Robert is a 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.
Theatre & Opera
Awards
uk theatre awards
2016
In Parenthesis
Welsh National Opera
Achievement in Opera
olivier award
2013
Goodnight Mr Tom
Phoenix Theatre, West End
Best Family and Entertainment
south bank award nomination
2012
The Heart of Darkness
ROH2
Best Opera Production
TMA designer of the year
2007
Promises Promises
Sheffield Crucible
Set Design of the Year
2007
Die Soldaten
Ruhr Triannale
TMA Designer of the Year
1997
The Wasp Factory
West Yorkshire Playhouse
TMA Designer of the Year
1997
My Mother Said
Oxford Stage Company
critics circle designer of the year
1996
The Comedy of Errors
Royal Shakespeare Company
critics circle designer of the year
1996
The Weavers
The Gate Theatre
Credits
TOSCA
2027
San Francisco Opera
Director: Shawna Lucey
LA SERENATA DE DELITTI
2026
Warsaw Chamber Opera
Director: David Pountney
THE MASTER BUILDER
2026
Arcola Theatre
Director: Mehmet Ergen
stage kiss
2026
Hampstead Theatre
Director: Blanche McIntyre
dear jack, dear louise
2026
Arcola Theatre
Director: Simon Reade
brand new orchestra shell
2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago
ANNE BOLEYN THE MUSICAL
2025
Hever Castle
Director: Roxana Silbert
DIE FLEDERMAUS
2025
Opera Theatre St Louis
Director: Shawna Lucey
CRY BABY
2025
Arcola Theatre
Director: Mehmet Ergen
PARSIFAL
2025
San Francisco Opera, USA
Director: Matthew Ozawa
RIGOLETTO
2024
Lyric Opera of Chicago, USA
Director: Mary Birnbaum
HAYALPEREST
2024
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre Istanbul, Turkey
Director: Mehmet Ergen & Lerzan Pamir
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
2024
San Francisco Opera, USA
Director: Paul Curran
la traviata
2024
LA Opera, USA
Director: Shawna Lucey
the merry wives of windsor
2024
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Blanche McIntyre
dalibor
2023
National Theatre Brno, Czechia
Director: David Pountney
the children of ataturk
2023
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre Istanbul, Turkey
Director: Mehmet Ergen
der fliegende holländer
2023
Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italy
Director: Paul Curran
Orfeo ed Euridice & dido and Aeneas
2023
The Grange Festival
Director: Daniel Slater
la traviata
2022
San Francisco Opera, USA
Director: Shawna Lucey
dmitry
2022
Marylebone Theatre
Director: Tim Supple
all's well that ends well
2022
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Blanche McIntyre
tamerlano
2022
The Grange Festival
Director: Daniel Slater
tosca
2021
San Francisco Opera, USA
Director: Robert Innes Hopkins
pericles
2020
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Blanche McIntyre
Ghost Show
die fledermaus
2020
Opera Theatre of St Louis, USA
Director: Shawna Lucey
Ghost Show
götterdämmerung
2020
Lyric Opera of Chicago, USA
Director: David Pountney
Ghost Show
secret cinema 'casino royale'
2019
SMG / Shanghai, China
Director: Angus Jackson
linz klangwolke
2019
Brucknerhaus Linz, Austria
Director: David Pountney
secret cinema 'casino royale'
2019
London
Director: Angus Jackson
belshazzar
2019
The Grange Festival
Director: Daniel Slater
Edmond de bergerac
2019
Birmingham Rep
Director: Roxana Silbert
ring cycle: siegfried
2018
Lyric Opera of Chicago, USA
Director: David Pountney
don quixote
2018
Garrick Theatre, West End
Director: Angus Jackson
war and peace
2018
Welsh National Opera
Director: David Pountney
tosca
2018
San Francisco Opera, USA
Director: Shawna Lucey
ring cycle: die walküre
2017
Lyric Opera of Chicago, USA
Director: David Pountney
lady in the van
2017
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: Jonathan Church
charodeika
2017
Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Italy
Director: David Pountney
Julius caesar
2017
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Angus Jackson
Antony and cleopatra
2017
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Iqbal Khan
Titus andronicus
2017
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Blanche McIntyre
coriolanus
2017
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Angus Jackson
ring cycle: das rheingold
2016
Lyric Opera of Chicago, USA
Director: David Pountney
kenny morgan
2016
Arcola Theatre
Director: Lucy Bailey
noises off
2016
Nottingham Playhouse / Northern Stage / Nuffield Southampton
Director: Blanche McIntyre
don quixote
2016
Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Angus Jackson
in parenthesis
2016
Welsh National Opera / UK Tour
Director: David Pountney
madama butterfly
2016
Den Jyske Opera, Denmark
Director: Stephen Barlow
the crucible
2015
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Tom Morris
aida
2015
Opera Holland Park
Director: Daniel Slater
oppenheimer
2015
Royal Shakespeare Company / Vaudeville Theatre, West End
Director: Angus Jackson
Saul and David
2015
Royal Danish Theatre
Director: David Pountney
THE BOY IN STRIPED PYJAMAS
2015
Chichester Festival Theatre / Fiery Angel
Director: Joe Murphy
speed the plow
2014
Playhouse Theatre, West End
Director: Lindsay Posner
neville's island
2014
Duke of York's Theatre, West End / Chichester Festival Theatre
Director: Angus Jackson
swallows and amazons
2014
Bristol Old Vic
Director: Tom Morris
bartered bride
2014
UK Tour / New Zealand / Valencia, Spain / Strasbourg, France / Opera North
Director: Daniel Slater
Kafka's dick
2014
Theatre Royal Bath
Director: David Grindley
tonight at 8.30
2014
Nuffield Theatre / ETT
Director: Blanche McIntyre
the cunning little vixen
2014
Garsington Opera
Director: Daniel Slater
other desert cities
2014
Old Vic Theatre
Director: Lindsay Posner
the bfg
2014
Birmingham Rep
Director: Teresa Ludovico
ariodante
2014
Royal Academy of Music
Director: Paul Curran
king lear
2013
Chichester Festival Theatre / BAM, USA
Director: Angus Jackson
maometto ii
2013
Garsington Opera
Director: Edward Dick
a doll's house
2013
National Theatre of Scotland
Director: Graham McLaren
nabucco
2013
De Vlaamse Opera Antwerp, Belgium
Director: Daniel Slater
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
TWELFTH 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 | Oxford 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 MONASTERY | 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