ABOUT

Cara is a Welsh freelance Lighting Designer and Programmer. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she studied Stage Management and Technical Theatre. Cara is committed to making innovative, accessible, and sustainable productions and is passionate about intersectional stories, new writing and unconventional theatre. Cara was one of The Association of Lighting Designers' 20:20 Lumières and represented 'Women in Lighting' at Prolight + Sound 2024 in Frankfurt. 

 

Her recent Lighting Design credits include: Jack Frost (Cardiff Christmas Festival 2025), No Man's Land (Sherman Theatre + RCT Theatres), Ceridwen (Y Cwmni- Theatr Ieuenctid yr Urdd), Brên. Calon. Fi (Theatr Cymru), Port Talbot Gotta Banksy (Sherman Theatre + Theatr3), MumFighter (Grand Ambition), Dumpy Biscuit (The Other Room), The Very Last Green Thing (Welsh National Youth Opera), Deffro’r Gwanwyn (Y Cwmni- Theatr Ieuenctid yr Urdd), Novacene (National Youth Dance Company), Sorter (Grand Ambition), The Misadventures of Pinocchio (The Bohemians Theatre Co.), QueerWay (LeeWay Productions), Shirley Valentine (Theatr Na Nóg).

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​Her TV credits include- Electrician/ Lighting Technician: Doctor Who Series 13 (BBC Studios), Electrician/ Lighting Technician: Casualty Series 35 (BBC Studios), Electrician/ Lighting Technician: FOX’s War of the Worlds Series 2 (Urban Myth Films).