CV 2019 - 2008
2017
GUYS & DOLLS director: Michael Buffong
Royal Exchange Theatre
MISS JULIE director: Tom Littler
Jermyn Street
TRESTLE director: Cathal Cleary
Papatango Theatre Co, Southwark Playhouse
THE CHERRY ORCHARD director: Christian Burgess
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS director: Blanche McIntrye
Chichester Festival Theatre
FOX ON THE FAIRWAY director: Phillip Wilson
Queens Theatre Hornchurch
REMARKABLE INVISIBLE director: Zoe Waterman
MISS JULIE director: Tom Littler
Theatre By The Lake
JULIUS CAESAR director: Robert Hastie
Sheffield Theatres
DEPOSIT director: Lisa Spirling
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL director: Elizabeth Newman
Bolton Octagon & York Theatre Royal
FRACKED! director: Richard Wilson
Jonathan Church productions UK tour
HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA director: Jenny Seale
Graeae & Royal Exchange Theatre
EXPERIENCE director: Tom Attenborough
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
2016
FIVE FINGER EXERCISE- director: Jamie Glover
The Print Room
DON QUIXOTE - director: Angus Jackson
The Swan Royal Shakespear Company
THE NAPP - director: Richard Wilson
Sheffield Theatres
BRAINSTORM - director: Ned Glasier & Emily Lim
National Theatre & Islington Community Theatre
KING LEAR - director: Michael Buffong
Talawa Theatre Company & Royal Exchange Theatre, Birmingham Rep
MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD - director: Paul Robinson
Tiny Fires & St James Theatre
MUCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING - director: Tamara Harvey
Theatre Clywd
THE TEMPEST - director: Caroline Steinbeis
NYT & Royal & Derngate Northampton
FRACKED! - director: Richard Wilson
Chichester Festival Theatre
HERE I BELONG - director: Elizabeth Freestone
Pentabus Theatre
THE STAR - director: Philip Wilson
Liverpool Playhouse
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - director: Christian Burgess
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
ORCA - director: Alice Hamilton
Paptango & Southwark Playhouse
2015
BRAINSTORMING - director: Ned Glasier & Emily Lim
The Park Theatre & Islington Community Theatre
ARCADIA - director: Blanche McIntyre
English Touring Theatre & Ambassadors Theatre Group
ALL MY SONS - director: Michael Buffong
Talawa Theatre Company
A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS - director: Sean Foley
English Touring Theatre & Barbican RSC
DEPOSIT - director: Lisa Spirling
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
ANIMALS - director: Lisa Cagnacci
Theatre 503
DEAR LUPIN - director: Philip Franks
UK Tour & Apollo Theatre
ST JOHN IN LOVE - director: Benjamin Davis
RSAMD Glasgow
EDUCATING RITA - director: Michael Buffong
Chichester Festival theatre
CRUSH THE MUSICAL- director: Anna Linstrum
Big Broad Productions and Coventry theatre
THE CRUCIBLE - director: Caroline Steinbeis
Royal Exchange Theatre
THE MAGNA CARTA PLAYS - director: Gareth Machin
Salisbury Playhouse
TOMCAT - director Kate Hewitt:
Paptango & Southwark Playhouse
LULU - directo:r Christian Burgess
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
PINE - director: Lisa Spirling:
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
2014
THE KEEPERS OF INFINITE SPACE - director: Zoe Lafferty
Paptango & The Park Theatre, London
MOON OVER A RAINBOW SHAWL - director: Michael Buffong
Talawa Theatre Company
PORGY & BESS - director: John Doyle
Royal Danish Opera House
OUR COUNTRIES GOOD - director: Max Stafford-Clark
OOJ International Tour
TONIGHT @ 8.30 - director: Blanche McIntyre
ETT and Southampton Theatres
PITCAIRN - director: Max Stafford-Clark
OOJ & Chichester Theatres
RINALDO - director: William Relton
Tallinn Opera House, Estonia
UNCLE VANYA - director: Russell Bolam
Jagged Fence Productions & St James Theatre
EACH SLOW DUSK - director: Elizabeth Freestone
Pentabus Theatre
HER NAKED SKIN - director: Christian Burgess
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2013
THE SPEED TWINS - director: Simon Evans Riverside Studio
Big Broad Productions @ Riverside Studios
LOVE YOUR SOLDIERS - director: Richard Wilson
Sheffield Crucible Studio
TO SIR WITH LOVE -director: Mark Babych
3Royal & Derngate & Touring Consortium
FENCES - director: Paulette Randall
West End/Theatre Royal Bath/UK Tour
ALL MY SONS - director: Michael Buffong
Royal Exchange Manchester/Talawa Theatre Co.
THAT DAY WE SANG - director: Sarah Frankcom
Royal Exchange Manchester
THE SEAGULL - director: Christian Burgess
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
HAPPY NEW - director: Robert Shaw
Trafalgar Studio/Inside Intelligence
A LIFE OF STUFF - director: Paul Robinson
Theatre 503
Nominated for an Offie for Lighting
SMACK FAMILY ROBINSON -director: Richard Wilson
Rose Theatre Kingston
MAY 08 -director: Richard Wilson
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD - director Max Stafford-Clark
Out of Joint/Octagon Theatre Bolton
JOKING APART - director: Lucy Pitman-Wallace
Nottingham Playhouse/Salisbury Playhouse
SOME LIKE IT HIP HOP - director: Kate Prince
ZooNation Dance Company
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production
2012
BLUE SKY - director: Elizabeth Freestone
Pentabus Theatre company
BLUEHEART AFTERNOON - director: Tamara Harvey
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
SOME LIKE IT HIP HOP - director: Kate Prince
ZooNation Dance Company
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD - director: Max Stafford Clark
St James Theatre, London / Out of Joint International Tour
LAYDOWN YOUR CROSS - director: Claire Lizzimore
Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
MEDEA - director: Mike Bartlett
Headlong Tour & Glasgow Citizens
STRAIGHT - director: Richard Wilson
Sheffield Theatre
BLUE SKY - director: Elizabeth Freestone
Pentabus Theatre
MAN IN THE MIDDLE - director: Lucy Skilbeck
Theatre 503
MISS JULIE - director: Sarah Frankcom
Royal Exchange Theatre
ROMEO & JULIET - director Rob Icke
Headlong Tour & Southhampton Theatres
MOON OVER A RAINBOW SHAWL - director: Michael Buffong
Royal National Theatre
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW - director: Sean Foley
Vaudeville Theatre
LLWYTH - director: Arwel Gruffydd
Theatr Genedlaethol cymru
WIND IN THE WILLOWS - director: Jon LLoyd
Pollak Theatre Company
2011
A VIEW FROM A BRIDGE - director: Sarah Frankcom
Royal Exchange Theatre
BANG BANG BANG - director: Max Stafford Clark
Royal Court Theatre & Bolton Octagon
BEAUTIFUL THING - director: Sarah Frankcom
Royal Exchange Theatre
THINK ONLY THIS OF ME - director: Christian Burges
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE - director: Philip Wilson
Salisbury Playhouse
THE CRUCIBLE - director: Toby Frow
Rada
FATHERLAND - director: Caroline Steinbeis
Gate Theatre & Munich Festival
RE CHARGED - directors: Lucy Morrison, Tessa Walker, Caroline Steinbeis
Clean Break
PRIVATE LIVES - director: Michael Buffong
Royal Exchange Theatre
BETRAYAL - director: Ian Rickson
Comedy Theatre
NijINSKY - director: Philip Franks
Chichester FESTIVAL Theatre
DEEP BLUE SEA - director: Philip Franks
Chichester FESTIVAL Theatre
HAUNTED - director: Braham Murray
Sydney Opera House
THE PRIDE - director: Richard Wilson
Sheffield Theatre
SOME LIKE IT HIP HOP - director Kate Prince
ZooNation Dance Company
2010
HAUNTED - director: Braham Murray
East59/59 New York
A RAISIN IN THE SUN - director: Michael Buffong
Royal Exchange Theatre
Winner of Best Production Manchester Theatre Awards 2010
ALBERT HERRING - director: William Kerley
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
BEDENHEIM 1939 - director: Christian Burges
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
LES LIAISON DANGEREUSES - director: Toby Frow
Salisbury Theatre
LLWYTH - director: Arwel Gruffydd
Sherman Theatre
PIRATES - director: Jon Lloyd
Polka Theatre
CARMEN - director: Ashley Dean
Scottish Opera Go Round
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - director: Mark Thompson
ROMEO & JULLIET - director: Tony Cownie
Lyceum Edinburgh
NORMAN CONQUESTS - director: Philip Wilson
Liverpool P{layhous
THAT FACE - director: Richard Wilson
Sheffield Theatre
THEATRE FESTIVAL FOR SCHOOL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - director: Ned Glacer
Young Vic
WAR & PEACE - director: Irene Brown
RSAMD Glasgow & Scottish Opera
2009
THE WALL & BERLIN WALL - director: Angus Jackson
Chichester festival Theatre
TIPPING THE VELVET - director: Kath Rogers
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
RIDE OF YOUR LIFE - director: Mick Gordan
Polka Theatre
SPEAKING IN TONGUES - director: Toby Frow
Duke of Yorks Theatre
PRIDE & PREDJUDICE - director: Toby Frow
Bath Theatre Productions
MAD FOREST - director: Carloine Steinbeis
BAC & JMK Award,
DAMN YANKEES - director: Martin Connor
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
HAUNTED - director: Braham Murray
Royal Exchange Theatre
FOR KING & COUNTRY - director: Tristram Powell
Touring Constorium,
THE HOUNDING OF DAVID OULWALE - director: Dawn Walton
West Yorkshire Playhouse & Eclipse Theatre
KATYA KABANOVA - director: Kally Lloyd-Jones
Scottish Opera Go Round
GUSTINE - director: Olivia Fuchs
Trinity College Opera
ARIADNE AUF NAUXOS & PHEADRA - director: Ashley Dean
RSAMD Glasgow
DREAMS OF VIOLENCE - director: Max Stafford Clark
Soho Theatre
2008
THE SCARECROW & HIS SERVANT - director: Simon Reade
Southwark Playhouse
SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS - director: Bill Bryden
Arcola Theatre
CITY OF ANGELS - director: Martin Connor
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
HELLO & GOODBYE - director: Paul Robinson
English Touring Theatre, Trafalgar Studios
THE HERBAL BED – director: Caroline Leslie
Salisbury Playhouse
FACES IN THE CROWD - director: Clare Lizzimore
Royal Court Theatre
FAT PIG - director: Neil La Bute
Trafalgar Studios,
THE GLASS MENAGERIE - director: Braham Murray
Royal Exchange Theatre
LAKE BOAT & PYRA DE CHEINE - director: Lindsay Posner
RADA
THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS HOBBES - director: Elizabeth Freestone
RSC @ Wiltons Music hall
CINDERELLA - director :Harry Fehr
Scottish Opera Go Round
SECRET MARRIAGE - director: Harry Fehr
Scottish Opera
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