Tom is a London-based Director, Creative Director, Production, Exhibition and Scenic and Costume Designer for theatre, music and live events. His studio's work reaches extensively across Theatre, Opera, Dance, Exhibition and Live Music including collaborations with Christine and the Queens, The Pet Shop Boys, Sam Smith, Apple Music and MTV. He regularly works in London's major theatres (National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Donmar Warehouse, ENO) and is Tony-nominated for his work on Broadway. His designs can currently be seen in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in both the West End and on Broadway.
Awards and Nominations
For design
2024 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Cabaret on Broadway
2021 Critics’ Circle Best Design award for Cabaret
2022 Evening Standard Award for Cabaret
2022 Olivier Award nomination for Best Set for Cabaret
2022 Olivier Award nomination for Best Costume Design for Cabaret
2019 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Set Design
2019 WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Costume Design for Little Shop of Horrors
2019 Critics’ Circle Best Design award for A Very Expensive Poison
2019 Broadway World UK Nomination for Best Set Design for A Very Expensive Poison
2016 Tony Award Nomination Best Costume for King Charles III
2016 Outer Critics Circle Nomination Best Costume for King Charles III
2013 WhatsOnStage Award Best Set Designer for Constellations and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
2007 Linbury Prize for Stage Design
2007 Jocelyn Herbert Award for Stage Design
2005/6 Philip Carne Prize
Royal Welsh College Music and Drama Theatre Design Award 2003-4, 2004-5 & 2005-6
For direction
2019 Stage Debut Award nomination for Berberian Sound Studio
For architecture
2023 Civic Trust Pro Tem Award – Kit Kat Club at The Playhouse
2023 RIBA national and London Award for Kit Kat Club at The Playhouse
As team:
2022 Olivier Best Revival Constellations
2022 Olivier Best New Opera Production Cunning Little Vixen
2019 Olivier Best Revival Summer and Smoke
2017 Olivier Best Musical Revival Jesus Christ Superstar
2019 WhatsOnStage Best Musical Revival Little Shop of Horrors
List Of Productions
2024
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | Director: Jordan Fein | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
CABARET | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | The Kit Kat Club, Broadway
TOSCA | Director: Edward Dick | Margaret Court Arena/ Melbourne/Sydney Opera House, Australia
DIE WALKÜRE | Director: John Fulljames | Greek National Opera
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | Director: Jaime Manton | Canadian Opera Company
CARMEN | Director: Carrie Cracknell | Metropolitan Opera, US
2023
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | UK Tour
CABARET | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Kit Kat Club, West End
2022
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Tim Sheader | US Tour
MARYS SEACOLE | Director: Nadia Latif | Donmar Warehouse
DIE WALKÜRE | Director: John Fulljames | Royal Danish Theatre
CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | Director: Jamie Manton | English National Opera
2021
CABARET | Director Rebecca Frecknall | Playhouse Theatre
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhurst | Vaudeville Theatre, West End
CAROUSEL | Set & Co-Costume Designer | Director: Timothy Sheader | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
LIGHT - BACH DANCES | Director: John Fulljames | Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter | Royal Danish Theatre & Hofesh Shechter Company co-production
2020
NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Almeida Theatre
SANCTUARY CITY | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | New York Theatre Workshop
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Concert Version | Director: Timothy Sheader | Regent's Park Open Air
2019
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | US Tour
FAIRVIEW | Director: Nadia Latif | Young Vic
A VERY EXPENSIVE POISON | Director: John Crowley | Old Vic
LIAM GALLAGHER MTV UNPLUGGED | Hull City Hall
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Barbican
OUTWITTING THE DEVIL | Visual Designer | Director: Akram Khan | Akram Khan Company/ Colours International Dance Festival, Theaterhaus, Germany
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO | Director: Tom Scutt | Donmar Warehouse
2018
CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS | At Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Lyric Opera Chicago, US
TOSCA | Director: Edward Dick | Opera North
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS | Director: Maria Aberg | Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
FRIDA KAHLO: MAKING HER SELF UP | Victoria & Albert Musuem
JULIE | Director: Carrie Cracknell | National Theatre, Lyttelton
SUMMER AND SMOKE | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | Almeida Theatre/ Duke of York's Theatre, West End
2017
SAM SMITH | At Tate Modern, London
BELLEVILLE | Director: Michael Longhurst | Donmar Warehouse
GRAND FINALE | Hofesh Shechter | International Tour
THE LADY FROM THE SEA | Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah | Donmar Warehouse
GRAND FINALE | Director: Hofesh Shechter | Hofesh Shechter Company
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park
WOYZECK | Director: Joe Murphy | Old Vic
SEVENTEEN | Director: Anne-Louise Sarks | Lyric Hammersmith
2016
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES | Director: Josie Rourke | Booth Theatre, NYC, US
FANTASTIC MR FOX | Director: Maria Aberg | Nuffield Theatre/Tour
KING CHARLES III | Director: Rupert Goold | Sydney Theatre Company, Australia
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS | At Madison Square Garden, NYC, US
THE DEEP BLUE SEA | Director: Carrie Cracknell | National Theatre Lyttelton
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Director: Timothy Sheader | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
ELEGY | Director: Josie Rourke | Donmar Warehouse
2015
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Director: Josie Rourke | Donmar Warehouse
KING CHARLES III | Director: Rupert Goold | NYC Music Box Theatre, US/ Birmingham Rep/ UK Tour
A NUMBER | Director: Michael Longhurst | Nuffield Theatre/ Young Vic
EAST IS EAST | Director: Sam Yates | ATG/ UK Tour
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Michael Longhurst | Trafalgar Studio/ UK Tour
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS | At Microsoft Centre, LA, US
CONSTELLATIONS | Director: Mike Longhurst | Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC, US
ON OFF | Director: Andreas Dalsgaard & Jesper Pederson | Aarhus Teater, Denmark
2014
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Director: Rupert Goold | Almeida Theatre
HOPE | Director: John Tiffany | Royal Court
EAST IS EAST | Director: Sam Yates | Trafalgar Studio/ Jamie Lloyd Season
MR. BURNS | Director: Robert Icke | Almeida Theatre
KING CHARLES III | Director: Rupert Goold | Wyndham’s Theatre, West End/ Almeida Theatre
MEDEA | Carrie Cracknell | National Theatre
A LIFE OF GALILEO | Roxana Silbert | Birmingham Repertory Theatre/ UK Tour
A NUMBER | Michael Longhurst | Nuffield Theatre
THE WEIR | Josie Rourke | West End/Donmar Warehouse
2013
THE DJINNS OF EIDGAH | Richard Twyman | Royal Court (Jerwood)
THE RITUAL SLAUGHTER OF GORGE MASTROMAS | Vicky Featherstone | Royal Court Theatre
WOZZECK | Carrie Cracknell | English National Opera
HOW THE WHALE BECAME | Natalie Abrahami | Royal Opera House
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | Harry Fehr | Scottish Opera
THE WEIR | Josie Rourke | Donmar Warehouse/ West End
A LIFE OF GALILEO | Roxana Silbert | Royal Shakespeare Company
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
CONSTELLATIONS | Michael Longhurst | Duke of York’s/ Royal Court
NO QUARTER | Jeremy Herrin | Royal Court
KING LEAR | Michael Attenborough | Almeida Theatre
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE | Director: Rupert Goold, Michael Fentiman | Kensington Gardens
SOUTH DOWNS/ THE BROWNING VERSION | Director: Jeremy Herrin, Angus Jackson | West End / Chichester Minerva Theatre
ABSENT FRIENDS | Jeremy Herrin | West End / Sonia Friedman Productions
MOGADISHU | Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Olivier Award | Director: Matthew Dunster | UK Tour/ Manchester Royal Exchange/ Lyric Hammersmith
13 | Thea Sharrock | National Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET | Dirctor: Rupert Goold | Royal Court
RIGOLETTO | Lindsay Posner | Opera Holland Park
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Rupert Goold | Royal Shakespeare Company
REMEMBRANCE DAY | Michael Longhurst | Royal Court
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Natalie Abrahami | Headlong Theatre / Nuffield Southampton tour
HAMLET | Paul Miller | Sheffield Crucible Theatre
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY | Michael Attenborough | Almeida Theatre
PRESSURE DROP | Christoper Haydon | On Theatre
AFTER MISS JULIE | Tom Daley | Salisbury Playhouse
VANYA | Natalie Abrahami | Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
THE CONTINGENCY PLAN (Double bill) – ON THE BEACH & RESILIENCE | Michael Longhurst & Tamara Harvey | The Bush
UNBROKEN | Natalie Abrahami | The Gate, Notting Hill
THE INTERNATIONALIST | Natalie Abrahami | The Gate, Notting Hill