Scott Palmer is Professor of Light and Performance in the School of Performance & Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds, UK.

His monograph Light: Readings in Theatre Practice (2013) explores how light has influenced staging throughout history and offers new perspectives on the use of light as a creative performance practice.  Research publications include chapters on light, darkness and atmosphere in Theatre in the Dark and The Routledge Companion to Scenography and a reappraisal of Adolphe Appia’s influence on modern staging. Scott is co-editor of Bloomsbury Methuen’s Performance+Design series which includes Scenography Expanded (2017) and Contemporary Performance Lighting: Experience, Creativity & Meaning (2023) with Katherine Graham and Kelli Zezulka. Scott’s practice has contributed to interactive light installations in city streets and to major international productions by Phoenix Dance, KMA, NVA and DV8.