Simisola Majekodunmi
Awards
2023 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production for Traplord, for which Simi designed the Lighting
Nominations
2023 Light Recognition Award at the Black British Theatre Awards
2022 Light Recognition Award at the Black British Theatre Awards
2021 Best Production Play for J'OUVERT at the Black British Theatre Awards
Simisola is a Lighting Designer based in the UK. She graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) with a specialised degree in Lighting Design. Simisola has worked as an associate for many well renowned and respected lighting designers such as Lucy Carter, Natascha Chivers and Howard Hudson.
“TRAPLORD – 180 Studios
Simisola Majekodunmi’s lighting design is essential to this, contrasting very dark, low-lit spaces with intense illumination to bring shades of meaning to this dance performance that expands on notions of life and death, heaven and hell, good and evil... TRAPLORD is an extraordinarily intense, consuming and meaningful experience.”
“Is God Is - Royal Court Theatre
Through distinct colour palettes, lighting designer Simisola Lucia Majekodunmi gives each of those scenes and settings a unique identity.”
“J’OUVERT - Harold Pinter Theatre
Simisola Majekodunmi’s pulsating lights and Beth Duke’s eclectic sounds, incorporating key tunes from the carnival culture, prove essential to the bare-bones evocation of the play’s setting.”
Gallery
2024
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Sleeping Beauty | Broadway Theatre, Catford, Dir. Susie McKenna |
| Odd and the Frost Giants | Unicorn Theatre, Dir. Rachel Bagshaw, Des. Milla Clarke, Lighting Des. Simisola Majekodunmi |
| Pontypool | Wales Millennium Centre, Dir. Dan Phillips |
| Piratenkonigin | Nederlandse Reisoper, Dir. Daniel Van Klaveren |
| Romeo and Juliet | Shakespeare North, Dir. Jenny Sealey |
| Traplord | Factory International, Dir. Ivan Michael Blackstock |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Theatre by the Lake, Dir. John Nicholson |
| Before I Go | Brixton House, Dir. Phillip J. Morris |
| My Father's Fable | Bush Theatre, Dir. Rebekah Murrell |
| The Ballad of Hattie and James | Kiln Theatre, Dir. Richard Twyman |
| A Taste of Honey | Royal Exchange, Dir. Emma Baggott |
2023
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Family Tree | UK Tour, Dir. Matthew Xia |
| Sound of the Underground | The Royal Court, Dir. Debbie Hannan |
| Es & Flo | Wales Millennium Centre, Dir. Susie McKenna, Des. Libby Watson |
| I, Daniel Blake | Northern Stage & UK Tour, Dir. Mark Calvert |
| Metamorphosis | Frantic Assembly - UK Tour, Dir. Scott Graham |
| Choir Boy | Bristol Old Vic, Dir. Nancy Medina |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Stratford East, Dir. Denzel Westley-Sanderson |
2022
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | Shakespeare North Playhouse, Dir. Ellie Hurt |
| Human Nurture | Theatre Centre, Sheffield, Dir. Rob Watt |
| Jungle Rumble | Fortune Theatre, Dir. Susie McKenna |
| Traplord (World Premiere) | 180 Studios, Dir & Chor. Ivan Michael Blackstock, Co Des. Chloe Lamford & Shankho Chaudhuri |
| Electric Rosary | The Royal Exchange, Dir. Jaz Woodcock-Stewart |
| Starcrossed | Wilton's Music Hall, Dir. Philip Wilson |
| The Wolves | RADA, Dir. Katie Bonna |
| Born to Exist | Netherlands and UK Tour, Chor. Joseph Toonga |
| Treason: The Musical in Concert | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Dir. Hannah Chissick |
| Nine Night | Leeds Playhouse, Dir. Amanda Huxtable |
| The UK Drill Project | The Barbican - The Pit, Dir. Dominic Garfield |
| A Christmas Carole, by Myra DuBois | Palace Theatre, Southend, Dir. Denzel Westley-Sanderson |
2021
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Is God Is | Royal Court Theatre, Dir. Ola Ince, Set Des. Chloe Lamford, Special Effects Des. Susanna Peretz |
| J’OUVERT | Harold Pinter Theatre, Dir. Rebekah Murrell. Des. Sandra Falase in collaboration with Chloe Lamford | Living Newspaper Edition 6 | Royal Court Theatre | 15 Heroines | Jermyn Street Theatre, Dir. Adjoa Andoh, Tom Littler & Cat Robey, Associate Lighting Des. Simisola Majekodunmi | Herding Cats | Soho Theatre, Dir. Anthony Banks, Associate Lighting Des. Simisola Majekodunmi | Puck’s Shadow | Watford Palace Theatre, Chor. Kate Flatt | Sessions | Soho Theatre, Dir. Philip Morris, Des. Anna Reid | Carousel | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Dir. Timothy Sheader, Associate Lighting Des. Simisola Majekodunmi | The Wiz | Hope Mill Theatre, Dir. Matthew Xia |
2020
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Shoe Lady | Royal Court Theatre, Dir. Vicky Featherstone, Des. Chloe Lamford, Movement Dir. Sasha Milavic Davies, Associate Lighting Des. Simisola Majekodunmi |
| Invisible Harmony | Southbank Centre, Dir. Kim Pearce |
| Seeds | Leeds Playhouse, Dir. Anastasia Osei-Kuffour |
2019
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Tiger under the skin | RADA Festival, Creator & performer Tom Kelsey |
| Driving Miss Daisy | York Theatre Royal Dir. Suzann McLean |
| J'OUVERT | Theatre 503, Des. Sandra Falase |
| The Healing | Omnibus Theatre Dir. Charles Lauder |
| Silently Hoping | Vaults Festival, Dir. Mingyu Lin |