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Rachel Marlow and Bradley Gledhill are production designers and co-founders of design company Filament Eleven 11. They work collaboratively to create dynamic production designs (lighting/set/video) for live events and public experiences, putting design and technology at the centre of storytelling in unique and inventive ways.

Filament Eleven 11 is drawn to boundary-pushing work led by inspiring creatives.

Filament Eleven 11’s recent and upcoming theatrical designs include production design for Scenes From a Yellow Peril, Basmati Bitch, and Things That Matter (Auckland Theatre Company); The Strangest of Angels (New Zealand Opera); Every Brilliant Thing (Silo Theatre); and The Savage Coloniser Show (FCC). Lighting and video design for The Resistance (Australian Theatre for Young People); The Made (Auckland Theatre Company); Dakota of the White Flats (Red Leap Theatre); and lighting designs for Owls Do Cry (Red Leap Theatre) and The Writer (Silo Theatre).

Filament Eleven 11’s recent designs for large scale live and filmed events include production designs for Teeks – One Night Only (Spark Arena - Live Nation), Silver Scrolls Awards (2018-present), Pacific Music Awards (2017-present), Fat Freddy’s Drop (Aotearoa shows 2020-present), Rock2000 (2020-present) and lighting design for TOPP CLASS - Tribute to the Topp Twins (filmed live at Civic Theatre, aired Prime TV, streamed Neon)

Filament Eleven 11 create installation art including Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (Auckland Live Concert Chamber, Auckland Fringe 2020 – WINNER Best Production Design – WINNER Best Visual Arts)

Other design accolades include Auckland Theatre Awards (Excellence in Design 2019, Excellence Award for 2018 Body of Work, People’s Choice Best Lighting 2017 and 2016), Wellington Theatre Awards (Lighting Designer of the Year 2018 and 2016).

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