Chuma Emembolu
Biography Credits Contact Details
Biography
An experienced freelance Lighting Designer, Chuma has enjoyed a great deal of professional success for his innovative and electrifying work in theatre both round the UK
Specialisms
Theatre:
- International
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale Touring
- Fringe / Pub Theatre
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- Projection / Video Design
Musical:
- International
- West End
- Commercial Tour
- Regional (Main House)
- Regional (Studio)
- Small Scale / Fringe
- Pantomime
- Education Establishment
- Touring relights
- Projection / Video Design
Opera:
- International
- Large scale
- Small scale
- Education Establishment
- Projection / Video Design
Dance:
- International
- UK National Company
- Large Scale
- Medium Scale
- Education Establishment
- Projection / Video Design
Corporate:
- Conferences
- Exhibition Stands
- Fashion Shows
- Product Launches
- Award Ceremonies
- Open Air Events
- Projection / Video / Content Design
Education:
- Lectures
- Workshops
- Training
Previous productions
| Show name | Type | Venue/Company | Role | Creative Team | Opened | |
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| The great Pravitaion | Theatre | Theatre 503, London Theatre 503 |
Lighting Designer | Lighting designer: Chuma Emembolu Director: Kalungi Ssebandeke Set designer: Ruth Badila |
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| Icarus | Theatre | Tobacco Factory Theatres Bristol School of Acting |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Nancy Medina |
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| Sir John In Love | Opera | Opera Holland Park British Youth Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Harry Fehr Set designer: Nate Gibson |
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| The Throne | Theatre | Charing Cross Theatre Throne Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Biggs Set designer: Gregor Donnelly |
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| Bold Girls | Theatre | Gielgud Theatre, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ola Ince Set designer: Adam Nee |
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| The Dwarfs | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Flying Colours Presents |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Harry Burton Set designer: Isabella Van Braeckel |
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| The Aspern Papers | Opera | Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre Pegasus Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Simone Ibbett-Brown |
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| Man of Mode | Theatre | The Mack Mountview Presents |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Barney McElholm & Bethany West Set designer: Tina Torbey |
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| The Night Woman | Theatre | The Other Palace, London Emma Blackman Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Martina Laird |
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| Here's What She Said To Me | Theatre | Belgrade 2 - Coventry Utopia Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Mojisola Elufowoju Set designer: Emma Williams |
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| For Black Boy Who Considered Suicide When the Hue Got to Heavy | Theatre | New Diarama Theatre, London New Diorama Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu Set designer: Anna Reid |
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| LOVE, GENIUS AND A WALK | Theatre | Theatro Technis, Camden Bringing Up The House |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Leah Townley Set designer: CONSTANCE VILLEMOT |
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| POISON, PASSION AND PURIFICATION | Opera | Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre Pegasus Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Harry Fehr Set designer: Flavio Graff |
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| L'ENFANT PRODIGUE | Opera | Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre Pegasus Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Harry Fehr Set designer: Flavio Graff |
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| Invisibe Me | Theatre | New Wimbledon Studio Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Su Gilroy |
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| Maggie and Ted | Theatre | The Garrick Theatre London Honourable Man Productions |
Associate Lighting Designer | Lighting designer: Jack Weir Director: Michael Kingsbury |
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| ILLUSIONS OF LIBERTY | Theatre | Kings Head Theatre, Angel It Taste Like Home Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Raquel Grela |
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| Invisible Me | Theatre | Conway Hall | Lighting Designer |
Director: Nicky Allpress |
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| THE GOOD DAD | Theatre | The Old Red Lion Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Shrubsall |
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| We Will Rock You | Musical | ARK BORLINGBROKE ARK BORLINGBROKE Production |
Lighting Designer | |||
| The Maids | Theatre | Hen and Chickens Theatre Theatre East N Bull |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Boris Celiloglu |
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| Great Expectations | Theatre | The Playground Theatre Theatre Labs Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anastasia Revi Set designer: Eirini Kariori |
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| THE EXCEPTIONAL CASE OF WHIZZ AND DREX | Theatre | The Old Red Lion Theatre SANTAMANA PRODUCTIONS |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Fred Kelly |
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| A BOY CALLED PORRO | Musical | Pleasance Theatre London Tricolore Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Shrubsall Set designer: Alys Whitehead |
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| EDRED THE VAMPYRE | Theatre | The Old Red Lion Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Shrubsall Set designer: Alys Whitehead |
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| DISSOCIATED | Musical | Etcetera Theatre, Camden Skitzoid Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Bain |
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| Macbeth - The Musical | Musical | The White Bear Theatre Stage Splinters |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Chuma Emembolu Set designer: Sally Hardcastle |
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| This Play Will Solve Climate Change | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Reusable Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laura Baggaley |
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| Blue Tights, Red Knickers and an ‘s’ On her vest | Theatre | The Lion & Unicorn Theatre Thematic Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Liam Ashmead |
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| Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Opera | Greenwood Theatre, Kings College London Fulham Opera |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Higgins Set designer: Jessica Staton |
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| Nostalgia | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Nomadic Theatrical Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Clive Moffatt |
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| Conversation With Ed | Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Evangeline Osbon |
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| The Fear | Theatre | Bunker Theatre Mountview |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lekan Lawal |
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| King Charles III | Theatre | Barnes Community Centre Wild Duck Theatre and Barnes Players |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Susan Coates |
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| Gravel Heart | Theatre | Bunker Theatre Mountview |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Vincent |
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| Jumping the Shark | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre White Bear Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael Kingsbury |
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| Avalon | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Savage Kid |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Peter Craze |
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| The Key Keepers of Kabul | Theatre | Tara Arts, London | Lighting Designer |
Director: Kamaal Hussain |
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| LUCREZIA THE SINNER, LUCREZIA THE SAINT | Theatre | The Oxford Playhouse Theatre Lab Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anastasia Revi Set designer: Valentina Sanna |
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| The Project | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre RedNeedles Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Shrubsall Set designer: Sarah Baker |
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| Connecting... | Theatre | The Chapel Playhouse All Terrain Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Lucie Regan |
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| Boomerang | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Ivana Mazza-Coates and Madeleine Shenai |
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| some birds never return | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre The Collective Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Theodor Spiridon |
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| Nor Woman Neither | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Stephen Doolan |
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| 104 days with you | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Luna Rose Productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Luna Rose |
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| The Empire Has Fallen | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Umbra Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: David Fenne |
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| Valhalla | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre | Lighting Designer |
Director: Allix James |
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| Apparatus | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Blue Devil Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Ross Dinwiddy |
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| Cinderella :Pantomime | Theatre | Ye Olde Rose & Crown Whats in a name productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anthony Law |
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| An Honourable Man | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Honourable Man Productions |
Assistant Lighting Designer | Lighting designer: Joseph Ed Thomas Director: Jolly Gosnold Set designer: Mike Lees |
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| As You Like It | Theatre | Ye Olde Rose & Crown Controlled Chaos Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Michael J. Ansley |
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| Tainted - A New Musical | Musical | The Vaults Theatre | Associate Lighting Designer | Lighting designer: Joseph Ed Thomas Director: Bryan Hodgson Set designer: Mike Lees |
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| It Taste Like Home | Musical | The Bread and Roses Theatre Divergence Theatre Collective |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Roman Berry Set designer: Geraldine Cooper |
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| Cabaret | Theatre | The Other Palace Konstantin Kamenski Productions |
Lighting Designer | |||
| Clapham Fringe Festival | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre The Bread and Roses Theatre |
Lighting Designer | |||
| THE SWORD OF ALEX | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Beyond the Pale theatre company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Brian Woolland Set designer: Alys Whitehead |
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| Chaos Volume III | Theatre | Katzpace theatre Controlled Chaos Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer | |||
| Richard II | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Open the Vault productions |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joshua Jewkes |
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| Trying to be her | Theatre | Etcetera Theatre The Writing Network |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paula David |
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| Fleeced | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Matipo Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Georgia Hardcastle Set designer: Sally Hardcastle |
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| SUNFLOWER | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre New Dreams Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Joe Miller |
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| TELO | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre New Dreams Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Laurel Marks |
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| Bandit | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre New Dreams Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Daisy Milner |
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| SUNNY SIDE UP | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre New Dreams Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tess Agus |
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| In the Wake of | Theatre | The Lion and Unicorn Theatre WooHoo Debbie Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Matt Shrachan |
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| No Exit | Theatre | Bread & Roses Theatre The Rose Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: James Sheppard |
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| Metamorphosis 2 | Theatre | Waterloo East Theatre, London Off The Cliff Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Kasia Różycki |
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| Blue Tights, Red Knickers and an ’S’ on Her Vest | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Thematic Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Liam Ashmead |
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| Romeo and Juliet | Theatre | Waterloo East Theatre, London Controlled Chaos Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Paul Anthony |
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| Last one here | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Tripped Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Georgia Leanne Harris Set designer: Sally Hardcastle |
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| Dare to Do | Theatre | The Space Ka Zimba Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jeffery Kissoon Set designer: Alfie Heywood |
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| Gift of the Gab | Theatre | The White Bear Theatre Shiny Pin Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Simon David Eden Set designer: Sim E. Sigh |
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| The Buzz | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre The Bread and Roses Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Velenzia Spearpoint Set designer: Sally Hardcastle |
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| Don Juan | Theatre | Hoxton Hall Theatre Theatre Lab Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Anastasia Revi Set designer: Valentina Sanna |
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| Frankenstein: Live Audio Drama | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Richard Hand |
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| In the Year 2125 | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Brooke DeBettignies |
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| Fixed Action Pattern | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Evi Stamatiou |
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| Close Encounters | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Darren Tunstall |
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| Dark King Kills Unicorn | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Stella Keramida |
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| Been on the Job Too Long | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Simone Giustinelli |
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| For the Living | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Jay Head |
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| Homo Superior | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Tess Agus |
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| Paper Doll | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Katherine Sturt-Scobie |
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| Last Tragedy | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sokratis Synitos |
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| RIP | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Cyborphic Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Edward Einhorn |
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| The Tempest | Theatre | The Brockley Jack Theatre Controlled Chaos Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Dylan Lincoln Set designer: Dylan Lincoln |
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| Little Did I Know | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre The Bread and Roses Theatre |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Roman Berry Set designer: Reiko Moreau |
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| Fear and Misery of the Third Reich | Theatre | The Brockley Jack Theatre Aequitas Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Rachael Bellis |
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| What's your Issue | Theatre | The Cockpit Theatre - London Aequitas Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sophia Start |
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| The Merchant Of Venice | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Aequitas Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sophia Start |
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| Measure for Measure | Theatre | The Bread and Roses Theatre Aequitas Theatre Company |
Lighting Designer |
Director: Sophia Start |
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| Scars | Theatre | Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury | Lighting Designer |
Director: Matthew Woods |
| Contact method | Details |
|---|---|
| Email address | chumald@icloud.com |
| Agent email | nicky@33ltd.com |
| Website | https://www.chumald.com |