Fly’s Designs for 2024 included; The Human Body at The Donmar, The Enormous Crocodile Musical at Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Paranormal Activity at Leeds Playhouse, A Christmas Carol-ish The Musical at Soho Place.
Fly’s Designs for 2023 included: Maternity leave, then; Costume Designer for The Odyssey Musical at National Theatre, The Enormous Crocodile the Musical at Leeds Playhouse, Nick Mohammed’s The Best and Worst of Mr Swallow at Duke of York’s West End.
Fly’s Designs for 2022 included: Henry V Donmar Warehouse, Caroline or Change on Broadway nominated for Tony Award for Best Costume Design, Ocean at the End of the Lane Duke of Yorks West End nominated What’s On Stage Award Best Set Design, Middle at National Theatre,Nick Mohammed’s Mr Swallow A Christmas Carolish at Soho Theatre, Joe Lycett’s More More More How do you Lycett How do you Lycett on Channel 4 and Fly had her second baby!
2021 Designs: Caroline or Change on Broadway, Ocean at the End of the Lane Duke of Yorks West End, Beginning National Theatre Tour, Groan Ups UK Tour
2020 Designs: La Boheme (Gothenburg Opera House), Caroline or Change (Roundabout Theatre, Broadway New York), The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Duke of Yorks Theatre, West End). Fly had a baby! And the world stopped due to Coronavirus.
2019 Designs: Caroline or Change (Playhouse West End, Olivier nominated for Best Costume Design), Shipwreck (Almeida, Costume Design), Tao of Glass with Philip Glass (Manchester International Festival), Groan Ups (Vaudeville Theatre West End), Vassa (Almeida Theatre), Neil Gaiman’s Ocean at the End of the Lane (Dorfman, National Theatre), Appropriate (Donmar Warehouse, Nominated for Evening Standard Award Best Design)
2018 Designs: Pericles (in the Olivier, National Theatre), Beginning (The Ambassadors Theatre West End transfer from The Dorfman National Theatre), Caroline or Change (The Playhouse Theatre West End), Macbeth (for RSC and The Barbican), The Hour That We Knew Nothing of Each Other (Royal Lyceum Theatre), The Prudes (Royal Court Theatre), Dealing with Clair (Orange Tree Theatre and ETT)
2017 Designs: Othello (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe), Winter’s Tale (Lyceum Edinburgh), Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities (Regents Park Theatre), How My Light is Spent (Royal Exchange, Bruntwood Prize winner) Caroline or Change (Chichester Festival Theatre), Nothing, Our Town and Parliament Square (Royal Exchange) Beginning (National Theatre, Dorfman).
2016 Designs:The Remains of Maisie Duggan (Abbey Theatre Dublin), Trade (Young Vic) Melanie Wilson’s Opera for the Unknown Woman (Fuel UK Tour), Contractions (Sheffield Crucible), Unreachable (Royal Court, Costume Designer), A Million Tiny Plays about Britain (Watermill). Nothing (Royal Exchange) A Streetcar Named Desire (Royal Exchange) The Invisible Dot’s BIG BIRTHDAY BASH (Hammersmith Apollo).
2015 Designs: I Want My Hat Back (National Theatre, nominated for Olivier Award Best Family Show), JMK winner Barbarians (Young Vic, Nominated for Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre), Glass Menagerie for Headlong (UK Tour), Comedy of Errors (National Theatre Shed) The Crocodile (Manchester International Festival), Scuttlers (Manchester Royal Exchange), Dissidents by Shamser Sinha (Tricycle), Turning a Little Further (Young Vic Clare), Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Winner Off West End Awards Best Set Design and Best Production,The Gate.) Fly was also Associate Designer to Chloe Lamford on The Twits (Royal Court Downstairs Directed by John Tiffany)
Scuttlers, Hunger for Trade Royal Exchange, James and the Giant Peach West Yorkshire Playhouse, A Streetcar Named Desire, Turning a Little Further, Barbarians Young Vic Clare, Primetime Royal Court, I’d Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole, Image of an Unknown Young Woman Gate Theatre (Winner Best Set Design and Best Production Off West End Awards), The Dissidents Tricycle, Superior Donuts Southwark Playhouse, Almost Near Finborough, Primetime Royal Court Upstairs and School’s Tour, Pigeons Royal Court Schools Tour, Collaboration Royal Court Upstairs, Kids Court Royal Court Downstairs, Woyzeck Omnibus, White Guard Drama Centre, What the Animals Say for Greyscale Tour at Hull Truck Main Space, Northern Stage and Camden People’s Theatre, The Great British Country Fete at Bush Theatre & UK Tour; The Man at Finborough Theatre & UK Tour; Khadija is 18 at Finborough Theatre, CHAVS at Lyric Hammersmith, Change at Arcola Theatre; Ignite 5 Old Vic New Voices at Waterloo East; ‘Av It at Old Vic Tunnels; The Wonderful World of Dissocia, The White Guard, Deathwatch all at Drama Centre, Bright Star at Tabard Theatre; When the Lilac Blooms at Leicester Square Theatre Main House; Bloody Poetry at White Bear Theatre; Life Support at York Theatre Royal.
Past and Current Work
Director | Role | Production | Theatre/ Venue |
2016 | |||
Bryonny Shanahan | Set & Costume Designer | Trade | Young Vic |
Ellen McDougall | Set Designer | The Remains of Maisie Duggan | National Theatre Ireland The Abbey |
Sarah Frankcom | Set & Costume Designer | A Streetcar Named Desire | Royal Exchange |
Lisa Blair | Set & Costume Designer | Contractions | Sheffield Crucible |
Anthony Neilson | Costume Designer | Unreachable | Royal Court |
Bryonny Shanahan | Set & Costume Designer | Nothing | Royal Exchange |
Melanie Wilson | Set & Costume Designer | Opera for the Unknown Woman | Fuel UK Tour |
Laura Keefe | Set & Costume Designer | One Million Tiny Plays About Britain | Watermill Theatre |
Ed Stambollouian | Set & Costume Designer | The Invisible Dot’s Big Birthday Comedy Bash | Apollo Eventim Hammersmith |
2015 | |||
December
Liz Stevenson |
Set Designer | Barbarians | Young Vic Clare, JMK Award Winner |
November
Wils Wilson |
Set and Costume Designer | I Want my Hat Back | National Theatre, Shed |
(November)
Bijan Sheibani |
Set & Costume Designer | Comedy of Errors | National Theatre Shed and Primary school tour |
(Septemeber)
Ellen McDougall |
Set & Costume Designer | Headlong Glass Menagerie | Headlong National Tour |
(June)
Chris Haydon |
Set & Costume Designer | Image of and Unknown Woman | Gate Theatre |
(April)
John Tiffany |
Associate Designer to Chloe Lamford | The Twits | Royal Court |
(May)
Laura Keefe |
Set & Costume Designer | Turn a Little Further | Young Vic Clare |
(March)
Beth Shouler |
Set & Costume Designer | The Dissidents | Tricycle |
(February)
Wils Wilson |
Set & Costume Designer | Scuttlers | Royal Exchange |
2014
Max Webster |
Set & Costume Designer | James and Giant Peach | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
Rebecca Frecknall | Set & Costume Designer | A Streetcar Named Desire | Young Vic Clare |
Polly Thomas and Alex Summers | Set & Costume Designer | Hunger for Trade 4 plays and installations | Royal Exchange Studio |
Ned Bennett | Set & Costume Designer | Primetime | Royal Court Upstairs and Schools Tour |
Jude Christian | Set & Costume Designer | I’d Rather Goya Robbed me of my Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole | The Gate in association with National Theatre Studio |
Holly Race Roughan | Set & Costume Designer | Eye of a Needle | Southwark Playhouse |
Ned Bennett | Designer | Superior Donuts | Southwark Playhouse |
Audrey Sheffield | Set & Costume Designer | Almost Near | Finborough Theatre |
2013 | |||
Ned Bennett | Set & Costume Designer | Pigeons | Royal Court Schools Tour |
Simon Dormandy | Set&Costume Designer | The White Guard | Platform Theatre, Drama Centre |
Natalie Abrahami | Costume Supervisor for Tom Scutt | Speakeasy Event Gala | Young Vic |
John Mcgrath | Costume Associate to Chloe Lamford | Bradley Manning | National Theatre Wales, tour |
Robyn Winfield Smith | Set & Costume Designer | Woyzeck | Omnibus |
Anthony Neilson | Set & Costume Designer | Collaboration | Royal Court Upstairs |
Ned Bennett | Set & Costume Designer | Kids Court x 6 Plays | Royal Court Downstairs |
Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone
Vicky Featherstone John Tiffany Caroline Steinbeis Carrie Cracknell Vicky Featherstone Caroline Steinbeis |
Associate Designer to Chloe Lamford | Open Court Season
The President Has Come to See You Death Tax Mint
Pigeons Matriarch
Talk Show |
Royal Court Downstairs |
Matthew Monaghan | Set Designer | Kettlehead and Viagron Operas | Arcola Theatre Grimeborn Studio 1 and Riverside Studios |
Josie Rourke | Design Associate to Tom Scutt | The Weir | Donmar Warehouse |
Rosy Banham | Set & Costume Designer | England Street | Oxford Playhouse |
Audrey Sheffield | Designer | Little Flower of East Orange for National Theatre Studio | The Shed, National Theatre (Workshopped at National Theatre Studio) |
Jeremy Herrin | Associate Designer to Tom Scutt | No Quarter | Royal Court |
2012 | |||
David Spearing | Set and Props Designer | McFly Pop Music Video for “Love is Easy” Island Records | Battersea Arts Centre Grand Hall |
Tim Stark | Set Designer | Khadija is 18 | Finborough Theatre |
Kirsty Patrick Ward, Max Key, Richard Fitch, Barney Norris, Stef O’Driscoll | Set & Costume Designer | CHAVS | Lyric Hammersmith Studio |
Lorne Campbell | Set & Costume Designer | What The Animals Say
(for Greyscale) |
Hull Truck Main Stage, Camden Peoples Theatre, Northern Stage |
Sophie Rashbrook | Set Designer | The Sandman, Tete a Tete Opera | Riverside Studios |
Hywel John | Set & Costume Design | The Silencer | The Pleasance, Edinburgh |
Ant Stones with Theatre Delicatessen | Set & Costume Designer | Bush Bazaar: Maximus and Audencia | Main Space Bush Theatre |
Sinziana Koening | Set & Costume Designer | Deathwatch | Drama Centre |
Joe Hughes | Set & Costume Designer | The Bear and The Marriage Proposal | Drama Centre |
Tim Stark/Ben Musgrave | Set & Costume Designer | Mad Bees Riot in the Light | Maria Studio, Young Vic (Theoretical project) |
Rupert Goold | Creative Assistant to Designer Tom Scutt | Threesixty’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe | Kensington Gardens Arena Tent |
Clare Whistler
(MD) Hannah Conway |
Associate Designer to Matt Deely | SPLASH with Philharmonia Orchestra: Bird’s Eye View | Royal Festival Hall, main space |
Oliver Rose, Kirsty Patrick Ward, Natalie Ibu, Barney Norris, Ben Bennet, Alice Lacey | Set & Costume Designer | CHAVS | Lyric Hammersmith Studio |
Lorne Campbell | Set & Costume Designer | The Wonderful World of Dissocia | Platform Theatre, Drama Centre, University of the Arts, London |
Various | Assistant Model Maker | Various | Royal Opera House |
EIS
MD Charles Hazlewood |
Assistant Designer to Matt Deely | Splash with Philharmonia: Mussorsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition | Royal Festival Hall, main space |
2011
Director | Role | Production | Theatre/ Venue |
Kirsty Patrick Ward, Tom Attenborough, Oliver Rose, Tinuke Craig | Set & Costume Designer | Ignite 5 Old Vic New Voices | Waterloo East |
Bobby Baker | Model Maker | Meringue Ladies | Southbank Freedom Festival |
Richard Fitch | Set & Costume Designer | Tete a Tete Opera Festival: Innocence in the Asylum | Riverside Studios |
Natalie Ibu | Set & Costume Designer | Av It | Old Vic Tunnels |
Alice Hamilton | Set & Costume Designer | At First Sight | Latitude Festival |
JonJocJosch | Design Coordinator | Exsistere performance sculpture | Testbed 1, Battersea |
Ian Caddy | Costume Designer | Dido and Aeneas, Opera | Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton |
Kirsty Patrick Ward | Designer/Animator | Life Support | York Theatre Royal |
Ellie Browning | Set & Costume Designer | Change | Arcola Theatre |
Ant Stones | Set & Costume Designer | Lovecat | Theatre 503 |
2010
Director | Role | Production | Theatre/ Venue |
Ali Wall | Set and Costume Designer | Bright Star | Tabard Theatre |
Catapulting Cocoon | Designer/Animator | Life Support Musical | York Theatre Royal |
Anthea Williams | Set and Costume Designer | The Great British Country Fete musical by Russell Kane Songs by Michael Bruce
TOUR for Bush Theatre |
North Wall Theatre Oxford, Ustinov Theatre Royal Bath, Tobacco Factory Theatre Bristol, Latitude Festival Drum Theatre, Plymouth, Bush Theatre |
Peter Gill | Assistant Designer to Tom Rogers | Playhouse Live filming & Transmission of “Hens” by Alia Bano | Riverside Studios and SKY Arts 2 TV |
Kate Wasserberg | Set Designer | The Man by James Graham | Finborough Theatre |
Simon Beyer | Costume and Set Designer | When the Lilac Blooms My Love by Jane Huxley | Leicester Square Theatre Main House |
Inhdu Rubasingham | Associate Designer to John Napier | Disconnect (transfer) | Elephant & Castle Shop – Theatre Local Season Royal Court |
Nina Brazzo | Costume Designer and Maker | Love is in The Air Interactive Photoshoot | The streets of Brighton |
The Malleables | Costume Designer | Victoria & Albert | Arcola Theatre |
Natascha Metherall | Costume & Set Designer | My 15 Minutes ,The Musical by Simon Beyer | New Wimbledon Studio |
Inhdu Rubasingham | Associate Designer to John Napier | Disconnect by Anupama Chandrasekhar | Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs |
Catapulting Cocoon | Co Artistic Director, Designer | Candid Carnival | Candid Arts Gallery |
John Holdsworth | Assistant Model Maker | Don Giovanni | Katrin State Theatre, Russia |
Britain’s Got Bhangra | Mumbai, India | ||
Match Theatre | Senior Scenic Artist | The Forecast | Greenwich Playhouse |
Malleables | Set Designer | Ich Bin Ein Berlina | Arcola Theatre |
James Grieve | Design Assistant to Lucy Osbourne | Whisky Taster by James Graham | Bush Theatre |
2009
Director | Role | Production | Theatre/ Venue |
Harriett Mann | Set & Costume designer | Madman’s Confession by Harriett Mann | White Bear Theatre |
Rebecca Morahan | Set & Costume Designer | Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton | White Bear Theatre |
EDUCATION
Institution | Course Title |
Motley 08-09 | One Year Theatre Design and Costume Course |
RADA 06-08 | 2 Year Graduate Diploma in Technical Theatre Arts and Management |
Battersea Arts Centre | Intensive Theatre Design Short Course |
Goldsmiths Uni | Intensive TV & Film Short Course |
Alton College | Awarded ADFAS scholarship for Excellence- Art Foundation Diploma |
Alton College | 3 A levels: all A grades: Art and Design, Drama & Communication Studies |
MOTLEY SET & COSTUME DESIGN TRAINING PROJECTS,
Graduating Exhibition at National Theatre July 2009.
Director | Theatre | Production |
John Fulljames | Grand Theatre Leeds | Lulu the Opera |
Birkbeck Directing Students,
Simon Stephans, Robert Holman, David Eldridge |
Menier Chocolate Factory | A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky |
James Robert Carson | Cottesloe, National Theatre | Julius Caesar |
Paul Miller | Lyric Hammersmith | The School for Scandal |
Simon Usher | Young Vic | In the Jungle of Cities |
Tim Meacock | Royal Court | The Linden Tree |
RADA EXPERIENCE 2006-2008
Job Title | Production |
Senior Scenic Artist | Final Year Directors Trilogy |
Design Co Coordinator | Final Year Acting Showcase |
Design representative | RADA website Design |
Senior Prop and Armour Maker | Penthesilia |
Deputy Stage Manager | Ursula |
Stage Manager | Little Women, The Broadway Musical |
Sound Engineer in studio | RADIO: Clare in the Community and School for Scandal |
Sound Engineer | FILM: Devils Finger and Crews |
Art Director | Costume photo shoot |
Wardrobe Supervisor & Dresser | In the Heart of America and Salome |
Assistant Model Box Maker | Today |
Construction & Crew | Barbarians and Duck Hunting |
Sound Operator | Scenes from the Big Picture |
THEATRE EXPERIENCE 2004-2006
Job Title | Theatre | Company | Production |
Assistant Designer
Directed by George Perrin |
Shoreditch Underground | Nabokov | Arts Gala |
Set Designer | Theatro Technis | Allstars | Assassins |
Assistant Designer
DIrected by Roxanna Silbert and George Perrin |
Shunt Vaults | Paines Plough | Play, Pie & Pint Season |
Design Assistant | BAC | Punchdrunk | Masque of the Red Death |
Costume Assistant | Coliseum | English National Ballet | Nutcracker, Giselle |
Costume Assistant | Royal Albert Hall | English National Ballet | Romeo &Juliet |
Awards
ADFAS Scholarship for Artistic Excellence Award 2006