Catja Hamilton
Catja is a freelance Lighting Designer and Technician, and is the Technical Designer of Airlock Theatre. She has designed for everything from musicals to comedy shows, but specialises in theatre, focusing particularly on new writing as well as reinterpretations of canonical plays. She has previously worked as the Associate Lighting Designer to Rory Beaton.
Previous productions include: Tuna (Old Red Lion Theatre); She Sells Sea Shells (Underbelly); Maklena (Camden People’s Theatre); A Girl Standing (Theatre503); ERIS (The Bunker Theatre); Rabbit (Theatre N16); Wife (OSO Arts Centre and Jermyn Street Theatre); Hamlet (European tour); Kursk (Bedlam Theatre); Lagoon: The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show (US tour).
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Titus Andronicus | Non-professional | C+2 Edinburgh Festival | Lighting Designer |
Director: Gregory Forrest |
Aug 2015 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theatre |
C Cubed Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Stacey and Chloe Slattery |
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 |
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
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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