Bruno Poet works extensively in opera, theatre, dance, and live music. Bruno has designed for many of the world’s leading opera houses, with Rusalka (Sydney Opera House) winning the Australian Green Room Award. He has won three Knight of Illumination Awards, one for USA Awards 2019 for Festival/One-off lighting for Björk’s Cornucopia (withRichard White), one for the Sigur Rós 2013 world tour and one for Frankenstein at the National Theatre, for which he also won the Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design. Recently he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Uncle Vanya in the West End, and for a Drama Desk Award forTina the Musical on Broadway.  

Credits include: Bjork’s Cornucopia (The Shed, New York); Billie Eilish at Steve Jobs Theatre; Apollo 11 (US Tour); TINA: The Musical (Broadway/WestEnd/Broadway/Hamburg); The Lion, theWitch & the Wardrobe, A MidsummerNight's Dream, Julius Caesar (BridgeTheatre); Stories, St George and the Dragon, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Treasure Island, London Road, Timon of Athens, Frankenstein, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Travelling Light (NationalTheatre); Miss Saigon (WestEnd/Broadway); Faith Healer (DonmarWarehouse); From Here to Eternity (WestEnd); The Convert (Young Vic).  Opera includes: Carmen (Bregenz Festival); Aida, (ENO and Houston Opera) Otello, Don Giovanni, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (ROH); The Merry Widow (ENO); Akhnaten (ENO/ LA Opera/ MetNY); Carmen (ENO/ DenNorske Opera); L’arbore di Diana (Gran Teatre del Liceu), Il Trovatore, Das Liebesverbot (TeatroReal, Madrid); Die Dreigroschenoper (Theatre an der Wein); Amadeus, Der Freischutz, Cunning Little Vixen, TheSnow Queen. (Royal Danish Opera); Mitridate, re di Ponto (Drottningholms Slottsteater); Rinaldo (Lyric Opera,Chicago); Macbeth (Opera National du Rhin/Opera Monte Carlo); Salome (Palau de les Arts, Valencia).  Bruno has also designed the lighting for 14 seasons at Garsington Opera. Dance includes: The Unknown Soldier, Connectome (Alastair Marriott/Royal Ballet); Material Men (ShobanaJeyasingh); Elsa Canasta (Javier de Frutos/ Scottish Ballet) and Other Stories (Royal Ballet).