A collection of experiments made with using LED lights in domestic spaces.

COLOUR PROJECT (LIGHTING DESIGN)

This was a puppet I made specially for the show 'Six Characters In Search of an Author' by Luigi Pirandello. 
The process lasted for 3 months.  From constructing the skeleton, to moulding the face, stuffing the body with tissue (cotton) and finally getting a custom made costume for Otto. 

OTTO (Puppetry)

 Adaptation of Caryl Churchill's 'Here We Go' staged in London at Ravensfield Theatre. A cross collaboration between designers and performers.  Co-directing with 4 artists from Norway, Portugal and England. 
Divided into three sections, all encompassing the theme of death;  a funeral, the afterlife, and a dying man dressed and undressed by a loving caretaker.  

Direction 
Rebekka Dybvik
Ken Nakajima
Arron Wilder 
Diana Monteiro

Lighting design
Ken Nakajima
Diana Monteiro

Sound design & AV
Ben Adams 

Set design
Emily Smith 
Busra Okatan 

Stage management
Corey Hennelly 

Photography
Emily Smith

Here We Go (Direction + Lighting Design)

Debuting at the National Theatre of Rome, this contemporary adaptation of the oldest hero of literature, the king of Uruk (modern day Iraq) and his odyssey of finding immortality. A blend of story telling, physical theatre and performance arts, to reflect on what it is to be human, alive and our struggles with mortality.

Direction
Munotida Chinyanga
Simone Giustinelli

Set design
Justyna Zukovska

Lighting design
Daniel Brennan

Sound design
Magalena Slabonova

Assistant director 
Laura Singleton

Stage manager
Sophie White

Photography
Lina Maryam Karuvetil

Performers 
Jessica Victoria Bourne
Tânia Miranda de Carvalho
Joshua Jaz Impey
Ken Nakajima
Adeeb Abdul Razak

Project facilitators
Nicola Stammers
Kate Lane


GILGAMESH (Performer)

A short performance, focusing on the themes of loss and self transformation through movement. Sempre is the first edition of the Yugen trilogy, a trilogy that explores the fragility & beauty of the human condition.

The world of ‘Sempre’ is a place of limbo - a place between the mind and reality, the conscious and the subconscious. To some degree, a personal purgatory is the main turmoil navigated by the individual (Leonor) who is suffering through the loss. Her mind is infested with a physical manifestation of departing memories, presented before her as a projection of her lost lover (Sara). A vast white space surrounded by darkness, and an old beaten wooden chair, signifying the past, and the absence of what was once there.  



Direction & Design
Ken Nakajima

Performers
Leonor Carneiro
Sara Lafond

Photography
Bia Felício
Effie French

Special mentions
Elisa Poelmans
Arron Wilder
Maya Nakajima
Hannah Anderson
Lauren Patman



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