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.
Read Jessica’s interview with The Guardian here.
Theatre, Live Events & Dance
Awards
WhatsOnStage Award nomination
2026
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Manchester Factory International
Best Lighting Design
WhatsOnStage Award nomination
2024
Minority Report
Lyric Hammersmith
Best Lighting Design
Olivier Award
2023
My Neighbour Totoro
RSC production performed at Barbican
Best Lighting Design
WhatsOnStage Award
2023
My Neighbour Totoro
RSC production performed at Barbican
Best Lighting Design
The Stage 25
2022
Listed as a future star of the UK theatre industry
Broadway World UK nomination
2019
Equus
English Touring Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East
Best Lighting Design
Knight of Illumination Award
2019
Equus
English Touring Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East
Off West End Award
2019
Equus
English Touring Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East
Best Lighting Design
Off West End Award Nomination
2019
Nine Foot Nine
English Touring Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East
Credits
CLOUD 9
2026
Lyttleton, National Theatre
Director: Dominic Cooke
DREAMS THIS WAY
2026
Opéra National de Paris
Created by Micaela Taylor
AI WEIWEI: BUTTON UP!
20026
Aviva Studios, Factory International
Exhibition
HAMLET
2026
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Director: Robert Hastie
THE BATTLE
2026
Birmingham & Manchester Royal Opera House
Director: Matthew Dunster
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
2026
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Jeremy Herrin
MANIC STREET CREATURE
2026
Kiln Theatre
Director: Kirsty Patrick Ward
HAMLET
2025
Lyttleton, National Theatre
Director: Robert Hastie
THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE
2025
UK & International Tour
Director: Emily Lim & Toby Ollie
BRIGADOON
2025
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Drew McOnie
THE ESTATE
2025
Dorfman, National Theatre
Director: Daniel Raggett
HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF
2025
RSC / Manchester International
Director: Steven Hoggett & Christine Jones
SPEED
2025
Bush Theatre
Director: Milli Bhatia
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
2025
Gillian Lynne Theatre
Director: Phelim McDermott
WILD ROSE
2025
Royal Lyceum
Director: John Tiffany
THE LEFTBEHINDS
2025
National Theatre Schools Tour
Director: Ned Bennett
DR STRANGELOVE
2024
Noel Coward Theatre
Director: Sean Foley
WITHNAIL AND I
2024
Birmingham Rep
Director: Sean Foley
MINORITY REPORT
2024
Nottingham Playhouse / Birmingham Rep / Lyric Theatre
Director: Max Webster
THE ODYSSEY
2024
Unicorn Theatre
Director: Jennifer Tang
THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE
2023
Leeds Playhouse / Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Emily Lim
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
2023
Barbican Centre
Director: Phelim McDermott
LYONESSE
2023
Harold Pinter Theatre
Director: Ian Rickson
TWICE-BORN
2023
Scottish Ballet
Choreographer: Dickson Mbi
MISS SAIGON
2023
Sheffield Crucible
Director: Anthony Lau
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
2023
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Director: Ola Ince
THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN
2023
Sheffield Crucible
Director: Anthony Lau
SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER
2023
Public Theatre, New York / Wooly Mammoth, Washington DC, US
Director: Milli Bhatia
BAGHDADDY
2022
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Milli Bhatia
STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY
2022
The Shed, New York
Director: Nicholas Hynter
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
2022
Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican
Director: Phelim McDermott
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: THE LIVE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
2022
Secret Cinema
THE LEFTOVERS
2022
LAMDA
Director: Ned Bennett
MARYS SEACOLE
2022
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Nadia Latif
STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY
2022
Bridge Theatre
Director: Nicholas Hynter
THE GLOW
2022
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Vicky Featherstone
WINTER LIGHT INSTALLATION
2021
Commissioned by Museum of the Home
SHE LOVES ME
2021
Sheffield Crucible
Director: Robert Hastie
THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT
2021
Gielgud Theatre
Director: Jeremy Herrin
ANNA X
2021
Harold Pinter Theatre / The Lowry
Director: Dan Raggett
SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER
2021
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Milli Bhatia
Co-Designer
HOME
2021
Rambert2
Director: Choreographer: Micaela Taylor
OUT WEST
2021
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Rachel O'Riordan & Diane Page
LIVING NEWSPAPER: EDITION 7
2021
Royal Court Theatre
BLINDNESS
2021
UK & International Tour
Director: Walter Meierjohann
INSIDE
2021
Orange Tree Theatre
Director: Anna Himali Howard
THE BAND PLAYS ON
2021
Sheffield Crucible
Director: Robert Hastie & Anthony Lau
DICK WHITTINGTON
2020
Olivier, National Theatre
Director: Ned Bennett
BLINDNESS
2020
Donmar Warehouse
Director: Walter Meierjohann
ROCKETS AND BLUE LIGHTS
2020
Manchester Royal Exchannge
Director: Miranda Cromwell
THE GLOW
2020
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Vicky Featherstone
FACES IN THE CROWD
2020
Gate Theatre, Ireland
Director: Ellen McDougall
MEPHISTO [A RHAPSODY]
2019
Gate Theatre, Ireland
Director: Kirsty Housley
SNOWFLAKE
2019
Kiln Theatre
Director: Clare Lizzimore
FAIRVIEW
2019
Young Vic
Director: Nadia Latif
SUMMER ROLLS
2019
Park Theatre / Bristol Old Vic
Director: Kristine Landon-Smith
THE LAST OF THE PELICAN DAUGHTERS
2019
Complicité / Edinburgh / Royal & Derngate
Director: Jesse Jones & Tom Brennan
SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER
2019
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Milli Bhatia
EQUUS
2019
Theatre Royal Stratford East / English Touring Theatre / Trafalgar Studios
Director: Ned Bennett
PAH-LA
2019
Royal Court Theatre
Director: Debbie Hannan
ARMADILLO
2019
The Yard
Director: Sara Joyce
ONE
2019
HOME / UK Tour
Director: Bert&Nasi
DEAR ELIZABETH
2019
Gate Theatre, Ireland
Director: Ellen McDougall
SNOWFLAKE
2018
Arts Fire Station, Oxford
Director: Clare Lizzimore
ONE
2018
International Tour
Director: Bert&Nasi
FORGOTTEN
2018
Theatre Royal Plymouth / Arcola
Director: Kim Pearce
A PUPIL
2018
Park Theatre
Director: Jessica Daniels
THE HUMAN VOICE
2018
Gate Theatre, Ireland
Director: Daniel Raggett
HIVE CITY LEGACY
2018
Hot Brown Honey / Roundhouse
CUCKOO
2018
Soho Theatre
Director: Debbie Hannan
NINE FOOT NINE
2018
Bunker Theatre / Edinburgh Festival
Director: Helena Jackson
THE PARTY'S OVER
2018
Nonsuch Theatre
INTO THE CLOUDS
2018
Nonsuch Theatre
BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL
2018
Architectural lighting
BECOMING SHADES
2017
Chivaree Circus / Vaults Festival
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
THE PARTY’S OVER | Nonsuch Theatre
CRASH | Chivaree Circus | Winterville
PIGGY FEST | Chivaree Circus
GYPSY DISCO | London/ Brighton