Award winning Design
Beyond the Deepening Shadow Back in the moat of the Tower of London and faced with the challenge from Deborah Shaw of how to mark the end of the centenary year of the end of the first world war. I have been on an extraordinary journey with … [Read more...]
It's back at Sadlers Wells and then on tour through Germany. The production began life in Cuba before it opened in 2016 in Theatre du Chatelet Paris. Here are some great pictures by Deborah Jaffe.co.uk … [Read more...]
Just recovering from the emotional journey of putting on this wonderful show. I know it is normal to get involved in one's work, but something about the open heartedness of Sam Kenyon's words and music and the way Erica Whyman worked with the … [Read more...]
After the whirling challenge of the multi locational Great Wave at the NT it was refreshing to take on the singular challenge of creating the Tyrone household for O'Neill's great play at the Citizens. The clue is in the title , a long journey through … [Read more...]
This has been an epic tale, in a smallish space, that has pushed my ethos of creating simple and evocative spaces to the limit. Francis Turnly's play was three years in development and always multi locational, as we worked on it with director … [Read more...]
This is turning into an amazing year of collaborations with so many of my close directorial colleagues asking me to do several projects each, how can I say no ! So with Michael Boyd, after Open House and Cherry Orchard, I will be doing Tamburlaine, … [Read more...]
It is great to go back to this classic text, as it is play I know well having designed it many years ago at Nottingham playhouse, but it was intriguing to see how Rory Mullarkey (writer) and Michael Boyd (direction)would approach the play. It is … [Read more...]
Another compelling new play received its UK premiere at the Ustinov Bath and now transferring to The Print Room at The Coronet in Notting Hill. Michael Boyd has directed and we worked with Madeleine Girling as costume designer. For what appears to be … [Read more...]
"What is the point of a box of delights if you can't open it ?" so says one of the children in this fantastic adaptation of the classic children's story by John Masefield adapted by Piers Today. A gem to design in the faded splendour of … [Read more...]
Here is a link to an article on the exhibition at the V and A which I have co-designed with Alan Farlie of RFK Architects (we have worked together now on 4 exhibitions Shakespeare staging the world, Blood, Curtain Up ). Also working closely with … [Read more...]
