Kristie Smith
lighting designer

Kristie Smith is a Boorloo (Perth)-based lighting designer for theatre, musical theatre and dance. She graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2017 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts majoring in Lighting, and also holds a Cert IV in Radio Broadcasting.
Kristie has designed lighting for and worked with companies including Black Swan State Theatre Co., the West Australian Ballet, The Last Great Hunt, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, WA Youth Theatre Co. and Renegade Productions. She has created alongside directors, designers and choreographers including Adam Mitchell, Jeffrey Jay Fowler, Joe Lui, Tim Watts, Scott McArdle, Matthew Lehmann and Brooke Leeder. She also acts as a production mentor for the lighting students at WAAPA.
U P C O M I N G
OUR LITTLE INVENTOR | West Australian Opera | His Majesty's Theatre
C R E D I T S
2022
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
LÉ NØR (remount) | Stage Manager & Operator | The Last Great Hunt Theatre Co. | Albany Entertainment Centre
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
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'
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
NEW OWNER | Tour Manager & Operator | The Last Great Hunt Theatre Co. | Darwin Festival
LÉ NØR | Stage Manager & Operator | The Last Great Hunt Theatre Co. | Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts | Perth Festival
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
2017 (WAAPA)
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL | Geoff Gibbs Theatre | Directed by Andrew Lewis
42ND STREET | Lighting Console Operator | The Regal Theatre | Lighting designed by Mark Howett | Directed by Jason Langley
UNLEASH | Dolphin Theatre UWA | Choreographed by 3rd Year WAAPA Dance Students
AS YOU LIKE IT | Enright Studio | Directed by Melanie Beddie
VERGE | Geoff Gibbs Theatre | Choreographed by Kim McCarthy, Brooke Leeder & Richard Cilli