Catja Hamilton
Catja is a freelance Lighting Designer working predominantly in theatre, but with an interest in all art forms. She co-runs Airlock Theatre and is a Resident Designer at NDT Broadgate.
Previous productions include: 'The 4th Country' (Park Theatre); 'Patient Light' (The Undercroft); 'Hot Gay Time Machine' (Soho Theatre); 'how we love' (Theatre Peckham, Arcola Outside, VAULT Festival); 'The Establishment Versus Sidney Harry Fox' (Above the Stag); 'Take Care', 'TUNA' (VAULT Festival); 'Venus and Adonis' (Bussey Building); 'ERIS' (Bunker Theatre).
She has also worked as an Associate and Assistant on productions at the Hampstead Theatre and Southwark Playhouse, live-streams for the Young Vic, and was the inaugural Creative Team Associate in Lighting on the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of 'Romeo and Juliet' in May 2021.
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another America | Theatre | Park Theatre, Park 90 | Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Winters |
Apr 2022 |
| Definitely, Maybe, Actually, Nevermind | Theatre |
The Space Haus of Bollix |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Bauer |
Mar 2022 |
| Serena Flynn: Lizard King | Theatre | Camden People's Theatre, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Evie Fehilly Set designer: Roisin Martindale |
Mar 2022 |
| The Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein | Theatre | Jermyn Street Theatre | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Ali Hunter Director: Edward Einhorn Set designer: Machiko Weston |
Mar 2022 |
| Running With Lions | Theatre |
Lyric Hammersmith Talawa Theatre Company |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Aideen Malone Director: Michael Buffong Set designer: Soutra Gilmour |
Feb 2022 |
| Best of Enemies: Best Seat In Your House Broadcast | Theatre | Young Vic & online | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Paule Constable Director: Jeremy Herrin Set designer: Bunny Christie |
Jan 2022 |
| The 4th Country | Theatre |
Park Theatre, Park 90 Plain Heroines |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gabriella Bird Set designer: Jida Akil |
Jan 2022 |
| How We Love | Theatre |
Theatre Peckham Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Oct 2021 |
| Hamlet: Best Seat In Your House Broadcast | Theatre | Young Vic & online | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Aideen Malone Director: Greg Hersov Set designer: Anna Fleischle |
Oct 2021 |
| Tuna | Theatre |
Alexandra Palace Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Oct 2021 |
| Patient Light | Theatre |
The Undercroft Eastern Angles |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Scott Hurran Set designer: Peter Butler |
Oct 2021 |
| Dumbledore Is So Gay | Theatre | Pleasance Theatre Main Stage | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Director: Tom Wright Set designer: Natalie Johnson |
Sep 2021 |
| I Have Heard You Calling in the Night | Theatre |
Union Theatre Baylis Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sibylla Archdale Kalid |
Sep 2021 |
| Hot Gay Time Machine | Theatre | Soho Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Lucy Moss |
Aug 2021 |
| How We Love | Theatre |
Arcola Outside Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Aug 2021 |
| The Establishment versus Sidney Harry Fox | Theatre |
Above the Stag Boys of The Empire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Glenn Chandler |
Jul 2021 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Theatre | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Ciaran Bagnall Director: Kimberley Sykes Set designer: Naomi Dawson |
Jun 2021 |
| Take Care | Theatre |
Network Theatre, Vault Festival Écoute Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Zoe Templeman-Young |
Mar 2020 |
| How We Love | Theatre |
The Cage, Vault Festival Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Feb 2020 |
| The 4th Country | Theatre |
The Crypt, Vault Festival Plain Heroines |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gabriella Bird |
Feb 2020 |
| Tuna | Theatre |
The Studio, Vault Festival Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Feb 2020 |
| Venus and Adonis | Theatre |
CLF Art Cafe Theatre New Renaissance Collective |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sam Rayner Set designer: Nik Corrall |
Dec 2019 |
| Shook | Theatre |
Southwark Playhouse 'The Little' Papatango Theatre Company |
Assistant Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Johanna Town Director: George Turvey Set designer: Jasmine Swan |
Oct 2019 |
| Botticelli in the Fire | Theatre | Hampstead Theatre | Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Johanna Town Director: Blanche McIntyre Set designer: James Cotterill |
Oct 2019 |
| She Sells Sea Shells | Theatre |
Iron Belly Scandal and Gallows Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Madeleine Skipsey |
Aug 2019 |
| Tuna | Theatre |
King's Head Theatre Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Jul 2019 |
| Maklena | Theatre |
Camden People's Theatre Night Train Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Maria Montague Set designer: Nikki Charlesworth |
Jun 2019 |
| The Flies - Les Mouches | Theatre |
The Bunker Theatre Exchange Theatre |
Production Electrician |
Lighting designer: Julien Bernard Grau Director: David Furlong Set designer: Ninon Fandre |
Jun 2019 |
| A Girl, Standing | Theatre |
Theatre503 Back Talk Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Liam Blain Set designer: Anna Reid |
May 2019 |
| ERIS | Theatre |
The Bunker Theatre Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt Set designer: Natalie Johnson |
Sep 2018 |
| Maklena | Theatre |
Cambridge Junction, then touring Night Train Theatre Company |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Rory Beaton Director: Maria Montague Set designer: Nikki Charlesworth |
Jul 2018 |
| Rabbit | Theatre |
Theatre N16 Protocol Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Mar 2018 |
| Wife | Theatre |
OSO Arts Centre, Jermyn Street Theatre Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt |
Oct 2017 |
| Hot Gay Time Machine | Non-professional | Corpus Playroom | Lighting Designer |
Director: Lucy Moss |
Feb 2017 |
| Hamlet | Non-professional |
ADC Theatre & on tour round Europe, then touring Cambridge European Theatre Group |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Emma Blacklay-Piech |
Dec 2016 |
| Kursk | Non-professional |
Bedlam Theatre Airlock Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt Set designer: Jack Parham |
Aug 2016 |
| Madwomen in the Attic | Non-professional |
C nova Plain Heroines |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gabriella Bird |
Aug 2016 |
| Lagoon: The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show | Non-professional |
ADC Theatre, Assembly Roxy, and US tour Cambridge Footlights |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tom Fairbairn |
Jun 2016 |
| West Side Story | Non-professional |
ADC Theatre Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ellie Coote and Tom Taplin |
Mar 2016 |
| Measure for Measure | Non-professional |
Cambridge Arts Theatre The Marlowe Society |
Assistant Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: William Reynolds Director: Tom Littler Set designer: Simon Kenny |
Feb 2016 |
| Tribes | Non-professional | ADC Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt Set designer: Jack Parham |
Nov 2015 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theatre |
C Cubed Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Stacey and Chloe Slattery |
Aug 2015 |
| Titus Andronicus | Non-professional | C+2 Edinburgh Festival | Lighting Designer |
Director: Gregory Forrest |
Aug 2015 |
| Othello | Non-professional |
ADC Theatre Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robbie Taylor Hunt Set designer: Emily Barker |
May 2015 |
| Cabin Pressure | Non-professional |
Corpus Playroom The Fletcher Players |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Marthe de Ferrer and Joe Winters |
Mar 2015 |
| Attempts on Her Life | Non-professional | Corpus Playroom | Lighting Designer |
Director: Tania Clarke |
Feb 2015 |
Another America
Definitely, Maybe, Actually, Nevermind
Patient Light
I Have Heard You Calling in the Night
Hot Gay Time Machine
The Establishment versus Sidney Harry Fox
Take Care
How We Love
Tuna
Venus and Adonis
She Sells Sea Shells
Maklena
A Girl, Standing
ERIS
Wife
Hamlet
Kursk
West Side Story
Tribes
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello
Attempts on Her Life
The 4th Country
'Catja Hamilton’s use of blue and purple washes lend an eerie feeling to the piece, atmospherically silhouetting the actors.'
Ruth Comerford, The Stage 18/02/2020
'The lighting designed by Catja Hamilton [...] mirror[s] the sadness and hopelessness of the stories told. Lighting is also used to highlight transitions between scenes, with the use of silhouette focus[ing] audience attention on the changing of the actors into their roles.'
Bethany-Jane Christian, Theatre Weekly 13/02/2020
Tuna
'[Suppa is] aided by the confident hand of Catja Hamilton’s lighting design, which subtly marks the changing moods.'
Euan Vincent, The Play's The Thing 12/02/2020
Venus and Adonis
ERIS
Airlock Theatre's polished production - currently at the Bunker Theatre (and, to Johnson and lighting designer Catja Hamilton's credit, made for that space)
Arthur Jones, Arthur's Seat 17/10/2018
Hamlet
West Side Story
the contrasts between shadowy, filtered light in the darker scenes, and luminous spotlights of radiance in the romantic scenes starkly compare to create a balanced atmosphere for this gritty urban drama.
Ella Whiddett, Varisty 11/03/2016
Tribes
the naturalistic yet effective lighting design from Catja Hamilton gave the production a very professional edge, even before the play had started
Rosie Brown, The Tab
Othello
The lighting and sound design were together one of my favourite features of the play. The harsh orange light and pounding music of the pre-interval and ultimate scenes, combined with the superb acting in these moments, made me catch my breath.
Megan Dunne, Cambridge Theatre Review 20/05/2015
Theatre:
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Education Establishment
Musical:
- Education Establishment
Education:
- Workshops
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Email address | catjahamilton@gmail.com |
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