2024
for After The Act
“Jodie Underwood’s Luscious Lighting and Zakk Hein’s vivacious Video Design tell their own stories… The attention to detail is impeccable”
“Jodie Underwoods lighting is effective and polished, assisting the story’s more emotional moments and adding another layer to the experience”
for WORMHOLES
“beautifully haunting, and the lighting and set design worked with the movement that whisked me away to another realm entirely.”
— AYoungishPerspective
“Clever lighting design by Jodie Underwood”
— Revistan
“Fiendishly clever use of light and sound”
— The American
“cleverly framed by Jodie Underwood’s lighting”
— AllThatDazzles
“music (Paul Housden) and lighting (Jodie Underwood) do an impeccable job of showcasing her inner turmoil.”
— RatedReviewed
“Excellent lighting designer Jodie Underwood effectively supports the actor’s journey with a design that colours the actor’s presence but never, ever intrudes or draws attention to itself.”
— Reviewshub
for JAB
“There are many scenes that take us there. Some short, some long, some dark, some silent. Jodie Underwood’s lighting slices between them while Adam Langston’s staccato, filmic music stabs at the transitons”
— SpyInTheStalls
The lighting by Jodie Underwood is exceptional
—Theatre and Tonic
“Lighting is powerfully wielded to change scenes at a blink but also to give a sense of the downward spiral of the relationship”
— London Pub Theatres
“It’s dynamic and fluid, with Jodie Underwood’s lighting beautifully punctuating the transition between scenes.”
— Northwestend
Jodie Underwood’s lighting projects a warm TV glow on to Anne and Don’s faces as they lounge on the four chairs of Leah Kelly’s minimal set
— The Stage
2023
for THE BOYS ARE KISSING
The set and lighting create both an upper middle class living room and a pink-spangled heaven. Designed by Aldo Vazquez and Jo Underwood respectively, the play's world is lush and excitingly high-concept for a small pub theatre space.
-Broadway World
Pub Theatre ‘Standing Ovation’ award
2022
Nominated - Best Lighting Design for ‘Horse Play’
Broadway World Awards
Winner - ‘Technical Award - Lighting Design’ for the Sidmouth Summer Season
Cormac Richards Theatre Awards for theatreplays uk
for THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH
Offie nomination 2022 IDEA:PRODUCTION
“Excellent and immersive… This is incredibly smooth, well thought out stuff”
-Starburst Magazine
“a widescreen world that Jack Dome can bearly contain”
-The Scotsman
"Brimming with Imagination and creative ingenuity”
-CultureFix
Featured in Pleasances’ ‘Best Of The Finge’
Winner: Theatre Weekly’s Best Debut Pla
for the PAUL TAYLOR MILLS SUMMER SEASON
“Andrew Beckett’s set is sumptuous and ideal as is the smart lighting from Jo Underwood.”
— Reviewsgate for “Glorious!”
“this production is hugely atmospheric; darkness, silhouettes, a torch flashing around a room and an urgent, sinister atonal sound underscoring the action”
—TheatrePlaysUK for “The Unexpected Gest”
“Masterfully lit by Jo Underwood”
—TheatrePlaysUK for “Emma”
“beautifully and atmospherically lit by Jo Underwood”
—Sidmouth Herald for “Breaking The Code”
for THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A
“Jo Underwood’s lighting design creates a beautiful, eerie glow as Ahmet tells us a ghost story.”
— The Guardian
“Jo Underwood uses lighting to deliver a couple of very nice jump scares and deft changes in illumination that bring such atmosphere to the story.”
— The reviews hub
“The stage is sparse but spooky, with Jo Underwood’s lighting design providing an eerie, foggy glow”
— The Stage
“Simon Fraser’s design and Jo Underwood’s lighting keep the cramped room so dark and smoky.”
— The Times
“Jo Underwood’s lighting and Roly Botha’s sound are flawless”
—AJHlovestheatre
Offie Nomination 2022 - Best New Play
WhatsOnStage Standing Ovation Award
for LA BOHEME
“particularly clever use of lighting – individual, portable footlights prove both practical and effective and when the juddering reveal of cold, overhead lighting is brilliantly jarring.”
— Whatsonstage
“there is clever work by Jo Underwood”
—Loureviews
Offie nomination 2022 for Opera Performance
for US
★★★★ - London Pub Theatre ★★★★ - Reviews Hub ★★★★ - everything theatre ★★★★ - London Theatre Reviews ★★★★ - Spy In The Stalls
for THE PRINCESS OF TREBIZONDE
“Atmospheric Lighting by Jo Underwood”
— Opera Now