About | Tim Bonser

Tim Bonser is a Naarm/Melbourne based lighting designer for live performance, whose work has been seen across Australia and internationally. Recent lighting design credits include THE PLACEHOLDER (Midsumma Festival), DJUNA (Bullet Heart Club), GUYS & DOLLS (Antipodes Theatre Co, Green Room nominated Lighting Design), ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER (Perryman Theatre Company), COMMON DISSONANCE (Na Djinang Circus), HALF TIME (Hayes Theatre Co) and GENESIS (West Australian Ballet).

Tim got his training at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Performing Arts Majoring in Live Production and Design - Lighting (2018). During his studies, he completed a secondment with Paul Jackson on the Production Company's LAZARUS.

Collaborating with many artists in the independent theatre sector, Tim has designed at venues including 45 Downstairs, Chapel off Chapel, Theatre Works, La Mama and Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre. He has designed for universities including the Victorian College of the Arts, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, the Federation University Arts Academy (Ballarat) and JMC Academy.

Currently working as the head of lighting at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Tim lights shows for hundreds of artists a year, local and international, across all genres of music.