Kerem Çetinel

  • Set, Costume & Lighting Designer
  • Toronto, Canada & Istanbul, Turkey

Contact: 90-542-2750603 c (Turkey) kcetinel@hotmail.com (e-mail) Affiliations: Associated Designers of Canada

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

2022 “Kum Zambaklari”, Zorlu Performance Arts Centre (İstanbul), Set Design, Director: Mark Levitas
Afife Theatre Award Nomination for Best Set Design

2022 “Taxim”, Baba Sahne Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Emrah Eren
Afife Theatre Award Nomination for Best Set Design & Best Lighting Design

2019 “Photograph 51”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Director: Çağ Çalışkur
Afife Theatre Award Nomination for Best Set Design & Best Lighting Design

2018 “Killology”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Director: İbrahim Çiçek
Afife Theatre Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2018 “Terror”, Bakırköy Belediye Tiyatrosu (İstanbul), Director: Nurkan Erpulat
Afife Theatre Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2017 “Fortune Falls”, Catalyst Theatre (presented by Alberta Theatre Projects), Director: Jonathan Christenson
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2016 “A Comedy of Errors”, Bakırköy Belediye Tiyatrosu (İstanbul), Director: Tim Supple
Afife Theatre Award for Best Set Design
& Yeni Tiyatro Dergisi Award for Best Set Design

2016 “Yarın Başka Koruda”, Bakırköy Belediye Tiyatrosu (İstanbul), Director: Yiğit Sertdemir
İsmet Küntay Theatre Award for Best Lighting Design

2016 “The Beaux’ Stratagem”, National Theatre (Turkey), Director: İlham Yazar
Turkey Arts Council Award for Best Lighting Design

2015 “The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst”, Alberta Theatre Projects in association with Ghost River Theatre – Director: Eric Rose
Betty Mitchell Award for Best Lighting Design

2013 “The Kite Runner”, Theatre Calgary & Citadel Theatre Co-Production (Calgary & Edmonton) – Director: Eric Rose
Calgary Theatre Critics Awards Nomination for Best Design

2011 “The Trespassers”, Belfry Theatre(Victoria) – Director: Ron Jenkins
Victoria Critics Choice Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2011 “The Trespassers”, Vancouver Playhouse(Vancouver) – Director: Ron Jenkins
Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design (Large Theatres)

2011 “Reverie”, Ghost River Theatre(Calgary), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Eric Rose
Betty Mitchell Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2010 “A Streetcar Named Desire”, Bluebridge Repertory Theatre, Victoria – Director: Brian Richmond
Victoria Critics Choice Award for Best Lighting Design

2010 “Mourning Dove”, Kill Your Television Theatre(Edmonton) – Director: Kevin Sutley
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Set Design

2010 “Romeo and Juliet”, Phoenix Theatre(Victoria) – Director: Brian Richmond
Victoria Critics Choice Award Nomination for Best Set Design

2008 “Scythe”, Dammitdance Theatre(Edmonton) – Choreographer: Amber Borotsik
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2007 “Monster”, Kill Your Television Theatre(Edmonton) – Director: Kevin Sutley
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design

2006 “Helen’s Necklace”, Shadow Theatre(Edmonton) – Director: John Sproule
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Set Design

2006 “Glass Menagerie”, Kill Your Television Theatre(Edmonton) – Director: Kevin Sutley
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Lighting Design


SELECTED DESIGN CREDITS:

2023 “Struck”, Ghost River Theatre (Calgary), Lighting Design, Director: Eric Rose

2022 “Spring Awakening”, Phoenix Theatre (Victoria), Lighting Design, Director: Michelle Rios

2022 “Glass Menagerie”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: İbrahim Çiçek

2022 “Kum Zambaklari”, Zorlu Performance Arts Centre (İstanbul), Set Design, Director: Mark Levitas

2022 “Taxim”, Baba Sahne Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Emrah Eren

2021 “Beni Sakın Yumruklardan”, IKSV (Turkey), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Yelda Baskın

2021 “Dr.Jeckyll and Mr.Hyde”, National Theatre (Turkey), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Ünsal Çoşar

2020 “Ants”, National Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: M. Akif Yeşilkaya

2020 “Macbeth”, Eskisehir Municipality Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: Barış Erdenk

2020 “İzmir’in Kızları”, Most Prodoction (İstanbul), Lighting Design, Director: Gaye Çankaya

2020 "Amadeus", Çopan İlhan ve Sadri Alışık Theatre, Lighting Design, Director: Işıl Kasapoğlu

2019 “Girls & Boys”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: İbrahim Çiçek

2019 “Namenlos”, Kavim Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers

2019 “Amanvermez Avni”, İstanbul Municipality Theatre, Set Design, Director: Selçuk Yüksel

2018 “Curious İncident of the Dog in the Nighttime”, Tiyatro Kare (Turkey), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Nedim Saban

2018 “The Normal Heart”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: İbrahim Çiçek

2018 “Photograph 51”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Çağ Çalışkur

2018 “Killology”, Craft Theatre (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: İbrahim Çiçek

2018 “Terror”, Bakırköy Belediye Tiyatrosu (İstanbul), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Nurkan Erpulat

2017 “Anna Karenina”, National Theatre (Turkey), Set&Lighting Design, Director: İpek Atagün Gezener

2017 “Pawâkan Macbeth”, Theatre Prospero (Edmonton), Lighting Design, Director: Mark Henderson

2016 “Fortune Falls”, Catalyst Theatre (presented by Alberta Theatre Projects), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Jonathan Christenson

2016 “Scorched”, National Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: Barış Erdenk

2016 “Joko’s Anniversary”, National Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: İlham Yazar

2016 “Şizo Şeyks”, Altıdan Sonra Tiyatro (İstanbul), Lighting Design, Director: Yiğit Sertdemir

2016 “Notes from the Underground”, National Theatre (Turkey), Set Design, Director: Erdinç Doğan

2016 “Yarın Başka Koruda”, Bakırköy Belediye Tiyatrosu (İstanbul), Lighting Design, Director: Yiğit Sertdemir

2015 “The Last Tango”, National Theatre (Turkey), Set&Lighting Design, Director: Hakan Çimenser

2015 “A Comedy of Errors”, Bakırköy Belediye Tiyatrosu (İstanbul), Set Design, Director: Tim Supple

2015 “Full Moon”, Suzanne Dellal Centre (Tel Aviv, Israel), Bedirhan Dehmen Dance Company, Lighting Design

2015 “Ezel Bahar”, National Ballet of Turkey, Modern Dance Istanbul, Lighting Design, Choreography: Bedirhan Dehmen

2015 “The Ugly One”, Kill Your Television Theatre (Edmonton), Production Design, Director: Kevin Sutley

2015 “The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst”, Alberta Theatre Projects in association with Ghost River Theatre, Lighting Design, Director: Eric Rose

2014 “Biz ”, Maxim Gorki Theatre (Berlin, Germany), Lighting Design, Choreography: Bedirhan Dehmen

2014 “Shakespeare in Trouble”, National Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: Ilham Yazar

2014 “Derme Çatma Hamlet”, Istanbul International Theatre Festival (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: Şebnem Selışık

2014 “The Portrait”, Tiyatro Vadi (Istanbul, Turkey), Set Design, Director: Aslı Öngören

2014 “Biz ”, National Ballet of Turkey, Modern Dance Istanbul, Lighting Design, Choreography: Bedirhan Dehmen

2013 Theme Park Lighting Design for Vialand, İstanbul (Turkey) in collaboration with Kemal Yiğitcan

2013 “Animal Farm”, National Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: Barış Erdenk

2013 “2013 Turkey & China Cultural Exchange Year Opening Ceremony & Performance”, İstanbul National Opera & Ballet (Beijing & Shanghai, China), Co-Lighting Design with Kemal Yiĝitcan, Choreography: Beyhan Murphy

2013 “The Kite Runner”, Theatre Calgary & Citadel Theatre Co-Production (Calgary & Edmonton), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Eric Rose

2012 “Mi Minör”, CPM (Turkey), Set Design, Director: Memet Ali Alabora

2012 “Aşk Hastası”, National Theatre (Turkey), Lighting Design, Director: Kenan Işık

2012 “Snow Queen the Musical”, National Theatre (Turkey), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Sabri Özmener

2011 “Anlasılmaz Konuşmalar”, TiyatroPerest (Turkey), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Hakan Çimenser

2011 “Sehir Orman”, National Ballet Modern Dance Company (Istanbul, Turkey), Lighting Design, Choreography: Beyhan Murphy

2011 “Elma Hirsizlari”, National Theatre (Turkey), Set Design, Director: Volkan Özgömeç

2011 “Reverie”, Ghost River Theatre(Calgary), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Eric Rose

2011 “The Trespassers”, Vancouver Playhouse(Vancouver), Lighting Design, Director: Ron Jenkins

2010 “Ghost Walk ”, Laboratuar Contemporary Dance Company (Turkey) & Bad Co (Croatia), Set & Lighting Design, Choreographer: Şafak Uysal

2010 “Chalk”, SNAFU Dance Theatre & William Head on Stage(Victoria), Lighting Design, Director: Ingrid Hansen

2010 “The Trespassers”, Belfry Theatre(Victoria), Lighting Design, Director: Ron Jenkins

2010 “A Streetcar Named Desire”, Bluebridge Repertory Theatre(Victoria), Lighting Design, Director: Brian Richmond

2010 “Nevermore”, Arts Club Theatre(Vancouver), Lighting Associate to Bretta Gerecke, Director: Jonathan Christenson

2009 “Romeo and Juliet”, Phoenix Theatre(Victoria), Set Design, Director: Brian Richmond

2009 “Bash'D!”, Theatre Passe Muraille(Toronto), Lighting Design, Director: Ron Jenkins

2009 “Pretty Little Instincts”, SNAFU Dance Theatre(Victoria), Lighting Design, Director: Ingrid Hansen

2009 “Death of a Salesman”, Bluebridge Repertory Theatre(Victoria), Lighting Design, Director: Brian Richmond

2008 “Comrades”, Kill Your Television Theatre(Edmonton), Production Design, Director: Kevin Sutley

2008 “Flotsam”, METU International Dance Festival (Turkey), Lighting Design, Choreography: Gerry Morita

2007 “Death and the Maiden”, Globe Theatre (Regina), Set & Costume Design, Director: Floyd Favel

2007 “Sex over 40”, Edmonton & Calgary Fringe Festivals, Production Design, Director: Vern Thiessen

2007 “Scythe”, Dammitdance Theatre(Edmonton), Lighting Design, Choreographer: Amber Borotsik

2007 “Fat Pig”, Northern Light Theatre(Edmonton), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Trevor Schimdt

2007 “Water’s Edge”, Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton), Lighting Design, Choreographer: Gerry Morita

2007 “Monster”, Kill Your Television Theatre(Edmonton), Lighting Design, Director: Kevin Sutley

2006 “Unity 1918”, Augustana College(Camrose), Set & Lighting Design, Director: Kevin Sutley

2006 “Purity Test”, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Lighting Design, Director: Vern Thiessen

2006 “Maggie Now”, Theatre Prospero (Edmonton), Lighting Design, Director: Jennifer Spencer

2006 “1984”, Citadel Theatre(Edmonton), Production Design, Director: Jonathan Christenson

2006 “Helen’s Necklace”, Shadow Theatre(Edmonton), Production Design, Director: John Sproule

2006 “Glass Menagerie”, Kill Your Television Theatre(Edmonton), Production Design, Director: Kevin Sutley

2005 “Hamlet”, Theatre Prospero(Edmonton), Production Design, Director: Mark Henderson

2005 “City of Lost Children”, Laboratuar Contemporary Dance Company(Turkey), Set & Lighting Design, Choreographer: Şafak Uysal

2005 “Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth”, Keyano College Theatre(Fort McMurray), Set & Costume Design, Director: Floyd Favel

2005 “Faithless”, Azimuth Theatre & OYR (Calgary), Lighting Design, Director: Marianne Copithorne

2004 “International Istanbul Jazz Festival”, IKSV(Turkey), Resident Lighting Designer – Artists include: Charlie Hayden, Joan Baez, Bobby McFerrin