Black sabbath - The Ballet

  • "LIGHTING DESIGNER, KJ, DOES STRUCTURAL MANIPULATIONS OF LASER-BEAM FRISSON ANY STADIUM BAND WOULD DIE FOR. "

    - Reviews Hub

  • "KJ's lighting adds a brooding presence that encapsulates the light and dark of both the music and the human experience encapsulated in it"

    - WhatsOnStage

  • "LIGHTING DESIGNER KJ ENHANCES THE ATMOSPHERE BY PLAYING WITH DARKNESS AND LIGHT. AT THE START, SPOTLIGHTS APPEAR ON THE DANCERS AS THEY EMERGE FROM THE BACK. AS OZZY SPEAKS OF HIS ENCOUNTER WITH WITCHES, RED LIGHTS SHINE IN THE BACK, CREATING AN INDISTINCT BUT FRIGHTENING SHAPE."

    - DC Theater Arts

dynolwaith (The stage top 50 show of 2025)

  • "GETHIN EVANS' BRILLIANTLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC DIRECTION AND KJ'S DAZZLING LIGHTING CLEVERLY TRAPPED THE CHARACTER IN A BOX FROM WHICH HE WAS DESPERATE TO BREAK FREE. "

    - The Stage

  • "THE STAGING, LIGHTING, AND SOUND DESIGN ALL SUPPORTED LEO’S JOURNEY RATHER THAN OVERSHADOWING IT: SUBTLE SHIFTS IN LIGHT, AMBIENT SOUND, SILENCES THAT SPOKE LOUDER THAN WORDS. THE TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES CREATED A SPACE WHERE JAC’S STORY COULD BREATHE."

    - What’s Good To Do

Romeo & Juliet

  • "THE CLEVER AND EXPRESSIVE LIGHTING DESIGN BY KJ, TRANSFORMED THE STAGE TO MIRROR THE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY OF THE STORY. FROM THE GENTLE, INTIMATE GLOW OF ROMEO AND JULIET’S FIRST ENCOUNTER TO THE DRAMATIC, SHADOW-LADEN SCENES OF CONFLICT AND TRAGEDY, THE LIGHTING PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE. IT NOT ONLY ILLUMINATED THE ACTION BUT ALSO INTENSIFIED THE MOOD, EXPERTLY GUIDING THE AUDIENCE’S EMOTIONS AT EACH PIVOTAL MOMENT. "

    - Fairy Powered Productions

  • "ANOTHER UNDENIABLE FACTOR IS HOW VISUALLY STUNNING THE PLAY IS. THE LIGHTING DESIGN, BY KJ, IS PHENOMENAL. A DEEP RED FOR VIOLENT SCENES FLOODED THE THEATRE, BUT AT ROMANTIC, INTIMATE MOMENTS, THE LIGHTING SOFTENS, RESEMBLING THE COLOURED REFLECTIONS IN BUBBLES."

    - Reviews Hub

  • "KJ’S LIGHTING IS BOTH STRIKING AND SUBTLE."

    - The Stage

astitva

  • "Supported by an interesting soundscape by composer Alap Desai and excellent lighting design by KJ"

    - Danser.net

  • "The starkness of the work is emphasised through the bareness of the black box stage with KJ’s lighting being the key that unlocks the various stages of the journey."

    - Gramilano

  • "Pairs of performers search each other out on the hazy stage, immaculately lit by lighting designer, KJ, in a palette of oranges, reds, blues and purples."

    - Reviews Hub

persephone

  • "THE LIGHT OF BRITISH LIGHTING DESIGNER KJ MAKES ME GASP. A STRIPE OF WHITE ON THE HIGH HORIZON AT THE BEGINNING WIDENS, DOUBLES AND PROGRESSES TO FIRE RED IN THE UNDERWORLD. NOT THROUGH GRADATIONS IN SWEET PINK, BUT THROUGH SHADES THAT I – BOOM – RECOGNIZE AS BLOOD IN WATER."

    - Theaterkrant

  • "LIGHTING BY KJ IS DRAMATIC GLARING NEONS AND BLINDING REDS, BUT COMPLEMENTS WITHOUT DISTRACTING."

    - Dance Europe

  • "[THE CHOREOGRAPHY] STANDS OUT TELLINGLY. THIS IS EVIDENT FROM THE DAZZLING BACKLIGHT OF FLUORESCENT TUBES AND THE TRENDY COSTUMES WITH BRIGHT PINK ACCENTS."

    - De Volksrant

happy meal

  • "...bursting with life and colour surrounded by KJ’s dramatic lighting and a soundscape that combines the noises of media platforms with music from across the years."

    - Broadway Baby

  • "The addiction of nostalgia ties directly into the warmth and jubilation Happy Meal exudes, and one cannot help but become invested in the flickering set pieces, timing executed to precision with Eliyana Evans’ playfully comedic sound design and KJ’s lighting."

    - Reviews Hub

FLIP!

  • "Ambitious, energy-infused choreography under Aline David, and KJ‘s laser-sharp lighting help make each ‘episode’ a superbly entertaining mini-event."

    - The Quintessential Review

  • "The lighting design by KJ was particularly effective and complements and jolts the action at the appropriate moments in the story.."

    - In Newcastle

Black Waters

  • "THE LIGHTING (BY KJ) PLAYS A HUGE PART IN THE PIECE. HAZE HANGS OVER THE WHOLE STAGE, THROUGH WHICH NARROW SIDE-LIGHTING IS ABLE TO PICK OUT EVEN THE SMALLEST OF DETAILS: AT ONE POINT ALL THAT IS BEING ILLUMINATED IS A HAND - BUT THAT HAND WAS SO EXPRESSIVE! THE ABSOLUTE PRECISION OF THE LIGHTING IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE OVERALL EFFECT."

    - British Theatre Guide

  • "KJ's lighting design is outstanding."

    - Dance Europe

  • "The dancers also have the benefit of KJ's stunning lighting design. This skilfully evokes everything from a stage full of cramped cells to the moving seas.

    - Reviews Hub