Johanna Town Lighting Designer

Achievements

Lighting Achievements:

Chair for The ALPD - The Association for Lighting Production and Design

Fellow Guildhall School for Music & Drama in recognition of Johanna's contribution to theatre lighting

Honorary Lightmongers Award 2022 in recognition of Johanna's commitment to the theatre's next generations, during the pandemic

Associate Artist @ Theatre 503

Advisory Board Member - Jermyn Street Theatre

Articles on Lighting and Theatre feature in:

Lighting and Sound International - Lights Mold panto with Mavericks

White Lights - Leading Lights

Chauvet publication - Heightened Light

Live Design Online USA - 5Q's Johanna Town

Robe Lighitng - 'Pines'

Chauvet Lighting - A Kings Ransom

Theatre Crafts - Lighting of King Lear

Sheffield Theatres Julius Ceasar - '60secs with"

The Stage - Lighting Designer Johanna Town

The Stage - The support of Lighting Programmers

The Stage - Focus on Diversity

Lectures and Talks:

International and Theatre Engineering Architecture Conference 2014

PLASA Seminar 2012

ShowLight Seminar 2007

Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama

Mountview Theatre School

Royal Academy of Music & Drama

Award Nominations:

2021 Oncomm Awards - House of Bernada Alba

2021 Oncomm Awards Series - 15 Heroines

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

2010 Winner of Best production 'A Raisen In The Sun' Manchester Theatre Awards
1992 Fringe nomination for 'Crackwalker' at The Gate Theatre

Gallery

ROBIN HOOD

Director: Tamara Harvey
Designer: Adrian Gee
Photographer: Kirsten McTernan
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Famous 5 The Musical - Theatr Clwyd/Chichester Festival Theatr

Director: Tamara Harvey
Designer: Lucy Osbourne
Photographer: The Other Richard
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Identical - Kenny Wax - Nottingham Playhouse

Director: Trevor Nunn
Designer: Rob Jones
Photographer:
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Rock, Paper, Scissors - Sheffield Theatres

Director: Robert Hasstie
Designer: Janet Bird
Photographer:
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Two Ladies - The Bridge Theatre

Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Anna Fleischle
Photographer: Helen Maybanks
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Tamerlano - The Grange Opera Festival

Director: Daniel Slater
Designer: Robert Inness Hopkins
Photographer:
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Baskerville - Mercury Theatre

Director: Ryan McBryde
Designer: Amy Jane Cook
Photographer: Pamela Raith
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The Memory of Water - Hampstead Theatre

Director: Alice Hamilton
Designer: Anna Reid
Photographer: Helen Murray

"The lighting ripples like water"
The Guardian
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The Death of a Blackman - Hampstead Theatre

Director: Dawn Walton
Designer: Simon Kenny
Photographer: Marc Brenner
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Love & Information - Sheffield Theatres

Director: Caroline Steinbeis
Designer: Max Jones
Photographer: The Other Richard

"Scenes seamlessly transition from one to the next via incredible lighting effects."
The Broadway World UK
"Johanna Town's Lighting lends things to an almost sci-fi sheen."
The Stage
"Stylishly lit by Johanna Town"
The Guardian

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15 Heroines - Jermyn Street Theatre

Director: Adjoa Andoh
Designer: Jessie McKenzie
Photographer: Shonay Shote

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Frankenstein - Royal Exchange Theatre

Director: Matthew Xia
Designer: Ben Stones
Photographer: Johan Persson

"In one of the most striking moments, lighting designer Johanna Town uses a zigzag of neon when the creature is brought to life" The Stage

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Love & Information - Sheffield Theatres

Director: Caroline Steinbeis
Designer: Max Jones
Photographer: The Other Richard

"Scenes seamlessly transition from one to the next via incredible lighting effects."
The Broadway World UK
"Johanna Town's Lighting lends things to an almost sci-fi sheen."
The Stage
"Stylishly lit by Johanna Town"
The Guardian
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A Mad World My Masters _ English Touring Theatre / RSC

Director: Sean Foley
Designer: Alice Power
Photographer: Manuel Harlan

"Wondefully imagined. Credit must be paid to the design team, Alice Power, Johanna Town and Ben & Max Ringham." The Public review
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The Tempest - Derngate Northampton

Director: Caroline Steinbeis
Designer: Lucy Sierra
Photographer: Richard Davenport

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Some Like It Hiphop - Zoo Nation

Director: Kate Price
Designer: Ben Stones
Photographer: Simon Prince

"A word of praise, too, for Johanna Town’s lighting design which is perfectly synchronised with the action, triggering the physical comedy with the split-second timing."

"The lighting design by Johanna Town, is intricately designed."
Dance Informa - digital dance magazine

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Life of Stuff

Direcxtor: Paul Robinson
Designer: James Perkins
Photographer: Flavia Frasser-Cannon
"There’s great lighting from Johanna Town."
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My Names Rachel Corrie - Royal Court Theatre

Director: Alan Rickman
Designer: Hildegard Bechtler
Photographer: Stephen Cummiskey

"Johanna Town’s lighting captures shifts in mood, time, and location, adding significantly to the productions overall ambiance."
Theatre Mania New York

"Johanna Town and Emma Laxton’s sound take on a new urgency as the more world-wise activist is thrust into the conflict." Live Design New York

"Johanna Town’s subtle lighting evoke an unsettling world of danger." Variety

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Octogan Theatre Bolton

Director: Elizabeth Newman
Designer: Amanda Stolley
Photographer: Anthony Robling
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A View from the Bridge - Royal Exchange Theatre

Director: Sarah Francome
Designer: James Cotterill
Photograher: Jonathan Keenan

"Johanna Town’s lighting is evocative throughout." Online
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King Lear - Talawa/ Royal Exchange Theatre

Director: Michael Buffon
Designer: Signe Beckmann
Photographer: Jonathan Keenan
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Arcadia - English Touring Theatre

Director: Blanche McIntyre
Designer: Jonathan Fensom
Photographer: Mark Douet

"Johanna Town's lighting is excellent and the time shifts are beautifully handled."
British Theatre

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Macbeth - Out of Joint world tour

Director: Max Stafford Clark
Designer: Es Devlin
Photographer: John Haynes
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15 Heroines - Jermyn Street Theatre

Director: Cat Robey
Designer: Emily Stuart
Photographer: Marc Brenner
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Miss Julie - Theatre By The Lake

Director: Tom Littler
Designer: Louis Whitemore
Photographer: Robert Workman
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The Watsons - Chichester Theatre

Director: Sam West
Designer: Ben Stones
Photographer: Manuel Harlan
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Julius Caesar - Sheffield Theatres

Director: Rob Hastie
Designer: Ben Stones

"Whilst Johanna Town's pulsing lights rachet up the tension."
The Guardian
"Aside from its pace and the arresting and almost cinematic use of sound and Lighting."
Whats on Stage
"Clever Lighting effects by Johanna Town." The Reviews Hub
"Supported beautifully by Johanna Towns ingenious lighting."
The GayTimes

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All My Sons - Talawa / Royal Exchange Theatre

Director: Michael Buffong
Designer: Ellen Cairns
Photographer: Jonathan Keenan

"The lazy, summery atmosphere is effortlessly established by Johanna Town’s lighting."
The Times
"Johanna Town’s lighting is clever and subtle."
Whats on Stage

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For King & Country - UK Tour

Director: Tristram Powell
Designer: Tim Shortall

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Porgy & Bess - Danish Opera House

Director: John Doyle
Designer:Liz Ascroft
Photographer: Miklos Szabo

"Johanna Town’s lighting was also colourful and was incredibly effective in setting the atmosphere in a set that was otherwise static. She really brought home the scorching sun and the steely sky just before the hurricane broke."
Seenandheard-international.com

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The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbs - RSC

Director: Elizabeth Freestone
Designer: Sutra Gilmore
PHotographer: Tristam Kenton

"The lighting is occasionally reminiscent of the exquisitely illuminated paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby’s celebrated 18th century science canvases." The Metro

"Subtly lit."
Daily Mail
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A Girl in a Car with a Man - Royal Court Theatre

Director: Joe Hill-Gibons
Designer: Ultz
Photographer: Donald Cooper
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Our Countries Good - Out of Joint

Director: Max Stafford Clark
Designer: Tim Shortall
Photographer: John Haynes

"It is also eerily lit by Johanna Town, who captures Australia’s dusty lemon light and vast blue skies, echoing to the screeches of strange birds." Mail Online

"Johanna Town’s lighting segues exquisitely from murk to exotic brightness." Daily Telegraph

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King Lear - Talawa/Royal Exchange Theatre

Director: Michael Buffon
Designer: Signe Beckmann
Photographer: Jonathan Keenan
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Crush - BigBroad Productions

Director: Anna Linstrum
Designer: David Farley
Photographer: Robert Day

"Johanna Town lights with fine instinct." Online
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The House of Bernarda Alba - Greae / Royal Exchange Theatre

Director: Jenny Seale
Designer: Liz Ascroft
Photographer: Johnathan Keenan
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War & Peace

Director: Irina Brown
Designer: Chloe Lamford
Photographer: Keith Dundus
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Director: Toby Frow
Designer: Mike Britton
Photographer: Keith Pattison
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Queen Margaret

Director: Elizabeth Freestone
Designer: Amanda Stolley
Photographer: Johnathan Keenan

"Johanna Town's lighting is incredibly striking and works wonderfully, particularly when Joan of arc is onstage as it illuminates her and gives her an otherwordly presence' Online

"Brilliant use of space, sound and light" Online

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Guys and Dolls

Director: Michael Buffon
Designer: Soutra Gilmore
Photograher: Manuel Harlan
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Fisherman's Friends the Musical - ROYO

Director: James Grieve
Designer: Lucy Osbourne
Photographer:
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Gallery

ROBIN HOOD

Famous 5 The Musical - Theatr Clwyd/Chichester Festival Theatr

Identical - Kenny Wax - Nottingham Playhouse

Rock, Paper, Scissors - Sheffield Theatres

Two Ladies - The Bridge Theatre

Tamerlano - The Grange Opera Festival

Baskerville - Mercury Theatre

The Memory of Water - Hampstead Theatre

The Death of a Blackman - Hampstead Theatre

Love & Information - Sheffield Theatres

15 Heroines - Jermyn Street Theatre

Frankenstein - Royal Exchange Theatre

Love & Information - Sheffield Theatres

A Mad World My Masters _ English Touring Theatre / RSC

The Tempest - Derngate Northampton

Some Like It Hiphop - Zoo Nation

Life of Stuff

My Names Rachel Corrie - Royal Court Theatre

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Octogan Theatre Bolton

A View from the Bridge - Royal Exchange Theatre

King Lear - Talawa/ Royal Exchange Theatre

Arcadia - English Touring Theatre

Macbeth - Out of Joint world tour

15 Heroines - Jermyn Street Theatre

Miss Julie - Theatre By The Lake

The Watsons - Chichester Theatre

Julius Caesar - Sheffield Theatres

All My Sons - Talawa / Royal Exchange Theatre

For King & Country - UK Tour

Porgy & Bess - Danish Opera House

The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbs - RSC

A Girl in a Car with a Man - Royal Court Theatre

Our Countries Good - Out of Joint

King Lear - Talawa/Royal Exchange Theatre

Crush - BigBroad Productions

The House of Bernarda Alba - Greae / Royal Exchange Theatre

War & Peace

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Queen Margaret

Guys and Dolls

Fisherman's Friends the Musical - ROYO

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