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Johanna Town
Johanna is a Fellow of Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Chair of the Association for Lighting Production and Design.
awards and nominations
2013 Offie nomination for ‘Best Lighting Designer’ for A Life of Stuff at Theatre 503.
2010 Shortlisted for WhatsOnStage Award ‘Best Lighting Designer’ for Speaking in Tongues at Duke of York’s Theatre.
1992 Fringe nomination for Crackwalker at The Gate Theatre.
Productions
2024 | |
| ONE LAST PUSH | Director: Gareth Machin Salisbury Playhouse |
2023 | |
| THE HYPOCHONDRIAC | Director: Sarah Tipple |
| THE SCORE | Director: Trevor Nunn |
| VARDY V ROONEY: THE WAGATHA CHRISTIE TRIAL | Director: Lisa Spirling |
| SLEEPING BEAUTY | Director: Francesca Goodridge & Daniel Lloyd |
| BEING MR WICKHAM | Director: Guy Unsworth |
| THE HABIT OF ART | Director: Philip Franks |
| THE QUEEN OF SPADES | Director: Paul Curran |
| ORFEO ED EURIDICE/DIDO & AENEAS | Director: Daniel Slater |
| COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans |
| THE SOUND OF MUSIC | Director: Adam Penford |
| HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVE | Director: Gareth Machin |
| THE TEMPEST | Director: Elizabeth Freestone |
2022 | |
| ROBBIN HOOD | Director: Tamara Harvey |
| THE FAMOUS FIVE: A NEW MUSICAL | Director: Tamara Harvey |
| BEING MR WICKHAM | Director: Guy Unsowrth |
| FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS THE MUSICAL | Director: James Grieve |
| IDENTICAL | Director: Sir Trevor Nunn |
| TAMERLANO | Director: Daniel Slater |
| THE HOMECOMING | Director: Jamie Glover |
| WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING | Director: Lucy Skilbeck |
2021 | |
| PEGGY FOR YOU | Director: Richard Wilson |
| BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Director: Tamara Harvey |
| THE MEMORY OF WATER | Director: Alice Hamilton |
| SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN | Director: Gareth Machin Wiltshire Creative |
| BASKERVILLE | Director: Ryan McBride |
| MR AND MRS NOBODY | Director: Gabriella Bird Jermyn Street Theatre |
| LONE FLYER | Director: Lucy Betts Jermyn Street Theatre |
| TWO HORSEMEN | Director: Ebenezer Bamgboye Jermyn Street Theatre |
| THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN | Director: Dawn Walton |
| RED VELVET | Director: Nicholai La Barrie |
| HAMLET | Director: Jemima James |
| AN IMAGE OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN | Director: Elinor Cook |
2020 | |
| THE GIFT | Director: Dawn Walton |
| BLOOD WEDDING | Director: Alice Hamilton |
| 15 HEROINES | Directors: Adjoa Andoh, Cat Robey & Tom Littler |
| THE HABIT OF ART | Director: Philip Franks |
| THE HABIT OF ART ONLINE | Director: Philip Franks |
| THE PANTO THAT NEVER WAS | Director: Tamara Harvey |
| SHOOK | Director: George Turvey Papatango & Trafalgar Studios |
| THE PENELOPIAD | Director: Juliet Forster York Theatre Royal |
| WE START TO SING | Director: Barney Norris Arcola Theatre |
| A SHORT GENTLEMAN | Director: Philip Franks Original Theatre Company |
| BEAUTY & THE BEAST | Director: Tamara Harvey Theatre Clwyd |
2019 | |
| BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE | Director: Blanche McIntyre |
| TWO LADIES | Director: Nicholas Hytner |
| BUTTERFLY LION | Director: Dale Rooks |
| SHOOK | Director: George Turvey |
| TREASURE ISLAND | Director: Tim Jackson |
| TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS | Director: Caroline Steinbeis RADA |
| SOME LIKE IT HIP-HOP | Director: Kate Prince |
| CHICKEN SHOP | Director: Lucy Skilbeck |
| BLYTHE SPIRIT | Director: Gemma Fairlie |
| THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Elizabeth Newman |
| CREDITORS/ MISS JULIE | Director: Tom Littler |
| NAPOLI BROOKLYN | Director: Lisa Blair |
| RUTHERFORD AND SON | Director: Caroline Steinbeis |
2018 | |
| SENSE & SENSIBILITY | Director: Juliet Forster |
| JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE | Director: Philip Wilson Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
| QUEEN MARGARET | Director: Elizabeth Freestone |
| HER NAKED SKIN | Director: Gareth Machin |
| THE WATSONS | Director: Samuel West |
| DESCRIBE THE NIGHT | Director: Lisa Spirling Hampstead Theatre |
| THE HABIT OF ART | Director: Philip Franks |
| LOVE AND INFORMATION | Director: Caroline Steinbeis |
| ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST | Director: Javaad Alipoor |
| A KING'S RANSOM | Director: Genevieve Raghu |
| ORANGES & ELEPHANTS | Director: Susie McKenna |
| FRANKENSTEIN | Director: Matthew Xia |
| HERE I BELONG | Director: Sophie Motley |
| THE BIG CORNER | Director: Elizabeth Newman Octogan Theatre, Bolton |
2017 | |
| GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Michael Buffong |
| TRESTLE | Director: Cathal Cleary |
| REMARKABLE INVISIBLE | Director: Zoe Waterman Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
| MISS JULIE | Director: Tom Littler Theatre by the Lake, Keswick |
| DEPOSIT | Director: Lisa Spirling Hampstead Downstairs |
| THE CHERRY ORCHARD | Director: Christian Burgess |
| GUYS AND DOLLS | Director: Michael Buffong Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| THE NORMAN CONQUESTS | Director: Blanche McIntyre |
| A FOX ON THE FAIRWAY | Director: Philip Wilson |
| JULIUS CAESAR | Director: Robert Hastie |
| FRACKED! | Director: Richard Wilson |
| THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL | Director: Elizabeth Newman |
| HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA | Director: Jenny Sealey |
| EXPERIENCE | Director: Tom Attenborough |
2016 | |
| ORCA | Director: Alice Hamilton |
| MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Director: Tamara Harvery Clwyd Theatre |
| GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Director: Christian Burgess |
| HERE I BELONG | Director: Elizabeth Freestone |
| THE STAR | Director: Philip Wilson |
| FRACKED! | Director: Richard Wilson |
| THE TEMPEST | Director: Caroline Steinbeis |
| MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD | Director: Paul Robinson |
| KING LEAR | Director: Michael Buffong |
| BRAINSTORM | Director: Ned Glasier and Emily Lim |
| FIVE FINGER EXERCISE | Director: Jamie Glover |
| THE NAP | Director: Richard Wilson |
| DON QUIXOTE | Director: Angus Jackson |
2015 | |
| PINE | Director: Lisa Spirling |
| TOMCAT | Director: Kate Hewitt |
| THE MAGNA CARTA PLAYS | Director: Gareth Machin |
| THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Caroline Steinbeis |
| BRAINSTORM | Director: Ned Glasier/Emily Lim |
| CRUSH THE MUSICAL | Director: Anna Linstrum |
| DEAR LUPIN | Director: Philip Franks |
| EDUCATING RITA | Director: Michael Buffong |
| ANIMALS | Director: Lisa Cagnacci |
| DEPOSIT | Director: Lisa Spirling |
| SIR JOHN IN LOVE | Director: Benjamin Davis |
| ARCADIA | Director: Blanche McIntyre |
| A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS | Director: Sean Foley |
| ALL MY SONS | Director: Michael Buffong |
| BRAINSTORM | Director: Ned Glasier/Emily Lim |
| LULU | Director: Christian Burgess |
2014 | |
| HER NAKED SKIN | Director: Christian Burgess |
| UNCLE VANYA | Director: Russell Bolam |
| EACH SLOW DUSK | Director: Elizabeth Freestone |
| PITCAIRN | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
| OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
| RINALDO | Director: William Relton |
| TONIGHT AT 8.30 | Director: Blanche McIntyre |
| MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL | Director: Michael Buffong Talawa/UK Tour |
| PORGY & BESS | Director: John Doyle |
| THE KEEPERS OF INFINITE SPACE | Director: Zoe Lafferty |
2013 | |
| THE SPEED TWINS | Director: Simon Evans |
| LOVE YOUR SOLDIERS | Director: Richard Wilson |
| TO SIR WITH LOVE | Director: Mark Babych |
| FENCES | Director: Paulette Randall |
| ALL MY SONS | Director: Michael Buffong |
| THAT DAY WE SANG | Director: Sarah Frankcom |
| THE SEAGULL | Director: Christian Burgess |
| HAPPY NEW | Director: Robert Shaw |
| A LIFE OF STUFF | Director: Paul Robinson |
| SMACK FAMILY ROBINSON | Director: Richard Wilson |
| MAY 08 | Director: Richard Wilson |
| OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
| JOKING APART | Director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace |
| SOME LIKE IT HIP HOP | Director: Kate Prince ZooNation |
previous theatre | |
| THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS | Director: Jonathan Lloyd |
| STRAIGHT | Director: Richard Wilson |
| BLUE SKY | Director: Elizabeth Freestone |
| MEDEA | Director: Mike Bartlett |
| WHAT THE BUTLER SAW | Director: Sean Foley |
| THE NORMAN CONQUESTS | Director: Philip Wilson |
| MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL | Director: Michael Buffong |
| BLUE HEART AFTERNOON | Director: Tamara Harvey |
| MISS JULIE | Director: Sarah Frankcom |
| ROMEO AND JULIET | Director: Robert Icke |
| LAY DOWN YOUR CROSS | Director: Clare Lizzimore |
| MAN IN THE MIDDLE | Director: Lucy Skilbeck |
| BEAUTIFUL THING | Director: Sarah Frankcom |
| THINK ONLY THIS OF ME | Director: Christian Burgess |
| BETRAYAL | Director: Ian Rickson |
| THE PRIDE | Director: Richard Wilson |
| LLWYTH | Director: Arwel Gruffydd |
| DEEP BLUE SEA/ NIJINSKY | Director: Philip Franks |
| BANG BANG BANG | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
| HAUNTED | Director: Braham Murray |
| THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE | Director: Philip Wilson |
| A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE | Director: Sarah Frankcom |
| PRIVATE LIVES | Director: Michael Buffong |
| RE-CHARGED | Director: Tessa Walker, Caroline Steinbeis, Lucy Morrison |
| FATHERLAND | Director: Caroline Steinbeis |
| THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Toby Frow |
| THE PRIDE | Director: Richard Wilson |
| ROMEO AND JULIET/ THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST | Director: Tony Cownie/ Mark Thomson |
| CARMEN | Director: Ashley Dean |
| CHARGED | Director: Clare Lizzimore, Lucy Morrison |
| BADENHEIM 1939 | Director: Christian Burgess |
| PIRATES | Director: Jonathan Lloyd |
| THAT FACE | Director: Richard Wilson |
| PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | Director: Toby Frow |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Director: Toby Frow |
| A RAISIN IN THE SUN | Director: Michael Buffong |
| SPEAKING IN TONGUES | Director: Toby Frow |
previous opera and dance | |
| ALBERT HERRING | Director: Will Kerley |
| WAR AND PEACE | Director: Irina Brown |
| KÁTYA KABANOVÁ | Director: Kally Lloyd-Jones |
| GIUSTINO | Director: Olivia Fuchs |
theatre | |
| TIPPING THE VELVET | Director: Kath Rogers |
| THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE | Director: Mick Gordon |
| MAD FOREST | Director: Caroline Steinbeis |
| DREAMS OF VIOLENCE | Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
| DAMN YANKEES | Director: Martin Connor |
| FOR KING AND COUNTRY | Director: Tristram Powell |
| THE HOUNDING OF DAVID OLUWALE | Director: Dawn Walton |
| THE GLASS MENAGERIE | Director: Braham Murray |
| FAT PIG | Director: Neil LaBute |
| THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS HOBBES | Director: Elizabeth Freestone |
| PHILIP PULLMAN’S THE SCARECROW AND HIS SERVANT | Director: Simon Reade Southwark Playhouse / Poonamelle Productions |
| SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS | Director: Bill Bryden |
| CITY OF ANGELS | Director: Martin Connor |
| HELLO AND GOODBYE | Director: Paul Robinson |
for the royal court | |
| FACES IN THE CROWD | Director: Clare Lizzimore |
| MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE | Director: Alan Rickman |
| RHINOCEROS | Director: Dominic Cooke |
| THE ARSONISTS | Director: Ramin Gray |
| WAY TO HEAVEN | Director: Ramin Gray |
| MY CHILD | Director: Sacha Wares |
| RAINBOW KISS | Director: Richard Wilson |
| THE WOMAN BEFORE | Director: Richard Wilson |
| BACK OF BEYOND | Director: Annie Castledine |
| A GIRL IN A CAR WITH A MAN | Director: Joe Hill-Gibbons |
| THE WINTERLING | Director: Ian Rickson |
| LIVE LIKE PIGS | Director: Christian Burgess |
| O GO MY MAN | Out of Joint / Royal Court |
| TALKING TO TERRORISTS | Out of Joint / Royal Court |
| FOOD CHAIN | Director: Anna Mackmin |
for out of joint | |
| SHOPPING & FUCKING | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| OUR LADY OF SLIGO | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| KING OF HEARTS | Director: Max Stafford Clark & Ramin Gray |
| THE PERMANENT WAY | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| THE OVERWHELMING | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| MACBETH | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| GUANTANAMO | Director: Nicolas Kent & Sacha Wares |
| THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE | Director: Braham Murray |
| ALL THE ORDINARY ANGELS | Director: Michael Buffong |
| SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION | Director: Michael Buffong |
| THE FINAL SHOT | Director: Tim Roseman |
| SHIP OF FOOLS | Director: Toby Frow |
| LAKEBOAT and PRAIRIE DU CHIEN | Director: Lindsay Posner |
| THE GLASS ROOM | Director: Anthony Clark |
| THE HERBAL BED | Director: Caroline Leslie |
| TREASURE ISLAND | Director: Karen Hebden |
| LONDON CUCKOLDS | Director: Christian Burgess |
| TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD | Director: Michael Buffong |
| IN PRAISE OF LOVE | Director: Philip Wilson |
| DEAD FUNNY | Director: Matthew Lloyd |
| VIA DOLAROSA | Director: Stephen Daldry |
| TOP GIRLS | Director: Thea Sharrock |
| FEELGOOD | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| LITTLE MALCOLM & HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS | Director: Denis Lawson West End & Hampstead |
| BEAUTIFUL THING | Director: Hettie Macdonald |
| ARABIAN NIGHTS | Director: Dominic Cooke |
| ROSE | Director: Nancy Meckler |
other work for the royal court | |
| UNDER THE WHALEBACK | |
| WHERE DO WE LIVE | |
| NIGHTINGALE & CHASE | |
| I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN | |
| MR KOLPERT | |
| WOMEN LAUGHING TOAST | Director: All Richard Wilson |
| TERRORISM | Director: Ramin Gray |
| CARYL CHURCHILL SHORTS | |
| PALE HORSE | |
| ASHES AND SAND | Director: All Ian Rickson |
| PLASTICINE | |
| FUCKING GAMES | |
| SPINNING INTO BUTTER | |
| OTHER PEOPLE | Director: All Dominic Cooke |
| UNDER THE BLUE SKY | Director: Rufus Norris |
| OUR LATE NIGHT | Director: Caryl Churchill |
| NEVERLAND | Director: Stephen Pimlott |
| THE 1 U LOVE | Director: Tim Luscombe |
| PEACHES | |
| HARRY AND ME | Director: Both James Macdonald |
| THE EDITING PROCESS | |
| THE KITCHEN | |
| SEARCH AND DESTROY | Director: All Stephen Daldry |
| WAITING ROOM GERMANY | Director: Mary Peate |
| BABIES | Director: Polly Teale |
| HUSH | Director: Max Stafford Clark |
| FAITH HEALER | Director: Joe Dowling |
other work for out of joint | |
| SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | |
| A LAUGHING MATTER | |
| HINTERLAND | (All National Theatre) |
| DUCK | |
| SLIDING WITH SUZANNE | (Both Royal Court Upstairs) |
| RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO/ A STATE AFFAIR | (Soho) |
| DRUMMERS | |
| SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS | (Both Ambassadors/Royal Court Upstairs) |
| OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD | (Young Vic) |
| BLUE HEART | (Traverse & Royal Court) |
| THE POSITIVE HOUR | (Hampstead) |
| THREE SISTERS | (Lyric Hammersmith & Royal Court) |
| ROAD | (Royal Court) |
other work for | |
| GHOSTS | |
| THE MISFITS | Director: Both Greg Hersov |
| RICHARD II | Director: James Macdonald |
| THE LODGER | Director: Richard Wilson |
for liverpool playhouse | |
| BRASSED OFF | Director: Neil Birche |
| POPCORN | |
| LES LIAISON DANGEREUSES | |
| THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD | Director: All Robert Delamere |
| SHADOW OF A GUNMAN | Director: Eric Standridge |
| CRIMES OF THE HEART | Director: Kate Rowland |
| MACBETH | |
| A TASTE OF HONEY | Director: Both Ian Kellgren |
| MADAME MAO | Director: Peter Oyston |
| THE BEAUX STRATAGEM | Director: Tal Rubins |
other theatre | |
| HOW LOVE IS SPELT | Director: Julie Anne Robinson |
| HELEN OF TROY | Director: Gordon Anderson |
| EAST COAST CHICKEN SUPPER | Director: Richard Wilson |
| SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME | Director: Toby Frow |
| THE DUMB WAITER | Director: Douglas Hodge |
| BADNUFF | |
| MR NOBODY | Director: Both Jonathan Lloyd |
| ID | Director: Nancy Meckler |
| A DOLL’S HOUSE | Director: Thea Sharrock |
| JUSTIFYING WAR | Director: Nicolas Kent |
| A MODERN DANCE FOR BEGINNERS | Director: Jonathon Lloyd |
| AFORE NIGHT COMES | Director: Dominic Cooke |
| SOLDIERS | Director: Eric Standridge |
| CHARLEY’S AUNT | Director: Tim Luscombe |
| DISAPPEARED | Director: Phyllis Nagy |
| CELESTINA | Director: Nick Philippou |
| SALVATION | Director: Tim Luscombe |
| THE SNOW ORCHID | Director: Tim Luscombe |
| SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | Director: Hettie Macdonald |
| THE CHEESE SHOP | Director: Maggie Norris |
| THE KNOCKY | Director: Robert Delamere |
other opera and dance | |
| PHAEDRA & ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Director: Ashley Dean |
| THE SECRET MARRIAGE | Director: Harry Fehr |
| CINDERELLA | Director: Harry Fehr |
| THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Jo Davies |
| TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL | Director: Kate Brown |
| THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: William Relton |
| OTELLO | Director: William Relton |
| DIE FLEDERMAUS | Director: Tony Britten |
| LA BOHEME | Director: Tony Britten |
| LA TRAVIATA | Director: Nick Broadhurst |
| THE POISONED CHALICE | Director: Nick Broadhurst |
| THE MAGIC FLUTE | Director: Nick Broadhurst |
| THE MERRY WIDOW | Director: Wilfred Judd |
| EUGENE ONEGIN | Director: Wilfred Judd |
| THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Stephen Unwin |
| THE ABDUCTION FROM SERAGLIO | Director: Michael McCarthy |