
Cheng Keng
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 |
- Far East & East Asia
- UK London
- UK Provinces
- Western Europe & Scandinavia
- Worldwide
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Email address | chengkengwork@gmail.com |
- International
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Touring relights
- Projection / Video Design
- Small scale
- Projection / Video Design
- International
- Medium Scale
- Small Scale
- Touring relights
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