Lighting Designer

Jamie Platt

Selected credits

  • The Last Five Years Garrick Theatre, West End/ International Tour
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilGoodman Theatre, Chicago/ Co-design with Neil Austin
  • Blond Eckbert/ The SnowmaidenEnglish Touring Opera/UK Tour
  • Pippin: 50th Anniversary ConcertTheatre Royal Drury Lane
  • RIDE: The MusicalThe Old Globe USA/ Leicester Curve/ Southwark/Charing Cross Theatre
  • That FaceOrange Tree Theatre
  • The ChildrenNottingham Playhouse
  • JellyfishDorfman, National Theatre/ Bush Theatre

About

Jamie has a wealth of experience designing lighting for plays, musicals, operas and dance at major theatres across the UK and internationally. He trained at RWCMD and has been nominated for a Knight of Illumination Award, a BroadwayWorld Award and five Off West End Awards for Best Lighting Design.

His credits include: The Last Five Years (West End/International Tour), Jellyfish (Dorfman, National Theatre), RIDE: The Musical (Leicester Curve/Southwark Playhouse/Charing Cross Theatre/ The Old Globe, San Diego), Pippin in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Word-Play (Royal Court Theatre), That Face (Orange Tree Theatre), Nineteen Gardens, Octopolis, Either, Paradise, Yous Two (Hampstead Theatre), Kes (Octagon Theatre/ Theatre by the Lake), The Barber of Seville (Nevill Holt Opera), Kinky Boots (New Wolsey Theatre), Something in the Air (Jermyn Street Theatre), Manic Street Creature, Strike, Beast, Klippies (Southwark Playhouse), Kiss Me Kate (Leicester Curve), Whose Planet Are We On?, Cracked, Remembrance (Old Vic), Cowboys & Lesbians, SUS, Never Not Once, Gently Down The Stream, Alkaline (Park Theatre), Moonlight and Magnolias (Nottingham Playhouse), Beauty and the Beast, Absurd Person Singular (Watford Palace Theatre), The Gap, Head Over Heels, Vincent River (Hope Mill Theatre).

Featured work

The Last Five Years

West End/ International Tour
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS: Jason Robert Brown
DIRECTOR: Jonathan O'Boyle
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Leo Munby
CHOREOGRAPHER: Sam Spencer-Lane
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Lee Newby
SOUND DESIGNER: Adam Fisher

‘Jamie Platt’s exquisite, atmospheric lighting design pulls it all together.’
★★★★★ The Stage

★★★★★ British Theatre

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Goodman Theatre, Chicago
MUSIC & LYRICS: Jason Robert Brown
BOOK: Taylor Mac
DIRECTOR: Rob Ashford
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Thomas Murray
CHOREOGRAPHER: Tanya Birl
SET DESIGNER: Christopher Oram
COSTUME DESIGNER: Toni-Leslie James
LIGHTING DESIGN: Neil Austin & Jamie Platt
SOUND DESIGNER: Jon Weston

‘MIDNIGHT is a visual marvel… Lighting designers Neil Austin and Jamie Platt also have particularly astute work…’
BroadwayWorld

Blond Eckbert

English Touring Opera/ UK Tour
WRITER: Judith Weir
DIRECTOR: Robin Norton Hale
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Gerry Cornelius
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Eleanor Bull

‘Lit with striking atmosphere by Jamie Platt.’
★★★★ The Stage

‘A couple, seemingly content in their solitude, emerge from Hitchcockian shadows… The setting relies on lighting to carry the drama.’
★★★★ The Telegraph

The Snowmaiden

English Touring Opera/ UK Tour
WRITER: Rimsky-Korsakov
DIRECTOR: Olivia Fuchs
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Hannah Quinn
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Eleanor Bull

‘Lit with flair by Jamie Platt… Inevitably, when we reach the finale, in order for winter to give way to spring, Snowmaiden melts away in a scene that closes with a hymn to the sun-god Yarilo. Lighting designer Jamie Platt bathes it in a gorgeous golden glow.’
★★★★ The Stage 

The Children

Nottingham Playhouse
WRITER: Lucy Kirkwood
DIRECTOR: Kirsty Patrick Ward
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Amy Jane Cook
SOUND DESIGNER: Dominic Brennan

‘Light is beautifully used to show the passing of time in this domestic environment as the play unfolds over a single evening.’
East Midlands Theatre

RIDE: The Musical

DEM Productions/ The Old Globe, San Diego/ Curve/ Southwark/ Charing Cross
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS: Freya Catrin Smith
MUSIC & LYRICS: Jack Williams
DIRECTOR: Sarah Meadows
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Dan Green
CHOREOGRAPHER: Jennifer Jancuska
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Amy Jane Cook
VIDEO DESIGNER: Matt Powell
SOUND DESIGNER: Andy Johnson

‘Kudos to Amy Jane Cook (Scenic and Costume Design), Andrew Johnson (Sound Design), Jamie Platt (Lighting Design) and John Bulleid (Illusion Design). These wizards give the production solid sizzle.’
Entertainment Today

Jellyfish

Dorfman, National Theatre/ Bush Theatre
WRITER: Ben Weatherill
DIRECTOR: Tim Hoare
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Amy Jane Cook
SOUND DESIGNER: Ella Wahlström

Suddenly, Last Summer

English Theatre Frankfurt
WRITER: Tennessee Williams
DIRECTOR: Josh Seymour
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Eleanor Bull
SOUND DESIGNER: Lex Kosanke

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