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Jamie Lu

Scenographer Sound Designer Total Performance Designer Scenographic Dramaturg Sound Artist

Jamie is a London based theatre practitioner who works across disciplines as a scenographer/total performance designer/sound designer/set designer. Coming from a sound and music background, Jamie worked as a sound designer and technician in both the UK and China for over 20 theatre productions on different scales, including the largest theatres across China and some most famous theatre venues in the UK. Jamie has previously obtained an MA in Sound Arts from UAL and an MFA Scenography degree at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Jamie's design often involves multiple elements with substantial dramaturgical meanings and has its own narrative functions.
Co-founded Irrelevant Theatre in 2015, Jamie is an ensemble member and the company's designer.
Jamie's preferred pronoun is She/Her.

Credits

Sound Designer, Grills, Camdon People's Theatre, 1 week, 2022
Sound Designer, Nanny (R&D), Folio Theatre, 2022
Sound Designer, Declan, Camdon People's Theatre, 1 week, 2022
Sound Designer, fester (R&D), Bridge House Theatre, 2 shows, 2022
Sound Designer, A GIG FOR GHOSTS, SOHO THEATRE, 3 weeks, 2022
Sound Designer, D.O.A (scratch nights), Baron's Court Theatre, 1 week, 2022
Composer & Sound Designer​, THE APOLOGY, ARCOLA THEATRE, 3 weeks, 2022
Sound Designer & Sound No.1, PARADISE LOST, SHIPWRIGHT, 1 week, 2022
Sound Designer, WHAT THE HEART WANTS, EDINBURGH FRINGE, 1 month, 2022
Sound Designer, HOW TO BUILD A WAX FIGURE, EDINBURGH FRINGE, 1 month, 2022
Sound Designer, THE UNICORN, EDINBURGH FRINGE, 1 month, 2022
Sound Designer, SORRY WE DIDN’T DIE AT SEA, Seven Dials Playhouse, 1 week, 2022
Sound Designer (OFFIES NOMINATED), The Blue House, Blue Elephant Theatre, 3 weeks, 2022
Scenographer, A THOUSAND PAPERCUTS STILL SKIN DEEP, Baron's Court Theatre, 1 week, 2022
Sound Designer, WE STARTED TO SING, Arcola Theatre, 4 weeks, 2022
Sound Designer, Dirty Hearts, Old Red Lion Theatre, 4 weeks, 2022
Assistant Sound Designer, Henry V, Donmar Warehouse, 7 weeks, 2022
Sound Designer, THE DREAM MACHINE, Audio Play, 2022
Sound Designer, BURNOUT, R&D, 2021
Sound Designer, Broken Lad, Arcola Theatre, 4 weeks, 2021
Sound Designer, Tokyo Rose, Southwark Playhouse 1 month; UK Tour, 3 weeks, 2021
Overall Designer, A Report to an Academy·LIVE, Online, Prism Mini Theatre Festival, 2021
Sound Designer, Apollonia, Shanghai No.1 Star Space, long run, 2020
Sound Designer, Butterfly, Baron's Court Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Sound Designer, Flowers for Algernon. Chinese Tour, long run, 2019
Sound Designer, Black Mary Poppins Season 1 and 2, Chinese Tour, long run, 2019
Sound Designer, A Report to an Academy, Barons Court Theatre, 1 week, 2018
Sound Designer, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Baron's Court Theatre, 1 week, 2018
Sound Designer, Paper Crown, Corbett Theatre, London; Bloomsbury Studio, 2 shows, 2017
60 Minutes Cities, Sound Artist, Audible Area +Bivouac Recording, 2017
Sound Designer, Wild Duck, West Side Theatre, ET Space, Shanghai, 2 weeks, 2017
Sound Designer, The Sound of Music, Chinese Tour, long run, 2016
Sound Designer, Sink, RADA, 2 shows, 2016; The Courtyard Theatre, 1 week, 2017; Pembroke College Oxford, 1 show, 2017; Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 1 month, 2017; Southbank Centre, 1 show, 2017
Sound Designer, Dirty Hands, Nanjing Institute of Arts, 2 shows, 2015
Sound Designer, STRING, Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London, 3 shows, 2015
Sound Designer, The Mall of Possibilities, Narrative Space Installation, 2014

Sound Operator, Alice’s Underground Adventures, Shanghai, 3 months, 2018-2019
Sound No.2, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Chinese Tour, 3 months, 2015
Sound No.2, Man of La Mancha, Chinese Tour, 1 month, 2016
Audio Technician, London Chinese Radio. (2014-2015)

Training

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
2019-2021 MFA Scenography

London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
2014-2015 MA in Sound Arts

Wuhan Conservatory of Music, China
2009-2013 BA in Recording Arts

Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, US
2012 Recording Arts and Sciences (Exchange Student)

Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London
2017 Sound Design for the Theatre Summer School

Orbital Sound LTD, London.
2014 Sound Fundamentals for Theatre

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Crafts
  • Dance
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • New technologies / digital
  • Opera
  • Other
  • Radio/Audio
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Languages
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Street Theatre
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Video Design

Additional Languages

Mandarin Chinese, Japanese

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