Kate Baldwin is an emerging, queer, neurodivergent, Japanese-Australian lighting designer, who lives and works on the lands of the Gadigal and Wangal people of the Eora Nation.

Since graduating from NIDA in 2019, some of her credits as Lighting Designer include: Lose to Win (Red Line Productions); The Great Australian Play (Red Line Productions and Montague Basement); Nothing (National Theatre of Parramatta), Tom at the Farm (KXT); Albion (New Ghosts Theatre Company, Secret House & Seymour Centre); Top Coat (Sydney Theatre Company); The Box Show (Critical Stages Touring & Junkyard Beats); Guards at the Taj (National Theatre of Parramatta); Chewing Gum Dreams (Green Door Theatre Company and Red Line Productions); seven methods of killing kylie jenner (Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Green Door Theatre Company); Ching Chong Chinaman (Slanted Theatre); and House at Boundary Road, Liverpool (Bontom).

She completed a residency at Sydney Theatre Company as Design Associate (Lighting) in 2021 and 2022. She was also a part of Ka-llective, which had residencies with PACT and CPAC in 2021 and 2022.

Kate is passionate about creating more opportunities and safe spaces for First Nations Artists and Artists of Colour, as well as Disabled Artists. She is committed to working with other artists who are actively and openly breaking down barriers against Inclusion and Accessibility.

Kate has an Accessibility Rider. If you have any questions of what that may look like or how to incorporate one into your practice, or would like to work with her, please send Kate an email at kate@katebaldwindesign.com.