Jess Bernberg
Lighting Designer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Jess is a London based lighting designer. Whilst living a largely urban professional existence, Jess is a proud campaigner for the environment and aims to make work that is conscious and ecologically engaged. She is currently developing work with Mechanimal and The Javaad Alipoor Company.
She trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Nuffield Southampton Theatres. She received the Association of Lighting Designer’s Francis Reid Award in 2017.
Jess Bernberg’s gorgeous lighting design silhouettes the cast like the rock stars they are
Time Out on And The Rest Of Me Floats (Bush Theatre)
Jess Bernberg’s magnificent lighting design
The Stage on The Borrowers (Tobacco Factory)
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2024 | Sheffield Crucible | Dir. Anthony Lau |
2022 | World Tour/Above The Fray | Dir. Ed Stambollouian |
2022 | Boundless Theatre | Dir. Rob Drummer |
2022 | Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva) | Dir. Josh Seymour |
2022 | Theatre Clwyd | Dir. Francesca Goodridge |
THE CLIMBERS 2022 | Theatre By The Lake | Dir. Guy Jones |
2022 | Unicorn Theatre | Dir. Jaz Woodcock-Stewart |
2021 | Wilton's Musical Hall | Dir. Justin Audibert |
2021 | Factory 42/Almeida Theatre/Sky | Dir. Dani Parr |
2021 | Royal Exchange | Dir. Nimmo Ismail |
2021 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Eleanor Rhode |
2021 | Young Vic | Dir. Diyan Zora |
2021 | Soho Theatre | Dir. Elayce Ismail |
2021 | Wayward Productions | Dir. Sasha Milavic Davies and James Yeatman |
2021 | LAMDA | Dir. Georgia Green/Chris Sonnex |
2020 | Bush Theatre | Dir. Debbie Hannan |
2020 | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Dir. John Haidar |
DICK WHITTINGTON 2019 | Theatre Royal Stratford East | Dir. John Haidar |
[BLANK] 2019 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Maria Aberg |
2019 | Trafalgar Studios 2 | Dir. Oscar Toeman |
RICH KIDS: A HISTORY OF SHOPPING MALLS IN TEHRAN 2019 | HOME/Traverse Theatre | Dir. Javaad Alipoor |
2019 | Bush Theatre/HighTide | Dir. Eleanor Rhode |
REJOICING AT HER WONDROUS VULVA THE YOUNG WOMAN APPLAUDED HERSELF 2019 | Oval House | Dir. Donnacadh O'Briain |
2019 | Orange Tree Theatre | Dir. Guy Jones |
2019 | The Yard | Dir. Jay Miller |
2019 | Bush Theatre | Dir. Ben Buratta |
2019 | The Yard | Dir. Celine Lowenthal & Temi Wilkey |
2019 | Orange Tree Theatre | Dir. Chelsea Walker |
PUNK ROCK 2018 | Mountview | Dir. Tinuke Craig |
POMONA 2018 | Mountview | Dir. Anthony Lau |
2018 | Tobacco Factory | Dir. Nik Partridge |
2018 | National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre | Dir. Ned Bennett |
2018 | National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre | Dir. Pia Furtado |
MEDUSA 2018 | Nuffield Southampton Theatres | Dir. Ian Nicholson |
2018 | Soho Theatre | Dir. Hannah Hauer-King |
2018 | Finborough Theatre | Dir. Josh Seymour |
2018 | Soho Theatre/Assembly George Square | Dir. Oonagh Murphy |
SONGLINES 2018 | HighTide/DugOut Theatre/Pleasance Courtyard | Dir. George Chilcott |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 2018 | Nuffield Southampton Theatres | Dir. Liam Gifford |
2018 | The Yard | Dir. Cheryl Gallacher |
2018 | Young Vic | Dir. Natasha Nixon |
REACTOR 2018 | ArtsEd | Dir. Hannah Banister |
DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS 2018 | The Bunker | Dir. Joshua McTaggart |
DUNGENESS 2018 | Nuffield Southampton Theatres/NT Connections | Dir. Olivia Dodson |
BUGGY BABY 2018 | The Yard | Dir. Ned Bennett |
SPLIT 2018 | Vaults Festival | Dir. Sara Joyce |
LOVE AND INFORMATION 2018 | Nuffield Southampton Theatres | Dir. Max Lindsay |
FCUK'D 2017 | The Bunker | Dir. Niall Ransome |
AND THE REST OF ME FLOATS 2017 | Birmingham Rep | Dir. Ben Buratta |
THE BLUE HOUR OF NATALIE BARNEY 2017 | Arcola Theatre | Dir. Ken Hoyt |
THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH 2017 | Merton Arts Space | Dir. Jonathan Humphreys |
AND HERE I AM 2017 | UK Tour | Dir. Zoe Lafferty |
BALM IN GILEAD 2017 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | Dir. Jo Blatchley |
THE SAME DEEP WATER AS ME 2017 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | Dir. Jo McInnes |
THE SELFISH GIANT 2016 | Arcola Theatre | Dir. Rebecca Martin |
THE POETRY WE MAKE 2018 | Vaults Festival | Dir. Edwina Strobl |
FLUX: SHADOWLINES 2016 | King's Place | Choreo. Richard Bermage |
AUGUST 2016 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | Dir. Wyn Jones |
THIS IS MATTY, AND HE IS FUCKED 2016 | Winemakers Club | Dir. Jesse Angelo |
YOUKALI: THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 2016 | Arcola Theatre | Dir. Angeliki Petropetsioti |
THE DOWAGER'S OYSTER 2016 | Arcola Theatre/Grimeborn | Dir. Jack Cherry |
SQUIRM 2016 | Theatre 503 | Dir. Oliver Yellop |