Peter Stockhaus

(lighting designer)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Peter Stockhaus started his lighting career at the beginning of the 1990s, with creating designs for his bands shows. After obtaining a degree in Stage and Media Communication School at the Kantzowska College he was employed at a lighting company in Stockholm. Within thirty years he has created over 130 lighting designs for performances and shows in various genres all over Sweden including The Royal Dramatic Theater (Stockholm), Riksteatern (Stockholm), Stockholm City Theatre, Dala-Theatre (Falun), Norrbottensteatern (Luleå), Västerbottensteatern (Skellefteå), Scala Teatern (Stockholm) and Cirkus (Stockholm).

A SELECTION OF WORKS
Musicals:
Bock’s “Fiddler on the Roof”
Bart’s “Oliver”
Kander’s “Cabaret”
Updike’s “The Witches of Eastwick”
Schwartz’s “Pippin”
Loesser’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”

Operas:
Wagner’s “Das Rheingold”
Boito’s “Mefistofele”
Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda”
Catalani’s “La Wally”

He has also created lighting designs for drama performances by such playwrights as August Strindberg, Eugene O’Neill, Henrik Ibsen, Shakespeare and Lars Norén.