Jack Knowles
Lighting Designer
Heads of Department
Heads of Department
Jack is a recipient of the ADB Award for Plays from the Knight of Illumination Awards for his design of Barber Shop Chronicles.
This is a house in which everyone is alone, a state deftly echoed in Jack Knowles’ lighting
The Hollywood Reporter on Caroline, or Change (Broadway)
a teeming, eclectic visual vocabulary reflected in [...] the pregnant campfire spookiness of Jack Knowles’s lighting
New York Times on Shipwreck (Almeida)
One of the most inventive lighting designers around
The Stage, Designers to Watch
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2022 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Rupert Goold |
2022 | Gillian Lynne Theatre | Dir. Michael Fentiman |
2022 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Dir. Max Webster |
2022 | Teatro Colón | Dir. Sophie Hunter |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2022 | Nevill Holt Opera | Dir. Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol |
2022 | Schauspiel Stuttgart | Dir. Michael Talke |
2022 | Sheffield Crucible | Dir. Anthony Lau |
2022 | ATG/UK Tour | Dir. Loveday Ingram |
2021 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Rupert Goold |
2021 | Elliott and Harper Productions/UK Tour | Dir. Michael Fentiman |
2021 | Studio 54/Roundabout Theatre Company | Broadway transfer |
2021 | Prince of Wales Theatre | Dir. Michael Fentiman |
2021 | Royal and Derngate/ETT | Dir. Michael Oakley |
2021 | Nottingham Playhouse/Leeds Playhouse | Dir. Adam Penford |
2021 | Schauspiel Stuttgart | Dir. Sophia Bodamer |
2020 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Rebeca Frecknall |
2020 | Gothenburg Opera | Dir. Max Webster |
2019 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Rebecca Frecknall |
2019 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Sarah Frankcom |
2019 | Royal Court Downstairs | Dir. James Macdonald |
2019 | Royal Court Downstairs | Dir. John Tiffany |
2019 | Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre) | Dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah |
2019 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Rebecca Frecknall |
2019 | National Theatre (Lyttelton) | Dir. Lyndsey Turner |
2019 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Rupert Goold |
2019 | Nottingham Playhouse/Northern Stage | Revival of 2018 production |
2018 | Chichester Festival Theatre/Hampstead Theatre/Playhouse Theatre | Dir. Michael Longhurst |
2018 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Raz Shaw |
2018 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Sarah Frankcom |
2018 | Sheffield Crucible | Dir. Rebecca Frecknall |
2018 | Lyric Theatre Belfast | Dir. Des Kennedy |
2018 | Traverse 2/Royal Exchange Studio | Dir. Raz Shaw |
2018 | Vaudeville Theatre/Classic Spring | Dir. Michael Fentiman |
2018 | London Sinfonietta | Dir. Lucy Bailey |
2018 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Natalie Abrahami |
2018 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Sarah Frankcom |
2018 | World Tour | Dir. George Perrin |
2018 | Royal Court Downstairs | Dir. Hamish Pirie |
2018 | Home MCR | Dir. Bijan Sheibani |
2018 | Nottingham Playhouse | Dir. Adam Penford |
2018 | Ambassadors Theatre/National Theatre (Dorfman) | Dir. Polly Findlay |
2017 | Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
2017 | Bush Theatre/Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Jude Christian |
2017 | Royal Exchange Studio | Dir. Raz Shaw |
2017 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Sarah Frankcom |
2017 | Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Adam Penford |
2017 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Jo Davies |
2017 | Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2017 - 2019 | National Theatre (Dorfman)/West Yorkshire Playhouse/Australian Tour/US Tour/UK Tour/Roundhouse/Fuel | Dir. Bijan Sheibani |
2017 | Headlong | Dir. Jeremy Herrin |
2017 | Headlong | Dir. Sam Pritchard |
2017 | ATC/Orange Tree | Dir. Ramin Gray |
2016 - 2017 | Polka Theatre/UK Tour | Dir. Michael Fentiman |
2015 - 2016 | European, Australian, American and UK Tours | Dir. Edward Stambollouian |
2016 | Mercury Theatre Colchester | Dir. Pia Furtado |
2016 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Sarah Frankcom |
2016 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Michael Longhurst |
2016 | Theatre Royal Stratford East/Royal Academy of Music | Dir. Michael Fentiman |
2016 | Watermill Theatre | Dir. Adam Penford |
2014 - 2016 | Salzburger Festspiele/Schaubühne Berlin/Barbican Theatre | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2016 | Arcola Theatre | Dir. Lucy Bailey |
2016 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Sacha Wares |
2016 | National Theatre (Dorfman) | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2016 | Liverpool Everyman/Peepolykus/UK Tour | Dir. Gemma Bodinetz |
2016 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Raz Shaw |
2015 | Liverpool Playhouse/Sonia Friedman Productions/Hammer | Dir. Melly Still |
2015 | Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
2015 | Deafinitely Theatre/Park Theatre | Dir. Paula Garfield |
2015 | Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2015 | Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
2015 | International Beckett Festival | Dir. Sophie Hunter |
2015 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Dir. Sarah Frankcom |
2015 | National Theatre (Dorfman) | Dir. Emily Lim |
2015 | Hampstead Theatre Downstairs | Dir. Charlotte Gwinner |
2015 | Old Vic Community Company | Dir. Alexander Ferris |
2015 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Michael Longhurst |
2015 | Almeida Theatre | Dir. Sacha Wares |
2015 | Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2014 | Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
2014 | Discover Story Centre | Dir. Sally Goldsworthy |
2014 | Royal Court Downstairs/Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2014 | Arts Ed | Dir. Dan Bird |
2014 | Shepdaws Ltd/Wellcome Trust | Dir. Andrew Dawson |
2014 | Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
2014 | Southwark Playhouse | Dir. Abigail Graham |
2014 | Tricycle Theatre | Dir. Emily Lim |
2014 | Paines Plough/Tricycle/UK Tour | Dir. Stef O'Driscoll |
2014 | Burgtheater, Vienna | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
2013 | Soho Theatre/59E59, New York/India/UK Tour | Revival |
2013 | Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
2013 | Schaubühne Berlin | German language premiere |
THE SOUND OF MUSIC 2013 | Jordan Cultural Festival | Dir. Jeff Moss |
2013 | Edinburgh/Manchester Royal Exchange/Theatertreffen Festival, Berlin | Dir. Sam Pritchard |
2013 | HighTide/Bush Theatre | Dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah |
2013 | Hampstead Theatre | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
DIE GELBE TAPETE (THE YELLOW WALLPAPER) 2013 | Schaubühne Berlin | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
THE CHANGELING 2012 | Young Vic | Dir. Joe Hill-Gibbons |
TOMMY 2012 | Prince Edward Theatre | Dir. Raz Shaw |
REISE DURCH DIE NACHT (THE NIGHT TRAIN) 2012 | Schauspiel Köln | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
BLINK 2012 | Soho Theatre/Traverse Theatre | Dir. Joe Murphy |
MARK THOMAS: BRAVO FIGARO 2012 | Traverse Theatre/UK Tour | Dir. Hamish Pirie |
IN A PICKLE 2012 | RSC & Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
THIN ICE 2012 | UK Tour | Dir. Jonathan Young |
SOMETHING IN THE AIR 2012 | Arts Depot | Dir. Tim Webb |
RING-A-DING-DING 2011 | Unicorn & Oily Cart/UK Tour | Dir. Tim Webb |
THE RIOTS 2011 | Tricycle Theatre/Bernie Grant Arts Centre | Dir. Nicolas Kent |
YOUNG PRETENDER 2011 | Watford Palace Theatre/UK Tour | Dir. Joe Murphy |
VICTORIA 2011 | Arts Ed | Dir. Richard Cant |
A WOMAN ALONE 2011 | Tabard Theatre | Dir. Phyllis Nagy |
THE BOY ON THE SWING 2011 | Arcola Theatre | Dir. Joe Murphy |
DIE WELLEN 2011 | Schauspielhaus Cologne | Dir. Katie Mitchell |
IF THAT'S ALL THERE IS 2010 | Inspector Sands/UK and International Tour | Dir. Lu Kemp |
MY NAME IS SUE 2010 | Soho Theatre/UK Tour | Dir. Ben Lewis |
ROOM 2010 | Tron Theatre | Dir. Lu Kemp |
RED SEA FISH 2009 | 59E59 New York | Dir. Matt Wilkinson |
HANGING BY A THREAD 2009 | Traverse/UK Tour | The Ding Foundation |
IF THAT'S ALL THERE IS 2009 | Traverse Theatre | Dir. Lu Kemp |
MEET ME HALFWAY 2009 | CPT/Little Wonder/UK Tour | Des. Anna Bruder |
DORIAN GRAY 2008 | Leciester Square Theatre | Dir. Linnie Reedman |
STRIPPERS & GENTLEMEN 2008 | Edinburgh (Found Space) | Dir/Des. Dan Marsden |
LOVE'S LABYRINTH 2008 | Georgian Theatre Royal | Dir. Jack Edwards |
A GUEST FOR DINNER 2008 | Arts Depot Studio | Dir. Maxine Doyle |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2008 | Greenwich Playhouse | Dir. Linnie Reedman |