Rachel Burke
Lighting Designer
AUS
Rachel Burke (she/her) has an extensive and critically acclaimed body of work over more than three decades for main stage companies, independent theatre, and architectural lighting design both nationally and internationally.
Malthouse Theatre: YENTL (with Kadimah Yiddish Theatre); WALKING INTO THE BIGNESS, PORN CAKE, MOTH (with Arena Theatre Company); CARGO, WOMAN BOMB, BLACK MEDEA (with Belvoir) and series of productions with Playbox between 1992 – 2004).
Other Theatre: Select credits include CINDERELLA, SWAN LAKE/BAYNES, BALLET IMPERIAL and DARK LULLABY (The Australian Ballet); RANDOM, THE MAN FROM MUKINUPIN and Parramatta Girls (Belvoir); MY SISTER JILL, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, THE HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA, CONSTELLATIONS, COCK, SOLOMON AND MARION and TRUE WEST (Melbourne Theatre Company); WITTENOOM, THE AMATEURS, IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT, ESCAPED ALONE and SPLENDOUR (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre); THE FATHER, NIGHTFALL and BLACK MEDEA (Sydney Theatre Company); and THE VISITORS (Victorian Opera).
Awards & Nominations: Ten Green Room Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design; IES Victorian and National Awards of Excellence for Architectural Lighting Design in 2005, 2010 and 2019 and two Helpmann Award nominations.
Training: Victoria University
She is a casual lecturer in Performance Design at University of Melbourne, Senior Associate with Relume Consulting Architectural Lighting, guest speaker and published writer in lighting design. Rachel was the lighting designer for the whole of site Arts Centre Melbourne Exterior Masterplan 2007 and is currently part of the project control group for the new Headland Theatre in Tathra, NSW.
Headshot: Amelia Campbell
Shows worked on
Current as of August 2025.
