Azusa Ono
Azusa has been creating lighting design for a range of live performances and art forms, challenging the boundary of the theatre frame by widening & shifting the perspective through lighting. She enjoys the process of collaboration with creatives. To inspire each other’s element is the best ingredient to a show. She trained fine arts in Japan and lighting design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London in 2003-07.
Web: www.azusa-ono.com
Current credits
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Doll's House, Part 2 | Theatre |
Donmar Warehouse Donmar Warehouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: James Macdonald Set designer: Rae Smith |
06 Aug 2022 |
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Much Ado about Nothing | Theatre |
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon Avon Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Roy Alexander Weise Set designer: Jemima Robinson |
Feb 2022 |
| Can I Live? | Television |
Barbican Theatre Complicite |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Daniel Bailey / Simon McBurney Set designer: Rajha Shakiry |
Sep 2021 |
| WALDEN | Theatre |
Harold Pinter Theatre Sonia Friedman Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ian Rickson Set designer: Rae Smith |
May 2021 |
| BLUE ORANGE | Theatre |
Birmingham Rep Birmingham Rep |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Daniel Bailey Set designer: Amelia Jane Hankin |
Feb 2019 |
| Lao Can Impression | Theatre |
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, then touring Chinese Arts Now |
Lighting Designer |
Director: An-Ting Chang |
Jan 2019 |
| Crash | Dance |
Winterville Chivaree Circus |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Laurane Marchive |
Nov 2018 |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Theatre |
The Print Room, London The Print Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Mcnamara Set designer: Lily Arnold |
Nov 2018 |
| Thick As Thieves | Theatre |
Theatre Clwyd, then touring Clean Break |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Roisin McBrinn Set designer: Alyson Cummins |
Oct 2018 |
| Aurora | Environmental |
Toxteth Reservoir Invisible Flock |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Victoria Pratt |
Sep 2018 |
| Abandon | Theatre |
Lyric Hammersmith Lyric Hammersmith |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anne-Louise Sarks |
Jun 2018 |
| SMACK THAT | Theatre |
Pit Theatre, Barbican Centre, then touring Rhiannon Faith Company |
Lighting Designer | Set designer: Amelia Jane Hankin | Jun 2018 |
| Concubine | Theatre |
The Door Birmingham REP Birmingham Rep / Andrew Welch |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Daniel Bailey Set designer: Claire Browne |
May 2018 |
| Effigies of Wickedness | Opera |
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London, UK ENO & The Gate Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ellen McDougall |
May 2018 |
| Hotei Live Streaming | Concert |
British Grove Studio DADA Music |
Lighting Designer | Mar 2018 | |
| TATE LIVE EXHIBITION - TEN DAYS SIX NIGHTS | Environmental |
TATE MODERN - TANKS Tate Modern |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joan Jonas |
Mar 2018 |
| Yvette | Theatre |
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, then touring China Plate |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gbolahan Obisesan Set designer: Giorgia Joseph |
Mar 2018 |
| MOOT MOOT | Theatre |
The Yard Theatre, then touring Rosana Cade |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rosana Cade and Eilidh MacAskill |
Jan 2018 |
| Cuttin' It School Tour | Theatre |
London Schools, then touring Royal Court Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anastasia Osei-Kuffour Set designer: Joanna Scotcher |
Jan 2018 |
| Illuminight | Environmental |
Tabacco Dock Cross Media Ltd. |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Naotaka Haga |
Nov 2017 |
| KAIROS | Opera |
V&A Museum, London Anat Ben -David |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anat Ben -David |
Jul 2017 |
| Becoming Invisible - Art Night | Environmental |
Bascule Chamber, Tower Bridge Whitechapel Gallery |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ian Whittlesea |
Jul 2017 |
| Theo Adams | Environmental |
Hoi Polloi - Ace Hotel London Shoreditch Theo Adams |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Theo Adams |
Jun 2017 |
| KILLER | Environmental |
Shoreditch Town Hall (site specific) Shoreditch Town Hall |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Lloyd Set designer: Soutra Gilmour |
Feb 2017 |
| The Sissy's Progress | Dance | Artsadmin | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Nando Messias |
Oct 2016 |
| Shoot the Sissy | Theatre |
Chelsea Theatre Nando Messias |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nando Messias |
Oct 2016 |
| DARKNESS, DARKNESS | Theatre |
Nottingham Playhouse New Perspectives Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Mcnamara Set designer: Ruth Sutcliffe |
Sep 2016 |
| Cuttin' It | Theatre |
Young Vic (Maria), then touring Young Vic |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gbolahan Obisesan Set designer: Joanna Scotcher |
May 2016 |
| The Tiger's Bones and Other Stories | Theatre |
Nottingham Lakeside, then touring New Perspectives Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Mcnamara Set designer: Amelia Jane Hankin |
Feb 2016 |
| Miki Imai Concert | Concert |
Cadogan Hall DADA Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tomoyasu Hotei |
Jan 2016 |
| I Know All The Secrets In My World | Theatre |
Latitude, then touring Tiata Fahodzi |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Natalie Ibu Set designer: Alyson Cummins |
Jul 2015 |
| Dot, Squiggle and Rest | Opera |
Royal Opera House, then touring Polka Theate |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joy Haynes Set designer: Michalis Kokkoliadis |
Jun 2015 |
| Peddling | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre HighTide Festival Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Steven Atkinson Set designer: Lily Arnold |
Mar 2015 |
| Playland | Theatre |
Derby Theatre, then touring New Perspectives |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Mcnamara Set designer: Hyemi Shin |
Feb 2015 |
| Miki Imai Concert | Concert |
Cadogan Hall DADA Music |
Lighting Designer | Jan 2015 | |
| How Nigeria Became a Story and a Spear that Didn't Work | Theatre |
Unicorn Theatre Unicorn Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gbolahan Obisesan |
Oct 2014 |
| The Sake | Theatre |
New Town Theatre Den Entertainment |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Junya Yamada Set designer: Hiroko Matsuo |
Aug 2014 |
| Peddling | Theatre |
New York 59E59, then touring HighTide Festival Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Steven Atkinson Set designer: Lily Arnold |
Apr 2014 |
| We Are Proud to Present... | Theatre |
Bush Theatre Bush Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gbolahan Obisesan Set designer: Lisa Marie Hall |
Feb 2014 |
| The Lovesong of Alfred J Hitchcock | Theatre |
Curve Theatre Leicester, then touring New Perspectives |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Mcnamara Set designer: Juliet Shilligford |
Sep 2013 |
| Three Colours | Theatre |
Polka Theatre, then touring Polka Theatre and Norwich Puppet Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joy Haynes Set designer: Michalis Kokkoliadis |
Jun 2013 |
| Unto The Breach | Theatre |
Artsdepot (Pentland Theatre) Alzaytouna |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ahmed Masoud |
Nov 2012 |
| The Word for Snow | Theatre | Southbank Centre, Parcell Room | Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Mcnamara |
Jul 2012 |
| Little Sunshine Little Rainfall | Theatre |
Artsdepot, then touring A Thousand Cranes |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Vicky Ireland & Kumiko Mendl |
Jun 2012 |
| 7 Day Drunk | Theatre |
Soho Theatre, then touring Bryony Kimmings |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bryony Kimmings |
Mar 2012 |
| Angoscia | Dance |
The Place Divo |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Olga Masleinnikova |
Feb 2012 |
| Copyright Christmas | Theatre |
Barbican Centre Duckie |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Whitelaw Set designer: Robin Whitmore |
Dec 2011 |
| Fanfared | Environmental |
Sheffield Theatre - The Crucible Invisible Flock |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Victoria Pratt |
Nov 2011 |
| Fallen Fruit | Theatre | Trestle Arts Base, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Katherina Radeva |
Oct 2011 |
| When the Chickens Come Home to Roost | Theatre | Brixton Empire | Lighting Designer |
Director: Daljinder Singh Set designer: Fausto Izzi |
Oct 2011 |
| Halcyon Days | Theatre |
Riverside Studios W-Squared Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Shoji Kokami Set designer: Lone Schackensen |
Aug 2011 |
| Tarka the Otter | Opera |
Pavilion Arts Centre Buxton Arts Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robin Tebbutt Set designer: Richard Aylwin |
Jul 2011 |
| How Happy We Would Be | Dance |
Dilston Grove & Tate Modern, then touring Corali Dance Company |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Jacobus Flynn |
May 2011 |
| Choreogata | Dance |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, then touring Akademi |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Revanta Sarabhai, Anusha Kedhar & Ankur Bahl |
Apr 2011 |
| Keeping Mum | Theatre | Brockley Jack Studio Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Rebecca Manson Jones |
Mar 2011 |
| The Best of The Little Big Woman | Theatre |
Oval House Theatre, then touring Dualimpact Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Trix Worrell Set designer: Alex Marker |
Mar 2011 |
| A Song of Love | Theatre |
Gate Theatre ATC |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gbolahan Obisesan Set designer: Lucy Sierra |
Jan 2011 |
| Old Bags | Theatre |
New Wimbledon Studio Lumenis Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jonaathan Man Set designer: Ricardo Pardo |
Oct 2010 |
| Silica | Theatre |
Theatre in the Mill Development Lab |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Victoria Pratt |
May 2010 |
| Oliver Cromwell: The Musical | Opera |
St Alfege Church TCM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alan Taylor |
Feb 2010 |
| 6 Minutes Before | Dance |
The Place Divo Company |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Olga Masleinnikova |
Feb 2010 |
| Improvements on Nature | Theatre |
Chelsea Theatre Julia Bardsley |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Julia Bardsley (Artist) Set designer: Julia Bardsley |
Nov 2009 |
| Burmese Days | Theatre |
UCL Aya Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ryan Kiggell Set designer: George Moustakas |
Nov 2009 |
| Broken Chase | Dance | Laban | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kathleya Afanador |
Sep 2009 |
| The Assault / The Last Days of Gilda | Theatre |
The Old Red Lion Alter Ego |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Victor Esses Set designer: George Moustakas / Sophie Mosberger |
Aug 2009 |
| Aftermaths: a tear in the meat of vision | Theatre |
Laban, then touring Julia Bardsley |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Julia Bardsley |
Apr 2009 |
| The Feast of the Ants | Theatre |
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Arthouse (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) Mugensha Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: So-un Kotakebayashi Set designer: Shohey YAMASHITA |
Jul 2008 |
| LaXuLa (a.m.a) | Concert |
Carling Academy Islington LaXuLa (a.m.a) |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Monte Palafox |
Jun 2008 |
| Chanbara | Dance |
several theatres in Europe, then touring Yamato |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Wataru Koga |
Aug 2007 |
| Live Like Pigs | Theatre |
Embassy Studio CSSD |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Crispin Bonham-Carter Set designer: Maira Vazeou |
Mar 2007 |
| Solo Spotlights | Concert |
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station SPNM |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rolf Hind Set designer: Julia Bardsley |
Mar 2007 |
| Grey Foam | Theatre |
Theatro Technis Grey Foam Production |
Lighting Designer |
Director: George Eugeniou |
Nov 2006 |
| Madmen in the Courtyard | Theatre |
Theatro Technis Mugensha Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: So-un Kotakebayashi Set designer: Shohey YAMASHITA |
Oct 2006 |
| Where the shoe pinches... | Theatre |
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Curious Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Holly McClelland |
Aug 2006 |
| The Rimers of Eldritch | Theatre | Embassy Studio | Lighting Designer |
Director: Angie Langfield |
Jun 2006 |
| Fxxked (short film) | Environmental |
Filmed in North London TRIPTONIC PRODUCTIONS |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Wallis |
May 2006 |
| St Stephen’s Church Project | Environmental | St Stephen’s Church, London | Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Taylor |
Feb 2006 |
| Deep End | Environmental |
Marshall Street Baths, London Corridor |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gerry Pilgrim |
Dec 2005 |
| Ubugoe ~first voice~ | Environmental |
Tokyo Meguro Art Gallery, Japan Kuttion |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Azusa Ono |
Feb 2004 |
| Art Festival Echigo Tsumari Triennale | Concert |
Mastudai Nobutai Theatre, Nigata, Japan Art Front Gallery |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Furamu Kitagawa |
Jul 2003 |
Can I Live?
WALDEN
BLUE ORANGE
Crash
Love Lies Bleeding
Thick As Thieves
Aurora
Illuminight
Becoming Invisible - Art Night
KILLER
DARKNESS, DARKNESS
Cuttin' It
The Tiger's Bones and Other Stories
Playland
Miki Imai Concert
The Sake
Peddling
The Lovesong of Alfred J Hitchcock
Three Colours
Unto The Breach
Angoscia
Copyright Christmas
Fanfared
When the Chickens Come Home to Roost
Halcyon Days
Choreogata
A Song of Love
Silica
6 MINUTES BEFORE
Improvements on Nature
Broken Chase
The Assault / The Last Days of Gilda
Aftermaths: a tear in the meat of vision
The Feast of the Ants
Chanbara
Live Like Pigs
Solo Spotlights
Grey Foam
Madmen in the Courtyard
Fxxked (short film)
St Stephen’s Church Project
Deep End
Ubugoe ~first voice~
Art Festival Echigo Tsumari Triennale
DARKNESS, DARKNESS
“Gripping stuff… One of the best pieces of theatre I have seen in years.”
Steve Orme, British Theatre Guide 15/10/2016
“SUPREMELY STYLISH”
Sam Marlowe, The Times 07/10/2016
Cuttin' It
★★★★★
“A shining example of theatre tackling a burning contemporary issue and getting it absolutely right…70 of the finest minutes of drama 2016 is likely to offer”
Fiona Mountford, The Evening Standard 02/06/2016
Peddling
'★★★★★ ‘The lights (by Azusa Ono) come up on an austere landscape at what feels like the intersection of Beckett and Albee...’ — New York Times (Critic’s Choice)''
LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES, 02/05/2014
★★★★★ ‘The lights (by Azusa Ono) come up on an austere landscape at what feels like the intersection of Beckett and Albee...’ — New York Times (Critic’s Choice)
LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES, New York Times 02/05/2014
Playland
"An excellent evening's entertainment...very moving" Londontheatre1
The Sake
**** Such is the theme of this very entertaining mini-extravaganza of traditional and contemporary Japanese dance, multimedia and other elements, attractively staged...eclectic and visually beautiful...
Brian Cooper, The Stage Edinburgh 08/08/2014
The Lovesong of Alfred J Hitchcock
**** Rudkin's darkly riveting play brilliantly demonstrates the way Hitchcock's art is the key to his life
Michael Billington, The Guardian 01/10/2013
7 Day Drunk
When the Chickens Come Home to Roost
Singh's production, dark and dreamy thanks to Azusa Ono's minimal lighting, boasts fantastic performances...
Matt Trueman, TimeOut 17/10/2011
Halcyon Days
... an effective lighting design from Azusa Ono which facilitates the shifts in tone.
Ian Foster, oughttobeclowns 24/08/2011
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