave Theatre in Bristol.  Following his studies at university, he then accepted a position with P&O Cruises as Deputy Production Manager.  After three exciting years travelling all over the world Colin decided to leave to pursue a freelance career in Lighting Design, Programming and Production Electrics.

Colin has created the Lighting Design for numerous plays, musicals, pantomimes, cruise productions and corporate arena shows all over the world.  A small selection of Colin's design credits include The Songbook of Judy Garland, UK Tour - Creative Director: Arlene Philips;  Jaguar Land Rover Long Service Awards, Ricoh Arena - Directed by Chris Manoe;  Hello Dolly, UK Tour - Directed by Chris Colby;  Santa Claus The Musical, starring Gary Wilmot and Anita Dobson, Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Liverpool Empire, Alexandra Theatre Birmingham & Grand Theatre Singapore; Annie, New Zealand Tour – Directed by Alan Cohen;  The Snow Gorilla, Rose Theatre Kingston - Directed by Roger Hannah;  Brief Lives, Mercury Theatre Colchester & UK Tour - Directed by Patrick Garland;  Triqueta, Guildford Cathedral - Directed by Jerry Robinson;  Peter Pan, Cliffs Pavilion Southend - Directed by Bob Tomson;  A Song At Twilight, Mercury Theatre Colchester & UK Tour - Directed by Nikolai Foster;  Round The Horne, Theatre Royal Brighton & UK Tour - Directed by Richard Baron;  Blues Brothers Party, UK Tour - Directed by Paul Tyrer.

Colin has programmed the lighting for TV shows such as Beat Shazam; Don’t Forget The Lyrics; I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here; Love Island; Dancing With The Stars (Ireland); Paul Sinha's TV Showdown; MTV Europe Music Awards; Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgivable and Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night.

As a lighting operator, Colin has worked on shows such as The Hit List; The 1% Club; The Wall; Richard Osman's House of Games; Revolution; Catchphrase; Lingo; The Circle; The Mo Show; Britain’s Brightest Celebrity Family and Alan Carr’s Celebrity Re-Play.

In addition to working as a lighting designer and programmer, Colin is the UK trainer for the HOG 4 family of lighting consoles, working closely with High End Systems and ETC.  Colin also created all of the original HOG 4 training videos for High End Systems which can be found on this website, as well as a newer series which can be found on the ETC / High End Systems website.