.jpeg)
Robert is an award winning international production designer. He has received critical acclaim designing both sets and costumes for opera, theatre and large scale events in Europe, America and worldwide. He is based in London.
Awards and Nominations
2007 TMA Designer of the Year for Promises Promises at Sheffield Crucible
2007 Opernwelt Set Design of the Year for Die Soldaten at Ruhr Triannale
1997 TMA Designer of the Year for The Wasp Factory at West Yorkshire Playhouse and My Mother Said for Oxford Stage Company
1996 Critics Circle Designer of the Year for The Comedy of Errors at the RSC and The Weavers at the Gate Theatre.
List Of Productions
2024
HAYALPEREST | Director: Mehmet Ergen and Lerzan Pamir | Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Director: Paul Curran | San Francisco Opera, US
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Shawna Lucey | LA Opera, US
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Royal Shakespeare Company
2023
DALIBOR | Director: David Pountney | National Theatre Brno, Czech Republic
THE CHILDREN OF ATATURK | Director: Mehmet Ergen | Zorlu Performing Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER | Director: Paul Curran | Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italy
ORFEO ED EURIDICE & DIDO AND AENEAS | Director: Daniel Slater | The Grange Festival
2022
LA TRAVIATA | Director: Shawna Lucey | San Francisco Opera, US
DMITRY | Director: Tim Supple | Marylebone Theatre
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Royal Shakespeare Company
TAMERLANO | Director: Daniel Slater | The Grange Festival
2021
TOSCA | Director: Robert Innes Hopkins | San Francisco Opera, US
2020
PERICLES | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Royal Shakespeare Company (Ghost Show)
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Director: Shawna Lucey | Opera Theatre of St Louis, US (Ghost Show)
GOTTERDAMMARUNG | Director David Pountney | Lyric Opera of Chicago, US (Ghost Show)
2019
SECRET CINEMA 'CASINO ROYALE' SHANGHAI | Director: Angus Jackson | Secret Cinema / SMG, Shanghai, China
LINZ KLANGWOLKE 2019 | Director: David Pountney | Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
SECRET CINEMA 'CASINO ROYALE' | Director: Angus Jackson | Secret Cinema, London
BELSHAZZAR | Director: Daniel Slater | The Grange Festival
EDMOND DE BERGERAC | Director: Roxana Silbert | Birmingham Rep
2018
RING CYCLE: SIEGFRIED | Director: David Pountney | Lyric Opera, Chicago, US
DON QUIXOTE | Director: Angus Jackson | Garrick Theatre
WAR AND PEACE | Director: David Pountney | Welsh National Opera
TOSCA | Director: Shawna Lucey | San Francisco Opera, US
2017
RING CYCLE: DIE WALKÜRE | Director: David Pountney | Lyric Opera, Chicago, US
LADY IN THE VAN | Director: Jonathan Church | Theatre Royal Bath
CHARODEIKA | Director: David Pountney | Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy
DIE WALKURE | Director: David Pountney | Chicago Lyric Opera, US
JULIUS CAESAR | Director: Angus Jackson | Royal Shakespeare Company
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA | Director: Iqbal Khan | Royal Shakespeare Company
TITUS ANDRONICUS | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Royal Shakespeare Company
CORIOLANUS | Director: Angus Jackson | Royal Shakespeare Company
2016
RING CYCLE: DAS RHEINGOLD | Director: David Pountney | Lyric Opera, Chicago, US
KENNY MORGAN | Director: Lucy Bailey | Arcola Theatre
NOISES OFF | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Nottingham Playhouse/ Northern Stage/ Nuffield Southampton
DON QUIXOTE | Director: Angus Jackson | RSC, Swan Theatre
IN PARENTHESIS | Director: David Pountney | Welsh National Opera Cardiff/ UK Tour
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Director: Stephen Barlow | Den Jyske Opera, Denmark
2015
THE CRUCIBLE | Director: Tom Morris | Bristol Old Vic
AIDA | Director: Daniel Slater | Opera Holland Park
OPPENHEIMER | Director: Angus Jackson | Royal Shakespeare Company / Vaudeville Theatre, West End
SAUL AND DAVID | Director: David Pountney | Royal Danish Theatre
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS | Director: Joe Murphy | Chichester Festival Theatre/ Fiery Angel
2014
SPEED THE PLOW | Director: Lindsay Posner | West End/ Playhouse Theatre
NEVILLE’S ISLAND | Director: Angus Jackson | West End/ Duke of York’s Theatre/ Chichester Festival Theatre
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS | Revival | Director: Tom Morris | Bristol Old Vic
BARTERED BRIDE | Director: Daniel Slater | UK Tour/ New Zealand (2012)/ Valencia, Spain/ Strasbourg, France /Opera North.
KAFKA’S DICK | Director: David Grindley | Theatre Royal Bath
TONIGHT AT 8.30 | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Nuffield Theatre/ ETT
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | Director: Daniel Slater | Garsington Opera
OTHER DESERT CITIES | Director: Lindsay Posner | Old Vic
THE BFG | Director: Teresa Ludovico | Birmingham Rep
ARIODANTE | Director: Paul Curran | Royal Academy of Music
2013
KING LEAR | Director: Angus Jackson | Chichester Festival Theatre/ BAM NYC, US
MAOMETTO II | Director: Edward Dick | Garsington Opera
A DOLL’S HOUSE | Director: Graham McLaren | National Theatre of Scotland
NABUCCO | Director: Daniel Slater | De Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, Belgium
PREVIOUS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
THE LAST SUMMER | Director: Toby Frow | The Gate, Dublin, Ireland
CHILDREN’S CHILDREN | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Almeida
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS | Director: Tom Morris | UK Tour/ West End/ Bristol Old Vic
BINGO | Director: Angus Jackson | Young Vic/ Chichester Festival Theatre
CLYBOURNE PARK | Director: Dominic Cooke | West End/ Royal Court
DUNSINANE | Director: Roxanna Silbert | National Theatre of Scotland/ RSC/ Hampstead Theatre
GOODNIGHT MR TOM | Director: Angus Jackson | Chichester/ UK Tour
WANDERLUST | Director: Simon Godwin | Royal Court Upstairs
TUSK TUSK | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Royal Court Upstairs
WALLENSTEIN | Director: Angus Jackson | Chichester Festival Theatre
MARBLE | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Abbey Theatre Dublin, Ireland
DALLAS SWEETMAN | Director: Roxanna Silbert | Canterbury Cathedral
TWELTH NIGHT | Director: Ed Dick | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET | Director: Tim Sheader | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
THE PRIORY | Director: Jeremy Herrin | Royal Court
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD | Director: Ed Dick | Liverpool Playhouse
PINOCCHIO | Director: Mark Thompson | Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
THE PAIN AND THE ITCH | Director: Dominic Cooke | Royal Court
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING | Director: Matthew Dunster | Young Vic
CAROUSEL | Director: Angus Jackson | Chichester Festival Theatre
PROMISES PROMISES | Director: Angus Jackson | Sheffield Crucible
ARTURO UI | Director: Simon McBurney | New York, US
THE MALCONTENT | Director: Dominic Cooke | RSC, Swan Theatre
THE WASP FACTORY | Director: Malcolm Sutherland | West Yorkshire Playhouse
MY MOTHER SAID | Director: Dominic Cooke | Oxfod Stage Company
THE WEAVERS | Director: Dominic Cooke | Gate Theatre
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | Director: Tim Supple | Royal Shakespeare Company
PREVIOUS OPERA AND DANCE
LOHENGRIN | Director: Daniel Slater | San Francisco, US/ Houston, US / Geneva, Switzerland
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Director: Paul Curran | Teatro La Fenice, Italy
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE | Director: Daniel Slater | Oslo, Norway
PRINCE IGOR | Director: David Pountney | Zurich, Switzerland/ Hamburg, Germany
KOMMILITONEN | Director: David Pountney | RAM/ Julliard, US
WOZZECK | Director: Daniel Slater | Santa Fe Opera, US
PETER GRIMES | Director: Paul Curran | Oslo, Norway/ Washington DC/ Santa Fe, US
PARSIFAL | Director: Nicola Raab | Tallinn, Estonia
HEART OF DARKNESS | Director: Ed Dick | ROH2
ELIXIR OF LOVE | Director: Daniel Slater | Welsh National Opera/ Opera North
PARADISE MOSCOW | Director: David Pountney | Opera North
NORMA | Director: Martin Constantine | Grange Park Opera
XERXES | Director: Daniel Slater | Stockholm, Sweden
BETROTHAL IN A MONESTARY | Director: Daniel Slater | Valencia, Spain/ Glyndebourne
DIE SOLDATEN | Director: David Pountney | Lincoln Center Festival, US/ Ruhr Triennale, Germany
CARMEN | Director: David Pountney | Bolshoi Moscow, Russia
BILLY BUDD | Director: Paul Curran | Santa Fe, US
RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Director: Ed Dick | Snape Maltings
MANON LESCAUT | Director: Daniel Slater | Oviedo, Spain/ Oslo, Norway/ Opera North
RIGOLETTO | Director: Stefano Vizioli | Lyric Opera Chicago, US
CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | Director: Daniel Slater | Geneva, Switzerland/ San Fransisco, US/ Bregenz, Austria
FLYING DUTCHMAN | Director: David Pountney | Welsh National Opera/ Zurich, Switzerland
CAV AND PAG | Director: David Pountney | Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
SIMON BOCCANEGRA | Director: Stefano Vizioli | Santa Fe, US
CHARODEYKA | Director: David Pountney | Lisbon, Spain/ St Petersburg, Russia
LA BOHEME | Director: Dominic Cooke | Grange Park Opera
RIGOLETTO | Director: James Macdonald | Welsh National Opera
ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS | Director: Ed Hastings | Santa Fe, US
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI | Director: Dominic Cooke | Grange Park Opera