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.
Theatre
Awards
UK Pantomime Award Nomination
2026
Jack and the Beanstalk
Salisbury Playhouse
Best Costume Design
The Pantomime Award
2025
Sleeping Beauty
Salisbury Playhouse
Best Costume Design
The Pantomime Award Nomination
2025
Sleeping Beauty
Salisbury Playhouse
Best Set Design
Broadway World UK Nomination
2024
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mercury Colchester
Best Set Design
Broadway World UK Nomination
2023
Bleak Expectations
West End
Best Set Design
Broadway World UK Nomination
2023
Notes From A Small Island
Watermill Theatre
Best Set Design
Broadway World UK Nomination
2022
Spike
UK Tour
Best Set Design
Credits
LOVE LABOUR'S LOST
2026
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Director: Indiana Lown-Collins
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
2026
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Abigail Pickard
WHO LET THE GODS OUT
2026
Polka Theatre
Director: Ria Parry
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
2026
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
2025
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Gareth Machin
MILITARY WIVES
2025
York Theatre Royal
Director: Debbie Isitt
DWEEB - A - MANIA
2025
Polka Theatre
Director: Hannah Stone
HANDBAGGED
2025
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch / National Theatre UK Tour
Director: Alex Thorpe
THE WASP
2024
English Theatre Frankfurt, Germany
Director: Psyche Stott
THE TWO POPES
2024
English Theatre Frankfurt, Germany
Director: Psyche Stott
SLEEPING BEAUTY
2024
Salisbury Playhouse
Director: Ryan McBryde
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
2024
Mercury Colchester
Director: Ryan McBryde
BURNT AT THE STAKE
2023
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Director: Naeem Hayat and Indiana Lown-Collins
DICK WHITTINGTON
2023
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Director: Vic Sivalingam
TO WONG FOO THE MUSICAL
2023
Hope Mill Theatre
Director: Douglas Carter Beane
Set Only
BLEAK EXPECTATIONS
2023
Criterion Theatre, West End
Director: Caroline Leslie
NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND
2023
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
GRANDAD, ME AND TEDDY TOO
2022
Polka Theatre
Director: Sarah Argent
BLEAK EXPECTATIONS
2022
Watermill Theatre
Director: Caroline Leslie
SPIKE
2022
Watermill Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Paul Hart
AS YOU LIKE IT
2021
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
JUST SO
2021
Watermill Theatre
Director: Abigail Pickard Price
HAMLET
2020
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart & Abigail Pickard Price
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
2020
UK Tour
Director: Ciaran McConville
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM/MACBETH
2019
UK Tour
Director: Paul Hart
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE
2019
Storyhouse Theatre
Director: Psyche Stott
POLKA40 EXHIBITION
2019
Polka Theatre / Morden Hall Park & Tour
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
2019
Watermill Theatre
Director: Abigail Pickard-Price
MACBETH
2019
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
TREASURE ISLAND
2018
Arts Ed
Director: Sara Joyce
TWELFTH NIGHT
2018
Wilton's Music Hall
Director: Paul Hart
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2018
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
MY BROTHER, MY SISTER AND ME
2017
Polka Theatre
Director: Sarah Argent
ROMEO AND JULIET
2017
Watermill Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Paul Hart
TWELFTH NIGHT
2017
Watermill Theatre / UK Tour
Director: Paul Hart
ROMEO AND JULIET
2016
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
ECLIPSE
2016
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Nicholai La Barrie
FLIP
2016
Arts Ed
Director: Rebecca Hill
THE ANGRY BRIGADE
2016
Arts Ed
Director: Benet Catty
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
2016
Polka Theatre
Director: Sarah Argent
VALHALLA
2015
Theatre503
Director: Jo McInnes
TABLE
2015
Arts Ed
Director: Justin Audibert
CINDERELLA
2015
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Ellen McDougall
THE LONE PINE CLUB
2015
Pentabus Theatre
Director: Elizabeth Freestone
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
2014
Arts Ed
Director: Gary Sefton
JOURNEY’S END
2014
Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
DICK WHITTINGTON
2014
Lyric Hammersmith
Director: Dan Herd
GRANDAD, ME AND TEDDY TOO
2014
Polka Theatre
Director: Sarah Argent
LEE HARVEY OSWALD
2013
Finborough Theatre
Director: Alex Thorpe
IN THE SUMMER HOUSE
2013
RADA
Director: Jonathan Cullen
ADDRESS UNKNOWN
2013
Soho Theatre
Director: Steve Marmion
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
2013
Polka Theatre
Director: Ros Hutt
Costume Only
LOVE AND MONEY
2013
Arts Ed
Director: Jamie Rocha Allen
WAY TO HEAVEN
2013
Arts Ed
Director: Chris White
WOMEN, POWER AND POLITICS NOW
2013
Arts Ed
Director: Emma Caplan
4,000 MILES
2013
Ustinov Studio Bath
Director: James Dacre
Assistant Designer
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
