[2] Influenced by the art scene in London in the 1980s, she then decided to combine English with Drama, graduating in 1989,[3] while working in the music business.
[6][7] Her "big break" came with show The Street of Crocodiles at the National Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design at age 26.
For the Metropolitan Opera in New York she has designed lighting for Satyagraha, Anna Bolena, Don Giovanni, Giulio Cesare, The Marriage of Figaro, and others.
In the West End she lit Evita, Don Carlos, The Weir and Amadeus (also Broadway, 1999 LA Critics' Award winner).
[citation needed] Constable was the lighting designer for the 2010 25th Anniversary Touring Production of Les Misérables, staged at the Barbican Centre in London.