CV 1999 -1990
1999
SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, Royal Court Theatre
DRUMMERS - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, Travers Theatre, Edinburgh
TOBIAS & THE ANGEL - director Kate Brown
Almedia Opera Festival
OUR LATE NIGHT - director Carly Churchill
TOAST - director Richard Wilson
Royal Court Theatre
ROSE - director Nancy Mekler
Royal National Theatre
1998
CHOICE 10 plays in 4 weeks
NEVERLAND - director Stephen Pimlot
Royal Court Theatre
LITTLE MALCOLM & HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS - director Denis Lawson
Hampstead Theatre & West End
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint & Young Vic Theatre
DIE FLEDERMAUS - director Tony Britten
Music Theatre London
OUR LADY OF SLIGO - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint & Royal National theatre
DUST - director: Maggi Norris
BAC
AFORE NIGHT COMES - director Dominic Cooke
Theatre Clwyd
SHOPPING & FUCKING - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, West End & New York
1997
BLUE HEART - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, Royal Court Theatre, Traverse Theatre
LA BOHEM - director Tony Britten
Music Theatre London, Starssbour Theatre, Amsterdam
THE CHEESE SHOP - director Maggi Norris
Pleasance, Edinburgh
THE KNOCKY - director Robert Delamere
Liverpool Everyman
THE POSITIVE HOUR - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, Hampstead theatre
STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, BAM New York, Sydney Festival
1996
THE 1 U LUV - director Tim Luscum
HARRY & ME - director James Macdonald
Royal Court Theatre
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO - director: William Relton
Opera De Nice, France
SHOPPING & FUCKING - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, World Tour
LA TRAVIATA - director Nick Broadhurst
Music Theatre London
THE MISFITS - director Greg Hersov
Royal Exchange Theatre
THREE SISTERS
Director: Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint, Lyric Hammersmith, World Tour
CHARLEY’S AUNT - director Tim Luscum
Palace Theatre, Watford
1995
PALE HORSE - director Ian Rickson
WAITING ROOM GERMANY - director Mary Peate
Royal Court Theatre
THREE SISTERS / BREAK OF DAY - director Max Stafford Clark
STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal Court Theatre/Out of Joint
OTTELLO - director William Renton
Nice Opera House, France
THE MAGIC FLUTE - director Nick Broadhurst
Music Theatre London
DISSAPPEARED - director Phylis Naggi
Leicester Haymarket Theatre
SALVATION - director Tim Luscum
Londoon Gay Theatre Company
1994
ASHES AND SAND - director Ian Rickson
PEACHES - director James Mcdonald
THE EDITING PROCESS - director Stephen Daldry
BABIES - director Polly Teale
THE KITCHEN - director Stephen Daldry
All Royal Court Theatre
ROAD - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal Court Theatre/Out of Joint
THE POISONED CHALICE - director: Nick Broadhurst
LA TRAVIATA - director Nick Broadhurst
Music Theatre London
THE LODGER - director Richard Wilson
Royal Exchange Theatre / Hampstead Theatre
1993
HAMMETTS APPRENTICE - director James Macdonald
TERRIBLE VOICE OF SATAN - director James Macdonald
SEARCH AND DESTROY - director: Stephen Daldry
THE MADMAN OF THE BALCONIES - director Hetti Macdonald
All Royal Court Theatre
KERRY SHALE 'THE SET - UP' - director John Abbott
Gate Theatre, London
CELESTINA - director Nick Philipou
Actors Touring Theatre
RICHARD II - director James Macdonald
Royal Exchange Theatre
BEAUTIFUL THING - director: Hetti Macdonald
Duke of Yorks Theatre, Bush Theatre
THE SNOW ORCHID - director Tim Luscum
Londoon Gay Theatre Company
THE NEW APARTMENTS - director: Guy Retallack
Company of Clerks
1992
JOSEPHINE - director Maggi Norris
BAC, London
THE PROFESSIONALS - director Peter Craze
offstage downstairs, London
SELF CATERING - director Kate Rowland
Altered States
WOMEN LAUGHING - director Richard Wilson
HUSH - director Max Stafford Clark
FAITH HEALER - director Joe Dowling
All Royal Court Theatre
THE TELEVISION PROGRAM - director Kim Dambeuk
THE CRACKWALKER - director James Mcdonald
Gate Theatre, London
RSC'S NIGHT OF NIGHTS - director Bill Homewood
Barbican Concert hall
1991
OKLAHOMA - director: Gerry Tebbit
Queens Theatre Hornchurch
INDIAN WANTS THE BRONX & THE SUGAR PLUM - director: Tamara Batt
Renegade Theatre Company, New End
TALKING IN TONGUES - director Hetti Mcdonald
A JAMAICAN AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH - director Hetti Mcdonald
All Royal Court Theatre
GETTING ATTENTION - director Jude Kelly
West Yorkshire Playhouse
THE KISS OF LIFE - director Peter Craze
Londond Exchange Productions
CLEFT HEADS, SEA FOAM AND SATYERS - director Andrew Visnivski.
RADA
1990
MY SISTER IN THIS HOUSE - director Peter Craze
RADA
THE BELLMAR DANCES - director Julia Bardsley
Derek Derek Productions, ICA London
SOLDIERS - director Eric Standige
Co - Producers UK tour
THE MERRY WIDOW - director Wilfred Judd
Opera 80
Director: Tamara Harvey
Designer: Adrian Gee
Photographer: Kirsten McTernan
Director: Tamara Harvey
Designer: Lucy Osbourne
Photographer: The Other Richard
Director: Trevor Nunn
Designer: Rob Jones
Photographer:
Director: Robert Hasstie
Designer: Janet Bird
Photographer:
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Anna Fleischle
Photographer: Helen Maybanks
Director: Daniel Slater
Designer: Robert Inness Hopkins
Photographer:
Director: Ryan McBryde
Designer: Amy Jane Cook
Photographer: Pamela Raith
Director: Alice Hamilton
Designer: Anna Reid
Photographer: Helen Murray
"The lighting ripples like water"
The Guardian
Director: Dawn Walton
Designer: Simon Kenny
Photographer: Marc Brenner
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
Director: Adjoa Andoh
Designer: Jessie McKenzie
Photographer: Shonay Shote
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
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
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
Director: Caroline Steinbeis
Designer: Lucy Sierra
Photographer: Richard Davenport
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
Direcxtor: Paul Robinson
Designer: James Perkins
Photographer: Flavia Frasser-Cannon
"There’s great lighting from Johanna Town."
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
Director: Elizabeth Newman
Designer: Amanda Stolley
Photographer: Anthony Robling
Director: Sarah Francome
Designer: James Cotterill
Photograher: Jonathan Keenan
"Johanna Town’s lighting is evocative throughout." Online
Director: Michael Buffon
Designer: Signe Beckmann
Photographer: Jonathan Keenan
Director: Blanche McIntyre
Designer: Jonathan Fensom
Photographer: Mark Douet
"Johanna Town's lighting is excellent and the time shifts are beautifully handled."
British Theatre
Director: Max Stafford Clark
Designer: Es Devlin
Photographer: John Haynes
Director: Cat Robey
Designer: Emily Stuart
Photographer: Marc Brenner
Director: Tom Littler
Designer: Louis Whitemore
Photographer: Robert Workman
Director: Sam West
Designer: Ben Stones
Photographer: Manuel Harlan
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
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
Director: Tristram Powell
Designer: Tim Shortall
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
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
Director: Joe Hill-Gibons
Designer: Ultz
Photographer: Donald Cooper
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
Director: Michael Buffon
Designer: Signe Beckmann
Photographer: Jonathan Keenan
Director: Anna Linstrum
Designer: David Farley
Photographer: Robert Day
"Johanna Town lights with fine instinct." Online
Director: Jenny Seale
Designer: Liz Ascroft
Photographer: Johnathan Keenan
Director: Irina Brown
Designer: Chloe Lamford
Photographer: Keith Dundus
Director: Toby Frow
Designer: Mike Britton
Photographer: Keith Pattison
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