Durham marenghi biography of william hill

Durham Marenghi

Lighting Designer

While still at school in 1974, Durham Marenghi started his interest in lighting design at the amateur Preston Playhouse in Lancashire - the proud owners of a ten channel electronic lighting desk alongside Junior 8 rheostat dimmers.

Durham then explained briefly his theatre background and the challenges faced when working with theatre practitioners on large stadium events where a television.

Durham then explained briefly his theatre background and the challenges faced when working with theatre practitioners on large stadium events where a television.

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"I was given the pantomime to light," explained Durham, "and the local paper gave me my first ever review: 'atrociously lit by Durham Marenghi'. I took this as a personal challenge and have been trying to prove the critic wrong ever since."

Durham worked in provincial theatre at the Belgrade in Coventry and Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford before moving to the Young Vic in London as resident lighting designer.

"For my first show I had nervously designed a very 'safe' rig. We sat down to start lighting and the director asked to look at every circuit and what it did. He then kindly informed me that there was nothing the