CV 2007 -2000
2007
RHINOCEROS - director Dominic Cooke
THE ARSONIST - director Ramin Gray
MY CHILD - director Sacha Wares
Royal Court Theatre
SHIP OF FOOLS - director Toby Frow
THE FINAL SHOT - director Tim Roseman
Theatre 503
KING OF HEARTS - director Max Stafford Clark
Hampstead Theatre
CINDERELLA - director Harry Fehr
Scottish Opera Go Round
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO - director Jo Davies
Classical Opera Company
TREASURE ISLAND – director Karen Hebden
Derby Playhouse
LONDON CUCKOLDS – director Christian Burgess
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
TRIUMPH OF LOVE - director Braham Murray
Royal Exchange Theatre
2006
THE GLASSROOM – director Anthony Clark
Hampstead Theatre
SCENCE FROM THE BACK OF BEYOND - director Ramin Gray
RAINBOW KISS - director Richard Wilson
THE WINTERLING - director Ian Rickson
Royal Court Theatre
TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD - director Michael Buffong
West Yorkshire Playhouse & Tourinf Constortium
IN PRAISE OF LOVE - director Philip Wilson
Chichester Festival
THE OVERWHELMING - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal National Theatre
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE - director Alan Rickman
Minetta Lane, New York
LIVE LIKE PIGS - Christain Burges
Royal Court Theatre & Guildhall School of Music and Drama
O GO MY MAN - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal Court Theatre
2005
DEAD FUNNY – director Matthew Lloyd, designer Simon Higglett
West Yorkshire Playhouse
ALL THE ORDINARY ANGELS - director Michael Buffong
Royal Exchange Theatre
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HELEN OF TROY - director Gordon Anderson
Actor Touring Theatre
TALKING TO TERRORISTS - director Max Stafford Clark
MY NAMES RACHEAL CORRIE - director Alan Rickman
WAY TO HEAVEN - director Ramin Gray
THE WOMAN BEFORE - director Richard Wilson
Royal Court Theatre
THE PERMANENT WAY - director Max Stafford Clark
National and UK & Australia tours
EAST COAST CHICKEN SUPPER - director Richard Wilson
Traverse/Festival
MACBETH - director Max Stafford Clark
Out Of Joint world tour
2004
SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME - director Toby Frow
Northampton Theatre Royal
GUANTANAMO - directors Nicolas Kent & Sacha Wares
Culture Project ,New York
DUCK - director Max Stafford Clark
SLIDING WITH SUZANNE - director Max Stafford Clark
Out of Joint / Royal Court Theatre
A GIRL IN A CAR WITH A MAN - director Joe Hill-Gibbons
Royal Court Theatre
HOW LOVE IS SPELT - director Julie Anne Robinson
Bush Theatre
PLATFORM - director Sasha Wares Designer Miriam Buether
ICA LONDON
MACBETH - director Max Stafford Clark
Arcola & Wiltons Music Hall
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION - director Michael Buffong
Royal Exchange Theatre
BADNUFF - director Jon Lloyd
Soho Theatre
THE DUMB WAITER - director Douglas Hodge
Oxford Playhouse
2003
THE PERMANENT WAY - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal National Theatre / Out of Joint
A DOLL’S HOUSE - director Thea Sharrock
Southwark Playhouse,
ID - director Nancy Meckler
Almeida Theatre
JUSTIFYING WAR - director Nicolas Kent
Tricycle Theatre
MR NOBODY - director Jon Lloyd
Soho Theatre
BRASSED OFF - director Neil Birche
Birmingham Rep/ Liverpool Playhouse, Touring Consortium
FOOD CHAIN - director Anna Mackmin
UNDER THE WHALEBACK - director Richard Wilson
TERRORISM - director Ramin Gray
Royal Court Theatre
2002
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, A LAUGHING MATTER - director Max Stafford Clark
HINTERLAND - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal National Theatre and Out of Joint tour
A MODERN DANCE FOR BEGINNERS - director Jon Lloyd
Soho Theatre
VIA DOLAROSA - director Stephen Daldry
Duchess Theatre
POPCORN - director Robert Delamere
Liverpool Playhouse
CHURCHILL SHORTS
PLASTERCINE - director Dominic Cooke
WHERE DO WE LIVE - director Richard Wilson
Royal Court Theatre
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER -director Hettie Macdonald
Kent Opera
TOP GIRLS - director Thea Sharrock
Aldwych & Oxford Touring Theatre
2001
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO/ A STATE AFFAIR - director Max Stafford Clark
Soho Theatre
FUCKING GAMES - director Dominic Cooke
SPINNING INTO BUTTER - director Dominic Cooke
NIGHTINGALE & CHASE - director Richard Wilson
Royal Court Theatre
LES LIAISON DANGEREUSES - director Robert Delamere
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - director Robert Delamere
Liverpool Playhouse
SLIDING WITH SUZZANNE - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal Court Theatre / Out Of Joint
FEELGOOD - director Max Stafford Clark
Garrick Theatre & Hampstead Theatre
2000
I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN - director Richard Wilson
UNDER THE BLUE SKY - director Rufus Norris
MR KOLPERT - director Richard Wilson
OTHER PEOPLE - director Dominic Cooke
Royal Court Theatre
GHOSTS - director Greg Hersov
Royal Exchange Theatre
ARABIAN NIGHTS - director Dominic Cooke
New Victory Theatre, New York
OUR LADY OF SLIGO - director Max Stafford Clark
Royal National Theatre and Out of Joint tour
ROSE - director Nancy Meckler
Lyceum New York & Royal National Theatre
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