EVERYWOMAN

EVERYWOMAN

LIGHTING DESIGNER

BUNKER THEATRE, FEB 2020

During childbirth, there’s a moment called the point of transition. It comes just before you have the urge to push. And it often brings with it a fear of death...

Everywoman is a deep and dirty dive into being a woman, the danger of autobiography and the existential threat of motherhood. A one woman play by... Anonymous.

Wraparound childcare will be provided at all matinee performances for children under eight years old. All performances will be in a Relaxed Environment and are baby-friendly.

CAST & CREATIVES:

Director: Amelia Sears
Cast: Jade Williams
Designer: Charlotte Espiner
Stage manager: Rose Toner
Lighting designer: Timothy Kelly
Sound designer: Kieran Lucas

Photos

(C) NKT Studios

Reviews

“Kieran Lucas’ sound design trips from a disquieting heartbeat as a miscarriage is described to quirky interludes as Williams – centred by Timothy Kelly’s gentle lighting – battles the demands of her newborn.

The result is a startling and often funny demonstration of the eternal and, yes, universal difficulty of trying to feel whole in a complex world.”

Sally Fields, The Stage

“The changes in tone are swift – made seamless by flawless lighting design (Timothy Kelly) – and the piece touches on the darker and most painful moments of pregnancy and parenthood.”

Claudia Graham, Young Perspective ★★★★


ANTIGONE

ANTIGONE

LIGHTING DESIGNER & PRODUCTION MANAGER

NEW DIORAMA THEATRE, JAN 2020

HOLY WHAT THEATRE

The war is over.The dead have been buried. The traitors have been punished. People feel more alive than they have in a long time. They are ready to start again.But Antigone is not. She will not move on, and she will not forget. She will drag everyone back if she has to.

Lulu Raczka’s searing adaptation hands the reins of Sophocles’ classic text to the young sisters at the heart of the play creating something messy, irreverent and vital.

Antigone is supported by Arts Council England.

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM:

Writer: Lulu Raczka

Director: Ali Pidsley

Designer: Lizzy Leech

Lighting Designer: Timothy Kelly

Sound Designer: Kieran Lucas

Producer: Imogen Clare-Wood

Production Manager: Timothy Kelly

Stage Manager: Rose Hockaday

Carpenter: Will Aubrey-Jones

Prod LX: Raj Pattani

Antigone: Annabel Baldwin
Ismene: Rachel Hosker

Photos

(C) Ali Wright

Reviews

“Pidsley’s assured production uses sound and light to terrific effect. At one moment everything changes, and the world really does tilt. Or at least the lighting rig does.”

Lyn Gardner, Stage Door

“Holy What Theatre company is definitely one to watch in the future for more of the same exciting, innovative and enduring theatre.”

Niamh Flynn, Upper-Circle ★★★★

“Lighting (Tim Kelly) and sound (Kieran Lucas), both deceptively simple, play almost as much of a role in this production as the script. Lucas’ score artfully navigates between low ominous rumbles, thumping soundscapes and noughties R&B. Kelly’s lighting is similarly emotionally calculating and playful, amping up the drama.”

★★★★★ Miriam Sallon, Spy In the Stalls,

“The contrasts between noise and silence in Kieran Lucas’s sound design are highly effective: a humming drone becomes its own doom-laden chorus, while Tim Kelly’s use of light and darkness is just as striking.”

★★★★ Arifa Akbar, The Guardian,

“Set, light and sound design all work powerfully together to amplify the overall impact of the story.  It is evident Pidsley and Razcka share a clear vision, as it has been intricately realised in this production.”

Stephanie Ressort, View From The Outside

“When Antigone leaves to commit the illegal act, it's a visually powerful moment that shows you the gravitas of her decision. Antigone dashes to the side of the stage, yanking the pulley holding up the lighting rig (Tim Kelly). The now slanted lights flicker dangerously, and suddenly our perspective is shifted from one concentrated within the house to one unfamiliar and strange.”

★★★★  Nicole Acquah, Whats On Stage,

“Antigone runs at an intense 85 minutes straight through, with strong lighting design (by Tim Kelly) and a constant low level sound of music and effects, from the pounding of club DJs to police sirens (designed by Kieran Lucas). It all builds to a full concentration on the girls as they almost dare each other onto a path from which there is no way out.”

Louise Penn, LouReviews,

“Even at first preview, Antigone  @holywhattheatre @newdiorama is a scorchingly assured piece of work. Pit-of-the-stomach stuff by actors, director, designers and especially Lulu Raczka's text.”

David Jays

★★★★ 1/2 The Reviews Hub

★★★★ Time Out

★★★★ The Upcoming

JOAN OF LEEDS

JOAN OF LEEDS

PRODUCTION MANAGER

NEW DIORAMA THEATRE, DECEMBER 2019

BREACH

She perverted her path of life arrogantly to the way of carnal lust ... to the notorious peril to her soul."

In a 14th Century Yorkshire convent Sister Joan is blessed with unholy visions. A seductive serpent and sinful saints exalt the earthly pleasures of forbidden sex.​

Her visions cause a scandal in the order but Joan’s determined to spread her new carnal creed... even if it means getting a little creative. ​

An obscene medieval mystery play with live music, based on the miraculous true story of a nun on the run. A new Christmas show by multi award-winning devised theatre makers Breach

CAST & CREATIVES:

Director: Billy Barrett
Composer and Musical Director: James Frewer
Co-Writers: Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens 
Designer: Lizzy Leech
Lighting Designer: Alex Fernandes
Sound Designer: Owen Crouch 
Producer: Ellie Claughton

Production Manager: Tim Kelly

Technical Stage Manager: Stacey Sandford

Company Stage Manager: Adriana Perucca 

Photography: The Other Richard

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Cast:

Rachel Barnes
Bryony Davies
Olivia Hirst
Laurie Jamieson
Alex Roberts

Photos (By The Other Richard)

CINDERELLA

CINDERELLA

ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER / PROD LX

THE VAULTS, DECEMBER 2019

NOT TOO TAME / SEABRIGHT

The Great British pantomime, staged in a traditional English pub! This unique twist on the Cinderella story sees all the characters you know, love and hate colliding in a local boozer, where the audience are welcomed to the heart of the action to witness pints spilled, mates pulled and hearts poured out on the karaoke.

 

CAST & CREATIVES:

Authors

Luke Barnes, Not Too Tame

Director

Jimmy Fairhurst

Musical director

Daniel Ellis

Set

Jen McGinley

Lighting

Jack Weir

Sound

Daniel Ellis

Associate Lighting Designer

Timothy Kelly

Stage manager

India Marsland

Cast includes

Rosa Coduri, Jack Condon, Jimmy Fairhurst, Louise Haggerty, Lizzie Hopley, Patrick Knowles, Megan Pemberton

Producer

James Seabright

CURTAIN'D SLEEP

CURTAIN'D SLEEP

LIGHTING DESIGNER

GREENWICH THEATRE, NOVEMBER 2019

ENTITA THEATRE

Curtain’d Sleep dives into the wings of two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Hamlet and Macbeth, to pose the question “why do Ophelia and Lady Macbeth take their final breaths off-stage?”

Through a fusion of stunning movement and Shakespeare’s words, underscored by the atmospheric folk music of Seth Lakeman, Curtain’d Sleep is an intensively captivating piece of theatre that stages the previously unseen.

Originally a site-specific production, Entita have reimagined Curtain’d Sleep for Greenwich Theatre, returning with their unique brand of physical theatre following Method in Madness in 2016. This production offers audience seating on-stage for a unique immersive experience.

Creatives

Direction Jamie Woods & Katharine Hardman

Set Design Will Aubrey-Jones

Lighting Design Timothy Kelly

Sound Design Seth Lakeman


Cast

Katharine Hardman and Jessie Knowles as Ophelia

Jennifer Geertsen and Francisca Stangel as Lady Macbeth


 

Photos

"A magnificent and magical production, an intellectually and artistically satisfying study that managed to enhance two of the greatest plays ever written."

Greenwich Visitor

NOT F**KIN SORRY

NOT F**KIN SORRY

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOHO THETARE, OCTOBER 2019

NOT YOUR CIRCUS DOG / ACCESS ALL AREAS

So, just what is it that you fuckers want?

The cracks, the scars.

We are sick of being your circus dogs.

Everything you think we can’t do,
We can.
And we are not fucking sorry. 

Join the Not Your Circus Dog collective in an evening of shameless sexy punk crip cabaret. With luscious lip syncs, sweaty dances and verbatim stories, have your preconceptions rattled as we take you to the edge.

Welcome to our space. You are a guest, and we are not fucking sorry.

Creatives

Liselle Terret - Collaborative Director

Daisy Hale - Producer 

Timothy Kelly - Lighting Designer

Anna Clock - Sound Designer

Heather Johnson - Creative Enabler & Assistant Collaborative Director

Elinor Keber - Creative Enabler

Patrick Collier - Access All Areas, Producer

Lucy Andrews - Access All Areas, Access Manager 

Elske Waite - Stage Manager

Cast

Emma Selwyn

Stephanie Newman

Adam Smith

DJ Hassan


 

Photos (by Harry Elletson)

"These four performers are some of the bravest, boldest, most candid and risk-taking on the contemporary London theatre scene. Due credit must also be given to director Liselle Terret and dramaturg Lou Cope for their meticulous work, curating highly emotive and genuinely provocative content from the devising process, and balancing the show’s sorrows and joys with such finesse.

The message of Not F**kin Sorry is crystalline, and cannot be put better than when Selwyn declares, “We are sick of being your circus dogs. Everything you think we can’t do, we can. And we are not fucking sorry."

Disability Arts Online

THE THING

THE THING

LIGHTING DESIGNER

BIRMINGHAM REP, OCTOBER 2019 (R&D)

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

How am I meant to come to terms with the fact that the thing most likely to kill me
in this world is myself?

Did you know men in the UK aged 20 – 49 are more likely to die from suicide than
anything else?

Join Olivier-nominated Les Enfants Terribles as they investigate this rising epidemic for the BEDLAM Festival. The company delve into the crisis of identity, depression and anxiety which exists within all of us. They ask what it’s like to try and survive in a world where we’re constantly told to ‘man up’ and ‘make our mark’.


CAST & CREATIVES:

Creator and Performer – Oliver Lansley 

Composer and Performer – Alexander Wolfe 

Performer – Miranda Letten 

Dramaturgical Collaborators – Fiona Porritt, Rich Rusk & Meghan Treadway 

Video Designer – Daniel Denton 

Movement Director – Christopher Evans 

Lighting Designer - Timothy Kelly

 

Photos (by Gail Harland)

"I enjoyed the physical representation using modern art of Oliver Lansleys personal physical struggle with mental health. You could almost feel the tugging. He could break free for a moment but then the tugging, the grip, the force, was back. The overuse of lights, sharp pitched noises, the darkness, the light, the tapping and everything in between portrayed brilliantly how a person going through depression and anxiety may be feeling."

Small House Big Trips

BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN

ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER / PROD LX

GREENWICH THEATRE, SEPTEMBER 2019

BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL is a story within a story. A touching ‘sidewalk fairytale’ about a band of soulful street singers who meet up to share stories from their lives. The story tonight: a young Parisian coming to America to search for fame and the father she never knew and the journey she embarks upon to find the soul of the city that bears her name.

CAST & CREATIVES:

Director

Adam Haigh

Musical director

Richard Baker

Set

Justin Williams

Lighting Designer

Jack Weir

Associate Lighting Designer / Prod LX

Timothy Kelly

Sound

Andy Johnson

Costume

Nicole Garbett

Stage manager

Claire Risseeuw

Cast includes

Hiba Elchikhe, John Addison, Emily-Mae, Andrew Patrick-Walker, Sabrina Aloueche, Jodie Beth Meyer, Ayesha Quigley

Casting

Danica Pickett

Producer

Paul Morrissey Ltd in association with Arden and Moore and Ross Howard

NOMINATED FOR BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OFFIE

Photos

JADE CITY

JADE CITY


LIGHTING, SET & INTEGRATED CAPTIONING DESIGNER

THE BUNKER THEATRE, SEPTEMBER 2019

THE CAVERN, VAULT FESTIVAL 2019

VIEW FROM HERE

A punchy and hot-headed show exploring the dark, toxic and tumultuous friendship of two lads in east Belfast.

Sas and Monty are trapped in this place and in their heads. Their friendship orbits around a  damaging and violent event from their pasts. Their imaginative and playful ‘game’ is the only way they can process the mess they feel inside.

Developed with support from Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland), Jerwood Foundation and EastSide Arts Belfast.

CAST & CREATIVES:

Cast: Barry Calvert and Brendan Quinn

Writer: Alice Malseed

Director: Katherine Nesbitt

Movement Director: David Quinn

Sound Designer: Michael Mormecha

Stage Manager: Philippa Mannion

Lighting, Set & Integrated Captioning: Timothy Kelly


 

Photos from The Bunker (by Ali Wright)

"there is something undeniably powerful in this story [..] Barry Calvert and Brendan Quinn are both terrific, like two belligerent fighters unknowingly revealing their vulnerable spot, as they dance around Timothy Kelly’s simple boxing ring design which is a kind of trap"

Lyn Gardner

“Visually, one of the most striking things about Jade City is the ‘boxing ring’ set-up. At a subliminal level it makes sense, but an aftershow talk with play’s creative team confirms that ‘the ring’ reflects the sort of communal places that lads like Monty and Sas would have frequented during their formative years. Perhaps more pertinently, for set designer Timothy Kelly, it symbolizes the boundaries of masculinity established by society, which far from being liberating, keeps Sas and Monty ‘boxed in’ when confronting questions about what does it really mean to be a ‘man’ – what CAN and what SHOULD they do. On a seperate note, the performances are also captioned, which obliquely brings the audience’s attention to the innate rhythm and nuances of the language, what is said – and what isn’t…”

Breaking the Fourth Wall

“To ensure we don’t miss a word, captions are used throughout – and while these are certainly helpful at times for deciphering the characters’ Northern Irish accents, their inclusion feels as symbolic as it is practical: you get the sense that Sas and Monty are merely acting out a story that’s been written for them, and which for any good intentions they might have, can’t now be avoided.”

The Blog of Theatre Things

GRANNY GROTBAG SAYS GOODBYE

GRANNY GROTBAG SAYS GOODBYE

LIGHTING DESIGNER

THEATRE DELI SHEFFIELD (FEBRUARY 2020)

WHITE BEAR THEATRE (AUGUST 2019)

“The Wildcat of Sheffield… Not anymore… Where did she go?” 

Granny Grotbag, a brash, no nonsense Northern powerhouse, welcomes you into her home and takes you on a trip down memory lane. A story of love, loss, dust, and water infections, a strength that is guaranteed to make you laugh, wince and cry into your cuppa. (Yorkshire tea of course!)  A story confirms that “old age is certainly no place for sissies.” 

Cast & Creatives

Writer & Performer | Joshua Welch
Director | Kelly Hunter MBE
Musician | Holly Musgrave
Lighting Designer | Timothy Kelly
PR & Marketing | Georgina Wilmer

“This is a powerful and poignant play about growing old and our society’s mistreatment of the elderly. It’s a wake-up call, a raucously funny hour which subtly drip feeds its message to us unseen until the very end of the play”

(★ ★ ★ ★ ★)-London Pub Theatres

ELECTROLYTE

ELECTROLYTE

LIGHTING DESIGNER

UK & IRELAND TOUR + PLEASANCE FORTH, EDINBURGH FRINGE (SPRING / SUMMER 2019)

PLEASANCE DOME, EDINBURGH FRINGE (SUMMER 2018)

WILDCARD

Jessie's sick of Leeds.
A city she thought she would never leave.
But the aimlessness of the people
she once believed she would always need
is suffocating.

Wondering whether she's had enough,
in a dirty nightclub not too far off,
Jessie's blinded by the light of Allie Touch,
a singer song-writer with a taste for big ambitions,
amongst some other stuff.

Feeling rough in the five in the morning sunlight,
Jessie's sight is fixed on the path that Allie lights
And like a moth to a flame in the night,
She ignites.

Written in spoken word poetry and underscored entirely by original music created live, Electrolyte is an explosive piece of gig-theatre exploring grief, depression and psychosis. 

Cast & Creatives

Jessie | Olivia Sweeney
Paul | Ben Simon
Ralph | Chris Georgiou
Allie | Maimuna Memon
Jim | James Meteyard
Donna | Megan Ashley

Written & conceived by James Meteyard
Music & Lyrics by Maimuna Memon

Directed by Donnacadh O'Briain

Produced by Joseph Dawson

Lighting by Timothy Kelly

Set by Luke W Robson

Costume by Hannah Hodge

Edinburgh (2018) Photos:

Joseph Dawson (1-2) 

The Other Richard http://www.theotherrichard.com (3-14)

UK / Ireland Tour 2019 Photos:

(C) Ali Wright

WINNER OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FRINGE AWARD 2018

WINNER OF THE INDIES BEST THEATRE NEWCOMER 2018

VOICE MAG TOP PICK EDINBURGH FRINGE 2018

“Timothy Kelly’s extraordinary lights prove to be pitch perfect throughout”

The Arts Review (★★★★)

"Loud and driven"

The Scotsman (★★★★★)

"This gig-theatre experience may be exhausting, but leaves you feeling electric."

ToDoList (★★★★★)

"Make sure you don't book anything immediately afterwards, as you're going to need some time to recover"

Broadway Baby (★★★★★)

"The lighting design create[s] eerie sunrises, blue moods, and the kind of midnight raves that have the audiences itching to get out of their seats and get those hands high above their heads."

Christina Bulford

"The music and lighting [...] create a powerful visual effect as we see flickering and contorted bodies on stage, adding to the frenzied sense of chaos and a loss of control."

Voice Mag (★★★★★)

"this innovative piece of theatre brought many in the audience to tears and enjoyed an utterly deserved standing ovation"

The List (★★★★)

"energetic electronica-filled gig theatre"

The Stage (★★★★)

"ambitious, beautiful, well-directed and gorgeously performed show"

Fringe Review (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

"Timothy Kelly’s nuanced lighting manages to capture the dreamlike brilliance of the gig, elsewhere suggests a sense of confused claustrophobia, and at times slams us back to reality."

Urbane Fox (★★★★)

"some of the best light since God did The Big Sun"

my mate Isaac

SIRENS

SIRENS

[This is Sirens 2.0, a brand new version of Sirens that we created in 2018.]

PROJECTION AND LIGHTING DESIGNER AND PRODUCTION MANAGER

UK TOUR (SUMMER 2019)

ZOO CO

And before you can say damaged male ego, we’re holed up on a four foot square rock for the rest of eternity...

When three Greek women defy the want of Zeus and are cursed with a deadly voice, the famous myth of the Sirens is born. But when they find out that the truth about them may have been a bit more than ‘tweaked’, they are catapulted to Hastings beach in 2019 with one mission: rewrite history. 

Using breathtaking visual storytelling, stunning projections and a lot of feathers, Zoo Co’s award winning show Sirens sticks two fingers up at gender expectations and asks, when your voice is silenced, how do you stand up and shout out? 

Sirens is creatively captioned and BSL inclusive, with a Deaf and hearing cast. We welcome d/Deaf and hearing audiences.

Cast & Creatives

CREATIVE PRODUCER
Rosalind Hoy

DIRECTOR
Florence O’Mahony

WRITER
Alex Howarth

CAST
Fleur Angevine Rooth 
Kate Donnachie
Nick Gilbert 
William Grint
Rosalind Hoy

LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGN, AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
Timothy Kelly

ASSISTANT LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER
David Doyle

AV MENTOR
Simon Wainwright (Imitating the Dog)

SCENIC DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
Adam Bottomley

INTERPRETERS
Jenny Fernandez White

BSL DEAF CONSULTANT 
Rupal Chandi

COMPOSER
Nick Gilbert

MARKETING & PR
Laura Thomson

PROJECT MANAGERS
Emily Greenslade & Stella Backman

EXEC PRODUCERS
Darren Walter
Turnpike

COMMISSIONING PARTNERS
Cornerstone Arts, Greenwich Theatre, Croydon Council, Arts Council England

CREATED BY
Zoo Co

Photos 13-18 by Timothy Kelly 

Photos 14-19 by Damian Robertson

 

More information on Zoo Co can be found at www.wearezooco.co.uk

"The captions are fantastic, as they’re positioned to show who’s saying each line, and the backdrop is also used to project some virtual sets & props (designed by Timothy Kelly) which are fun as well as being helpful for storytelling. […] A rip-roaring show that shares a vital feminist message and champions increased inclusivity in theatre – consider the history books rewritten!”

Mind The Blog (★★★★★)

REJOICING AT HER WONDROUS VULVA THE YOUNG WOMAN APPLAUDED HERSELF

REJOICING AT HER WONDROUS VULVA THE YOUNG WOMAN APPLAUDED HERSELF

PRODUCTION MANAGER & VIDEO ASSOCIATE

OVALHOUSE THEATRE (MAY 2019)

ALL ABOUT YOU

Why would a confident, 21st century woman feel inadequate when talking to her partner about sex? 

Join us on an epic journey of self-discovery through the garden of her sexuality to find out. 

Featuring really helpful ideas planted during adolescence, such as: 'Only Boys Masturbate', 'You Are A Sex Object', and 'Female Genitals are Gross'. This is a story of self-love, encompassing shame, pride, fury and liberation. Revealed is the hidden battle between Brain and Clitoris; Appetite and Ego; shame-free sensuality and the desperate need to be ‘normal’, which everyone will recognise, regardless of gender. 

CAST & CREATIVES:

Writer and Performer (Brain/ Ego/ Writer): Bella Heesom
Director and Dramaturg: Donnacadh O’Briain
Performer (Clitoris/ Appetite/ Actor): Sara Alexander
Producer: Hannah Elsy
Movement Director: Liz Ranken
Set, Costume, Projection Design & Scenic Art: Elizabeth Harper
Lighting Designer :Jess Bernberg
Sound Designer: Candice Weaver
Production Manager and Video Associate: Timothy Kelly
Technical Stage Manager: Maria Gurevich
Assistant Director: Martha J. Baldwin


Promotional Material Design: Rebecca Pitt
Promotional Material Photography: Michael Wharley
Photographers: Lidia Crisafulli and David Monteith-Hodge
Company PR: Flavia Fraser- Cannon for Mobius Industries
Marketing Consultant: Emma Martin

★★★★ Guardian culture
★★★★ Daily Express
★★★★★ Within Her Words
★★★★★ @spyinthestalls
★★★★★ Breaking The Fourth Wall
★★★★ Upper Circle

MR BRIGHTSIDE

MR BRIGHTSIDE

LIGHTING DESIGNER

GREENWICH THEATRE STUDIO / MATTHEW’S YARD (SPRING 2018)

BRIGHTON FRINGE (SPRING 2019)

THE FINDING MAN PROJECT

Mr Brightside is a man. Mr Brightside is a Good Man. At least, he thinks he is...

As a famous TV personality, hosting a hit show in front of a live audience is a piece of cake. But tonight something is very wrong. Battling clueless puppets, unsavoury kid's toys and a pissed off mirror, can Mr Brightside keep the show going before he totally loses control? A hilarious, honest and cutting dark clown comedy, Mr Brightside asks: what does it mean to be a man in 2019? "Mesmerises" (Broadway Baby) "Sharp and utterly hilarious" (Exeunt Magazine) "Nick Gilbert is unfailingly funny" (Croydon Citizen)

CAST & CREATIVES:

Mr Brightside / Writer / Sound Designer | Nick Gilbert
Director | Florence O’Mahony
Lighting Designer | Timothy Kelly

THE NOISES

THE NOISES

LIGHTING DESIGNER

THE OLD RED LION PUB THEATRE

LIAM MCLAUGHLIN PRODUCTIONS

Luna’s a dog. A good dog. Nemesis of the big-dick-labradoodle, rabbit hunter, merciless protector of the human pack.


A mother and daughter collaboration between TS Eliot Award Shortlisted poet and playwright Jacqueline Saphra and director-dramaturg Tamar Saphra, The Noises is a visceral new play about fear, courage, the nature of violence and what we're prepared to do for the ones we love.

Every performance has fully integrated audio description for blind and visually impaired audiences.

CAST & CREATIVES:

Luna | Amy Mcallister

Writer | Jacqueline Saphra

Director | Tamar Saphra

Producer | Liam Mclaughlin

Stage Manager | Rachel Darwood

Assistant Director | Evangeline Cullingworth

Sound Design | Tom Parkinson

Set And Costume Design | Georgia De Grey

Lighting Design | Timothy Kelly

Movement Direction | Louise Kempton

Audio Description Consultant | Jenni Elbourne

Access Consultant | Amelia Cavallo

Photography | Ali Wright

“So too the lighting – again without spoiling anything, it is integral to the atmosphere of the play, and is executed expertly.”

Mind The Blog

“[The] set plays a trick of perspective so that, in combination with Timothy Kelly’s eerie lighting, Luna exists vulnerably in an environment too big for her, created with no consideration for her needs.”

Exeunt

ORANGUTAN

ORANGUTAN

LIGHTING DESIGNER & PRODUCTION MANAGER

THE CAVERN, VAULT FESTIVAL 2019

CUP OF BREW

As a child, Alice fell into an orangutan enclosure, an event that influenced the rest of her life. Or maybe it hasn’t influenced anything. She’s not sure. But she’s going to figure it out.

Orangutan is the story of one woman trying to understand how she ended up here - wherever here is. A hilarious and heartfelt show about what it means to be human, what it means to matter, and how we can move on.

Every performance of Oragutan was captioned for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing audiences.

CAST & CREATIVES:

Alice | Louise Waller

Writer | Toby King
Director | Fiona Kingwill
Producer | Joseph Cullen
Movement Director | Amy Warren
Lighting Designer & Production Manager | Timothy Kelly
Sound Designer | JP Guerrier
Associate Director | Katie Smith
Production Assistant | Martha Owen

OUTLYING ISLANDS

OUTLYING ISLANDS

STAGE MANAGER

KINGS HEAD THEATRE, JANUARY 2019

ATTICIST

I have noticed that something draws us towards outlying islands. Some force pulls…

1939, Scotland. Two young ornithologists arrive on a remote island, tasked by the government to conduct a simple study of the bird population. With only the island’s authoritarian leaseholder and his niece for company, they find themselves drawn to the wild isolation of the place and begin to suspect their mission is not all it seems. 

As the clouds of war gather over Europe, one rocky outcrop in the vast Atlantic can decide its own fate. Boundaries begin to crumble. Life becomes beautiful and strange. 

Cast & Creatives:

KIRK/CAPTAIN Ken Drury

JOHN Jack McMillan

ELLEN Rose Wardlaw

ROBERT Tom Machell 

Director Jessica Lazar

Movement Director Jennifer Fletcher

Assistant Director Charlie Norburn (King's Head Theatre Trainee Director)

Stage Manager Timothy Kelly

Set & Costume Design Anna Lewis

Lighting Design David Doyle

Sound Design Christopher Preece

Producers Bridie Bischoff, David Doyle, and Tom Ford

Assistant Producer Jennifer Davis

Publicist Chloé Nelkin Consulting

Photos: Jack Swain, Clive Barda

2 X OFFIE NOMINATIONS

BEST PRODUCTION / BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

★★★★★ Theatre Weekly

★★★★★ A Younger Theatre

★★★★★ Everything Theatre

★★★★★ North West End

★★★★★ The 703 Review

★★★★★ London Pub Theatres

17

17

PROJECTION & LIGHTING DESIGNER

THE CAVERN, VAULT FESTIVAL 2019 (IN DEVELOPMENT SHOWING)

WILDCARD

Yasmin Sidhu and Casey Smith are best friends. At 17 the world as they know it is soon about to change. Yasmin will be off to University, a good one - to do maths. And Casey, well Casey needs to figure out what on earth it is she wants to be. She’s heard you can make a living doing makeup tutorials on insta, and nobody can contour like Casey.


In their small town in the midlands these two girls have grown up wildly different, thats what makes their friendship so strong, so deep. So when a video of Yasmin goes viral, everyone is shocked that it is her that is breaking the internet and not Casey.
'17' is a look at what it's like being a teenager now: trying things, learning stuff, failing, succeeding, heartbreak, expectations and shame. At 17 your world isn't just home, school and maybe further maths club, with the internet watching and recording and repeating your actions, your choices are there for everyone to see and for everyone to have an opinion on.
This lyrical play will throw you back into those unsteady days of 17.

Cast & Creatives

Annice Boparai
Emma James

Playwright: Frankie Meredith

Director: Balisha Karra

Director: Finley-Rose Townsend

Producer: Joey Dawson

Lighting & Projection Designer: Timothy Kelly

Set Design Kaajel Patel

Sound Design: Dominic Kennedy

Cinematography: James Meteyard & Isaac Whittingham

Photos: Ali Wright

"The show is technically ambitious, making canny and restrained use of projection to illustrate the girls’ online life."

The Spy in the Stalls (★★★★)

"The back wall of The Vaults’ Cavern is cleverly used to project a stream of social media messages and YouTube clips.

[…] a raw, refreshing play that will resonate with everyone and anyone who had issues in their teens. It is fun but with a serrated edge."

CloseUp Culture (★★★★)

“A highlight of the piece [is the] projection of a social media timeline, with the actor’s forensic treatment of it as a timeline of criminal events, as if on a detective mission.”

Voice Mag (★★★★)

“A timeline of events is played out on the back wall through social media posts that spell out the girls’ pressures and priorities quite clearly. The cartoons used in place of photos heighten their sense of detachment from their real lives. Watching it play out and take hold of these impressionable young minds makes this a tough watch. We may not be 17 anymore, but do we really know any better?”

The Play’s The Thing

“A promising two-hander about teenage friendship, sex and social media”

The Stage

“17. is not one to be missed, as the message is clear and important and provides a voice for all young women who have ever felt attacked, pressured and victimized through the ever-changing world of social media.”

With Her Words (★★★★)

THE TRENCH

THE TRENCH

ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE & UK REGIONAL TOUR (AUTUMN 2018)

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

Olivier Award-nominated Les Enfants Terribles bring their signature style of visual storytelling to the stage with their First World War Epic, The Trench; blending live music, puppetry and physical performance for this special centenary production.  

The Trench is inspired by the true story of a miner who became entombed underground in a collapsed tunnel during World War One.  As the horror threatens to engulf him, he finds that not everything in the darkness is what it seems. The line between fantasy and reality blurs as he embarks on an epic journey for survival questioning what’s real, what’s not and whether it even matters? 

Cast & Creatives

Edward Cartwright
James Hastings
Kadell Herida
Oliver Lansley
Alexander Wolfe

Writer: Oliver Lansley

Original Soundtrack performed live by Alexander Wolfe

Directors: James Seager & Oliver Lansley

Designer: Sam Wyer

Original Lighting Design: Paul Green

Silhouette animation: Richard Mansfield

Sound Design: Liam McDermott

Associate Designer: Alice Cox 

Associate Lighting Designer (Southwark) & Relighter (Tour): Timothy Kelly 

Associate Lighting Designer (Tour): Peter Fennell

Sound Operator: Adam Hutton

First performed in 2012 with: Alfie Boyd, Tim Jackson, Oliver Lansley, Conrad Sharp, and Alexander Wolfe.

Photos: Rah Petherbridge

"visually stunning, vividly realised"

The Stage (★★★★)

"it is in the sound and visuals where this production truly excels […] Les Enfants Terribles’ reputation for storytelling shines through"

ReviewsHub (★★★★★)

“The standout lighting design begins as the audience comes into the theatre”

The Upcoming

“it's hard not to get swallowed up by the haze-fuelled murkiness of the dank hellscape. Towards the end of the show, Peter Fennell and Timothy Kelly's lighting design also provide a series of hauntingly powerful images”

WhatsOnStage

“excellent lighting by Peter Fennell and Timothy Kelly”

BroadwayWorld

“These moments and many others are beautifully highlighted by Tim Kelly’s atmospheric and gorgeous lighting”

LoveLondonLoveCulture

“This is a show which oozes creativity out of every moment”

MusicalTheatreMusings (★★★★★)

“The audience become engrossed in this environment from the moment they step into the auditorium, setup with flickering lamps and decorated like the tunnels themselves”

TheatreSouthEast (★★★★★)

“Actually manages to become greater than the sum of its fantastic parts”

WestEndWilma (★★★★)



SIRENS (2018)

SIRENS (2018)

[This is Sirens 1.0, the original version of Sirens that we have since redeveloped into a brad new show.]

PROJECTION AND LIGHTING DESIGNER AND PRODUCTION MANAGER

EDINBURGH FRINGE / GREENWICH THEATRE / UK TOUR (SUMMER / AUTUMN 2018)

ZOO CO

You're an immortal demi-goddess whose only job is to sing and look beautiful. No, this isn't a show about Beyoncé.

Three Greek sirens find themselves washed up on Hastings beach. It's 2018, and sitting around naked on rocks is no longer en vogue. But the sirens are still cursed: any man who hears their voice dies instantly.

It's a bit of a drag.

Award-winning Zoo Co returns to stick two fingers up at gender expectations with their trademark visual storytelling, and stunning projections. Sirens is creatively captioned and BSL inclusive.

Cast & Creatives

Pia | Fleur Rooth
Lou / Nadia | Florence O’Mahony
Xoe | Rosalind Hoy
Tobi / Zeus | Jamal Ajala
Stuart / Other Men | Nick Gilbert

Devised by the company


Composer | Mark Aspinall
AV / Lighting Design | Timothy Kelly
Production Manager | Timothy Kelly
Assistant Producer | Yoona Park

Set | Adam Bottomley

Costume | Emma Lynch

AV Consultant | Simon Wainwright

Deaf Consultant / BSL tutor | Rupal Chandi

Interpreters | Jenny Fernandez-White & Nicola Clements

 

Photos by Yoona Park

WINNER OF A THREEWEEKS EDITORS' AWARD 2018

"a bold, unconventional show that will leave you wanting to raise your voice just a little louder"

ThreeWeeks (★★★★★)

"Timothy Kelly’s projections are a delight, both facilitating access for D/deaf and hard of hearing audience members and supporting the narrative in clever and amusing ways."

Fringe Review (RECOMMENDED SHOW)

"Sirens is a fist-pumping feel-good display of girl power, and a triumph of silent and silenced voices. With a fierce feminist message, this isn’t a cry for freedom, this is a collective roar of liberation."

Deadline (★★★★)

"Sirens is a thought-provoking, and genuinely entertaining look at the unfortunate durability of gender-expectation for women"

Arthur's Seat (★★★★)

"Spunky and fun with a graphic novel aesthetic and approach to storytelling. [..] All speech is captioned, BSL is heavily used and all performances are relaxed, giving the show a wonderfully welcoming feel. The DIY design style (with excellent projections) that could give the production an amateurish feel instead ties in with their inclusiveness."

The Play's The Thing

"an impressive projector"

an audience member called Kaitlin