Winners of Inaugural Profile Awards Announced

The inaugural Profile Awards were held June 6 at London's Alexandra Palace with Ayrton as headline sponsor. The awards have been created and coordinated by Durham and Jennie Marenghi in collaboration with the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Association for Lighting Production and Design, and the Society of Television Lighting and Design. They recognize lighting design excellence in UK television and theatre.

The theatre awards, judged by UK theatre critics, were not open to nominations. The television awards were judged by broadcast professionals, with nominations also allowed. The award trophies are Patt 23M fixtures on stands, a miniature LED version of the iconic Rank Strand Pattern 23 profile fixture modeled and produced in limited numbers by Hugh Chinnick.

In addition to Ayrton's participation, the television awards were sponsored by ChamSys, ELP Broadcast Lighting, LCR, Light Initiative, Roxxlight, and Version 2 Lights. The theatre awards were sponsored by CHAUVET Professional, Elation, ETC, Fix8Group, GLP, TSL, SLX, and Vari-Lite. The pre-show bar was sponsored by Ambersphere Solutions; the goodie bags were sponsored by JLL. Other sponsors included Cameo, Encore, and ER Productions.

The television winners are:

Entertainment -- Series Award, sponsored by Version2 Lights: James Tinsley, Jamie Ings, Will Plenty, and Paul Tibbles for The Traitors

Entertainment - One Off Award, sponsored by Lights Control Rigging: Tom Sutherland, Nate Files, Richard Gorrod, Martin Higgins, Jay Koch, and Jasmine Lesane for The Brit Awards

Drama, sponsored by ChamSys: Gavin Finney, Ed Clark, Scott Napier, Gareth Spensley, and Jon Towler for Good Omens, Season 2

Small Studio Award, sponsored by ELP Broadcast Lighting: Neil Kent, Ben Richards, Robin Johnson, and Adam Carrol for The Repair Shop

Newcomer Award, sponsored by Light Initiative: Jack Woodstock

Special Merit Award, sponsored by RoxxLight: Martin Kempton

Other Awards: Richard Pilbrow Lifetime Recognition Award, sponsored by Theatre Projects: David Hersey

Student Virtual Lighting Design Award, sponsored by ACT Entertainment Technology: Tom Lee, of Bose Bruford College, for Exigence

The theatre winners are:

Outstanding Achievement in Theatre, sponsored by CHAUVET Professional: Simon Wilkinson for Ragnarok, Tortoise in a Nutshell, Traverse, Edinburgh, and tour Outstanding Achievement in Theatre sponsored by TSL: Ali Hunter for Red Pitch, @sohoplace Outstanding Achievement in Musicals, sponsored by GLP: Emma Chapman for The Third Man, Menier Chocolate Factory

Outstanding Achievement in Opera, sponsored by ETC: Robbie Butler for Death in Venice, Welsh National Opera and tour

Outstanding Achievement in Innovation, sponsored by Fix8Group: Tupac Martir for Find Your Eyes, Manchester Academy, Manchester International Festival

Outstanding Year in Dance, sponsored by Elation: Tom Visser for La Ruta, Assembly Hall, and Carmen, all at Sadlers Wells, and From England with Love, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Outstanding Year in Theatre, sponsored by Vari-Lite: Jon Clark for Dear England, National Theatre and West End; The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre and West End; The Effect, National Theatre; and Stranger Things - The First Shadow, West End

Outstanding New Designer, sponsored by SLX: Skylar Turnbull Hurd for These Demons, Theatre 503

Honorable Mentions:

Paule Constable for Guys and Dolls, The Bridge

Lee Curran for Romeo and Juliet and King Lear, both at Almeida Theatre

Jon Driscoll for Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, English National Opera

Oliver Fenwick for Dear Octopus, National Theatre

Guy Hoare for Frankenstein, Frome Memorial Theatre and tour

Aideen Malone for Dracula: Mina's Reckoning, National Theatre of Scotland and UK tour

Jai Morjaria for Macbeth, UK and international tour, and The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Nottingham Playhouse

Christopher Nairne for Blackout Songs, Hampstead Theatre

Lizzie Powell for The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, Traverse, and The Snow Queen, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh

Adam Silverman for Wozzeck, Royal Opera, and Machinal, Ustinov Studio, Bath and The Old Vic