Nicolaas de Jongh is a freelance theatre technician, lighting and set designer. He completed his BA Drama (Hons) degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He started lighting and set design under the mentorship of Marthinus Basson. His lighting design credits include Tom Lanoye’s Koningin Lear and Atropa. Reza de Wet’s Asem and Mirakel, Pieter Fourie’s Ek, Anna van Wyk, Lars Norén’s Terminaal 3, Jana Cilliers’ Veelhoek, Ionesco’s Die Stoele, The Addams Family Musical, Boklied, Kuns, and Cape Town Opera’s productions of Puccini’s La Boheme and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. 

A career highlight would be the production of Tom Lanoye’s Die Fel Omstrede Kroon van Edward II en Gaveston for which he received a Fleur de Cap for best lighting design. Other highlights include designing the set for Die Legende van die Goue Vis which garnered him Woordtrofee and Kanna nominations at Woordfees and KKNK.