Kieron Johnson
Kieron Johnson (they/them)
Lighting Designer. Yorkshire, UK
Professional Member of the Association for Lighting Production and Design
ALPD Lumierè 20:20
Website: www.kieronjohnsonlighting.com
Forthcoming productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team | Opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | Theatre | Liverpool Playhouse Studio | Lighting Designer |
Director: Nathan Powell |
12 Oct 2022 |
In repertoire
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway and Beyond | Dance |
Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Dane Hurst Set designer: Charles Edwards |
| West Side Story Symphonic Dances | Dance |
Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Dane Hurst Set designer: Charles Edwards |
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Meal | Theatre |
Traverse Theatre, then touring Roots/Theatre Royal Playmouth/ETT |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jamie Fletcher Set designer: Ben Stones |
Aug 2022 |
| Masters Showcase | Theatre |
Bellairs Theate Guildford School of Acting |
Lighting Designer | Jul 2022 | |
| Knot of the Heart | Theatre |
The Lab, Birmingham Conservatoire Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chris White |
Jun 2022 |
| Smile | Musical |
The Mack Mountview |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Julia Locascio Set designer: Rhyannon Richardson |
Jun 2022 |
| Celebrated Virgins | Theatre |
Theatr Clwyd Theatr Clwyd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Eleri B. Jones Set designer: Holly Pigott |
May 2022 |
| Coming to England | Musical |
Birmingham Rep Birmingham Rep |
Assistant Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Bretta Gerecke Director: Omar Okai Set designer: Bretta Gerecke |
Mar 2022 |
| As You Like It | Theatre |
New Vic Theatre Northern Broadsides |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laurie Sansom Set designer: E.M.Parry |
Feb 2022 |
| West Side Story Symphonic Dances | Dance |
Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Dane Hurst Set designer: Charles Edwards |
Oct 2021 |
| Halfway and Beyond | Dance |
Leeds Grand Theatre, then touring Opera North |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Dane Hurst Set designer: Charles Edwards |
Oct 2021 |
| Decades | Theatre |
Leeds Playhouse Leeds Playhouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: James Brining , Director: Sameena Hussain , Director: Amanda Huxtable , Director: Amy Leach , Director: Evie Manning , Director: Tess Seddon Set designer: Amanda Stoodley |
May 2021 |
| EBO | Dance |
Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre Phoenix Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Miguel Altunaga |
May 2021 |
| Head Above Water | Dance |
Dance East, Ipswich, then touring Joss Arnott Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Joss Arnott |
Oct 2020 |
| Khepri | Dance |
Dance East, Ipswich, then touring Joss Arnott Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa |
Oct 2020 |
| Black Waters | Dance |
Leeds Playhouse, then touring Phoenix Dance Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Sharon Watson , Choreographer: Shambik Ghose and Dr Mitul Sengupta |
Feb 2020 |
| Infra | Dance |
Finnish National Opera, Helsinki Finnish National Ballet |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Lucy Carter Choreographer: Wayne McGregor Set designer: Julian Opie |
Sep 2019 |
| Innocent Children | Dance |
Riley Theatre, Leeds Northern School of Contemporary Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Sade and Kristina Alleyne |
Jul 2019 |
| Rust | Theatre |
Bush Theatre, then touring HighTide / Bush Theatre |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Jess Bernberg Director: Eleanor Rhode Set designer: Max Johns |
Jun 2019 |
| Team V | Dance |
Riley Theatre, Leeds, then touring Verve Dance Company |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Mark Baker Choreographer: Joan Cleville |
Feb 2019 |
| Shutdown | Dance |
Riley Theatre, Leeds, then touring Verve Dance Company |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Mark Baker Choreographer: Noa Zuk & Ohad Naharin |
Feb 2019 |
| 4.18 | Dance |
Riley Theatre, Leeds, then touring Verve Dance Company |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Mark Baker Choreographer: Maxine Doyle |
Feb 2019 |
| the sea tells a story | Dance |
Riley Theatre, Leeds, then touring Verve Dance Company |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Ben Wright |
Feb 2019 |
| Nothing and Being, Being and Nothing | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Flux |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Gary Lambert |
Oct 2018 |
| 99 Moves | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Flux |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Zoi Dimitriou |
Oct 2018 |
| Songlines | Theatre |
HighTide Festival, then touring Hightide/DugOut Theatre |
Associate Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Jess Bernberg Director: George Chilcott Set designer: Lizzy Leech |
Sep 2018 |
| FIM | Dance |
None/R&D Theo TJ Lowe |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Theo TJ Lowe |
Jul 2018 |
| Waves | Dance |
Laban Theatre Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Joss Arnott |
Jul 2018 |
| HE-SHA | Dance |
Laban Theatre Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Theo 'TJ' Lowe |
Jul 2018 |
| And each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds | Dance |
Laban Theatre Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Lizzi Kew Ross |
Jun 2018 |
| Sacred Myths (1940's to 1998) - Kartikeya, Aspara & Himalaya | Dance |
Laban Theatre Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Uday & Tanusree Shankar |
Jun 2018 |
| At The End We Begin | Dance |
Cast, Doncaster, then touring Richard Chappell Dance |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Richard Chappell |
Apr 2018 |
| The Ar/Ct of Moving Forward | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Transitions Dance Company |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Michael Mannion Choreographer: Hagit Yakira |
Feb 2018 |
| When Running Starts and Stops | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Transitions Dance Company |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Michael Mannion Choreographer: Richard Chappell |
Feb 2018 |
| Lovers | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Transitions Dance Company |
Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Fay Patterson Choreographer: Jarkko Partanen |
Feb 2018 |
| (Un)Changed | Dance | Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Livia Masarelli |
Jan 2018 |
| The Other Self | Dance |
Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place J7s Dance Company |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Giulia Iurza |
Jan 2018 |
| Gravity Bears The Truth | Dance |
Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place SkogDans |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Yasmine Lindskog |
Jan 2018 |
| Forgery & Imitation | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Flux |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Zoi Dimitriou |
Oct 2017 |
| Misura | Dance |
Laban Theatre, then touring Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Flux |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Hubert Essakow |
Oct 2017 |
| Everything Between Us | Theatre | Finborough Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Neil Bull Set designer: Laura Cordery |
Apr 2017 |
| You’re Human Like the Rest of Them/Down Red Lane/Not Counting the Savages | Theatre | Finborough Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Carla Kingham Set designer: Rūta Irbīte |
Mar 2017 |
| Thirst | Theatre | The Space, London | Lighting Designer |
Director: Thomas Ward |
Feb 2017 |
| Shikishin Funi | Dance |
The Place J7s Dance Company |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Giulia Iurza |
Jan 2017 |
| In The Land of Invented Languages | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Jessica Wright |
Oct 2016 |
| Debris | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Stephanie Schober |
Oct 2016 |
| Scattered | Dance | Motionhouse | Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Natasha Chivers Choreographer: Kevin Finnan & the Company Set designer: Simon Dormon |
Oct 2016 |
| Wasted | Theatre | Kings Head Theatre, Islington | Lighting Designer |
Director: Kat Woods |
Sep 2016 |
| Aperture | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kerry Nicholls |
Jun 2016 |
| (Im)Pulse | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Dam Van Huynh |
Jun 2016 |
| Trekking | Void | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Naomi Lefebvre |
Jun 2016 |
| "We are..." | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Sonia Rafferty |
Jun 2016 |
| Highland Fling | Dance | Laban Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne |
Jun 2016 |
| Before This Problem We Stand Speechless | Dance | Bonnie Bird Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Reettaleena Rauhala |
Jun 2016 |
| TriMono | Dance | Bonnie Bird Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Callum Lawrence |
Apr 2016 |
| Is My Body Still There? | Dance | Bonnie Bird Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Katharine Geber |
Apr 2016 |
| A Revealing Conversation | Dance | Bonnie Bird Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Beth Pattison |
Apr 2016 |
| 12 | Dance | Transitions Dance Company | Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Andy Hammond Choreographer: Ederson Xavier |
Feb 2016 |
| My Dance, Your Touch | Dance | Transitions Dance Company | Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Fay Patterson Choreographer: Theo Clinkard |
Feb 2016 |
| Fieldworks | Dance | Transitions Dance Company | Touring Re-Lighter |
Lighting designer: Andy Hammond Choreographer: Dog Kennel Hill Project |
Feb 2016 |
| Austen: The Musical | Musical | East Riding Theatre & Regional Tour | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Aston |
Jun 2015 |
Decades
The six disparate plays are held together by Amanda Stoodley’s flexible set design: a series of oddly beautiful scaffolding structures, elegantly lit by Kieron Johnson, suggestive of the changing structures of the city around the Playhouse.
Catherine Love, The Guardian 24/05/2021
Black Waters
The lighting (by Kieron Johnson) plays a huge part in the piece. Haze hangs over the whole stage, through which narrow side-lighting is able to pick out even the smallest of details: at one point all that is being illuminated is a hand - but that hand was so expressive! The absolute precision of the lighting is a major contributor to the overall effect.
Peter Lathan, British Theatre Guide
Kieron Johnson's lighting design is outstanding.
Mike Dixon, Dance Europe
The dancers also have the benefit of Kieron Johnson's stunning lighting design. This skillfully evokes everything from a stage full of cramped cells to the moving seas.
Jonathan Cash, Reviews Hub
Theatre:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
Musical:
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale / Fringe
- Pantomime
Opera:
- Large scale
Dance:
- International
- UK National Company
- Large Scale
- Medium Scale
- Small Scale
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
Non-professional:
- Dance
- Musicals
- Plays
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Website | www.kieronjohnsonlighting.com |
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