Edward Saunders

Edward Saunders is a London-based lighting designer whose work spans dance, theatre, music, and fashion.

His dance work includes Holly Blakey’s COWPUNCHER MY ASS at the Royal Festival Hall; Samara Langham’s Nacre at the Institute of Contemporary Arts; Kim Bandstrup’s Breaking Bach for the Edinburgh International Festival; gymnast and artist Lewis Walker’s BORNSICK for the Serpentine; and Eve Stainton’s The Joystick and The Reins which played in London and at festivals in Marseille and Copenhagen. As associate to Tom Visser, he has remounted Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon for the Paris Opera Ballet and Johan Inger’s B.R.I.S.A for Rambert.

For theatre, Ed lit artist and visionary Lily McMenamy’s Girl Pain, and is a longtime collaborator with writer-director Emma Howlett, lighting her run of acclaimed shows including The Plot, AETHER, and Sisters Three. He is a co-designer of the San Remo stage at Glastonbury Festival, which he lights every summer; other music credits include a live concert film for Porridge Radio at the Centre Pompidou, and an upcoming collaboration with the experimental band caroline which will play at the Barbican in 2027.

He has lit runway shows for designers Liza Keane, Lueder, Saul Nash, Pressiat, and the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN.

Ed was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Profile Award in 2026.