Jodie Underwood
Lighting Designer

Jodie is a lighting designer with credits across drama, musicals, opera and physical theatre.
She has designed in venues all over the UK and her work has been seen touring both nationally and internationally across Europe and the USA.
Her bold and exciting lighting designs have drawn critical acclaim and multiple award nominations.
She is particularly interested in new writing, new musicals, and work celebrating trans voices. Jodie is a proud associate artist of award winning physical theatre company Voloz Collective.
Awards and Nominations
List of Productions
2026
INVISIBLE ME | Director: Scott Le Crass | Southwark Playhouse
A MIRRORED MONET | Director: Christian Durham | Charing Cross Theatre
2025
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Jessica Daniels | The Barn Theatre, Cirencester
I DREAMED OF THERESA MAY | Director: Natasha Kathi-Chandra | Tara Theatre
THE LAW OF MAYHEM | Director: Amber Sinclair-Case | Haymarket, Basingstoke
NOSTOS | Director: Scott Le Crass | Southwark Playhouse Large
THE CRAWL | Director: Olivia Zerphy | Pleasance 10 Dome
ROMEO AND JULIET: OUT OF POCKET | Director: Eduardo Zucchi | The Space @ Surgeons Hall
WORN OUT | Director: Francesca Goodridge | The Quays, Lowry Theatre
OUR COSMIC DUST | Director: Michinari Ozawa | Park 200
AFTER THE ACT | Director: Billy Barratt | The Royal Court Theatre
JAB | Director: Scott Le Crass | Park 90
COMMUNITY | Director: Alice Chambers | The Door, Birmingham Rep
2024
IS GOD IS | Director: Ebenezer Bamgboye | GBS Theatre, RADA
AFTER THE ACT | Director: Billy Barratt | National Tour
MY LIFE AS A COWBOY | Director: Scott Le Crass | Omnibus Theatre
WORMHOLES | Director: Scott Le Crass | Omnibus Theatre
LOVE AND REBELLION FESTIVAL | The House, Birmingham Rep
REMIX | Director: Adam Quayle & David Judge | Rose Bruford
ROBERTO ZUCCO | Director: Dan Sherer | CSSD
ENGLISH KINGS KILLING FOREIGNERS | RealFake Theatre | Camden Peoples Theatre
BLUE STOCKINGS | Director: Jane Christie | Omnibus Theatre
A MONSTER CALLS | Director: Lucy Jane Atkinson | Omnibus Theatre
HENRY VI | Director: Vivienne Rochester | Fourth Monkey
JAB | Director: Scott Le Crass | Finborough Theatre
2023
A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Director: Scott Le Crass | Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
LITTLE FIEND | Director: Sam Rayner | Amazing Grace
THE LIFE SPORADIC OF JESS WILDGOOSE | Voloz Collective | Pleasance London
DNA | Director: Natasha Kathi-Chandra | Tara Theatre
FOLLOW THE LINES | Director: Velenzia Spearpoint | Bread and Roses Theatre
AFTER THE ACT | Director: Billy Barratt | New Diorama Theatre
BLOW DOWN | Director: Tess Seddon | National Tour
THE BOYS ARE KISSING | Director: Lisa Spirling | Theatre503
2022
DICK WHITTINGTON | Director: Ben Richards | The Big Tiny Theatre | Market Dreyton & Saddleworth
ALADDIN | Director: Ben Richards | The Big Tiny Theatre | Market Dreyton & Saddleworth
THE THREE LIVES OF LUCIE CABROLL | Director: Collette Murray | Rose Bruford North
ELIXIR | Director: Sam Rayner | The Other Palace Studio
MAN OF 100 FACES | Director: Sam Rayner | Kings Head Theatre
THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL | Director: Billy Barratt | GBS Theatre, RADA
HORSE-PLAY | Director: Andrew Beckett | Riverside Studios
US | Director: David Frias | The White Bear
THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH | Voloz Collective | Pleasance Jack Dome, Edfringe
SIDMOUTH SUMMER REP SEASON | Director: Paul Taylor Mills | Manor House Pavillion
DIDO | Director: Katie Blackwell | All Aboard Opera | Greenwich Theatre
THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A | Director: Mark Ravenhill | Kings Head Theatre
APHIEMI | Director: David Frias | The Golden Goose Theatre
DELTA S | Director: Elen Benfield | Rose Bruford North
LA BOHEME | Director: Mark Ravenhill | Kings Head Theatre
SELECTED RECORDING 2.0 | Director: Gabriel Uboldi | The Rosemary Branch Theatre
DIRTY CORSET | Bang Average Theatre | Soho Theatre, Pleasance London
LOVE SCENES FOR THE END OF THE WORLD | Director: Nell Bailey | The Golden Goose Theatre
THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH | Voloz Collective | National Tour
2021
DICK WHITTINGTON | Director: Lisa Hopkins | The Big Tiny Theatre | Market Dreyton & Saddleworth
LA PRINCESS DE TREBIZONDE | Director: Anthony Baker | Britten Theatre, RCM & Tour
FRIDAY FREEDOM'S FIGHTER | Director: David Frias | Pathway Theatre | Etcetera Theatre, Camden
TOOTHACHE | Director: Monty Leigh | The Space, Canary Wharf
SELECTED RECORDINGS OF US | Director: Gabriel Uboldi | Undone Theatre | The Space, Canary Wharf
SPIDER'S WEB | Director: Andrew Beckett & Paul Taylor Mills | Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe & Tour
SPRING AWAKENING | Director: Shiv Rabheru | Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA
POMONA | Director: Jordon Stevens | John Gielgud Theatre, RADA
SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT | Director: Lesley Ewen | GBS Theatre, RADA
2020
PHASE ONE | Director: Anita Gander | John Gielgud Theatre, RADA
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Director: Funlola Olufunwa | Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA
AS ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER
RUCKUS | Director: Georgia Green | National Tour
THE BOOK OF WILL | Director: Lotte Wakeham | Shakespeare North
RIDE | Director: Sarah Meadows | Charing Cross Theatre, Leicester Curve & Southwark Elephant
PIGS MIGHT FLY | Director: Kate Golledge | National Tour
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS | Director: Paul Morrissey | National Tour
NEW DICK IN TOWN | Director: Andrew Beckett | Above The Stag
CATCHING COMETS | Director: Piers Black | Pleasance London & National Tour