Assistant to Alison Chitty 1999-2003
Motley Theatre Design Course 1998-99
RADA Design Summer School 1997
NSDF 1997 (Design Award Winner)
Hull University Drama Department (BA HONS Drama) 1994-97
Production assistant Chichester Festival Theatre 1991-1993
DESIGNS
2018
DIDO AND AENAES
Academy of Ancient Music/ Barbican
Director Thomas Guthrie
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER
Longborough Festival Opera
Director Thomas Guthrie
ORFEO
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
Director Thomas Guthrie
2017
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Longborough Festival Opera
Director Thomas Guthrie
THE NOSE
Royal Opera House, Clore Studio
Composed by Pete Letanka and libretto by Denton Chikura
Director Karen Gillingham
DIFFERENT
English Touring Opera: Lyric Hammersmith Studio/ SEN tour
Composed by Llywelyn ap Myrddin
Director Tim Yealland
2016
BEAUTIFUL WORLD
UAE National Theatre, Abu Dhabi
Composed by Hannah Conway
Directed by Karen Gillingham
TRIALS OF FIRE AND WATER
Royal Opera House, All Together Opera
Director Freya Wynn Jones
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
Spoleto Festival, Spoleto Festival, USA
Composed and libretto by Helmut Lachenmann
Directed by Phelim McDermott and Mark Down
MILLIONS OF YEARS
after Akhnaten by Phillip Glass
English National Opera at the British Museum
Directed by Sophie Motley
2015
CITIZEN PUPPET
Blind Summit – Edinburgh Fringe Fringe First Winner
Directed by Mark Down
(Associate Artist)
ALL CHANGE
Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus
Directed by David Stephenson
WAXWINGS
English Touring Opera: Hackney Empire Studio/Philharmonie Luxemburg/SEN tour
Composed by Clive and Mark Ives
Directed by Tim Yealland
2014
OYSTER BOY
Roman River Festival
Devised and directed by Ruth Paton
LE ROSSIGNOL
Bregenz Festival/Blind Summit
Directed by Mark Down
A LITLLE THING CALLED LIFE
Royal Opera House RM19 at High House Production Park
Directed by Greg Eldridge
RUMBLED
English Touring Opera: Hackney Empire Studio/ Philharmonie Luxemburg
Composed by John Barber and libretto by Hazel Gould
Directed by Tim Yealland
2013
SPIN
English Touring Opera: Philharmonie Luxemburg/ SEN tour
Composed by Rachael Leach
Directed by Tim Yealland
WOODWOSE
Wigmore Hall
Composed by Kerry Andrew
Directed by Hazel Gould
THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
Battersea Arts Centre
Director Sarah Golding
(Director/designer: The Tree Room)
Previous work
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Royal Shakespeare Company/City of London Sinfonia
Director Jonathan Best
MENDELSSOHN IN SCOTLAND
City of London Sinfonia
Director Jonathan Best
BEACHED
Opera North- The Spa, Bridlington
Composed by Harvey Brough
Directed by Karen Gillingham
ALCMEON IN CORINTH and BE MY BABY and KNIVES IN HENS
Live Theatre Newcastle
Directed by Martin Wylde
IN THE BELLY OF THE HORSE
English Touring Opera: Tricycle Theatre/British Museum
Composed by Rachel Leach
Directed by Tim Yealland
BEST MATES
National Theatre : site specific tour
Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by John Burgess
ROMEO AND JULIET, NORTHERN TRAWL and EDUCATING RITA
Hull Truck Theatre
Directed by Kate Bramley
THE GLASS MENAGERIE and ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Hull Truck Theatre
Directed by John Godber
CINDERELLA
Glyndebourne Festival Opera: schools tour
Composed by James redwood
Directed by Hazel Gould
NEWSNIGHT THE OPERA
Battersea Arts Centre
Directed by Tom Morris
LOVE LABOUR’S LOST, MACBETH, TWELTH NIGHT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE TEMPEST, CROW, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, INTO THE WOODS and VOLPONE
Oxford School of Drama/ various venues
Directed by George Peck
SWEENEY TODD
Mountview Academy
Directed by Ken Caswell
GAMBLERS
Battersea Arts Centre
Directed by Charlie Wood
40 HARES AND A PRINCESS and MAPS OF DESIRES
Southwark Playhouse
Directed by Alys Khil
FIGHTING THE TIDE, STILL MARILYN and MARLOW
Bad Apple Theatre Company
Directed by Kate Bramley
