Jon Clark Lighting Designer
Jon is an award-winning lighting designer, based in the United Kingdom. He studied theatre design at Bretton Hall College, Leeds University.
Jon won the Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design in 2019 and is nominated for the 2020 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play, both for his work on THE INHERITANCE in the West End and on Broadway respectively. He was nominated for a 2019 Drama Desk Award in New York for Outstanding Lighting Design, for his work on THE JUNGLE. Jon, along with the cast and creative team, recently won an Obie Award in New York, also for THE JUNGLE. He is the recipient of Green Room Australia Award for Best Opera Lighting Design for KING ROGER at the Sydney Opera House and won a Knight of Illumination Award for THREE DAYS OF RAIN in the West End in 2009.
Jon is an associate artist of the RSC.
Theatre
2020 A CHRISTMAS CAROL Bridge Theatre, London
2020 BEAT THE DEVIL & TALKING HEADS Bridge Theatre, London
2020 THE LEHMAN TRILOGY Nederlander Theatre Broadway, Piccadilly Theatre, London (2019), Park Avenue Armory, New York (2019), National Theatre, London (Premiere 2018)
2019 CYRANO DE BERGERAC Playhouse Theatre, London
2019 THE INHERITANCE Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway Noel Coward Theatre, London (2018), Young Vic, London (Premiere, 2018)
2019 BETRAYAL Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, Broadway Harold Pinter Theatre, London (Premiere)
2019 EVITA Regents Park Open Air Theatre, London
2019 A GERMAN LIFE Bridge Theatre, London
2019 TREE Young Vic, London Manchester International Festival, (Premiere)
2019 ANNA Dorfman, National Theatre, London
2019 THE JUNGLE The Curran, San Francisco, St Ann’s Warehouse, New York, Playhouse Theatre, London (2018) Young Vic, London (Premiere 2017)
2019 ALYS, ALWAYS Bridge Theatre, London
2019 PINTER SEVEN: The Harold Pinter Theatre, London A SLIGHT ACHE/THE DUMB WAITER
2018 PINTER FOUR: The Harold Pinter Theatre, London MOONLIGHT/NIGHT SCHOOL
2018 PINTER THREE: The Harold Pinter Theatre, London LANDSCAPE/A KIND OF ALASKA/ MONOLOGUE & OTHER SKETCHES
2018 PINTER ONE: The Harold Pinter Theatre, London ONE FOR THE ROAD/THE NEW WORLD ORDER/ MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE/ASHES TO ASHES/ THE PRES AND AN OFFICER
2018 I’M NOT RUNNING Lyttelton, National Theatre, London
2018 FATHERLAND Lyric Hammersmith, London Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (2017)
2018 THE LORAX The Old Globe, San Diego, Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis (2018) Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto (2017) Old Vic Theatre, London (Premiere 2015)
2018 ABSOLUTE HELL Lyttelton, National Theatre, London
2018 FROZEN Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
2018 AMADEUS Olivier, National Theatre (also 2016)
2017 DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2017 APOLOGIA Trafalgar Studios, London
2017 A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Apollo Theatre, London
2017 LIFE OF GALILEO Young Vic, London
2017 LIMEHOUSE Donmar Warehouse, London
2016 ONCE IN A LIFETIME Young Vic, London
2016 THE COMMITMENTS: UK & Dublin Tour THE MUSICAL Palace Theatre, West End (2013-2015)
2016 RICHARD III Almeida Theatre, London
2016 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE St Ann’s Warehouse, New York Young Vic, London (Premiere 2014)
2016 DOCTOR FAUSTUS Duke of York’s Theatre, London
2016 KING CHARLES III Sydney Theatre Company – Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney Australia (2016) Music Box Theater, Broadway (2015) UK Tour (2015) Wyndham’s Theatre, London (2014) Almeida Theatre, London (Premiere 2014)
2016 THE MAIDS Trafalgar Studios, London
2015 AS YOU LIKE IT Olivier, National Theatre, London
2015 TIPPING THE VELVET Lyric Hammersmith, London, Lyceum, Edinburgh
2015 THE BEAUX STRATAGEM Olivier, National Theatre, London
2015 THE RULING CLASS Trafalgar Studios, London
2014 MADE IN DAGENHAM Adelphi Theatre, London
2014 I CAN’T SING! London Palladium, London, - THE X-FACTOR MUSICAL
2013 AMERICAN PSYCHO: Almeida Theatre, London THE MUSICAL
2008 THE PRIDE Trafalgar Studios, London
2013 A SEASON IN THE CONGO Young Vic, London
2013 OTHELLO Olivier, National Theatre, London
2013 HAMLET RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
2013 TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS Donmar Warehouse, London
2012 HANSEL & GRETEL Cottesloe, National Theatre, London
2012 THE EFFECT Cottesloe, National Theatre, London
2012 KING LEAR Almeida Theatre, London
2012 DAMNED BY DESPAIR Olivier, National Theatre, London
2012 TEN BILLION Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London
2012 THE TEMPEST, RSC, Stratford-Upon Avon TWELFTH NIGHT The Roundhouse, London THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Park Avenue Armory, New York
2012 THE HOUSE OF Almeida Theatre, London BERNARDA ALBA
2012 COLLABORATORS Olivier, National Theatre, London Cottesloe, National Theatre (Premiere 2011)
2011 THE CAT IN THE HAT Théâtre des Abbesses, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (2011) Young Vic, London (2010) Cottesloe, National Theatre, London (Premiere 2009)
2011 A WOMAN KILLED WITH Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London KINDNESS
2011 THE HOMECOMING Swan Theatre, RSC, Stratford-Upon Avon
2011 SILENCE Filter & RSC, Hampstead Theatre, London
2011 MOONLIGHT Donmar Warehouse, London
2011 GREENLAND Lyttelton, National Theatre, London
2011 HAMLET Lyttelton, National Theatre London UK Tour Olivier, National Theatre, London (Premiere 2010)
2010 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Cottesloe, National Theatre, London
2010 RED BUD Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London
2010 INTO THE WOODS Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
2010 SALOME Hampstead Theatre, London UK Tour
2010 KING LEAR Courtyard Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
2010 POLAR BEARS Donmar Warehouse, London
2010 THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Garrick Theatre, London
2009 THE WINTERS TALE Courtyard Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
2009 PAINS OF YOUTH Cottesloe, National Theatre, London
2009 OUR CLASS Cottesloe, National Theatre, London
2009 AUNT DAN & LEMON Royal Court Theatre, London
2009 THREE DAYS OF RAIN Apollo Theatre, London
2008 THE PRIDE Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London
2008 WATER Filter Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, London UK Tour, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney
2008 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Courtyard Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
2008 THE LOVER Comedy Theatre, London THE COLLECTION
2008 The Birthday Party Lyric Hammermith, London (50th Anniversary production)
2008 Spyski! Lyric Hammersmith London
2008 Eric’s the musical Liverpool Everyman
2008 Gone Too Far! Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court, London
Opera
2019 ORPHEUS & EURYDICE English National Opera, London
2019 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Greek National Opera, Athens (& 2018) Royal Opera House, London (Premiere 2017)
2018 THE TURN OF THE SCREW ENO & Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
2018 THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL The Metropolitan Opera, New York (2017) Royal Opera House, London (2017) Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen (2017) Salzburg Festival (Premiere 2016)
2018 HAMLET Adelaide Festival, Adelaide (2018), Glyndebourne, East Sussex (Premiere 2017)
2017 LA BOHÈME Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam (& Premiere 2014) English National Opera, London (2015)
2017 KING ROGER/ KRÓL ROGER Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House (2017) Arts Centre Melbourne (2017), Royal Opera House, London (Premiere 2015)
2017 THE WINTER’S TALE English National Opera, London
2017 WRITTEN ON SKIN Royal Opera House, London (2013/2017), Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow (2017), David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York (2015), Theater an der Wein, Vienna (2013) Prinzregententheater Munich (2013) Opéra Comique, Paris (2013) Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam (2012) Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse (2012) Aix-en-Provence Festival, France (Premiere 2012)
2016 L’ETOILE Royal Opera House, London
2014 FOOTFALLS/NEITHER Staatsoper im Schillertheater, Berlin
2013 MACBETH Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
2013 WOZZECK English National Opera, London
2013 THE PERFECT AMERICAN Teatro Real, Madrid, English National Opera, London (Premiere)
2012 Caligula English National Opera, London
2011 STREET SCENE Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris UK Tour, Young Vic, London (Premiere)
2011 OREST Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
2011 CLEMENCY Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (Premiere)
2011 THE RETURN OF ULYSSES Young Vic, English National Opera, London
2011 SEVEN ANGELS The Opera Group, UK Tour
2010 THE LION’S FACE The Opera Group, UK Tour
2010 RECITAL I (FOR CATHY) The Opera Group, Snape Maltings Concert Hall & UK Tour
2009 INTO THE LITTLE HILL The Opera Group, Linbury Theatre & UK Tour
2009 TARANTULA IN PETROL BLUE Aldeburgh Music, Snape Maltings Concert Hall
2009 I CAPULETI E L MONTECCHI Nevill Holt Opera
2009 THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES Scottish Opera & RSAMD
2006 L’ELISIR D’AMORE Grange Park Opera & UK Tour
2006 IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Nevill Holt Opera & UK Tour
2004 COSI FAN TUTTE Nevill Holt Opera & UK Tour
Dance
2020 THE CELLIST Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House London
Other credits include new work with Wayne MacGregor, Cathy Marston, Will Tuckett, Karole Armitage, Bern Ballet and Scottish Dance Theatre.