Katharine Williams
Biography
Katharine Williams is a lighting designer working in drama, dance and physical theatre, with some opera, musical and circus projects.
Katharine works in the UK and internationally. Her designs have been seen in China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Mexico, Ireland, Holland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Armenia, Romania, Russia and the Czech Republic.
She has collaborated with some of the UK's most exciting emerging artists and companies, as well as with established companies including Aldeburgh Music, the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Opera House in London.
A full list of design credits can be viewed by clicking on the credits link to the left.
Awards
Katharine was nominated for a 2008 Knight of the Illumination Award, for I Am Falling at the Gate Theatre.
I Am Falling was nominated for a 2009 South Bank Show Award.
Katharine worked as Associate Lighting Designer on Ariel Dorfman's musical Dancing Shadows (Seoul, South Korea) which was Best Musical at the 2007 Korean Tony Awards.
2006 Total Theatre Award for Hysteria, which was awarded for the integration of space, sound, light and physical performance into a whole theatre that is more than the sum of its parts.
The Garden was nominated for a 2006 Total Theatre Award.
The Argument was nominated for a 2003 Total Theatre Award.
Exhibitions
With Simon Thomas-Colquhoun, Katharine designed the lighting for the Collaborators Exhibition at the V&A Museum, London and the 2007 Prague Quadrennial Exhibition. Her design work was also displayed as part of the ALD group exhibit.
Katharine’s work for Scale Project’s site-specific New Town/Suitcase City was exhibited in 2002-05 as part of the 2D:3D exhibition which toured the UK, and also as part of the British entry to the 2003 Prague Quadrennial Exhibition.
Education work
Katharine works as a guest lecturer in lighting design for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Katharine is committed to education and development in theatre through mentorship, and is always delighted to take a student or young practitioner to observe the design process.