'Till The Boys Come Home
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Lighting Designer/Director - Paul Hawthorne Paul Hawthorne began his career in the theatre with the 1970 professional production of Pippin at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne. He went onto light Jesus Christ Superstar at the Palais Theatre, starring Marcia Hines and John English, before touring with AC/DC and Sherbet and working on some of the early Skyhooks concerts. His first film project was as a member of the lighting crew for Peter Weir’s Picnic At Hanging Rock. He now runs his own business - Paul G & Jan Hawthorne Lighting - and has worked as a freelance contractor on a long list of film, television, theatre, concert and large-scale event productions, including the Sydney Olympics, Melbourne Arts Festival and numerous fashion parades, concerts and television commercials, both locally and interstate (one his most recent commercials being the Toyota RAV 4 series of ads). A Mornington Peninsula local, Paul’s other gigs include Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge at Fox Studios, Sydney, Channel 9’s presentation of Carols By Candlelight and several productions in the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival. < BACK TO CREW