Photograph from Grud - lighting design by Cheng Keng
From the show Grud
Photograph from The Light Princess - lighting design by Cheng Keng
From the show The Light Princess
Photograph from Going for Gold - lighting design by Cheng Keng
From the show Going for Gold
Photograph from Testament - lighting design by Cheng Keng
From the show Testament
Photograph from Riders to the Sea - lighting design by Cheng Keng
From the show Riders to the Sea
Cheng Keng's picture

Cheng Keng

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Biography

Cheng Keng graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Scenography MFA. He is an artist/designer in performance art originally from Taiwan and based in London currently. He works with set, lighting and video to build the visual narrative and dramaturgy. Since 2015, He has designed and created works in contemporary performance, opera, experimental theatre, devising performance and online exhibition.

 

Theatre credits include: Bungalow(Theatre 503), Riders To the sea(MAST); The Light Princess(The ARC); Going for Gold(Park Theatre); The Lonesome Death of Eng Bunker(Omnibus); Frankenstein and Rain Weaver(Both Cockpit); Grud(Hampstead Theatre); Grills(CPT); Project Atom Boi and So That You May Go Beyond The Sea(All CPT); 1884(Shoreditch Town Hall); The Littlest Yak(Marlowe studio); Chriskirkpatrickmas(Seven Dials Playhouse); Tiger(Omnibus); 555: Verlaine En Prison; Double Bill At the statue of Venus and La Voix Humaine (Arcola); 1984(The Cockpit); Let Your Hands Sing In The Silence(Marlowe Theatre); These Words That'll Linger Like Ghosts Till The Day I Drop Down Dead(The Pleasance); The Retreat and Pennyroyal(Both Finborough); The Zone(Taoyuan art centre); Sankofa: Before the whitewash(Roundhouse); Beauty and the 7 Beasts(Brixton Jamm); Borders(Drayton Arms Theatre); Blue Island 99(International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival) and Hello World(National Taichung Theatre, Taiwan). ​

Assistant lighting desginer credit includes: The Human Body(Donmar Warehouse).

Previous productions

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
LOOP Theatre Theatre503
SH Production
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Sophie Ellerby
Set designer: Mydd Pharo
Nov 2025
Testament Opera Arcola Theatre Studio 1
Green Opera
Lighting Designer Director: Tobias Millard
Set designer: Kit Hinchcliffe
Jul 2025
Bungalow Theatre Theatre 503 Lighting Designer Director: Beth Kapila
Set designer: Caitlin Mawhinney
Feb 2025
Riders to the Sea Opera MAST- Southampton, then touring
Opera Upclose
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Flora McIntosh
Set designer: Cheng Keng
Jan 2025
The Light Princess Theatre ARC Stockton, then touring
LAS Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Barra Collins
Set designer: Sean Turner
Dec 2024
The Lonesome Death fF Eng Bunker Theatre Omnibus Theatre Clapham Lighting Designer Director: Iskandar Sharazuddin
Set designer: Erin Guan
Oct 2024
Grud Theatre Hampstead Theatre Lighting Designer Director: Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
Set designer: NOEMI DABOCZI
Jun 2024
Grills Theatre Camden People's Theatre
Mirror Ball
Lighting Designer Director: Chloe Christian
Set designer: Cara Evans
Jun 2024
Project Atom Boi Theatre Camden People's Theatre
Ensemble Not Found
Lighting Designer Director: He Zhang
Set designer: Erin Guan
May 2024
So That You May Go Beyond The Sea Theatre Camden People's Theatre
Undone theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Joey Jepps & Gabriele Ubold
Set designer: Cheng Keng
May 2024
1884 Theatre Shoreditch Town Hall Lighting Designer Director: Tatenda Shamiso
Set designer: Jacob Wu
Apr 2024
The Human Body Theatre Donmar Warehouse Assistant Lighting Designer Lighting designer: Joshua Pharo
Director: Michael Longhurst & Ann Yee
Set designer: Fly Davis
Feb 2024
The Littlest Yak Theatre The Marlowe Theatre Studio
LAS Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Barra Collins
Set designer: Alison Alexander
Dec 2023
Tiger Theatre Omnibus Theatre Clapham Lighting Designer Director: Myles O'Gordon
Set designer: Hazel Low
Oct 2023
1984 Theatre Cockpit Theatre
London Youth Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Katie Pesskin
Aug 2023
Let your hands sing in the silence Theatre The Marlowe Theatre Studio Lighting Designer Director: Maria Aberg
Set designer: Ana Inés Jabares-Pita
Jun 2023
Location availability:
  • Far East & East Asia
  • UK London
  • UK Provinces
  • Western Europe & Scandinavia
  • Worldwide
Contact method Details
Email address chengkengwork@gmail.com
Theatre:
  • International
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Opera:
  • Small scale
  • Projection / Video Design
Dance:
  • International
  • Medium Scale
  • Small Scale
  • Touring relights

News

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