I’m Strat Mastoris, a designer and photographer  based in Brighton.

I design lighting and stage sets for several fringe theatres around Brighton.  I write about theatre too, mostly reviews for the online FringeReview website.  You can read these, as well as other articles, on my writing site at   www.stratmastoris.wordpress.com

I also carry out my own professional photographic work – I studied at Harrow School of Photography – and you can see examples of this on my photography site at   www.stratmastorisphotography.com

I especially love lighting design ( as a photographer I understand where the shadows will fall ) and people seem to like my work – I’ve three times won ‘Best Lighting Design’ at the annual Brighton & Hove Arts Council Drama Awards.

In addition to this, I occasionally direct plays, for the New Venture Theatre in Brighton, so I’m able to see things with a director’s eye as well as simply a designer’s.  Over the past few years I have directed –

Caryl Churchill’s – ‘A Number’ and ‘Seven Jewish Children’                                             Jean Genet’s – ‘The Maids’ and ‘Deathwatch’                                                                          A R Gurney’s – ‘Love Letters’.

You can contact me by email at   strat@stratmastoris.com

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