Is a UK based Lighting Designer. She is an associate director of the National Theatre and has designed productions for all the major UK companies including Warhorse (NT and worldwide) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. Recent productions include Cock for Elliott Harper, ….And Breathe for the Almeida, Ear for Eye at the Royal Court, Tenebrae, Lessons Learnt from Darkness for the Brighton Festival, Bach, Light Dances for Hofesh Shecter and the Royal Danish Opera and The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Follies and The Normal Heart for the National Theatre. She has received 5 Olivier awards, 2 Tony Awards, the Helpmann Award, the Rayne Award and numerous Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Knight of Illumination awards. In 2019 she was awarded the London Critics Circle Special Award for her contribution to the British Theatre Industry.

Her opera designs have been seen all over the world and include Giulio Cesare and Billy Budd at Glyndebourne; Medea at ENO and Ariodante for Vienna Stadtsoper plus Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera. She is an associate of Matthew Bourne’s company and designed Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Red Shoes, Dorian Gray and Play Without Words for him.

She was one of the founders of Freelancers Make Theatre Work; an advocacy group for the creative workforce in the UK that was borne out of the pandemic. She is an active campaigner for sustainability within the theatre industry.