Mark Jonathan
Lighting Designer
Mark Jonathan is internationally renowned as a multi-award winning, lighting designer of Dance, Drama, Opera, Musicals, Arena and Ice productions all around the world. Mark is a Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Deputy Chair & Director of the Association for Lighting, Production and Design. Formerly: Head of Lighting National Theatre, London 1993-2003 Glyndebourne Opera Lighting Department, 1978-1992
Awards and Nominations
2019 Knight of Illumination Award for Vanessa at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
2019 International Opera Awards nomination for Best New Production for ll segreto di Susanna / Iolanta at Opera Holland Park
2017 Reumer Award for Best Opera Production for Dead Man Walking at Royal Danish Opera
Manchester Evening News Award for Best Design for Dr Faustus at Royal Exchange
Backstage Pass Award for Best Lighting for Richard III at Nottingham Playhouse
Schikaneder Award for Best Production for Mathis de Maler at Vienna
Best Theatre Award for Don Quichotte at Danish National Opera
2015 UK Theatre Awards nomination for Achievement in Opera for Jenufa at Scottish Opera
2014/15 Stiftstidende’s Award for Best Production for Don Quichotte at Danish National Opera
Olivier Award for Best New Musical Production for Honk at National Theatre
Olivier Award for Best Drama for Skylight at National Theatre
Reumert Award nomination for Best Opera Production for Askepot at Danish National Opera
2013 Finalist in World Stage Design
2013 Knight of Illumination Award nomination for Opera Lighting for Lulu at WNO
2006/07 Drama Desk Outstanding Lighting nomination for Prometheus Bound in New York
1997 Member British Team Prague Quadrenniel
List Of Productions
2024
SUOR ANGELICA | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | English Nationa Opera
TOSCA | Director: Christopher Luscombe | The Grange Festival
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE | Director: Harry Fehr | English National Opera
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG | Director: PJ Harris | LPO/ Royal Festival Hall
THE SECRET GARDEN | Director: Erico Montes | London Children's Ballet
PAGLIACCI | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Opera Holland Park
IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA | Director: John Wilkie | Opera Holland Park
EDGAR | Director: Ruth Knight | Opera Holland Park
COSÍ FAN TUTTE | Director: Max Hoehn | Welsh National Opera
2023
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE | Director: Sir Thomas Allen | Scottish Opera
PRIVATE LIVES | Director: Christopher Luscombe | Ambassadors Theatre, West End
L'ELISIR D'AMORE | Director: Max Hoehn | Longborough Festival Opera
RUDDIGORE | Director: John Savournin | Opera Holland Park
SNOW WHITE | Director: Gavin McCaig | London Children's Ballet
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | Production: Dame Monica Mason & Christopher Newton | the Royal Ballet
2022
CENDRILLON | Sir David Bintley | Ballet National de Bordeux (Original LD David Finn)
BOMBAY SUPERSTAR | Director: Sâmir Bhamra | UK Tour
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE | Director: Christopher Haydon | Rose Theatre
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Sir Thomas Allen | Scottish Opera
THE FELLOWSHIP | Director: Paulette Randall | Hampstead Theatre
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES | Director: Jenna Lee | London Children's Ballet
ROBIN HOOD | Director: Matt Aston | Greenwich
2021
GIULIO CESARE | Director: Keith Warner | Theater an der Wien, Austria
PRIVATE LIVES | Director: Christopher Luscombe | Theatre Royal Bath/ National Tour
GONE TOO FAR | Director: Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu | Guildhall School of Music & Drama
2019
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | Production: Dame Monica Mason & Christopher Newton | The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
GISELLE | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley | Birmingham Royal BalletIL
IL PRIGIONIERO/ FIDELIO ACT II | Director: Sir David Poutney | Welsh National Opera
THE CONSUL | Director: Max Hoehn | Welsh National Opera
DEAD MAN WALKING | Director: Martin Constantine | Welsh National Opera
BALLET SHOES | Choreographer: Ruth Brill | Peacock Theatre/ London Children's Ballet
IOLANTE | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Opera Holland Park
IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA | Director: John Wilkie | Opera Holland Park
THE MAGIC FLUTE | Director: Sir Thomas Allen | Scottish Opera
SWEENEY TODD | Director: Nick Bagnall | Liverpool Everyman
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Guildhall School of Music & Drama
I PURITANI | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Spain
SLEEPING BEAUTY | Directors: Berwick Kaler & Matt Aston | York Theatre Royal
2018
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | Glyndbourne Festival Opera
VANESSA | Winner of the Knight of Illumination | Director: Keith Warner | Glyndbourne Festival Opera
ENIGMA VARIATIONS | Choreographer: Sir Frederick Ashton | Sarasota Ballet, US
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS | Director: Stephen Unwin | British Youth Opera
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND | Director: Stuart Barker | British Youth Opera
IDOMENEO | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Buxton International Festival
ALZIRA | Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Buxton International Festival
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT | Director: Jeff Clarke | Buxton International Festival/ Wilton's Music Hall
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE | Director: Kate Saxon | Touring Consortium Theatre Company/ UK Tour
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD | Director: Fiona Buffini | Nottingham Playhouse/ UK Tour/ & Tour
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Director: Netia Jones | Garsington Opera
CINDERELLA | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley | Finnish National Ballet
2017
SYLVIA | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton | Director: Christopher Newton | Royal Opera House
MEMOIR OF A SAILOR | Kuwait National Theatre/ 59 Productions
POWDER | Choreographer: Stanton Welch | Houston Ballet, US
ALADDIN | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley | Birmingham Royal Ballet
CINDERELLA ON ICE | Director: Tony Mercer | Imperial Ice Stars, South Africa
SYLVIA | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton | Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Director: John Cox | Garsington Opera
ZAZÀ | Director: Marie Lambert | Opera Holland Park
IL TURCO IN ITALIA | Director: Martin Duncan | Garsington Opera
SEMELE | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | Garsington Opera
DEAD MAN WALKING | Winner: Reumert Award Best Opera Production | Director: Orpha Phelan | Royal Danish Opera
JENUFA | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | Royal Swedish Opera
THE TALE OF JANUARIE | Director: Martin Lloyd Evans | Guidhall School of Music & Drama
2016
SLEEPING BEAUTY | Production: Dame Monica Mason & Christopher Newton | Royal Opera House
THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY | Director: Fiona Buffini | Nottingham Playhouse
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | Glyndebourne on Tour
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Sir Thomas Allen | Scottish Opera/ UK Tour
ASKEPOT | Director: Oliver Platt | Den Jyske Opera, Denmark
LA CENERENTOLA | Director: Oliver Platt | Opera Holland Park
IRIS | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Opera Holland Park
ENIGMA VARIATIONS | Choreographer: Sir Frederick Ashton | Sarasota Ballet, US
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Director: Sir Trevor Nunn | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY | Choreographer: Jenna Lee | London Children’s Ballet
I PURITANI | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | Den Jyske Opera, Denmark
SILVER GYM | Director: Glen Walford | Queens Theatre Hornchurch
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE | Director: Keith Warner | Royal Swedish Opera
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Guildhall School
LULU | Director: Sir David Pountney | Teatro Comunale di Bolzano, Italy
PREVIOUS THEATRE
WEST END
BLITHE SPIRIT | Director: Michael Blakemore | Gielgud Theatre/ Los Angeles/ Washington/ San Francisco, US/ Toronto, Canada
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED | Director: Kelly Robinson | Shaftesbury Theatre, West End
SWEET CHARITY | Director: Carol Metcalfe/Chet Walker | Victoria Palace
MARLENE | Director: Sean Mathias | West End/ UK Tour/ Paris, France/ Broadway
A BRITISH SUBJECT | Director: Hannah Eidinow | Arts Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival/ New York, US
COLLABORATION and TAKING SIDES | Director: Philip Franks | Duchess Theatre/ Chichester Festival Theatre
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY | Director: Jonathan Church/Philip Franks | Chichester/ UK Tour/ West End/ Toronto, Canada
SKYLIGHT | Olivier Award Best New Play | Director: Richard Eyre | Wyndham's/ Vaudeville, West End/ National Theatre
THE WITCHES | Director: Jonathan Church | Wyndham's
NATIONAL THEATRE
HONK! | Olivier Award Best New Musical | Director: Julia McKenzie
TITUS ANDRONICUS | Director: Gregory Doran
THE ADVENTURES OF THE STONEHEADS | Director: Toby Wilsher | Trestle
THE WAITING ROOM | Director: Indhu Rubasingham
OLD VIC
SNAKE IN THE GRASS | Director: Dominic Dromgoole | Old Vic/ Peter Hall Company
ROYAL COURT
FREE OUTGOING | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
BREATHING CORPSES | Director: Anna Mackmin
CLUBLAND | Director: Indhu Rubasingham
CLASS ENEMY | Director: Bill Alexander
OTHER LONDON THEATRE
TEJAS VERDAS | Director: Thea Sharrock | Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
THE JARMAN GARDEN | Director: Ben Gove | Riverside Studios
THE TRIAL OF DENNIS THE MENACE | Director: Rebecca Gatward | Southbank Centre, Purcell Room
SMASHED | Director: Sean Gandini | Gandini Juggling at The Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House/ UK Tour
PROMETHEUS BOUND | Drama Desk Outstanding Lighting Design Nomination | Director: James Kerr | Classic Stage Company/ New York, US/ Sound, London
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
OTHELLO | Director: Kathryn Hunter
CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE
Associate Artist 2006-2008
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | Director: Paulette Randall | Minerva
HOBSON’S CHOICE | Director: Jonathan Church | Chichester / UK tour
OFFICE SUITE | Director: Edward Kemp | UK Tour
BABES IN ARMS | Director: Martin Connor
THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING | Director: Sam West
SHEFFIELD THEATRES
SHADOW MOUTH | Director: Dominic Leclerc
THE CLEAN HOUSE | Director: Sam West
THEATRE ROYAL BATH
GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING | Director: Jonathan Church | UK Tour
ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE
EDWARD II | Director: Toby Frow
PYGMALION | Director: Greg Hersov
THE MISER | Director: Helena Kaut-Howson
DR FAUSTUS | Director: Toby Frow
WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE
MONKEY | Director: Dominic Leclerc
THE WIZARD OF OZ | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
BIRMINGHAM REP
RUDY'S RARE RECORDS | Director: Paulette Randall
UNCLE VANYA | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
THE WIZARD OF OZ | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh
NEVILLE'S ISLAND | Director: Paul Raffield
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS | Director: Jonathan Church
THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Jonathan Church
THE LIFE OF GALILEO | Director: Jonathan Church
JUMPERS | Director: Bill Alexander
WATFORD PALACE THEATRE
ALADDIN | Director: Kate Saxton
MRS REYNOLDS AND THE RUFFIAN | Director: Brigid Larmour
CINDERELLA | Director: Kate Saxton
MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD | Director: Brigid Larmour
PARADISE LOST | Director: Rupert Goold | Headlong Theatre/ UK Tour
NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI | Director: Fiona Buffini
ARCADIA | Director: Giles Croft
THE TIME AND THE CONWAYS | Director: Fiona Buffini
RICHARD III | Director: Loveday Ingram | York Theatre Royal
OTHER THEATRE
MY COUSIN RACHEL | Director: Toby Frow | The Gate, Dublin, Ireland/ Spoleto Festival, USA
SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE | Director & Choreographer: Tony Mercer | Monte Casino, Johannesburg/ Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, South Africa
JACKIE THE MUSICAL | Director: Geinor Styles | Gardyne Theatre, Dundee
MAURICE’S JUBILEE | Director: Hannah Eidinow | Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh/ UK Tour
BABYLONE | Director: Hamish Glen | Belgrade Theatre Coventry
THE MISER | Director: Hamish Glen | Belgrade Theatre Coventry
THE WOMAN IN WHITE | Director: Sir Trevor Nunn | Sydmonton Festival
THE HA’PENNY BRIDGE | Director: Cathal McCabe | Cork Opera House, Ireland
THE NORTHERN ODYSSEY | Director: Cathal McCabe | Belfast Odyssey Arena
HAMLET | Director: Rupert Goold | Theatre Royal Northampton
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Director: Samuel West | Bristol Old Vic
GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
Honorary Fellow 2014
OWEN WINGRAVE | Director: Kelly Robinson | BANFF Centre, Canada
MARATHON ’33 | Director: Rachel Grunwald
CHAPLIN | Director: Martin Connor
KISS ME KATE | Director: Martin Connor
CURTAINS | Director Martin Connor
CHÉRUBIN | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
HALF A SIXPENCE | Director: Martin Connor
OPERA
SCOTTISH OPERA
ORFEO ED EURYDICE | Director: Ashley Page
JENUFA | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Sir Thomas Allen
THE MAGIC FLUTE | Director: Sir Thomas Allen
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Director: Sir Thomas Allen
Il BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA | Director: Sir Thomas Allen
ORFEO ED EURYDICE | Director: Antony Fabian | Scottish Opera Go Round
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
I PURITANI | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE | Director: Sir David Pountney
LULU | Knight of Illumination Nomination | Director: Sir David Pountney
OPERA HOLLAND PARK
L’AMORE DEI TRE RE | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA | Director: Oliver Platt
THE TURN OF THE SCREW | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI | Director: Stephen Barlow
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES | Director: Oliver Platt
YEVGENY ONEGIN | Director: Daniel Slater
FALSTAFF | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
DON PASQUALE | Director: Stephen Barlow
L’AMICO FRITZ | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO | Director: Martin Duncan
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
OPERA EUROPA AT HOLLAND PARK
SERAGLIO | Director: Daniel Dooner
RIGOLETTO | Director: Daniel Dooner
BARBER OF SEVILLE | Director: Daniel Dooner
BETLY | Director: Daniel Dooner
PAGLIACCI | Director: Daniel Dooner
CAVALERIA RUSTICANA | Director: Daniel Dooner
GIANNO SCHICCHI | Director: Daniel Dooner
LOS ANGELES OPERA
IL TABARRO and SUOR ANGELICA | Director: William Friedkin
GIANNI SCHICCHI | Director: Woody Allen
IL TRITTICO
HANSEL AND GRETEL | Director: Douglas Fitch
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS | Director: William Friedkin
FALSTAFF | Director: Stephen Lawless
PETER GRIMES | Director: John Schlesinger
FALSTAFF | Director: Stephen Lawless
DON PASQUALE | Director: Stephen Lawless
DANISH NATIONAL OPERA
JENUFA | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
DON QUICHOTTE | Director: Annilese Miskimmon
THEATER AN DER WEIN
MATHIS DER MALER | Director: Keith Warner
LES CONTES D’HOFFMAN | Director: William Friedkin
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Director: Keith Warner
OTHER OPERA
GIANNI SCHICCHI | Director: Woody Allen | Teatro Real Madrid, Spain/ Spoletto Festival Italy
DER FREISCHUTZ | Director: Juha Hermanus | Finnish National Opera
SALOME and DAS GEHEGE | Director: William Friedkin | Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Germany
SAMSON ET DELILAH | Director: William Friedkin | New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv
VENUS & ADONIS/DIDO & AENEAS | Director: Stephen Lawless | de Vlaamse Opera, Ghent & Antwerp, Belgium
DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL | Director: Stephen Lawless | Opera du Rhin Strasbourg, France
LA FINTA SEMPLICE | Director: Stephen Lawless | Potsdam Berlin, Germany
Extensive work for Glyndebourne Festivals and Glyndebourne Touring Opera including THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, THE RAKE’S PROGRESS, COSI FAN TUTTE, ALBERT HERRING, IDOMENEO and DIE ENTFUHRUNG. * His Opera designs were selected as part of the British entry into the 1999 Prague Quadrennial.
BALLET
THE ROYAL BALLET
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | Production: Dame Monica Mason/Christopher Newton
SYLVIA | nominated for Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance 2005 | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton in a production by Christopher Newton. A co-production with American Ballet Theatre at the New York Met, US, Staatsballett Berlin, Germany , Buenos Aires, The Marinksy, Rome, Italy & Tokyo, Japan.
THE TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton, Directed by Sir Anthony Dowell
LA SYLPHIDE, NAPOLI DIVERTISSEMENTS | Production: Johan Kobborg
CINDERELLA | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton | Royal Opera House Covent Garden/ previously BBC2/ New York Met, US/ Far East tour including Seoul, Korea and Tokyo, Japan
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET
SYLVIA | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
ALADDIN | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
GISELLE | Production: Sir David Bintley & Galina Samsova
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
THE PROTECTING VEIL | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
THE SEASONS | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
CYRANO | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | Production: Sir Peter Wright
TWO PIGEONS | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
ENIGMA VARIATIONS | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
DANTE SONATA | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
FIVE BRAHAMS WALTZES IN THE MANNER OF ISADORA DUNCAN | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
THE PROSPECT BEFORE US | Choreographer: Dame Ninette de Valois
A WALK IN THE PARADISE GARDEN | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
POWDER | Choreographer: Stanton Welch
THE LADY AND THE FOOL | Production: Sir David Bintley, Choreographer: John Cranko
LONDON CHILDREN'S BALLET
SNOW WHITE | Choreographer: Jenna Lee
NANNY MCPHEE | Choreographer: Érico Montes
JANE EYRE | Choreographer: Nicole Tongue
THE SECRET GARDEN | Choreographer: Érico Montes
A LITTLE PRINCESS | Choreographer: Vanessa Fenton
OTHER BALLET
SYLVIA | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley | New National Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
ALADDIN | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley | The New National Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
CASSE NOISETTE | Choreographer: Michel Rahn | Ballet Du Capitole De Toulouse, France
LANDSCHAFT UND ERRINERUNG | Choreographer: Sir David Bintley
EXILIUM | Choreographer: Jean Grand Maitre | Stuttgart Ballet, Germany
THE TWO PIGEONS | Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton | Scottish Ballet
UP FROM THE WASTE | Choreographer: Antonia Franchesci | Albany Empire
THE NUTCRACKER | Choreographer: David Nixon | Northern Ballet Theatre