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Camino
Real

Death in
Venice

Macbeth

Anyone Can Whistle

Antony and Cleopatra

The Death Certificate

Master Flea

The Miser

Design Competitions

Anna
Project

Godspell

Design Assistant

Urinetown

Tales of Aviation Heroes

Songs of Innocence and Experience

Falsettos

Riders to
the Sea

Psister Psycho

Assassins

Six Characters in Search of
an Author

The Just

Good design, based on a creative interpretation of the author's ideas, fosters a richer theatrical performance while enhances an audiences enjoyment and involvement with the work.

Both the clothing and settings should be integral to the scene. They are the framework for the actions. They can, where appropriate, exaggerate the meaning of the words spoken, the songs sung and the movements executed on stage.

I bring extensive experience in design and management, developed as an architect and graphic designer, to designing for the theatre.

• Scenic Design

• Costume Design

• Film Production Design

• Assisting Other Designers

• Computer CAD Design and Draughting

• Model Making

• Storyboards

• Design Research

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Riders to the Sea - preliminary sketches for concept of producing the play in the round at the Royal Court Theatre.

Psister Psycho - Nuns, Guns and Robots in the caves at the Edinburgh Festival. Nominated for a 2008 Chortle Award.

The Miser - period costume designs for Harpagon, the Miser,who despises his son Cleante's excesses of frills and bows.

Master Flea - preliminary set design sketches with a caravan that transforms into the variety of locations throughout this fantasy musical.

The Death Certificate - production and costume design for a short film about a man who is delusional, depressive and suicidal.

Antony and Cleopatra - Act I Scene 1 - The market in Alexandria - concrete wall with open fins.

Anyone Can Whistle - The townsquare is filled with boxes and rubble and the Cookie Jar cage is lowered.

Macbeth - preliminary costume sketches.

Death in Venice - the beach where the Games of Apollo are played.

Camino Real - CAD model - a series of scaffolding poles cascade from the town square into to the audience.

Assassins - Storyboard illustrating the primary scenes.

Godspell - poster design for a touring production performed on baseball diamonds of city parks. Set and Costume designs were also baseball themed.

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Winning Competition Entry for the Equity Stain Glass Window designed and installed at the Mechanics Trade Union Headquarters in Manchester, England.

Do You SeeHear What I Do? - devised in conjunction with Robert Evans and Emanuela Papito - performance and film - part of the Anna Project.

Design Assistant to Peter J. Davison - Aladdin - CAD drawing of flown in place arches.

Urinetown - set within an empty swimming pool, water drips along crumbling tile wall of the public urinal.

Songs of Innocence and Experience - projection design for a celebration of the birth of William Blake at Exeter Cathedrals

Falsettos - design studies for the use of periaktoi - three sided rotating units - to allow quick changes of scenes.

Six Characters in Search of An Author - Finale - surviving Characters re-enter through scenic door.

The Just - Dora, a Bolshevik terrorist constructs a pipe bomb in this new translation of Albert Camus' play.

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Tales of Aviation Heroes -13 year old Lark in a puffa jacket and Tottenham Hotspur's goalie shirt.