Nicky is an international set and costume designer working mainly in opera, but also in theatre, musical theatre, TV, and film. She has collaborated on many critically acclaimed productions for many leading opera companies, both nationally and extensively in Europe, as well as productions in Seoul, South Korea. Nicky is a Trustee Director of the Society of British Theatre Designers and lives in London.
Opera & Theatre
Awards
Irish Times award nomination
2022
Don Pasquale
Irish National Opera
Best Opera
Irish times award nomination
2020
La Cenerentola
Irish National Opera
Best Set Design
Irish times award nomination
2020
La Cenerentola
Irish National Opera
Best Production
Reumart Award
2017
Dead Man Walking
Royal Danish Opera
Best Opera
UK Theatre award nomination
2015
Jenufa
Scottish Opera
Achievement in Opera
Best Theatre Award
2014/2015
Don Quichotte
Danish National Opera
Audience award
2014/1015
Don Quichotte
Arts Centre Aarhus
Best Production
UK Theatre Award Renee Stephan Award
2013
La Traviata
Scottish Opera
Best Presentation of Touring Theatre
Irish Times Award nomination
2012
The Magic Flute
Opera Theatre Company
Best Opera
South Bank sky awards nomination
2012
Mignon
Buxton Festival Opera
Best Opera
Irish times award nomination
2011
the diary of anne frank
Opera Theatre Company
Best Opera
Irish times award nomination
2007
The Coronation of Poppea
Opera Theatre Company
Best Opera
Korean musical award
2007
Dancing Shadows
Opera Theatre Seoul, South Korea
Best Musical
Opernwelt award nomination
2005
Il Viaggio A Reims
Frankfurt Opera
Best Opera
Credits
THE SHINING
2026
Malmö Opera
Director: Keith Warner
INDIAN INK
2026
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Jonathan Kent
Costume Designer
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
2026
Royal Northern College of Music
Director: Harry Fehr
Indian ink
2025
Hampstead Thetre
Director: Jonathan Kent
Costume Designer
The railway children
2025
Glyndebourne Opera
Director: Stephen Langridge
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS DRESS, Louise Alder
2025
BBC Proms 2025
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE
2024
English National Opera
Director: Harry Fehr
la boheme
2024
Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, France
Director: Orpha Phelan
new year
2024
Birmingham Opera Company / The Crane Warehouse
Director: Keith Warner
la boheme
2023
Irish National Opera
Director: Orpha Phelan
rebecca
2023
Charing Cross Theatre
Director: Alejandro Bonatto
land of might have been
2023
Buxton Festival / Norwich Theatre
Director: Kimberley Sykes
LA sonnambula
2023
Buxton Festival Opera
Director: Harry Fehr
Set Designer
don pasquale
2022
Irish National Opera / UK Tour
Director: Orpha Phelan
eugene onegin
2022
Theatre und Orchestra Neubrandenburg Neustrelitz, Germany
Director: Orpha Phelan
bloody difficult women
2022
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Director: Stephen Unwin
flight
2022
Royal College of Music
Director: Jeremy Sams
abracadopera
2022
Sky Kids/ English National Opera/ Something' Else TV Studio for Sony Global
Director: Jonathan Fox Bassett
bloody difficult women
2021
Riverside Studios
Director: Stephen Unwin
dead man walking
2021
Den Norse Opera & Ballet, Norway
Director: Orpha Phelan
pariser leben
2021
Theater und Orchestra Neubrandenburg Neustrelitz, Germany
Director: Orpha Phelan
breathe project
2020
English National Opera
Set Designer
the whip
2020
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Kimberley Sykes
Costume Designer
la cenerentola
2019
Irish National Opera / Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Director: Orpha Phelan
a dinner engagement / trouble in Tahiti
2019
Royal College of Music
en ballo in maschera
2018
Grange Park Opera
Director: Stephen Medcalf
madama butterfly
2018
Glyndebourne Opera
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
city of humanity
2018
Mediterranean Conference Centre (European Capital of Culture 2018)
Director: Michael Moxham
enchanted island
2018
British Youth Opera / Peacock Theatre
Director: Stuart Barker
song series
2018
ORA Singers, St Lukes, Old Street
Set Designer
semele
2017
Garsington Opera
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
jenufa
2017
Royal Swedish Opera
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
dead man walking 2017
2017
Royal Swedish Opera
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
PREVIOUS OPERA PRODUCTIONS
Directed by Annilese Miskimmon
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Glyndebourne Touring Opera
JENUFA | Danish National Opera/ Scottish Opera
ACIS AND GALATEA | Mid Wales Opera
MIGNON | Buxton Opera Festival
DON QUICHOTTE | Danish National Opera
FALSTAFF | Opera Holland Park
THE MAGIC FLUTE | Opera Theatre Company Irish Tour
L’AMICO FRIZT | Opera Holland Park
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK | Opera Theatre Company Dublin, Belfast, Leuven & Paris
ALCINA | Opera Theatre Company Irish Tour & Buxton Opera Festival
IOLANTA | Opera Holland Park
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA | Opera Theatre Company Irish Tour & Buxton Opera Festival
SEMELE | British Youth Opera, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Directed by Isabella Bywater
FAUST | Co-Costume Designer | Mariinski Theatre
Directed by Keith Warner
ORFEO | Royal Opera House/ Globe Theatre at Sam Wannamaker Theatre
PETER PAN | Costume Designer | Komische Oper & Welsh National Opera
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO | Costume Designer | Polish National Opera
VOLO DI NOTTI/ IL PRIGIONIERO | Costume Designer | Frankfurt Oper
LA CENERENTOLA | Costume Designer | Frankfurt Oper
SCORING A CENTURY | Costume Designer | Birmingham Conservatoire
LA CENERENTOLA | Costume Designer | Opera Zuid, Netherlands
MACBETH | Costume Designer | Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
Directed by Jonathan Miller
CARMEN | Mid Wales Opera
Directed by Dale Duesing
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Costume Designer | Frankfurt Oper
MEDEA | Costume Designer | Reisoper
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS | Costume Designer | Frankfurt Oper
Directed by Nicolette Molnar
COSI FAN TUTTI | Scottish Royal Conservatoire
Directed by Stephen Medcalf
NORMA | Teatro Lirico, Sardinia
THE BARTERED BRIDE | Mid Wales Opera
LA RENCONTRE IMPREVUE | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN | BYO, Queen Elizabeth Hall
DON GIOVANNI | Mid Wales Opera
SUSANNA | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Directed by Lindy Hume
SONGS OF LIPO/ PHAEDRA SAVITRI | Aldeburgh Festival
COSI FAN TUTTI | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Staged by Andrew Sinclair
THE WORLD’S STAGE OPERA & BALLET GALA | Royal Ballet & Opera House
PREVIOUS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
Directed by Rachel Grunwald
MARATHON 33 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Directed/ Choreographed by Amon Miyamoto
THE FANTASTICKS | Duchess Theatre
Directed by Andrew Wale
SOME PEOPLE I KNOW | Teatergarasien Bergen, Norway
Directed by Paul Garrington
PICASSO’S WOMEN – 4 MONOLOGUES | Towel Theatre, Seoul
DANCING SHADOWS | Opera Theatre, Seoul
PICASSO’S WOMEN – OLGA | UK Tour/ Hong Kong & Cork Festivals/ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival
THE LIFEBLOOD | Hen & Chickens Theatre
TAKE THE FIRE | Lyric Studio, Hammersmith
LA NUIT DE VALOGNES | The Other Place, RSC
Choreographed by Craig Revel-Horwood
EATING RAOUL | Brideswell Theatre
Directed by Andy Jordan
3 ON A COUCH | King’s Head Theatre
PICASSO’S WOMEN – JACQUELINE | UK Tour/ Hong Kong & Cork Festivals/ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival
Directed by Sean Holmes
THE POWER OF DARKNESS | The Orange Tree Theatre
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY | The Orange Tree Room
WOYZECK | The Other Place, RSC