Since 1996 Remko has been active as an independent lighting designer in the Dutch theater world. After studying Theater Technology and Cultural Management at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, he worked in that capacity for various theatre and dance companies and theatre producers, including Senf Theaterpartners, Conny Janssen Danst, Stage Entertainment, Egmond Theater and the Holland Festival.
After working for several years as a lighting technician, he also started designing light. Initially mostly in youth theater and modern dance. Later also for stage and show and musical.
His lighting designs include modern dance productions by Conny Janssen, Liat Waysbort, Krisztina de Châtel and Dario Torterelli, among others. In the youth theater Remko has made designs for Bonte Hond (including Aap&Beer, Niet Huppelen and Foei by Job Raaijmakers and René Geerlings), St Sip (including Pippi Longstocking, Jungle Book and Otje) and Stip productions (Geeft Niks).
Remko has made other designs for, among others, De Laatkomer of the Noord Nederlands Toneel, Cirque Stiletto 1 and 2 of Stardust Circus, Assepoester of Musical van Vlaanderen, New Orleans of Leo Blokhuis and Ricky Koole and Hummelinck Stuurman Cloaca under the direction of Gerardjan Rijnders and The Dark Room of Damocles directed by Ger Thijs.
You can find more info and pictures on his personal website website.
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