Derek’s lighting designs include: James V: Katherine (national tour); How to Kill a Mockingbird (Lyric Hammersmith); Macbeth (Garrick Theatre); BK Shivani (Wembley Arena); Sweeney Todd (Deutches Theatre Munich); The Hound of the Baskervilles, Our Man in Havana, Our Friends the Enemy (UK tour); Secret Life of Humans, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Handbagged, Spamalot (English Theatre Frankfurt); What I Go to School For (Theatre Royal Brighton); Rumplestiltskin (Theatre Royal Bath, MAC Belfast); Sunset Boulevard (Yvonne Arnfud Theatre); Pure Imagination, Marry Me a Little, Andrew Lippa in Concert, Scenes from a Marriage (St James Theatre); Man Up, Ignition (Frantic Assembly); Henry V (Cambridge Arts Theatre); The Wedding Singer, How to Succeed in Business (Lowry Theatre); Whatsonstage Awards (Prince of Wales Theatre).

Associate lighting designs include: Shakespeare in Love, Henry V (Noël Coward Theatre); Le Corsaire (English National Ballet); Skylight (Wyndham’s Theatre/Golden Theatre, New York; 2015 Tony Awards Winner for Best Lighting Design); Die Zauberflote (Metropolitan Opera); Versailles (Donmar Warehouse); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; 2014 Olivier Awards Winner for Best Lighting Design); Dragon (National Theatre of Scotland).

Derek is also an Associate of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.