Zakk Hein

Video Designer

Zakk is a Video Designer working Internationally, specialising in Live Performance, Projection and Installation.  After completing his training at Middlesex University’s Theatre Arts programme in 2013, he has collaborated with some of the most revered artists and directors, across many of the world’s highly admired venues and institutions.  Zakk is a long standing collaborator at Luke Halls Studio, where he is Technical Manager and Creative Associate.

Awards and Nominations

2023 WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Video Design for The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre


2021 Offies Award nomination for Best Video Designer for The Incident Room
, New Diorama Theatre

2018 Theatre and Technology Award nomination for Creative Innovation in Video and Projection for Secret Life of Humans
, New Diorama Theatre

2018 Offies Award nomination for Best Video Designer for Secret Life of Humans, New Diorama Theatre

List Of Productions

2024

AFTER THE ACT | Director: Billy Barrett | UK Tour

THE LIGHTEST ELEMENT | Director: Alice Hamilton | Hampstead Theatre

LA TRAVIATA | Director: Simon Stone | Paris National Opera, France

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, Austria

UNCANNY: I KNOW WHAT I SAW | Director: Sam Hodges | UK Tour

2023

THE BOOK OF DUST: LA BELLE SAUVAGE | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre

THE VANISHING ROOM | Director: David Byrne | English Theatre Frankfurt, Germany

AFTER THE ACT | Director: Billy Barrett | New Diorama

2022

THE SECRET LIFE OF HUMANS | Director: David Byrne | English Theatre Frankfurt, Germany

MISS SAIGON | Director: Laurence Connor | Australian Tour

A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Co-design with Luke Halls | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre

30TH BIRTHDAY EVENT | Director: Michael Longhurst | Donmar Warehouse

THE BAND'S VISIT | Director: Michael Longhurst | Donmar Warehouse

TWO PALESTINIANS GO DOGGING | Director: Omar Elerian | Royal Court Theatre

UP NEXT GALA | Director: Rufus Norris | National Theatre

2021

LA TRAVIATA | Director: Simon Stone | Wiener Staatsoper, Austria

2020

A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Co-design with Luke Halls | Director: Nicholas Hytner | Bridge Theatre

LA TRAVIATA | Director: Simon Stone | Opera Paris, France

THE INCIDENT ROOM | Director: David Byrne | New Diorama Theatre

2019

SILENT CITY | Director: James Bonas | Matera Capital of Culture, Italy

CRACKED | Director: Annabel Bolton | The Old Vic

THE INCIDENT ROOM | Director: David Byrne | New Diorama Theatre

LA TRAVIATA | Director: Simon Stone | Opera Paris

2018

SECRET LIFE OF HUMANS Director: David Byrne | New Diorama Theatre / Greenwich Theatre / 59E59, Off-Broadway

THE EFFECT | Director: Dan Jones | The Other Room Cardiff / Grand Theatre Swansea

THE WRITER | Director: Blanche McIntyre | Almeida Theatre

2017

SECRET LIFE OF HUMANS | Director: David Byrne & Kate Stanley | New Diorama / Edinburgh Festival Fringe

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS | Director: Simon Godwin | Hampstead Theatre

2016

LOOKING THROUGH GLASS | Director: Matthew Blake | The Other Room Cardiff

THE MOUNTAINTOP | Director: Abdul Shayek | The Other Room Cardiff

A GOOD CLEAN HEART | Director: Mared Swain | The Other Room Cardiff / Edinburgh Festival Fringe / UK Tour

SATURDAY NIGHT FOREVER | Director: Kate Wasserberg | Chapter Arts Cardiff

ARIODANTE | Director: James Bonas | Royal College of Music

SWANSEA THREE NIGHT BLITZ | Director: Sara Lloyd | Grand Theatre Swansea

2015

SATURDAY NIGHT FOREVER | Director: Kate Wasserberg | Aberystwyth Arts Centre / UK Tour

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN | Director: James Bonas | Royal College of Music / UK Tour

PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE | Director: James Conway | Royal College of Music / UK Tour

ASSOCIATE WORK

THE MERRY WIDOW | Director: Kasper Holten | Bergen National Opera, Norway

MARY POPPINS | Director: Richard Eyre | UK & International Tour

THE POEM PAVILLION | Director: Es Devlin | World Expo, Dubai

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY | Director: Sam Mendes | National Theatre

STORYSCAPE | Director: Es Devlin X Instagram | Cannes Lions, France

GIRLS AND BOYS | Director: Lyndsey Turner | Royal Court Theatre / Minetta Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway

MASK | Director: Es Devlin X Photo London | Somerset House

THE GREAT WAVE | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | National Theatre

FROZEN | Director: Jonathan Munby | Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End

ROOM 2022 | Director: Es Devlin X Art Basel | The Miami Edition Hotel, USA

THE SINGING TREE | Director: Es Devlin X V&A | V&A Museum

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE | Director: Jamie Butterell | Apollo Theatre, West End

DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS | Director: Sam Yates | Sheffield Crucible Theatre

THE BAND | Director: Kim Gavin & Jack Ryder | National Tour

UGLY LIES THE BONE | Director: Indhu Rubasingham | National Theatre

DISNEY'S AIDA | Director: Schele Williams | Circustheatre, Netherlands