Bradley Gledhill and Rachel Marlow 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 have previously designed production for New Zealand Opera on the 2022 premiere of The Strangest of Angels ( Co-composed by Kenneth Young with Anna Leese and libretto by Georgia Jamieson Emms. Directed by Eleanor Bishop).
Filament Eleven 11’s theatrical designs include: production design for A Mixtape of Maladies; Hyperspace; Things that Matter; Basmati Bitch; Scenes From a Yellow Peril (Auckland Theatre Company); Next to Normal (The Court Theatre); The Strangest of Angels (New Zealand Opera); Heartbreak Hotel (EBKM) ;Every Brilliant Thing; ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko (Silo Theatre); and The Savage Coloniser Show (FCC); lighting and video design for Romeo and Juliet (Auckland Theatre Company), The Resistance (Australian Theatre for Young People); The Made (Auckland Theatre Company); Dakota of the White Flats (Red Leap Theatre); lighting design for Taniwha (Silo Theatre), The Writer (Silo Theatre), Girls and Boys (Auckland Theatre Company), Owls Do Cry (Red Leap Theatre)
Filament Eleven 11’s recent designs for large scale live and fi lmed events include production designs for Rhythm & Vines Festival (2022-PRESENT), Elemental Nights (2020-2023 Auckland Town Hall – Live Nation), Teeks – One
Night Only (Spark Arena – Live Nation), HomeBrew and ABC for Tom Scott (2018-PRESENT), Silver Scrolls Awards (2018-PRESENT), Pacifi c 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 (fi lmed 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).
