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