Katie Lias

Set & Costume Designer

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

2023 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Set Design for Bleak Expectations, West End

2023 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Set Design for Notes From A Small Island, Watermill Theatre

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

List Of Productions

2025

HANDBAGGED | Director: Alex Thorpe | Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

2024

THE WASP | Director: Psyche Stott | English Theatre Frankfurt

THE TWO POPES | Director: Psyche Stott | English Theatre Frankfurt, Germany

SLEEPING BEAUTY | Salisbury Playhouse

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

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 | Costume Designer | Director: Ros Hutt | Polka Theatre

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 | Assistant Designer | Director: James Dacre | Ustinov Studio Bath

PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS

THE WELSH BOY | Costume Designer | Director: Matthew Lloyd | Ustinov Studio Bath

DEADKIDSSONGS | Costume Designer | Director: Gary Sefton | Ustinov Studio Bath

THE TEMPEST: SHAKESPEARE IN A SUITCASE | Director: Justin Audibert | Royal Shakespeare Company on Tour

LILIOM | Set Designer | Director: Matthew Lloyd | Arts Ed

HOT FUDGE and ICE CREAM | Set Designer | Director: Chirs White | Arts Ed

ON THE RAZZLE | Set Designer | Director: Dan Bird | Arts Ed

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 | As Art Director | Short Film | Director: Jack Ryder

COALITION | 10 short plays each with different writer and director | Curator: Nadia Latif | Theatre 503

THE LOWER DEPTHS | Director: Matt Beresford | Baron's 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, 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 / International 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