Paule is a decorated lighting designer, having won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2020. She has created fifteen productions at the National Theatre, designed productions for the Royal Opera, Royal Shakespeare Company and the Barbican centre, just to name a few. Paule is also a two-time Tony Award-winner for Best Lighting Design of a play for War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.