Amelia Lever-Davidson
LIGHTING DESIGNER
AUS
Amelia Lever-Davidson (she/her) is a lighting designer based in Melbourne, whose practice encompasses theatre, dance, television and events.
Malthouse Theatre: MACBETH (AN UNDOING), HOUR OF THE WOLF, K-BOX, BECAUSE THE NIGHT, AUSTRALIAN REALNESS, TRUSTEES, TURBINE and the Besen Family Artist Program (lighting design, 2014).
Other Theatre: JULIUS CAESAR and CORIOLANUS (Bell Shakespeare); THE WRONG GODS, BLESSED UNION, MY BRILLIANT CAREER and EVERY BRILLIANT THINg (Belvoir); THEY DIVIDED THE SKY (Belvoir 25A); MYSELF IN THAT MOMENT, SYSTEM ERROR and DIASPORA (Chamber Made); NEXT MOVE 11 (Chunky Move); LEVIATHAN (Circa); HYDRA, MORAL PANIC, CONTEST, NICHE, CONVICTION and DREAM HOME (Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy); LOOKING GLASS and TRIUMPH (fortyfivedownstairs); THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, MEET ME AT DAWN, BLOOM, BERNHARDT/HAMLET, GIRLS & BOYS, SLAP. BANG. KISS., ADMISSIONS, TORCH THE PLACE and THE VIOLENT OUTBURST THAT DREW ME TO YOU (Melbourne Theatre Company); YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM, MONUMENT, DESERT 6.29PM, JURASSICA and FOXFINDER (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre); THE SEAGULL and JULIUS CAESAR (Sydney Theatre Company).
Awards & Nominations: Green Room Award for Visual Design, Dance (2023, Make Your Life Count); Green Room Award for Visual Design, Contemporary/Experimental Performance (2019, Diaspora); Green Room Awards for Lighting Design, Independent Theatre (2017, Contest; 2018, Looking Glass and 2015 body of work).
Amelia is an Australia Council ArtStart and JUMP Mentorship recipient, Ian Potter Cultural Trust recipient, and a past participant in the Malthouse Besen Family Artist Program and the Melbourne Theatre Company’s inaugural Women in Theatre Program.
Headshot: Amelia J. Dowd
Current as of April 2026.