Jessica enjoys light designing for theatre, music, events, dance, and working with new collaborators. Her personal career highlights include: Equus, My Neighbour Toroto and Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner.
Awards and Nominations
2023 Olivier Award for Best Lighting for My Neighbour Totoro, RSC production performed at Barbican.
2022 Listed as one of The Stage 25 as a future star of the UK theatre industry
2023 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Lighting Design for My Neighbour Totoro, RSC production performed at Barbican.
2019 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Lighting Design of a New Production of a Play for Equus at English Touring Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East.
2019 Knight of Illumination Award for Equus at English Touring Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East.
2019 Off West End Nomination for Best Lighting Design for Equus and Nine Foot Nine, 2018.
List Of Productions
2025
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO | Director: Phelim McDermott | Gillian Lynne Theatre
WILD ROSE | Director: John Tiffany | Royal Lyceum
2024
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | Director: Amy Hodge | Sheffield Theatre
ALMA MATER | Director: Polly Findlay | Almeida Theatre
FANGIRLS | Director: Paige Rattray | Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
DR STRANGELOVE | Director: Sean Foley | Noel Coward Theatre
WITHNAIL AND I | Birmingham Rep
MINORITY REPORT | Director: Max Webster | Nottingham Playhouse/ Birmingham Rep/ Lyric Theatre
THE ODYSSEY | Director: Jennifer Tang | Unicorn Theatre
2023
THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE | Director: Emily Lim | Leeds Playhouse/ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO | Director: Phelim McDermott | Barbican Centre
LYONESSE | Director: Ian Rickson | Harold Pinter Theatre
TWICE-BORN | Dickson Mbi | Scottish Ballet
MISS SAIGON | Director: Anthony Lau | Sheffield Crucible
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | Director: Ola Ince | Regents Park Open Air Theatre
THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN | Director: Anthony Lau | Sheffield Crucible Theatre
SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER | Director: Milli Bhatia | Public Theater, New York/ Wooly Mammoth, Washington DC, US
2022
BAGHDADDY | Director: Milli Bhatia | Royal Court
STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY | Director: Nicholas Hytner | The Shed, New York, US
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO | Director: Phelim McDermott | Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE LIVE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE | Secret Cinema
THE LEFTOVERS | Director: Ned Bennett | LAMDA
MARYS SEACOLE | Director: Nadia Latif | Donmar Warehouse
STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre
THE GLOW | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court Theatre
2021
WINTER LIGHT INSTALLATION | Commissioned by Museum of the Home
SHE LOVES ME | Director: Robert Hastie | Sheffield Theatre
THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Gielgud Theatre
ANNA X | Director: Dan Raggett | Harold Pinter Theatre/ The Lowry
SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER | As Co-Designer | Director: Millie Bhatia | Royal Court Theatre
HOME | Choreographer: Micaela Taylor | Rambert2
OUT WEST | Directors: Rachel O'Riordan & Diane Page | Lyric Hammersmith
LIVING NEWSPAPER: EDITION 7 | Royal Court Theatre
BLINDNESS | Director: Walter Meierjohann | UK & International Tour
INSIDE | Director: Anna Himali Howard | Orange Tree Theatre
THE BAND PLAYS ON | Directors: Robert Hastie & Anthony Lau | Sheffield Crucible Theatre
2020
DICK WHITTINGTON | Director: Ned Bennett | National Theatre, Olivier Theatre
BLINDNESS | Director: Walter Meierjohann | Donmar Warehouse
ROCKETS AND BLUE LIGHTS | Director: Miranda Cromwell | Manchester Royal Exchange
THE GLOW | Director: Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court Theatre
FACES IN THE CROWD | Director: Ellen McDougall | Gate Theatre, Ireland
2019
MEPHISTO [A RHAPSODY] | Director: Kirsty Housley | Gate Theatre, Ireland
SNOWFLAKE | Director: Clare Lizzimore | Kiln Theatre
FAIRVIEW | Director: Nadia Latif | Young Vic
SUMMER ROLLS | Director: Kristine Landon-Smith | Park Theatre/ Bristol Old Vic
THE LAST OF THE PELICAN DAUGHTERS | Directors: Jesse Jones & Tom Brennan | Complicité/ Edinburgh/ Royal & Derngate
SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER | Director: Millie Bhatia | Royal Court Theatre
EQUUS | Director: Ned Bennett | Theatre Royal Stratford East/ English Touring Theatre/ Trafalgar Studios
PAH-LA | Director: Debbie Hannan | Royal Court Theatre
ARMADILLO | Director: Sara Joyce | The Yard Theatre
ONE | Bert&Nasi | HOME/ UK Tour
DEAR ELIZABETH | Director: Ellen McDougall | Gate Theatre, Ireland
2018
SNOWFLAKE | Director: Clare Lizzimore | Arts Fire Station, Oxford
ONE | Bert&Nasi | International Tour
FORGOTTEN | Director: Kim Pearce | Theatre Royal Plymouth/ Arcola
A PUPIL | Director: Jessica Daniels | Park Theatre
THE HUMAN VOICE | Director: Daniel Raggett | Gate Theatre
HIVE CITY LEGACY | Hot Brown Honey | Roundhouse
CUCKOO | Director: Debbie Hannan | Soho Theatre
NINE FOOT NINE | Director: Helena Jackson | Bunker Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival
THE PARTY'S OVER | Nonsuch Theatre
INTO THE CLOUDS | Nonsuch Theatre
BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL | Architectural lighting
2018
BECOMING SHADES | Chivaree Circus | Vaults Festival
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
THE PARTY'S OVER | Nonsuch Theatre
CRASH | Chivaree Circus | Winterville
PIGGY FEST | Chivaree Circus
GYPSY DISCO | London/ Brighton