Jai Morjaria

Lighting Designer

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Agent: Dan Usztan

Dan Usztan

DUsztan@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant: Phoebe O'Donnell

PODonnell@unitedagents.co.uk

Heads of Department

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Jai trained at RADA and won the 2016 Association of Lighting Designer’s ETC Award.

Smoke curls up; embers glow, finely lit by Jai Morjaria
The Guardian on Macbeth (Wessex Grove/International Tour)

Jai Morjaria’s lighting is excellent
Evening Standard on Graceland (Royal Court)

dynamically lit by Jai Morjaria
The Guardian on The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man (Nottingham Playhouse)

In Development

Production	Company	Notes
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA 2024	Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre)	Dir. Emma Rice
THE SECRET GARDEN 2024	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre	Dir. Anna Himali Howard
WHY AM I SO SINGLE? 2024	Garrick Theatre/Kenny Wax Ltd/Ameena Hamid Productions	Dir. Lucy Moss

Theatre

Production	Company	Notes
LOST AND FOUND 2023	Factory International	Dir. Will Brenton
MACBETH 2023	Wessex Grove/International Tour	Dir. Simon Godwin
UNCANNY: I KNOW WHAT I SAW 2023	Tilted/UK Tour	Dir. Sam Hodges
THE REAL & IMAGINED HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT MAN 2023	Nottingham Playhouse	Dir. Stephen Bailey
FOR TONIGHT 2023	Adelphi Theatre	Dir. Nick Evans
THE MAGIC FINGER 2023	Unicorn Theatre/Roald Dahl Company	Dir. Milli Bhatia
BIRTHMARKED 2023	Bristol Old Vic/Assembly Rooms	Dir. Sally Cookson
CUCKOO 2023	Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs)	Dir. Vicky Featherstone
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST 2023	Theatre Royal Haymarket	Dir. Daniel Raggett West End transfer Nominated for Olivier Award for New Entertainment or Comedy Play
AUGUST IN ENGLAND 2023	Bush Theatre	Dir. Lynette Linton & Daniel Bailey
WORTH 2023	Arcola Theatre/New Earth/Storyhouse	Dir. Mingyu Lin
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST 2023	Lyric Hammersmith/Sheffield Theatres	Dir. Daniel Raggett
GRACELAND 2023	Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)	Dir. Anna Himali Howard
MY SON'S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?) 2023	Ambassadors Theatre/Garrick Theatre	Dir. Luke Sheppard West End transfers Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play
WELCOME HOME 2023	Soho Theatre	Dir. Zach James
OTHELLO 2022	National Theatre (Lyttelton)	Dir. Clint Dyer ★★★★★ - WhatsOnStage ★★★★ - Guardian, The Times, Time Out, Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Independent, iNews
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 2022	St Ann's Warehouse/Berkeley Rep/US Tour	Dir. Emma Rice US transfer Nominated for Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical Nominated for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation
THE CHERRY ORCHARD 2022	Yard Theatre/ETT/HOME	Dir. James Macdonald
THE TRIALS 2022	Donmar Warehouse	Dir. Natalie Abrahami Nominated for Broadway World UK Award for Best Lighting Design and Best New Production.
CHASING HARES 2022	Young Vic (Main House)	Dir. Milli Bhatia
SCISSORS 2022	Sheffield Theatres	Dir. Elin Schofield
HOUSE OF IFE 2022	Bush Theatre	Dir. Lynette Linton
CHERRY JEZEBEL 2022	Liverpool Everyman	Dir. James Baker Nominated for Best New Play at the 2022 UK Theatre Awards
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 2022	Wise Children/National Theatre (Lyttelton)/Bristol Old Vic	Dir. Emma Rice
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER 2021	Trinity Theatre	Dir. Sean Turner
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE 2021	Northern Stage	Dir. Maria Crocker
BIG BIG SKY 2021	Hampstead Theatre Downstairs	Dir. Tessa Walker Nominated for BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best New Production of a Play
LAVA 2021	Bush Theatre	Dir. Anthony Simpson-Pike
MY SON'S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?) 2021	Turbine Theatre	Dir. Luke Sheppard WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West End Production
HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN 2021	Hope Mill Theatre	Dir. Nick Bagnall
CRUISE 2021	Duchess Theatre	Dir. Bronagh Lagan Nominated for Olivier Award for Best New Play
PAWN/LIMBO 2021	Bush Theatre	Dir. Daniel Bailey/Latekid & Avenhue
SIRENS/WHITE LIES 2020	Arts Ed	Dir. Tom Wright
CINDERELLA 2019	Dukes Theatre, Lancaster	Dir. Sarah Punshon
OUT OF THE DARK 2019	Rose Theatre Kingston	Dir. Fay Lomas
AGES OF THE MOON 2019	Vaults	Dir. Alexander Lass
SHUCK'N'JIVE 2019	Soho Theatre	Dir. Lakesha Arie-Angelo
ANANSI THE SPIDER 2019	Unicorn Theatre	Dir. Justin Audibert
WORLD'S END 2019	King's Head Theatre	Dir. Harry Mackrill
I'LL TAKE YOU TO MRS COLE 2019	Complicite	Devised by The Company
THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE 2019	Park Theatre	Dir. Lydia Parker
WHITEWASH 2019	Soho Theatre	Dir. Charlotte Bennett
AESOP'S FABLES 2019	Unicorn Theatre	Dir. Justin Audibert & Rachel Bagshaw
MAPPING BRENT 2019	Kiln Theatre	Dir. Stevan Mijailovic, Gail Babb, Harry Mackrill, Tash Marks, Ruby Thompson & Dionne Reid
MARY'S BABIES 2019	Jermyn Street Theatre	Dir. Tatty Hennessy
GLORY 2019	Dukes Theatre, Lancaster	Dir. Rod Dixon
THE TUNNEL 2019	Central School of Speech and Drama	Dir. Maja Milatovic-Ovadia
CUZCO 2019	Theatre503	Dir. Kate O'Connor
SLEEPING BEAUTY 2018	Capitol Theatre, Horsham	Dir. Nick Mowat
RED RIDING HOOD VERSUS THE WOLF 2018	Stantonbury Theatre	Dir. Lucy Cutherbertson
THE HOES 2018	Hampstead Theatre Downstairs	Dir. Lakesha Arie-Angelo
LOSING VENICE 2018	Orange Tree Theatre	Dir. Paul Miller
KING LEAR 2018	Exmoor National Park	Dir. Scott Le Crass
NO SOUND EVER DIES 2018	Surrey Arts/Brooklands in Sound	Dir. Lucy Bradley
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 2018	RIB Cunard Productions/RADA	Dir. Nona Shepphard
SUFI:ZEN 2018	Akademi Dance	Dir. Mira Kaushik
SUPER HERO, THE MUSICAL 2018	NYMT	Dir. Kate Golledge
ENGINE BREAK 2018	The Plasticine Men	Dir. Simon Day
THE MAN WILL KILL US ALL 2018	Academy of Live and Recorded Arts	Dir. Luke Barnes
THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PEACE 2018	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	Dir. Martin Berry
ROBIN HOOD 2017	Greenwich Theatre	Dir. Lucy Cuthbertson
ALICE IN WONDERLAND 2017	Birmingham Old Rep	Dir. Scott Le Crass
BITCHED 2017	Kali Theatre	Dir. Juliet Knight
MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE 2017	The Other Room, Cardiff	Dir. Chelsey Gillard
KANYE THE FIRST 2017	HighTide Festival	Dir. Andrew Twyman
LORNA DOONE 2017	Exmoor National Park	Dir. Scott Le Crass
SUCCESS 2017	Lyceum Youth Theatre	Dir. Jordan Blackwood
THE CRUCIBLE 2017	Academy of Live and Recorded Arts	Dir. Sean Turner
A LIE OF THE MIND 2017	Southwark Playhouse/Defibrillator Theatre	Dir. James Hillier
46 BEACON 2017	Trafalgar Studios 2	Dir. Alexander Lass Co-Designer with Rick Fisher
OUT THERE ON FRIED MEAT RIDGE ROAD 2017	White Bear Theatre/Trafalgar Studios 2	Dir. Harry Burton
SCROOGE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES 2017	Theatre503	Dir. Simon Evans
SISTER ACT: THE MUSICAL 2016	Alban Arena	Dir. Alan Cox
TRIDENT MOON 2016	Finborough Theatre	Dir. Anna Pool
ACORN 2016	Courtyard Theatre	Dir. Tatty Hennessy 2016 Off West End Award nomination for Best Lighting Designer
TONIGHT AT THE MUSUEM CHARLIE CHAPLIN 2016	Kensington Cinema Museum	Dir. Gillian Plowman, Pamela Howard & Chris Butler
'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE 2016	Tristan Bates Theatre/Lazarus Theatre Company	Dir. Ricky Dukes
MACBETH 2016	Exmoor National Park	Dir. Scott Le Crass
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 2016	Southwark Playhouse	Dir. Simon Evans
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA 2016	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art	Dir. Eve Shapiro
PAINS OF YOUTH 2016	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art	Dir. Polly Findlay
OBAMA-OLOGY 2015	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art	Dir. Paulette Randall
COMPLICITE YOUNG COMPANY 2015	Complicite	Dir. Chelsea Goddard & Sean Turner
YOUNG STUDIO 3 2015	National Theatre	Dir. Adele Thomas

Opera

Production	Company	Notes
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN 2017	Arcola Theatre/The Opera Company	Dir. Guido Martin-Brandis
A VILLAGE OF ROMEO AND JULIET 2017	New Sussex Opera	Dir. Susannah Walters
A TRIP TO THE MOON 2017	London Symphony Orchestra	Dir. Karen Gillingham