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We’re proud to supply the lighting Equipment for Mischief Theatre’s tour of ‘Christmas Carol Goes Wrong’ as it returns for 2026/27. Supporting lighting designer David Howe to bring Cornley Amateur Drama Society’s chaotic version of this Dickens Classic to life. The Cornley Amateur Drama Society return with tidings of chaos and joy, ready to tackle the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. With no hope of a silent night, disaster strikes with hilarious consequences. CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG is ‘a Dickensian disaster to savour’ (Guardian), returning for a limited 6 week run in London’s West End following last year’s sold-out season. Do not...

Sparks again support Lighting Designer Bruno Poet and production electrician Jack Williams and his team as they bring a classic back to the West End – providing the lighting equipment for The Cherry Orchard’s run at the Harold Pinter Theatre. “Without the cherry orchard, life has no meaning to me”  ‘Kristin Scott Thomas is hypnotic’ (The Telegraph) in her return to the West End alongside an ‘absolutely storming career best from Stephen Mangan’ (Time Out) who perform in a gripping new production of The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov’s poignant and piercing tragicomedy about a family on the brink of irreversible...

We are delighted to support Lighting Designer Aideen Malone and Production Electrician Doug Currie as ‘Into The Woods’ transfers from the Bridge Theatre to London’s West End. Into The Woods is the 2026 Olivier award-winning Best Musical Revival, now playing a strictly limited season at the Noël Coward Theatre. The renowned masterpiece from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, reimagined by director Jordan Fein (Fiddler on the Roof) and designer Tom Scutt (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Into The Woods is ‘London’s best musical in years’ (Tatler). This joyful, witty and beautiful new production has been hailed ‘triumphant and other-worldly’...

Sparks continues to support ‘Paranormal Activity’ – this time supplying the lighting equipment for it’s UK and Ireland Tour. The spine-chilling production stars James Bye (2:22: A Ghost Story, EastEnders) as James, Hannah Sinclair Robinson (The Play That Goes Wrong, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) as Lou, Jo Castleton (War Horse) as Etheline Cotgrave and Caroline Faber (Network, The Heiress) as Carolanne. Now embarking on its first ever UK and Ireland tour after a sell-out, extended run in London, this thrilling production promises to keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish....

Sparks are pleased to again supply the lighting equipment as Paranormal Activity returns to haunt the west end again! Lighting Designer Anna Watson Blending psychological tension, supernatural terror, and heart-pounding suspense, Paranormal Activity brings the global horror phenomenon to the stage in a gripping, live event. Haunting the Ambassadors Theatre for a strictly limited time, only the fearless need book Paranormal Activity tickets. James and Lou have left Chicago behind for a fresh start in London – a new home, a new life, and a chance to forget the darkness that once haunted them. But as night falls, strange sounds echo through...

Sparks yet again have supplied the lighting for ‘The Comedy About Spies’ as it returns to London’s West End. Lighting Designer Johanna Town Mischief’s most critically acclaimed adventure THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES is back, ‘bigger, better and more brilliantly bungling than ever’ (Daily Mail), with a limited 8-week mission recommencing this summer in London’s West End at the Adelphi Theatre. Following a sold-out 2025 summer season, do not miss the award-winning BEST NEW PLAY (WhatsOnStage Awards 2026) from the hilarious team behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery. When a rogue British agent pilfers plans for a top-secret weapon, CIA...

Sparks are delighted to support lighting designer Matt Haskins to supply equipment for ‘The Smile of Her’Playing at Marylebone Theatre until 29th August. Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Christine Lahti makes her London stage debut in her acclaimed autobiographical play. How well do we ever really know our parents? As children, they seem larger than life. As adults, we begin to see them differently. In this funny, tender and deeply moving solo performance, Christine Lahti looks back on the childhood that shaped her, revisiting family memories with humour, honesty and extraordinary compassion. As long-held certainties begin to unravel,...

Sparks continue our long standing support of the Bridge Theatre, supplying the lighting equipment for their latest production of ‘The Oresteia’ Lighting Designer Nick Shlieper A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can’t seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny. Writer and director Simon Stone is joined set designer Lizzie Clachan, lighting designer Nick Schlieper, and casting director Jessica Ronane CDG. “The Oresteia is one of the theatre’s great foundational texts and it hasn’t lost any of its potency to this day. A family haunted by its part in an unjust war, the painful...

Sparks are delighted to supply the lighting equipment for ‘The Guilty’ playing at the Donmar Warehouse until August 15th. Lighting Desiner Anna Watson Russell Tovey is troubled police officer Joe, stuck on the night shift, who takes a desperate 999 call from Emily. As he scrambles to decode fragmented clues from a woman in danger, a real-time thriller unfolds. In a night filled with unsettling twists, Joe has a mounting sense that nothing is quite as it seems. Directed by Felix Barrett, The Guilty is by award-winning writer Chloë Moss, based on the screenplay Den Skyldige written by Gustav Möller...

We’re delighted to be supplying the lighting package for the West End Debut of Sinatra the Musical! Sparks has invested in a range of new stock to support this production, including Martin Mac Encore Two, GrandMA3 hardware, GLP X5 IP Bars, Martin Mac Ones and Chroma-Q ColorForce Mk2s. Lighting Designer Bruno PoetAssociate Designer Max NarulaProduction Electrician Oli Thomas It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York City’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. But as Frank Sinatra’s voice captures a nation,...