Peter Butler
Set & Costume Designer
Peter is a visual artist designing set and costume for, theatre, devised theatre, site-specific performance, new writing and more recently opera.
His work in theatre includes Shut Up, I’m Dreaming at the National Theatre; A Taste of Honey at the Royal Exchange Manchester (2024 UK Theatre Awards nomination for best play revival); Boy Parts at Soho Theatre; Short Big Show for Hope at Somerset House as Co-director; The Shape of Things for Park 200 (2023 Stage Debut Award nomination for Best Design); Attempts on Her Life at Guildhall School of Music & Drama; Anthem & Horizon at the Bush; The Beat of Our Hearts at Exeter Northcott; Patient Light on UK tour: Mnemonic at The National Theatre (as associate set designer) and Cabaret: Prologue at the KitKat Club, Playhouse Theatre (as associate set designer).
Peter Peter trained at Central Saint Martins where he graduated with a First Class BA (hons) in Performance Design & Practice and has since returned to teach and lead workshops. Shortly after graduating he was awarded The 2021 Linbury Prize for Stage Design. He is shortlisted for the Arts Foundation Award 2025 and a finalist for The Ring Award 2025
Awards and Nominations
2025 Shortlisted for the Arts Foundation Award
2025 Finalist for The Ring Award
2023 Stage Debut Awards nomination: Best Design - The Shape of Things
2021 Linbury Prize for Stage Design
As part of a team:
2025 The Ring Award, Audience Award
2024 Theatre Awards nomination for best play revival - A Taste of Honey
List Of Productions
THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
A TASTE OF HONEY | Director: Emma Baggott | Manchester Royal Exchange
BOY PARTS | Director: Sara Joyce | Soho Theatre Downstairs
THE SHAPE OF THINGS | Director: Nicky Allpress | Park Theatre
THE SHORT BIG SHOW | Co- directed with Kane Husbands | Somerset House
ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE | Director: Emma Baggott | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
SHUT UP, I'M DREAMING | Kane Husbands, The Pappy Show | National Theatre
ANTHEM | Director: Katie Greenhall | Bush Theatre
HORIZON | Director: Abigail Sol | Bush Theatre
HOW TO HOLD YOUR BREATH | Director: Blythe Stewart | LAMDA
ANTIPODES | Director: Jack Gogarty | LAMDA
THE BEAT OF OUR HEARTS | Director: Scott Hurran | Exeter Northcot Theatre
HUSBAND & SONS | Director: Jane Bertish & Gerrard McArthur | Drama Centre
THE SEAGULL | Director: Anna Ryder | Drama Centre
PATIENT LIGHT | Director: Scott Hurran | Eastern Angles
PAPER CUT | Director: Scott Hurran | Theatre 503
THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE | Director: Ian Jones | Drama Centre
PAMONA | Director: Stuart Laing | Drama Centre
BREATHING CORPSES | Director: Georgina Lamb | Drama Centre
ASSOCIATE WORK
MNEMONIC | Director: Simon McBurney | National Theatre
CABARET | Director: Rebecca Frecknall | The Playhouse Theatre