
Katy Morison
Katy is a Lighting Designer based in Cardiff who has designed for many theatre companies in South Wales, London and beyond. She has recently worked on Woof at Sherman Theatre, which follows her Christmas season at the venue lighting both Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood/Yr Hugan Fach Goch; Exodus, which was her second design for Wales-based company Motherlode and follows from the success of The Good Earth, which received 5-star reviews and enjoyed an off-Broadway run in New York to critical acclaim. She also designed three shows as part of National Theatre Wales’ NHS70 season.
Her work has also included associate roles and touring as a Re-lighter for other designers, as well as Lighting Designer for Venue 13 at the Edinburgh Fringe, and also as a Production Supervisor and lighting tutor at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
She was a member of the Production Team at Sherman Cymru for over 7 years.
Lighting Design/Cynllun Goleuadau
Woof, Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood /Yr Hugan Fach Goch (Sherman Theatre); Exodus, The Good Earth(Motherlode); Peggy’s Song, For All I Care, Come Back Tomorrow, The Big Democracy Project (National Theatre Wales); Crouch,Touch, Pause, Engage (NTW & Out of Joint); Seanmhair, Play/Silence, Sand, St Nicholas, Constellation Street, A Good Clean Heart (The Other Room); Escape the Scaffold (The Other Room & Theatre 503); Sinners Club (The Other Room, Gagglebabble & Theatr Clwyd); 35 Times (Mercury Theatre Wales); Looking Through Glass (difficult|stage); Birdsong (Sinfonia Cymru/Kizzy Crawford/Gwilym Simcock); The Island Nation (Ice & Fire); The Terrible Things I've Done (Invisible Ink); Kommilitonen (WNO Youth); Barnbow Canaries (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Play/Silence, Sand, St Nicholas, Constellation Street (The Other Room); Yuri (August 021); The Good Earth (Motherlode); A Good Clean Heart (The Other Room); Crouch, Touch, Pause...Engage (National Theatre Wales & Out of Joint); The Frozen Scream (WMC & Birmingham Hippodrome); Roberto Zucco (August012); Sue the Second Coming (Dafydd James Company); Diary of a Madman, Sexual Perversity in Chicago (also Production Manager/Stage Manager, Living Pictures), Miss Julie (Living Pictures); Corina Pavlova and the Lion's Roar, The Snow Tiger/Teigr yr Eira (Sherman Cymru); Pornography, Serious Money (Waking Exploits); Last Christmas, After the End (Dirty Protest); Unbuttoned (also Production Manager, Sinfonia Cymru); Snow Child/Plentyn yr Eira (Sherman Cymru/Theatr Iolo).
Associate Designer
Jekyll & Hyde (Drew McOnie Company at The Old Vic. Associate to Lighting Designer Richard Howell.)
Touring Relighter/Ail-oleuwr Teithiol
Jane Wenham, The Witch of Walkern (Out of Joint, Des: Richard Howell); Our Country's Good (UK and international tour, Out Of Joint, Des: Johanna Town); The Epic Adventures of Nhamo the Manyika Warrior and His Sexy Wife Chipo (Tiata Fahodzi, Des: Paul Keogan); Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (Talawa Theatre/National Theatre, Des: Johanna Town); The Bloody Ballad (also Stage Manager, Gagglebabble Theatre, Des: Jane Laljee); Tiddler and other Terrific Tales, Stick Man (Scamp Theatre, Des: Elanor HIggins); Mission to Mars (also Production Manager, Unlimited Theatre, Des: Ben Pacey); Gadael Yr Ugeinfed Ganrif, Yr Argae (Sherman Cymru, Des: Elanor Higgins)
Previous productions
Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
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The Glee Club | Theatre |
Cast, Doncaster, then touring Out of Joint |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Wasserberg Set designer: Mark Bailey |
Mar 2020 |
The Snow Queen | Theatre | Sherman Theatre Cardiff | Lighting Designer |
Director: Tessa Walker Set designer: Cecilia Carey |
Nov 2019 |
HeLa | Theatre | The Other Room, Cardiff, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dan Jones Set designer: Delyth Evans |
Nov 2019 |
The Story | Theatre | The Other Room, Cardiff, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: David Mercatali Set designer: Delyth Evans |
Oct 2019 |
Peggy’s Song | Theatre |
Riverfront Theatre, then touring National Theatre Wales |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Phil Clark Set designer: Carl Davies |
Sep 2019 |
American Nightmare | Theatre | The Other Room, Cardiff | Lighting Designer |
Director: Sara Lloyd Set designer: Delyth Evans |
Sep 2019 |
For All I Care | Theatre |
Chapter Arts Centre, then touring National Theatre Wales |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jac Ifan Moore Set designer: Carl Davies |
Jul 2019 |
Little Red Riding Hood | Theatre |
Sherman Theatre Studio Sherman Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gethin Evans Set designer: Aled Williams |
Dec 2018 |
Alice in Wonderland | Theatre |
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Sherman Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rachel O'Riordan Set designer: Hayley Grindle |
Nov 2018 |
Peggy’s Song | Theatre |
Undegun Wrexham, then touring National Theatre Wales |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Phil Clark Set designer: Carl Davies |
Jun 2018 |
Escape the Scaffold | Theatre |
Theatre 503, then touring Theatre 503/The Other Room/Mongrel Thumb |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Hannah Price |
Mar 2017 |
Seanmhair | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Wasserberg |
Mar 2017 |
Sinners Club | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff, then touring Gagglebabble/The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Titas Halder |
Feb 2017 |
Looking Through Glass | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff Difficult Stage |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Blake Set designer: Carl Davies |
Nov 2016 |
Birdsong - Can Y Adar | Concert |
Pontio, Bangor, then touring Sinfonia Cymru |
Lighting Designer | Set designer: Ruby Fox | Nov 2016 |
The Island Nation | Theatre |
Arcola Theatre Studio 2, London Ice and Fire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ria Parry Set designer: James Button |
Oct 2016 |
The Terrible Things I've Done | Theatre |
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Invisible Ink |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sita Calvert-Ennals Set designer: Rebecca Wood |
Sep 2016 |
Kommilitonen! | Opera |
Memo Arts Centre, Barry Welsh National Youth Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Polly Graham Set designer: Gabriella Slade |
Jul 2016 |
Barnbow Canaries | Theatre |
West Yorkshire Playhouse Courtyard Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Wasserberg Set designer: Mark Bailey |
Jun 2016 |
Constellation Street | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dan Jones and Chelsey Gillard |
Apr 2016 |
The Big Democracy Project | Environmental |
The Senedd, Cardiff Bay National Theatre Wales |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gavin Porter/Devised |
Mar 2016 |
St Nicholas | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Titas Halder Set designer: Amy Jane Cook |
Mar 2016 |
Sand | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Wasserberg Set designer: Amy Jane Cook |
Feb 2016 |
Play | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Wasserberg Set designer: Amy Jane Cook |
Jan 2016 |
Silence | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Titas Halder Set designer: Amy Jane Cook |
Jan 2016 |
A State Affair | Theatre |
Bernie Grant Arts Centre The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Foster Set designer: Bettina John |
Dec 2015 |
Cinderella and the Glass Slipper | Musical |
Bernie Grant Arts Centre The MTA |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Howard Samuels Set designer: Bettina John |
Dec 2015 |
Yuri | Theatre |
Stwdio, Chapter Theatre, Cardiff August 012 |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mathilde Lopez Set designer: Camilla Clarke |
Oct 2015 |
The Good Earth | Theatre |
Stwdio, Chapter Theatre, Cardiff Motherlode |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rachael Boulton Set designer: Buddug Jones |
Sep 2015 |
A Good Clean Heart | Theatre |
The Other Room, Cardiff The Other Room |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mared Swain Set designer: Erin Maddocks |
Apr 2015 |
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage | Theatre |
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, then touring Out of Joint & National Theatre Wales |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Max Stafford-Clark |
Feb 2015 |
The Frozen Scream | Theatre |
Weston Studio, WMC, then touring Wales Millenium Centre & Birmingham Hippodrome |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Christopher Green Set designer: Barney George |
Dec 2014 |
Roberto Zucco | Theatre |
Stwdio, Chapter Theatre, Cardiff August 012 |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mathilde Lopez Set designer: Buddug Jones |
Jul 2014 |
Corina Pavlova and the Lion's Roar | Theatre |
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, then touring Sherman Cymru |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mared Swain Set designer: Charlotte Neville |
Nov 2013 |
Unbuttoned | Concert |
Chapter Arts Centre Sinfonia Cymru & Tom Raybould |
Lighting Designer |
Director: devised |
Sep 2013 |
Diary of a Madman | Theatre |
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, then touring Living Pictures |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sinéad Rushe Set designer: Sarah Beaton |
May 2013 |
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Touring relights
- Commercial & Retail
Contact method | Details |
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Mobile phone |
07890 520354 |
Email address | |
Website |
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