Johanna Town
Lighting Designer
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Johanna Town last updated July 2010
AWARDS |
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| Shortlisted for ‘Best Lighting Designer’ for Speaking in Tongues – WhatsOnStage Awards 2010 | ||
PRODUCTION |
DIRECTOR |
VENUE / COMPANY |
CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS |
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| ROMEO AND JULIET/ THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST | Tony Cownie/ Mark Thomson | Edinburgh Lyceum |
| CARMEN | Ashley Dean | Scottish Opera |
| CHARGED | Clare Lizzimore, Lucy Morrison | Clean Break at Soho Theatre |
HAUNTED |
Braham Murray |
Royal Exchange and UK tour |
| PIRATES | Jonathan Lloyd | Polka Theatre |
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MOST RECENT THEATRE |
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| THAT FACE | Richard Wilson | Sheffield Crucible Studio |
| LLWYTH | Arwel Gruffydd | Sherman Cymru tour |
| PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | Toby Frow | Theatre Royal Bath Tour |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Toby Frow | Salisbury Playhouse |
| A RAISIN IN THE SUN | Michael Buffong | Royal Exchange Manchester |
| SPEAKING IN TONGUES | Toby Frow | Duke of York's Theatre |
| TIPPING THE VELVET | Kath Rogers | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE |
Mick Gordon |
Polka Theatre |
MAD FOREST |
Caroline Steinbeis |
Battersea Arts Centre / Strike Ensemble |
DREAMS OF VIOLENCE |
Max Stafford-Clark |
Out of Joint, Soho Theatre & tour |
DAMN YANKEES |
Martin Connor |
Guildhall School |
FOR KING AND COUNTRY |
Tristram Powell |
Act Productions Tour |
THE HOUNDING OF DAVID OLUWALE |
Dawn Walton |
West Yorkshire Playhouse/Eclipse Theatre Tour |
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MOST RECENT OPERA & DANCE |
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| ALBERT HERRING | Will Kerley | Guildhall School |
| WAR AND PEACE |
Irina Brown | Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
KÁTYA KABANOVÁ |
Kally Lloyd-Jones |
Scottish Opera |
GIUSTINO |
Olivia Fuchs |
Trinity College of Music at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel |
PHAEDRA & ARIADNE AUF NAXOS |
Ashley Dean |
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
THE SECRET MARRIAGE |
Harry Fehr |
Scottish Opera |
CINDERELLA |
Harry Fehr |
Scottish Opera Go Round and Scottish Opera on tour |
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THEATRE |
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FACES IN THE CROWD |
Clare Lizzimore |
Royal Court Upstairs |
THE GLASS MENAGERIE |
Braham Murray |
Royal Exchange Manchester & Bath Theatre Royal Tour |
FAT PIG |
Neil LaBute |
Trafalgar Studios/Comedy Theatre |
THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS HOBBES |
Elizabeth Freestone |
Royal Shakespeare Company at Wilton’s Music Hall |
PHILIP PULLMAN’S THE SCARECROW AND HIS SERVANT |
Simon Reade |
Southwark Playhouse / Poonamelle Productions |
SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS |
Bill Bryden |
Arcola Theatre |
CITY OF ANGELS |
Martin Connor |
Guildhall School |
HELLO AND GOODBYE |
Paul Robinson |
Trafalgar Studios |
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For the Royal Court |
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MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE |
Alan Rickman |
Also New York, West End & Galway Arts Festival, |
RHINOCEROS |
Dominic Cooke |
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THE ARSONISTS |
Ramin Gray |
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WAY TO HEAVEN |
Ramin Gray |
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MY CHILD |
Sacha Wares |
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RAINBOW KISS |
Richard Wilson |
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THE WOMAN BEFORE |
Richard Wilson |
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BACK OF BEYOND |
Annie Castledine |
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A GIRL IN A CAR WITH A MAN |
Joe Hill-Gibbons |
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THE WINTERLING |
Ian Rickson |
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LIVE LIKE PIGS |
Christian Burgess |
Guildhall School/Royal Court 50th Anniversary |
O GO MY MAN |
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Out of Joint / Royal Court |
TALKING TO TERRORISTS |
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Out of Joint / Royal Court |
FOOD CHAIN |
Anna Mackmin |
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For Out of Joint |
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SHOPPING & FUCKING |
Max Stafford Clark |
West End & World tour |
OUR LADY OF SLIGO |
Max Stafford Clark |
And National Theatre |
KING OF HEARTS |
Max Stafford Clark & Ramin Gray |
Hampstead Theatre |
THE PERMANENT WAY |
Max Stafford Clark | National Theatre and on UK & Australia tours |
THE OVERWHELMING |
Max Stafford Clark |
National Theatre and tour |
MACBETH |
Max Stafford Clark |
World tour |
THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM |
Max Stafford Clark |
BAM, Sydney Festival & Royal Court |
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GUANTANAMO |
Nicolas Kent & Sacha Wares |
Broadway, West End, Tricycle |
THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE |
Braham Murray |
Royal Exchange, Manchester |
ALL THE ORDINARY ANGELS |
Michael Buffong |
Royal Exchange |
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION |
Michael Buffong |
Royal Exchange |
THE FINAL SHOT |
Tim Roseman |
Theatre 503 |
SHIP OF FOOLS |
Toby Frow |
Theatre 503 |
LAKEBOAT and PRAIRIE DU CHIEN |
Lindsay Posner |
Mamet double bill at RADA |
THE GLASS ROOM |
Anthony Clark |
Hampstead Theatre |
THE HERBAL BED |
Caroline Leslie |
Salisbury Playhouse |
TREASURE ISLAND |
Karen Hebden |
Derby Playhouse |
LONDON CUCKOLDS |
Christian Burgess |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD |
Michael Buffong |
Birmingham Rep and No 1 tour |
IN PRAISE OF LOVE |
Philip Wilson |
Minerva, Chichester Festival |
DEAD FUNNY |
Matthew Lloyd |
West Yorkshire Playhouse |
VIA DOLAROSA |
Stephen Daldry |
Duchess Theatre |
TOP GIRLS |
Thea Sharrock |
Aldwych & Oxford Touring Theatre |
FEELGOOD |
Max Stafford Clark |
Garrick & Hampstead |
LITTLE MALCOLM & HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS |
Denis Lawson |
West End & Hampstead |
BEAUTIFUL THING |
Hettie Macdonald |
Duke of Yorks, Donmar, Bush |
ARABIAN NIGHTS |
Dominic Cooke |
New Victory Theatre, New York |
ROSE |
Nancy Meckler |
Lyceum New York & National |
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Other work for the Royal Court |
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UNDER THE WHALEBACK |
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WHERE DO WE LIVE |
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NIGHTINGALE & CHASE |
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I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN |
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MR KOLPERT |
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WOMEN LAUGHING TOAST |
All Richard Wilson |
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TERRORISM |
Ramin Gray |
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CARYL CHURCHILL SHORTS |
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PALE HORSE |
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ASHES AND SAND |
All Ian Rickson |
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PLASTICINE |
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FUCKING GAMES |
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SPINNING INTO BUTTER |
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OTHER PEOPLE |
All Dominic Cooke |
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UNDER THE BLUE SKY |
Rufus Norris |
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OUR LATE NIGHT |
Caryl Churchill |
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NEVERLAND |
Stephen Pimlott |
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THE 1 U LOVE |
Tim Luscombe |
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PEACHES |
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HARRY AND ME |
Both James Macdonald |
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THE EDITING PROCESS |
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THE KITCHEN |
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SEARCH AND DESTROY |
All Stephen Daldry |
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WAITING ROOM GERMANY |
Mary Peate |
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BABIES |
Polly Teale |
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HUSH |
Max Stafford Clark |
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FAITH HEALER |
Joe Dowling |
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Other work for Out of Joint |
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER |
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A LAUGHING MATTER |
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HINTERLAND |
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(All National Theatre) |
DUCK |
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SLIDING WITH SUZANNE |
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(Both Royal Court Upstairs) |
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO/ A STATE AFFAIR |
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(Soho) |
DRUMMERS |
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SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS |
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(Both Ambassadors/Royal Court Upstairs) |
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD |
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(Young Vic) |
BLUE HEART |
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(Traverse & Royal Court) |
THE POSITIVE HOUR |
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(Hampstead) |
THREE SISTERS |
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(Lyric Hammersmith & Royal Court) |
ROAD |
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(Royal Court) |
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Other work at The Royal Exchange, Manchester |
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GHOSTS |
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THE MISFITS |
Both Greg Hersov |
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RICHARD II |
James Macdonald |
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THE LODGER |
Richard Wilson |
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Liverpool Playhouse |
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BRASSED OFF |
Neil Birche |
And Birmingham Rep |
POPCORN |
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LES LIAISON DANGEREUSES |
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THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD |
All Robert Delamere |
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SHADOW OF A GUNMAN |
Eric Standridge |
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CRIMES OF THE HEART |
Kate Rowland |
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MACBETH |
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A TASTE OF HONEY |
Both Ian Kellgren |
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MADAME MAO |
Peter Oyston |
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THE BEAUX STRATAGEM |
Tal Rubins |
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Other Previous Theatre |
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HOW LOVE IS SPELT |
Julie Anne Robinson |
Bush Theatre |
HELEN OF TROY |
Gordon Anderson |
ATC |
EAST COAST CHICKEN SUPPER |
Richard Wilson |
Traverse/Festival |
SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME |
Toby Frow |
Northampton |
THE DUMB WAITER |
Douglas Hodge |
Oxford Playhouse |
BADNUFF |
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MR NOBODY |
Both Jonathan Lloyd |
Both Soho |
ID |
Nancy Meckler |
Almeida & BBC 3 |
A DOLL’S HOUSE |
Thea Sharrock |
Southwark Playhouse |
JUSTIFYING WAR |
Nicolas Kent |
Tricycle |
A MODERN DANCE FOR BEGINNERS |
Jonathon Lloyd |
Soho |
AFORE NIGHT COMES |
Dominic Cooke |
Theatr Clwyd |
SOLDIERS |
Eric Standridge |
The Co-Producers |
CHARLEY’S AUNT |
Tim Luscombe |
Watford Palace |
DISAPPEARED |
Phyllis Nagy |
Leicester Haymarket |
CELESTINA |
Nick Philippou |
ATC |
SALVATION |
Tim Luscombe |
London Gay Theatre Co |
THE SNOW ORCHID |
Tim Luscombe |
London Gay Theatre Co |
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER |
Hettie Macdonald |
Kent Opera |
THE CHEESE SHOP |
Maggie Norris |
Pleasance Edinburgh |
THE KNOCKY |
Robert Delamere |
Liverpool Everyman |
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OPERA & DANCE |
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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO |
Jo Davies |
Classical Opera Company |
TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL |
Kate Brown |
Almeida Opera Festival |
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO |
William Relton |
Nice Opera House |
OTELLO |
William Relton |
Nice Opera House |
DIE FLEDERMAUS |
Tony Britten |
Music Theatre London |
LA BOHEME |
Tony Britten |
Music Theatre London & Amsterdam |
LA TRAVIATA |
Nick Broadhurst |
Music Theatre London |
THE POISONED CHALICE |
Nick Broadhurst |
Music Theatre London |
THE MAGIC FLUTE |
Nick Broadhurst |
Music Theatre London |
THE MERRY WIDOW |
Wilfred Judd |
Opera 80 |
EUGENE ONEGIN |
Wilfred Judd |
Opera 80 |
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO |
Stephen Unwin |
Opera 80 |
THE ABDUCTION FROM SERAGLIO |
Michael McCarthy |
Opera 80 |