Rachel Sampley
Rachel is a London-based lighting and video designer and creative captions designer. She is driven by a love of visual storytelling, and this is at the heart of her design process. She frequently collaborates with accessible companies including the DH Ensemble, Hot Coals, and Zoo Co.
She has a BFA in Theatre Design & Technology from The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA) and an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Perfect Show for Rachel
Barbican - Nov 2022
Zoo Co Theatre
Lighting, Video, and Creative Captions
PSFR is a show orchestrated by director Rachel O'Mahony, a learning disabled care-home resident, who uses a custom-built tech desk designed by Rachel Sampley. The desk is able to trigger lighting, video, projections, and sound sequences in a non-linear fashion; giving Rachel O'Mahony agency and control over the performance. This tied together a total of thirty-nine custom buttons, five computers, three projectors, one live camera feed, four screens, and a lighting desk.
Zoo Co received The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award.
★★★★★
"Why can’t more theatre be like this? Open, relaxed, fun and full of love"
-The Guardian
★★★★
'a joyous piece of anarchic knockabout fun'
-The Stage
Patent Pending
Part of Unscene - Oct 2022
Stanley Arts
Lighting, Video, and Creative Captions
Unscene was an immersive installation connecting the work of five individual artists from different disciplines. Patent Pending was an ethereal installation containing animation, creative typography, curated interactive props, and whimsical surreal poetry. Rachel wrote, designed, and narrated the piece.
Supported by The Heritage Fund.
Barrier(s)
July 2022
The National - The Dorfman
Video and Creative Captions
Director: Lucy Jane Atkinson
Associate Director: Paula Garfield
Barrier(s) was the recipient of The New Views 2022 competition. Written by Eloise Pennycott, the play tells a dystopian future of two queer women, one deaf and one hearing, as they navigate a whole where sign language becomes illegal.
Follow the Signs
August 2022
Soho Theatre
Video and Creative Captions
Director: Harry Jardine
Follow the Signs is an autobiographical hip hop gig theatre piece containing rap, dance, visual vernacular, and BSL by Chris Fonseca.
Opal Fruits
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The Great Gatsby
2017-2023
Upcoming; Theatre Clywd, Wales
Previous: London; York; Harrogate; Seoul, Koera
Lighting
★★★★
"strong lighting design from Rachel Sampley"
-The Stage
★★★★
"Rachel Sampley’s lighting works gorgeous effects, by turns frenetic and moody...capturing the colourful mania of Gatsby’s parties"
-The Guardian
Bossy
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Rise of the Refrain
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