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Katie Lias

Katie graduated with a First Class Degree in English and Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway University in 2006, before receiving a Distinction in Theatre Design from RADA in 2008. She was then selected to work as a Resident Trainee Designer at the RSC, before embarking on her career as a freelance designer. Katie is an Associate Artist at The Watermill Theatre.

Awards and nominations

2022 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Set Design for 'Spike', UK Tour.

Productions

2024

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Director: Ryan McBryde
Mercury Colchester

2023

BURNT AT THE STAKE Directors: Naeem Hayat and Indiana Lown-Collins
Globe Theatre 
DICK WHITTINGTON

Director: Vic Sivalingam
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

TO WONG FOO THE MUSICAL
(Set Design)

Director: Douglas Carter Beane
Hope Mill Theatre

BLEAK EXPECTATIONS

Director: Caroline Leslie
Criterion Theatre, West End

NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

2022

GRANDAD, ME AND TEDDY TOO

Director: Sarah Argent
Polka Theatre

BLEAK EXPECTATIONS

Director: Caroline Leslie
Watermill Theatre

SPIKE

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre & UK Tour

2021

AS YOU LIKE IT

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

JUST SO

Director: Abigail Pickard Price
Watermill Theatre

2020

HAMLET

Directors: Paul Hart & Abigail Pickard Price

LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER Director: Ciaran McConville
UK Tour

2019

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/MACBETH

Director: Paul Hart
UK Tour

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE

Director: Psyche Stott
Storyhouse Theatre

POLKA40 EXHIBITION

Morden Hall Park & Tour
Polka Theatre

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

Director: Abigail Pickard-Price
Watermill Theatre

MACBETH

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

2018

TREASURE ISLAND

Director: Sara Joyce
Arts Ed

TWELFTH NIGHT

Director: Paul Hart
Wilton's Music Hall

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

2017

MY BROTHER, MY SISTER AND ME
 
Director: Sarah Argent
Polka Theatre
 
ROMEO AND JULIET

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre & UK Tour

TWELFTH NIGHT

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre & UK Tour

 

2016

ROMEO AND JULIET

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

ECLIPSE

Director: Nicholai La Barrie
Lyric Hammersmith

FLIP

Director: Rebecca Hill
Arts Ed

THE ANGRY BRIGADE

Director: Benet Catty
Arts Ed

SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL

Director: Sarah Argent
Polka Theatre

 

2015

VALHALLA

Director: Jo McInnes
Theatre 503

TABLE

Director: Justin Audibert
Arts Ed

CINDERELLA

Director: Ellen McDougall
Lyric Hammersmith

THE LONE PINE CLUB

Director: Elizabeth Freestone
Pentabus

 

2014

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

Director: Gary Sefton
Arts Ed

JOURNEY’S END

Director: Paul Hart
Watermill Theatre

DICK WHITTINGTON

Director: Dan Herd
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

GRANDAD ME AND TEDDY TOO

Director: Sarah Argent
Polka Theatre

NANNY MCPHEE
(Costumes)

Choreographer: Érico Montes
Peacock Theatre/London Children’s Ballet

LOVE AND INFORMATION

Dan Bird
Arts Ed

ANTIGONE

Gary Sefton
Arts Ed

SONG CYCLES

Hannah Chissick/ Kate Golledge
Arts Ed

 

2013

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

Director: Alex Thorpe
Finborough Theatre

IN THE SUMMER HOUSE

Director: Jonathan Cullen
RADA

ADDRESS UNKNOWN

Director: Steve Marmion
Soho Theatre

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Director: Ros Hutt
Polka Theatre, Costume Designer

LOVE AND MONEY

Director: Jamie Rocha Allen
Arts Ed

WAY TO HEAVEN

Director: Chris White
Arts Ed

WOMEN, POWER AND POLITICS NOW

Director: Emma Caplan
Arts Ed

4,000 MILES

Director: James Dacre
Ustinov Studio Bath, Assistant Designer

 

previous productions

THE WELSH BOY

Director: Matthew Lloyd,
Ustinov Studio Bath, Costume Designer

DEADKIDSSONGS

Director: Gary Sefton
Ustinov Studio Bath, Costume Designer

THE TEMPEST: SHAKESPEARE IN A SUITCASE

Director: Justin Audibert
Royal Shakespeare Company on Tour

LILIOM

Director: Matthew Lloyd
Arts Ed, Set Designer

HOT FUDGE and ICE CREAM

Director: Chirs White
Arts Ed, Set Designer

ON THE RAZZLE

Director: Dan Bird
Arts Ed, Set Designer

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Director: Helen Leblique,
Clifftown Theatre, East 15 Acting School

TINDERBOX

Director: Bill Buckhurst
Site specific production with Tooting Arts Club

FRED KARNO PROJECT

Director: Jos Houben
Bristol Old Vic Theatre

WIFE TO JAMES WHELAN

Director: Gavin McAlinden,
New Diorama Theatre

ACT OF MEMORY (Short Film)

Director: Jack Ryder
As Art Director

COALITION

10 short plays each with different writer and director. Curator: Nadia Latif, Theatre 503

THE LOWER DEPTHS

Director: Matt Beresford,
Barons Court Theatre

NO EXPENSE SPARED

Director: James Robert Carson
Jermyn Street Theatre

WORD:PLAY 3

Six plays by six different writers
Director: Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder and Adam Quayle, Theatre 503

THE PLAGUE

Director: Guy Retallack
The Lost Theatre, Stockwell

MATILDA

Trailer, RSC/Dusthouse cinematic trailer
Director: Chris McGill

WE’RE COMING HOME

Director: Chris McGill
RSC cinematic trailer produced by Dusthouse

A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG

Director: Danniel Brennan,
The Brockley Jack Theatre, London + Int Tour

THE DAY THEY BANNED CHRISTMAS

Director: Dominic Kelly
The Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton

PENTHESILEA

Director: Edward Kemp
Banbrugh Theatre, RADA

MAN EQUALS MAN

Director: Julia Pascal,
Gielgud Theatre, RADA

 

as associate designer

TORCH SONG TRILOGY

Designer: Soutra Gilmour
Menier Chocolate Factory

FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL

Designer: Morgan Large
Shaftesbury Theatre

DOUBLE FEATURE

Designer: Soutra Gilmour
Royal National Theatre

LAKEBOAT

Designer: Simon Hodgson,
RADA