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Frankie clarke

Frankie is a lighting designer based in Eora/Sydney, working across theatre, dance and installation. They take a keen interest in how light and aesthetics enhance and encourage the dramaturgy of a work, and how these forms alter experience in space.  They have recently taken a keen interest in installation, with their designs featuring for Jameson's House of Rounds, and Performance Space's D4N Pleasure Arc.

Their lighting designs for theatre and performance include Mel Ree's 'Mother May We' Griffin (2022), which was nominated for Best Lighting Design of an Independent Production, Laneikka Denne's 'Feminazi' (2023), Tommy Misa's 'They Took Me To A Queer Bar' (2022)  Cheryn Frosts ‘Volcano's and Vulvas’ (2022), Erth's 'Arc' (2022), 'Badu' by Erth (2021) and a variety of Pacts in house works from 2019. 

Their lighting design for dance works in include Eliza Coopers 'Bat Lake' (2022), Club Chrome's 'Fxckery'(2023), Ryuichi Fujimura's 'Fall!! Falter!! Dance!!' (2022), Lucky Lartey’s ‘Infusion’ (2021), BlackBirds ‘Reclaim’ (2019), Cloe Fournier's 'Mea Culpa' (2019), Vicki Van Hout's ‘Plenty Serious Talk Talk’ (2018) and Omer Backley-Astrachan's 'Valley and Wildebeest' (2018). 

Some of Frankie’s Lighting Design Projects from 2023 include:

  • Jameson House of Rounds,  Laneway Festival- NZ, Sydney, Melbourne

  • Nectar, Vivid 

  • Day For Night 'Pleasure Arc', Performance Space, World Pride

  • Club Chrome, F*ckery, World Pride

  • Revival, Vicki Van Hout and Martin del Amo

  • Perceptions, Pepa Molina, FORM Dance

  • ACO Underground, Australian Chamber Orchestra

  • They Took Me To A Queer Bar, Tommy Misa, Old Fitz

  • Feminazi, Laneikka Denne, Belvoir 25a

  • Beyond The Break, Challito Browne, Belvoir 25a

  • All His Beloved Children, Freida Lee, KXT