Charlie Morgan Jones
Biography
As an experienced freelance Lighting Designer, Charlie has enjoyed a great deal of professional success for his innovative and evocative work in theatre and opera both at home and abroad.
Originally from Wales, his work spans the full theatrical spectrum, from multiple musical productions to the West End, immersive theatre and opera on the National and International stage.
He has received critical acclaim for his designs and his work can currently be seen across the UK.
Previous productions
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faust | Opera |
Four Seasons Centre Canadian Opera Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Emma Ryott |
Oct 2024 |
| Copenhagen Opera Festival (Festival Light Designer) | Concert |
Festival Stage Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer | Aug 2024 | |
| The Ring Cycle | Opera |
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough Festival Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Rhiannon Newman-Brown |
Jun 2024 |
| Cy Baby | Musical |
Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan Set designer: Charlie Morgan Jones |
Dec 2023 |
| SuperYou | Musical |
Lyric Theatre, West End Melissa M Jones |
Lighting Designer |
Director: JoAnn M Hunter |
Nov 2023 |
| Cinderella | Opera |
Hackney Empire, then touring English Touring Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jenny Ogilvie Set designer: Basia Bińkowska |
Oct 2023 |
| The Coronation of Poppea | Opera |
Hackney Empire, then touring English Touring Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robin Norton-Hale Set designer: Basia Bińkowska |
Sep 2023 |
| The Vanishing Room | Theatre |
English Theatre Frankfurt New Diorama Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Byrne Set designer: Anna Reid |
Sep 2023 |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Opera |
Sadlers Wells The Opera Story |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Emma Ryott |
Sep 2023 |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Opera |
Aveny-T The Opera Story |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Emma Ryott |
Aug 2023 |
| Suor Angelica | Opera |
Aveny-T Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Noa Naamat Set designer: Noa Naamat & Charlie Morgan Jones |
Aug 2023 |
| Copenhagen Opera Festival (Festival Light Designer) | Opera |
Festival Stage Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer | Aug 2023 | |
| Upstart! | Theatre | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones |
Aug 2023 |
| La Boheme | Opera |
Opera Holland Park Opera Holland Park |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Natascha Metherell Set designer: Madeline Boyd |
Jul 2023 |
| Roméo et Juliette | Opera |
Savonlinna Opera Festival Savonlinna Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Emma Ryott |
Jul 2023 |
| Gotterdammerung | Opera |
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough Festival Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Rhiannon Newman-Brown |
May 2023 |
| Derren Brown: Showman | Theatre |
Apollo Theatre, West End Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew O'Connor and Andy Nyman Set designer: Simon Higlett |
Dec 2022 |
| Colored Lights | Musical |
Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan Set designer: Rachael Ryan |
Dec 2022 |
| Roméo et Juliette | Opera |
Malmo Opera Malmo Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Emma Ryott |
Nov 2022 |
| Tango After Dark | Dance |
Sadler's Wells German Cornejo |
Lighting Designer |
Lighting designer: Co-Lighting Designer: Joseph Ed Thomas Choreographer: German Cornejo |
Oct 2022 |
| Mix Tape | Dance |
Sadlers Wells Zoo Nation |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Rhimes Lecointe & Bradley Charles Set designer: Ben Stones |
Oct 2022 |
| Secret Life Of Humans | Theatre | English Theatre Frankfurt | Lighting Designer |
Director: David Byrne |
Sep 2022 |
| Lisbon Floor | Opera |
Takkelloftet Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Natascha Metherell Set designer: Jason Southgate |
Aug 2022 |
| Copenhagen Opera Festival (Light Consultant) | Opera |
Festival Stage Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer | Aug 2022 | |
| Merrily We Roll Along | Musical |
Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bruce Guthrie Set designer: Simon Kenny |
Jul 2022 |
| The Light in the Piazza | Musical |
Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Hannah Chissick Set designer: Simon Kenny |
Jun 2022 |
| Siegfried | Opera |
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough Festival Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Rhiannon Newman-Brown |
May 2022 |
| Passion | Musical |
Hope Mill Theatre Three Pin Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Strassen Set designer: Elin Steele |
May 2022 |
| Derren Brown: Showman | Theatre |
Kings Theatre, Glasgow, then touring Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew O'Connor and Andy Nyman Set designer: Simon Higlett |
Mar 2022 |
| 71 Coltman Street | Theatre |
Hull Truck Hull Truck Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mark Babych Set designer: Sara Perks |
Feb 2022 |
| NOS and ENO at Cadogan Hall | Concert |
Cadogan Hall National Opera Studio |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane |
Jan 2022 |
| Hello, Jerry! | Musical |
Royal Academy of Music Royal Academy of Music |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Ryan |
Dec 2021 |
| Gianni Schicci | Opera |
Canadian Opera Company Canadian Opera Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Antony McDonald |
Oct 2021 |
| Derren Brown: Showman | Theatre |
Theatre Royal, Plymouth, then touring Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew O' Connor and Andy Nyman Set designer: Simon Higlett |
Aug 2021 |
| Copenhagen Opera Festival (Light Consultant) | Opera |
Festival Stage Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer | Aug 2021 | |
| I Pagliacci | Opera |
Soeholm Opera Soeholm Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Natascha Metherell Set designer: Natascha Metherell |
Jul 2021 |
| La Boheme | Opera |
Den Norske Opera & Ballett Den Norske Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Amy Lane and Charlie Morgan Jones |
Jun 2021 |
| Die Walküre | Opera |
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough Festival Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane |
Jun 2021 |
| MA Fashion Show | Corporate & Industrial |
London Fashion Week Central St Martins |
Lighting Designer | Feb 2020 | |
| Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act | Theatre | The Playground Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Christian Holder Set designer: David Roger |
Jan 2020 |
| The Snow Queen | Theatre |
Rose Theatre, Kingston Rose Theatre, Kingston |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ciaran McConville Set designer: David Farley |
Dec 2019 |
| La Boheme | Opera |
Østre Gasværk Copenhagen Opera Festival |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Emma Ryott |
Nov 2019 |
| Redd | Dance |
Barbican Centre Boy Blue |
Lighting Designer |
Choreographer: Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy |
Sep 2019 |
| POSH | Theatre |
Oxford Playhouse, then touring Joe Prentice Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lucy Hughes Set designer: Will Coombs |
Sep 2019 |
| Mansfield Park | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Jun 2019 |
| Das Rheingold | Opera |
Longborough Festival Opera Longborough Festival Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Lane Set designer: Rhiannon Newman-Brown |
Jun 2019 |
| Shaw Goes Wilde | Opera |
Susie Sainsbury Theatre Pegasus Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Louise Bakker Set designer: Richard Evans |
Apr 2019 |
| The Magic Flute | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Mar 2019 |
| The Shy Manifesto | Theatre |
Live Theatre, Newcastle, then touring Joe C. Brown and Anthony Hollis Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cat Robey Set designer: Charlotte Henery |
Jan 2019 |
| Avenue Q | Musical |
King's Theatre Southsea, then touring Selladoor |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cressida Carrè Set designer: Richard Evans |
Jan 2019 |
| The Lady Vanishes | Theatre |
Theatre Royal Windsor, then touring Bill Kenwright Ltd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Roy Marsden Set designer: Morgan Large |
Jan 2019 |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber's Unmasked [Workshop] | Musical |
The Other Palace The Really Useful Group |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laurence Connor Set designer: Lee Batty |
Nov 2018 |
| Batboy | Theatre |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Jack Sheehan |
Nov 2018 |
| Gobsmacked! | Concert |
Hangzhou Grand Theater, then touring Nic Doodson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Charlie Morgan Jones |
Oct 2018 |
| Capture The Future | Theatre | Shoreditch Electric Light Station | Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Hufton Set designer: Julie Landau |
Sep 2018 |
| A Generous Lover | Theatre | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones |
Aug 2018 |
| Monteverdi: Madrigals of War and Love | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Sharp Set designer: Colin Judges |
Jun 2018 |
| Street Scene | Opera |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Adrian Linford |
May 2018 |
| Derren Brown: Underground Tour | Theatre |
Royal Court Liverpool, then touring Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew O' Connor and Andy Nyman Set designer: Will Bowen |
Apr 2018 |
| Bayside | Theatre | The Other Palace | Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Neri Set designer: Francesca Grosvenor |
Mar 2018 |
| La Vie Parisienne | Opera |
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Feb 2018 |
| How To Survive In A Post Truth Apocalypse | Theatre | Nuffield Southampton Theatres, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Rob Watt Set designer: Shawn Soh |
Feb 2018 |
| Be Prepared | Theatre | The Vaults | Lighting Designer |
Director: Rob Watt |
Feb 2018 |
| Rainforest at Christmas | Environmental |
Eden Project Eden Project |
Lighting Designer | Nov 2017 | |
| Inside Pussy Riot | Theatre |
Saatchi Gallery Les Enfants Terribles |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Christa Harris Set designer: Zoe Koperski |
Nov 2017 |
| The Producers | Theatre |
Cultural Square, Shanghai, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tara Wilkinson Set designer: Matt Deely |
Nov 2017 |
| Gobsmacked! | Concert |
Fisher Theatre, Detroit, then touring Nic Doodson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Philip Gladwell |
Oct 2017 |
| Guess How Much I Love You? | Theatre |
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Fox Set designer: Richard Evans |
Oct 2017 |
| The Tempest | Theatre |
Greenwich Theatre, then touring Bilimankhwe |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Stafford Set designer: Hazel Albarn |
Sep 2017 |
| Derren Brown: Underground West End | Theatre |
Playhouse Theatre, London Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andy Nyman and Andrew O'Connor Set designer: Will Bowen |
Sep 2017 |
| An Alien Encounter | Theatre | Eden Project | Lighting Designer |
Director: Dean Rodgers Set designer: Charlotte Warburton |
Jul 2017 |
| Derren Brown: Underground Tour | Theatre |
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, then touring Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew O' Connor and Andy Nyman Set designer: Will Bowen |
Jul 2017 |
| The Blues Brothers | Theatre |
Hippodrome Casino Hartshorn Hook |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Josh Mumby |
Jul 2017 |
| Outings | Theatre |
Lyric Theatre Seabright Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Grindley |
Jun 2017 |
| The Beggar's Opera | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Sharp Set designer: Colin Judges |
Jun 2017 |
| How To Survive In A Post Truth Apocalypse | Theatre | Colchester Arts Centre, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Rob Watt Set designer: Shawn Soh |
May 2017 |
| Stormy: The Life Of Lena Horne | Theatre | Norwich Playhouse, then touring | Lighting Designer |
Director: Maxwell Golding |
May 2017 |
| Dubai - Rostov - New York | Opera |
Wilton's Music Hall National Opera Studio |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Pountney |
May 2017 |
| Macbeth | Theatre |
Theatre Severn Theatre Severn |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Loveday Ingram Set designer: Adam Wiltshire |
Apr 2017 |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Mar 2017 |
| Derren Brown: Underground | Theatre |
Charing Cross Theatre Vaudeville Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew O' Connor and Andy Nyman Set designer: John Dalston |
Mar 2017 |
| The Fabulous Fund Fair | Corporate & Industrial |
RoundHouse, Camden, London The Naked Heart Foundation |
Lighting Designer | Set designer: Helen Wright & Judith Pearson | Feb 2017 |
| The Wind in the Willows | Theatre |
Old Rep Birmingham Scott Richie Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Robert Marsden Set designer: Mila Sanders |
Nov 2016 |
| La Cenerentola | Opera |
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry HighTime Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Felicity Green Set designer: Richard Evans |
Oct 2016 |
| The Golden Needle | Theatre |
Joyce, Hong Kong Les Enfants Terribles |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Hufton Set designer: Joseph Bennett |
Oct 2016 |
| The Burnt Part Boys | Musical |
Park Theatre Small Dark Woodland Creatures |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Iliffe Set designer: Rachel Wingate |
Aug 2016 |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Musical |
Bournemouth Pavilion, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tara Wilkinson Set designer: David Shields |
Aug 2016 |
| Rent | Musical |
Old Rep Birmingham Michael Neri LTD |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Neri Set designer: Michael Neri |
Jul 2016 |
| The Time Portal | Theatre |
MC Motors Les Enfants Terribles |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Hufton Set designer: Poppy Luard |
Jul 2016 |
| Songs of Farewell, Songs of New Beginnings | Concert | Birmingham Conservatoire | Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry |
Jun 2016 |
| Gobsmacked | Concert |
Underbelly Nic Doodson |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Philip Gladwell |
Jun 2016 |
| Tristan I Izolda | Opera |
Teatr Narodowy Polish National Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mariusz Treliński Set designer: Boris Kudlička |
Jun 2016 |
| Julian Clary - The Joy Of Mincing | Theatre |
Vaudeville Theatre, London Mick Perrin Worldwide |
Lighting Designer | May 2016 | |
| James and the Giant Peach | Theatre |
Greenwich Theatre, then World Tour Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bronagh Lagan Set designer: Kate Unwin |
Apr 2016 |
| Goosebumps Alive | Theatre |
The Vaults Longplay Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tom Salmon & Rob Watt Set designer: Samuel Wyre |
Apr 2016 |
| Riders to the Sea | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Mar 2016 |
| L'enfant et les Sortilèges | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Mar 2016 |
| Savitri | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Mar 2016 |
| Avenue Q | Musical |
New Theatre, Cardiff, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cressida Carrè Set designer: Richard Evans |
Jan 2016 |
| Dracula | Musical |
The Arts Theatre, West End Action To The Word |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Zoe Koperski |
Jan 2016 |
| Earthquakes In London | Theatre |
Studio Theatre ArtsEd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Jordan Set designer: Rachel Wingate |
Dec 2015 |
| The Blues Brothers | Musical |
The Arts Theatre, West End Hartshorn Hook |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joshua Mumby |
Nov 2015 |
| The Drunken City | Theatre |
The Tabard Theatre 19th Street Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Vik Sivalingam Set designer: Vicky Sweatman |
Nov 2015 |
| Sam Bailey Live | Concert |
Lyric Theatre, West End As Told By |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Katie Pesskin |
Oct 2015 |
| Seussical | Musical |
The Spa, Bridlington, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Racky Plews Set designer: Richard Evans |
Oct 2015 |
| Vampire Cabaret | Musical |
Assembly Bosco Tent Shrapnel |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones |
Aug 2015 |
| Dracula | Musical |
Latitude Festival Action To The Word |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones |
Jul 2015 |
| Short Life of Trouble/Red Cross/Icarus' Mother | Theatre |
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre ArtsEd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kelly Hunter Set designer: Rachel Wingate |
Jul 2015 |
| There Is A War | Theatre |
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre ArtsEd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kate Budgen Set designer: Rachel Wingate |
Jul 2015 |
| Loveplay | Theatre |
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre ArtsEd |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Benet Catty Set designer: Rachel Wingate |
Jul 2015 |
| Venus and Adonis | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Jun 2015 |
| Acteon | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Jun 2015 |
| Why Does The Queen Die? | Opera |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Iain Burnside Set designer: Aaron Marsden |
May 2015 |
| Avenue Q | Musical |
Mercury Theatre, Colchester, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cressida Carrè Set designer: Richard Evans |
Apr 2015 |
| Failed States | Musical | St James Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Patrick Wilde |
Apr 2015 |
| Ava's Wedding | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Feb 2015 |
| Jekyll and Hyde | Theatre |
Greenwich Theatre, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Hutchinson Set designer: Richard Evans |
Feb 2015 |
| Seussical | Musical |
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong ABA Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Racky Plews Set designer: Richard Evans |
Nov 2014 |
| Avenue Q | Musical |
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong ABA Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cressida Carrè Set designer: Richard Evans |
Nov 2014 |
| Why Does The Queen Die? | Opera |
O'Riley Theatre, Oxford Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Iain Burnside Set designer: Aaron Marsden |
Oct 2014 |
| Le nozze di Figaro | Opera |
Centre Rene d'Anjou Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jul 2014 |
| Madama Butterfly | Opera |
Centre Rene d'Anjou Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jul 2014 |
| Fidelio | Opera |
Coade Hall Theatre Dorset Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laurance Dale Set designer: Steve Howell |
Jul 2014 |
| I Pagliacci | Opera |
Centre Rene d'Anjou Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jul 2014 |
| Dracula | Musical |
Pleasance Courtyard Action To The Word |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Alexandra Spencer-Jones Set designer: Zoe Koperski |
Jul 2014 |
| The Elixir of Love | Opera |
Salisbury Cattle Market Winterbourne Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ben Occhipinti Set designer: Tom Paris |
Jul 2014 |
| Aida | Opera |
Coade Hall Theatre Dorset Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Carr Set designer: Steve Howell |
Jul 2014 |
| Shutters | Theatre |
Park Theatre Making Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jack Thorpe Baker |
Jul 2014 |
| A Little Night Music | Musical |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Jun 2014 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Theatre |
Greenwich Theatre Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Hutchinson and Maddy Mutch Set designer: Tom Paris |
May 2014 |
| Avenue Q | Musical |
Greenwich Theatre, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Cressida Carrè Set designer: Richard Evans |
Apr 2014 |
| Cool Rider | Musical |
Duchess Theatre, West End Christopher D Clegg & James DP Drury |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth |
Apr 2014 |
| Dialogues des Carmelites | Opera |
Crescent Theatre Birmingham Conservatoire |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Barry Set designer: Colin Judges |
Mar 2014 |
| Islington The Opera | Opera |
Young Actors Theatre YATI |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew Harries Set designer: Andrew Harries |
Feb 2014 |
| Cool Rider | Musical |
Lyric Theatre, West End Christopher D Clegg & James DP Drury |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Guy Unsworth |
Jan 2014 |
| Aida | Opera |
Rose Kingston Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jan 2014 |
| Kidnapped | Theatre |
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anna Fox Set designer: Richard Evans |
Jan 2014 |
| The Boys From Syracuse | Musical |
The Union Theatre Regan De Wynter Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ben De Wynter |
Oct 2013 |
| Ghosts | Theatre |
The Citadel, St Helens, then touring Sell A Door |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Phillip Rowntree Set designer: Isabella Van Braeckel |
Sep 2013 |
| On A Clear Day You Can See Forever | Musical |
The Union Theatre Regan De Wynter Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kirk Jameson |
Sep 2013 |
| L'Elisir D'Amore | Opera |
Centre Rene d'Anjou Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jul 2013 |
| Die Fledermaus | Opera |
Centre Rene d'Anjou Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jul 2013 |
| Aida | Opera |
Centre Rene d'Anjou Opera de Bauge |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Bernadette Grimmett Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Jul 2013 |
| Carmen | Opera |
Salisbury Cattle Market Winterbourne Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ben Occhipinti Set designer: Tom Paris |
Jul 2013 |
| When The Rain Stops Falling | Theatre |
The Unity Theatre said&done |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Gillian Lemon Set designer: Mari Lotherington |
Jun 2013 |
| Evita | Musical |
Young Actors Theatre YATI |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Andrew Harries |
Apr 2013 |
| Love On Trial | Theatre |
OvalHouse Bilimankhwe Arts/OvalHouse |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Bonsall and Roe Lane Set designer: Adam Purnell |
Feb 2013 |
| Missing In Action | Theatre |
Central Studio, Basingstoke, then touring Proteus Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mary Swan Set designer: Sam Pine |
Oct 2012 |
| The Secret Garden | Theatre |
Central Studio, Basingstoke, then touring Proteus |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mary Swan Set designer: Sam Pine |
Sep 2012 |
| Into The Woods | Musical |
The Lowry The Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ben Occhipinti Set designer: Tom Paris |
Aug 2012 |
| Two-Headed | Theatre |
The Rose, Bankside MyLovely Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Amy Bonsall Set designer: Maira Vazeou |
Jul 2012 |
| Boy In A Dress | Theatre |
OvalHouse La JohnJoseph |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sarah Chew Set designer: Cleo Pettit |
Feb 2012 |
| 3am | Theatre |
Curve Curve Young Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Adel Al-Salloum Set designer: Olivia Morton |
Jun 2011 |
| Savitri | Opera |
Rosemary Branch Theatre Minotaur Music Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stuart Barker Set designer: Rachel Wingate |
Oct 2010 |
Location availability:
- Worldwide
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Website | |
| Agent name |
Lucia Uragallo |
| Agent website | |
| Agent phone |
+ 44 (0)1394 385 260 |
| Agent email |
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Cy Baby
The Vanishing Room
The Yellow Wallpaper
Suor Angelica
Roméo et Juliette
Gotterdammerung
Colored Lights
Roméo et Juliette
Mix Tape
Secret Life Of Humans
Lisbon Floor
Merrily We Roll Along
Siegfried
Passion
71 Coltman Street
Hello, Jerry!
Gianni Schicci
La Boheme
Die Walküre
The Snow Queen
La Boheme
Redd
Das Rheingold
The Magic Flute
Avenue Q
The Lady Vanishes
Capture The Future
Street Scene
Inside Pussy Riot
The Producers
The Tempest
An Alien Encounter
The Beggar's Opera
Macbeth
Derren Brown: Underground
The Fabulous Fund Fair
La Cenerentola
The Golden Needle
The Burnt Part Boys
Little Shop of Horrors
Gobsmacked
Tristan I Izolda
James and the Giant Peach
Goosebumps Alive
Riders to the Sea
Savitri
Earthquakes In London
The Blues Brothers
The Drunken City
Short Life of Trouble/Red Cross/Icarus' Mother
There Is A War
Loveplay
Acteon
Venus and Adonis
Why Does The Queen Die?
Avenue Q
Ava's Wedding
Jekyll and Hyde
Dracula
Fidelio
Aida
A Little Night Music
Alice in Wonderland
Cool Rider
Dialogues des Carmelites
Cool Rider
Kidnapped
The Boys From Syracuse
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
L'Elisir D'Amore
Carmen
When The Rain Stops Falling
Evita
Love On Trial
Missing In Action
The Secret Garden
Into The Woods
Two-Headed
Boy In A Dress
3am
Press quotes
Roméo et Juliette
...it is the intense light that is constantly concentrated on the artists that creates life and movement // ...det är det intensiva ljusetsom hela tiden koncentreras mot artisterna som skapar liv och rörelse.
Lars-Erik Larsson, Skånska Dagbladet 06/11/2022
Mix Tape
...retina teasing...
Mark Monahan, The Telegraph 07/10/2022
Siegfried
Longborough can be something of a handicap chase for even the finest thoroughbreds…It takes a theatrical wizard to break free of its incarceration. For Amy Lane's Ring cycle they've found one…
Charlie Morgan Jones is a lighting designer with 22 previous opera credits but he is not yet a well-known name. That
will change. Like Alberich he is cunning and resourceful, deft at blurring the scale of the stage with fuzzy boundaries and illusions of depth, adept at plying his craft to conceal or reveal characters…
Mark Valencia, Opera Magazine 13/07/2022
Passion
Charlie Morgan Jones’s painterly lighting is another plus, transforming the limited space with an astonishing precision and mood manipulation.
AJH, AJHLovesTheatre 23/05/2022
The desire is aflame from every corner of the stage, illuminated in a rich, intelligent design by Charlie Morgan Jones…
Francesca Peschier, The Stage 16/05/2022
...ingeniously shrouded in lighting designer Charlie Morgan Jones’s contrasting washes of colour, reflecting the abrupt changes in emotional temperature.
Clive Davis, The Times 11/05/2022
Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting design magnifies this story with such beautiful and intricate lighting that makes the story unfold with photogenic storybook picture moments, never letting us forget where we are. The minimal set is brought to life by his design that not only navigates us through the locations in the story but adds to the cinematic, epic-romance feel.
James Mac, The Reviews Hub 11/05/2022
Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting design creates hauntingly beautiful moments where characters only reveal their true thoughts and fears in shadow and darkness.
Richard Bayton, Box Office Radio 11/05/2022
It was the effective and creative lighting which truly made this minimalism work.
Matthew Dougall, Number 9 Reviews 11/05/2022
Charlie Morgan Jones’ atmospheric lighting brings light and shade to the piece.
Nikki Cotter, Opening Night Reviews 11/05/2022
the minimal sets were all amplified by the creative genius of Charlie Morgan Jones, whose lighting design never allows the audience to forget that we are in an Italian warzone.
Jordan Lloyd Beck, Pocket Size Theatre 11/05/2022
The backwall is covered with a vast landscape painting gone to rot. It's blotted with black mould, and brown rust seeps up the base of arches. Charlie Morgan Jones lights it with bleached white or sunset hues, and casts silhouettes against it.
Matt Barton, WhatsOnStage 11/05/2022
The Snow Queen
Charlie Morgan Jones’ impressive lighting design helps to firmly locate each scene, filling the magical land of elves with a warm fireside glow, while the world of humans begins in a bleached-out grey that’s suddenly illuminated by the rippling spectrum of some gorgeously realised northern lights.
Dave Fargnoli, The Stage 16/12/2019
Charlie Morgan Jones' spectacular lighting is atmospheric and dramatic, with beautiful use of smoke and lights to recreate the Northern Lights, as well as a magical feel from Gerda and the Snow Queen's spells.
Aliya Al-Hassan, BroadwayWorld 14/12/2019
Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting design accentuates the visual allure as the magical Northern Lights flicker overhead, or the Snow Queen’s ice magic projects out in to the audience.
Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly 13/12/2019
Redd
Visually, Charlie Morgan Jones’s lights provide depth and complexity...
Gabriel Wilding, Hackney Citizen 19/10/2019
... the lighting by Charlie Morgan Jones fades to a foggy amber, while sound levels recede, then pulse forwards...
David Jays, The Sunday Times 06/10/2019
Squares and shafts of light (fabulously designed by Charlie Morgan Jones) pinion him in place as waves of dancers throw themselves around him...
Sarah Crompton, The Observer 06/10/2019
Boy Blue's aesthetically spare, atmospherically lit and ultimately redemptive depiction of depression...
Anna Winter, The Stage 04/10/2019
The show’s other key elements are equally admirable: Charlie Morgan Jones’s moody, sometimes radiant lighting...
Donald Hutera, The Times 30/09/2019
It’s also a much darker work. The central figure is Sandy himself, who begins shut inside a chamber of harsh light on the smoke-filled stage...
There’s real pain in these scenes, and skill in both composition and performance.
Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian 29/09/2019
Everything is to a specific beat and no cue is missed. The lights flicker and strobe; we see colours of all kinds. They fade, switch off and blind us - all happening in quick succession to the music. When the show ends the auditorium explodes with applause, and you can see why.
Charlie Wilks, BroadwayWorld 28/09/2019
Das Rheingold
...excellent use of lighting by Charlie Morgan Jones allows such sorcery...
Mark Ronan, The Article 10/06/2019
Avenue Q
The lighting was crisp and fun using LED borders on the windows in transitions to silhouette Avenue Q and add a dash of showbiz to some of the upbeat musical numbers.
Everything Theatre 12/02/2019
Charlie Morgan Jones is the Lighting Designer and he generates a nice, homely ambience to contrast with those big city bright lights.
LondonTheatre1 07/02/2019
The Lady Vanishes
From the opening scenes on the station platform in Austria, through the train journey, back home to Blighty, Morgan Large’s set (coupled with Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting) manages to conjure up the feel of Hitchcock’s black and white masterpiece.
Lauren Humphries, The Reviews Hub 02/07/2019
A sense of hidden dangers is enhanced by the shadows cast by Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting design.
Natalie Douglas, The Stage 11/04/2019
Designer Morgan Large almost runs away with providing the star of the show with an atmospheric station set...enhanced by lighting designer Charlie Morgan Jones...
David Guest, The Reviews Hub 12/03/2019
Lighting skilfully echoes the movement of the train as it dashes to the Swiss border; designer Charlie Morgan Jones serves up a gloomy fug in the opening station scene, which becomes claustrophobic when we’re on the train.
CLAIRE WOOD, The Wee Review 22/02/2019
So this classic is easy on the eye. I love Morgan Large’s backdrop of a station (somewhere near Austria). Together with Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting...it sets the scene perfectly for a good, old-fashioned mystery thriller.
Clare Brotherwood, UK Theatre Network 19/02/2019
Lighting by Charlie Morgan Jones is used to great effect, giving the train ‘movement’ as it flickers through the carriage windows from behind.
Sheila Connor, British Theatre Guide 11/02/2019
The impressive set, lighting and sound create the perfect atmosphere...superb set, lighting and costume design and a fun-filled, dynamic plot this production is one not to miss...
Donna Poynton, Get The Chance 05/02/2019
Lighting made a huge impact to the drama of the play and Lighting Designer Charlie Morgan Jones has done an incredible job with this...fantastic lighting.
Damian Riverol, North West End 04/02/2019
Designer Morgan Large has done a great job here, aided by very effective lighting by Charlie Morgan Large, which cleverly suggests movement as the train speeds onwards.
Andrew Walters, Southend Theatre Scene 22/01/2019
A Generous Lover
The Lighting Design was simple but effective and changed with each scene to nudge us visually between characters and locations. There were a few particularly striking moments when La JJ was strongly lit from behind whilst singing...The creative team should be applauded for making something this good! ... La JJ and the creative team have crafted an exceptional piece of theatre.
Beth O'Leary, FringeReview 10/08/2018
Street Scene
The staging was blessed with a perfect foundation in the shape of Adrian Linford’s realistic tenement set…and the whole was topped off by Charlie Morgan Jones’s atmospheric lighting.
Andrew Clark, Opera Magazine 15/07/2018
Where this Royal Conservatoire of Scotland production wins out is the stupendous cast and the stunning visual design. ...the glorious sound and visuals.
Glasgow Theatre Blog, Glasgow Theatre Blog 24/05/2018
...dramatically lit by Charlie Morgan-Jones capturing the extended range of city moods perfectly.
David Smythe, Bachtrack 21/05/2018
Gobsmacked!
...brilliantly lit by Charlie Morgan-Jones, this two-act confection will amaze and delight audiences of all ages.
Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review 06/12/2017
...Lighting Designer Charlie Morgan-Jones...creates a basic yet mesmerizingly effective series of eye-popping stimuli to gel with the seriously intense performance happening from the seven members of Gobsmacked. Gladwell has crafted a wall unit that looks like speakers, which Morgan-Jones has lit with a series of blinking patterned and colored lights so that as the volume, rhythm, and overall flow of each musical installment changes, so too does the visual art happening in time with the music.
Amanda N Gunther, Theatre Bloom 25/11/2017
The Tempest
Charlie Morgan Jones’ extraordinary lighting, which recreates the beauty of the African skies, with their multifaceted sunsets and moonlit nights.
Marianna Meloni, Everything Theatre 02/10/2017
The Blues Brothers
The lighting is flawless, well thought out, and brilliantly placed.
Alex Grainger, Musical Theatre Review 25/07/2017
“…staging innumerable smoky, silhouetted moments…in distinctive, hat-and-shades pose. This production distils the film into a repeated handful of fan-pleasing visuals.”
Tom Wicker, The Stage 17/12/2015
Stormy: The Life Of Lena Horne
The dramatic lighting by Charlie Morgan Jones really emphasises Craig Turbyfield’s striking choreography throughout.
Hazel Thomas, Theatre Bubble 25/05/2017
Macbeth
Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting allows the body to be seen by Macbeth (and the audience) only to disappear again. It’s quite breathtaking.
Neil Bonner, The Stage 28/04/2017
The Burnt Part Boys
...and the trademark genius of Charlie Morgan-Jones’ evocative lighting design.
Julian Eaves, BritishTheatre.com 03/09/2016
Over a bare stage, designer Rachel Wingate has hung loops of rope and fabric and lanterns that, with Charlie Morgan Jones’s lighting, can become anywhere but are a constant reminder of mine workings.
Howard Loxton, British Theatre Guide 03/09/2016
Little Shop of Horrors
…brilliant lighting thanks to lighting designer Charlie Morgan Jones, who really captures the mood in every scene so perfectly…
Julie Wallis, Brum Hour 28/09/2016
...Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting was stunning, creating some beautiful images throughout.
Andrew Exeter, Love Midlands Theatre 28/09/2016
The show wouldn't have been the same experience without the well-thought out colourful set and excellent use of lighting.
Staffordshire Newsletter 21/09/2016
The angles of the scenery and dingy colour scheme contrast with the colourful lighting (by Charlie Morgan Jones) used to compliment the energetic dance numbers, and provide corners which are instantly transformed into dangerous places by carefully cast shadows.
Define Arts 20/09/2016
Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting design added to the tongue-in-cheek approach with harsh red lighting during the horror scenes along with greens and purples throughout, typical to the science-fiction genre.
Tom Millward, London Theatre 24/08/2016
...Charlie Morgan Jones’s lighting, which bathes the stage in shadows or washes of red or green, has just the right Pop expressiveness...
Alex Ramon, The Reviews Hub 23/08/2016
The lighting of the stage works extremely well bringing the stage to life and also bringing Skid Row to Venue Cymru.
Karen Woodham, Blazing Minds 16/08/2016
Little Shop of Horrors, staged at the Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth, was based on the low-budget cult 1960’s film, but this production was in no way “low budget”, with a stunning set, fantastic lighting and brilliant choreography.
Charlotte Giddins, Life Begins 10/08/2016
Rent
Charlie Morgan Jones’ lighting provides some stunning moments...the tone and colour palette is apt.
Jenny Ell, What's On 26/07/2016
One element that enhanced this industrialised set was Charlie Morgan-Jones' open rig lighting design which created some beautifully artistic images throughout the performance...
Love Midlands Theatre, Love Midlands Theatre 26/07/2016
Gobsmacked
Dracula
...it’s a surprisingly faithful adaptation that bombards the senses in the best possible way. Perfect for blasting away any festival fatigue.
Financial Times 24/07/2015
...The utterly breathtaking lighting - I marveled both its subtle beauty and more striking statements.
Mollie Tuttle, Arts Award Voice 04/08/2014
Action To The Word has turned this well worn story into an aesthetically decadent, ferocious and bloody musical feast that breathes new and ungodly life into some of literature’s most famous characters.
Tim Bano, A Younger Theatre 03/08/2014
Why Does The Queen Die?
In the final moments, Schubert’s friends gather to lament the composer’s premature death, participating in a formal dance of mourning against striking blue-green light.
Claire Seymour, Seen and Heard International 06/05/2015
Jekyll and Hyde
...much of the production of the show is excellent...Charlie Morgan Jones’ atmospheric lighting does wonders.
Paul F Cockburn, Broadway Baby 20/02/2015
The atmosphere is suitably dark and ill-defined, Charlie Morgan Jones’ excellent lighting design feeding into and exponentially increasing that effect.
Stephen Collins, British Theatre 18/02/2015
...terrific sound design which is highly effective and complemented nicely by the atmospheric lighting design.
Andrew Tomlins, West End Frame 16/02/2015
The minimalistic set, although simple, was as powerful as the lighting, which outshone the rest of London that night.
Emily and John, South Hill Park 16/02/2015
...the cast slither, crawl and writhe in the darkness and the light, with stunningly stark lighting design from Charlie Morgan Jones.
Ed Nightingale, The Gizzle 13/02/2015
The play certainly has merits: the acting is accomplished, the set and lighting is impressive, and the dialogue is eloquent and poetic.
Andrea White, Bargin TheatreLand 12/02/2015
Fidelio
Excellent lighting, by Charlie Morgan Jones, created an intense and claustrophobic atmosphere, pierced by shafts of light, as Florestan has his vision of an angel (Leonore) leading him to freedom.
FC, Fine Times Review 24/07/2014
Aida
As always with Aida, it’s the spectacle and the big choruses that stick in the memory (along with the big aria Celeste Aida) and this production does DO’s anniversary proud, with some fine performances and inspired use of light and shadow, evoking threat, hope and passion.
GP-W, Fine Times Review 23/07/2014
Shutters
With minimalist staging, powerful lighting and the intelligent placement of sound...
Georgia Mizen, The Upcoming 12/07/2014
A Little Night Music
Director Michael Barry has form with Conservatoire productions, and this one looked gorgeous.
Richard Bratby, Birmingham Post 25/06/2014
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
The simple yet wholly effective lighting design by Charlie Morgan Jones painted a picture of stark doctors surgeries and ageing memories of the past.
Steve Stubbs, backstagepass.biz 07/09/2013
It is very simply mounted. There is just a single armchair and a chaise longue against a broadly striped wall with a window opening, but it is interestingly lit by Charlie Morgan Jones.
Howard Loxton, British Theatre Guide 06/09/2013
Two-Headed
Amy Bonsall’s direction throughout seems tight, but also allows for a little artistic freedom in the dramatic fight scenes between the two girls with Charlie Morgan Jones’s lighting design and Matt Woodward’s original music adding tremendously to the atmosphere.
Paul Lucas-Scott, WhatsOnStage 20/05/2012
Boy In A Dress
The director, crafts an emotional rollercoaster ride of aural and visual synesthesia with the aid of a masterful creative team including Charlie Morgan Jones... ...I sat there in my seat wondering what next stage picture would be painted, what lighting trick would give way to something beautiful...
Andres Ordorica, What's On The Fringe 18/02/2012
The outstanding aspect of the stage design, however, is the lighting, which Charlie Morgan Jones uses sparingly but to great effect. From dressing room mirror-style lighting from within the closet, to cabaret-inspired spotlight and the ingenious blue UV-style lighting of the public toilets—which transforms the space into an eerie, sordid den—Morgan Jones evokes great atmosphere throughout.
Kat Halstead, British Theatre Guide 17/02/2012
