Kristie Smith
L I G H T I N G D E S I G N
Kristie Smith is a Boorloo/Perth-based lighting designer for theatre, musical theatre, ballet and contemporary dance.
She has designed lighting for and collaborated with companies including Black Swan State Theatre Company, West Australian Opera, West Australian Ballet, The Last Great Hunt, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, WA Youth Theatre Company and various Blue Room Theatre productions. Her most recent work includes Raised in Big Spirit Country (Naomi Pigram & Black Swan State Theatre Co.), The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry (West Australian Ballet), Same Time Next Week (written & directed by Scott McArdle) and Nocturnal (Brooke Leeder & Dancers). Both Nocturnal and Same Time Next Week took home multiple awards at the 2025 Performing Arts WA Awards, including Outstanding Lighting Design and Best Independent Production (Nocturnal ) and Best Production (Musicals & Operas) (Same Time Next Week).
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Kristie previously acted as Head of Lighting & Audio Visual for the West Australian Ballet in 2024, Deputy Head of Lighting for nationally touring commercial musicals through 2022 and 2023 (SIX the Musical, MAMMA MIA! the Musical) and as production mentor for the lighting students at WAAPA in 2019 to 2021. She graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2017 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts majoring in Lighting. She is an advocate in supporting and furthering recent graduates education in design and technical skills to ensure the growth of creativity and skill within the performing arts industry.
U P C O M I N G :
THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING | Yirra Yaakin | Subiaco Arts Centre | Opening Night - July 4
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D E S I G N C R E D I T S
2025
RAISED IN BIG SPIRIT COUNTRY | Naomi Pigram & Black Swan State Theatre Company | Studio Underground
THE WILD BETWEEN STARS: BALLET AT THE QUARRY | West Australian Ballet | Quarry Amphitheatre
2024
SAME TIME NEXT WEEK | Written & directed by Scott McArdle | The Blue Room Theatre
NOCTURNAL | Brooke Leeder & Dancers | Subiaco Arts Centre
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2023
PUNKALIYARRA | Big hART | Perth Festival | Victoria Hall
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2022
ASSASSINS | West Australian Academy of Performing Arts | Studio Underground
OUR LITTLE INVENTOR | West Australian Opera | His Majesty's Theatre
GENESIS | West Australian Ballet | WA Ballet Centre
'TRUTH' (PLATINUM: BALLET AT THE QUARRY) choreographed by Matthew Lehmann | West Australian Ballet | Quarry Amphitheatre
2021
THE ONE WHO PLANTED TREES | Spare Parts Puppet Theatre | Directed by Philip Mitchell
WATCH & ACT by Katie McAllister | The Blue Room Theatre | Directed by Michelle Endersbee
EVERY BRILLIANT THING | Black Swan State Theatre Company | Studio Underground | Directed by Adam Mitchell
BEGINNING AT THE END (OF CAPITALISM) by Phoebe Sullivan | The Blue Room Theatre | Directed by Joe Lui
PLAYTHINGS | Black Swan State Theatre Company | Studio Underground | Written and directed by Scott McArdle
GENESIS | West Australian Ballet | WA Ballet Centre
COME WHAT MAY, WE WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW (remount) | Co-creator/designer with Joe Lui & Tahlia Russell | Audible Edge Exploratory Sound Festival
BEANSTALK | Spare Parts Puppet Theatre | Written and performed by Sam Longley | Directed by Philip Mitchell
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2020
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | West Australian Academy of Performing Arts | Geoff Gibbs Theatre | Directed by Brent Hill
COME WHAT MAY, WE WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW (development) | Co-creator/designer with Joe Lui & Tahlia Russell | The Blue Room Theatre's 'Winter Nights'
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2019
TIDE TALES | Riptide Youth Performance Company | Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
LOVE AND INFORMATION | Hand in Hand Theatre Company | Subiaco Arts Centre |Directed by Claire Mosel-Crossley
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2018
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY | Hayman Theatre Co. | Blue Room Theatre | Written and directed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler
MEDUSA | Renegade Productions x Bow & Dagger | Blue Room Theatre | Directed by Joe Lui
CLOUD NINE | WA Youth Theatre Co. | Studio Underground | Directed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler
HIRO | Associate Lighting Designer | Blue Room Theatre | Created and directed by Samantha Chester
THE EDGE by Nick Choo | Blue Room Theatre | Directed by Levon J Polinelli
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