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