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Tom Scutt

Tom graduated in 2006 with a first class degree in Theatre Design from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he also received the Philip Carne Prize for 2005/6, and Drama Theatre Design Awards in 2003/4/5/6. He is an Associate Artist for the Donmar Warehouse.

awards and nominations

Winner of the 2022 Evening Standard Award for Best Design for Cabaret, Playhouse Theatre
2021 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Set Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical for Cabaret, Playhouse Theatre.
Winner of The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2019 for Best Designer for A Very Expensive Poison, Old Vic.
2019 Broadway World UK nomination for Best Set Design of a New Production of a Play for A Very Expensive Poison, Old Vic.
2019 The Stage Debut nomination for Best Director for Berberian Sound Studio, Donmar Warehouse.
2019 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Set Design and nomination for Best Costume Design 
for Little Shop of Horrors, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.  
2016 Tony nomination for Best Costume Design for King Charles III, Broadway.
2016 Outer Critics Circle nomination for Best Costume Design for King Charles III, Broadway.
2013 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Set Design for Constellations and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
2007 Linbury Award winner for Gulliver (Headlong Theatre).
2007 Jocelyn Herbert Award for Stage Design.

Productions

2024

TOSCA

Director: Edward Dick
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne/Sydney Opera House

DIE WALKÜRE

Director: John Fulljames
Greek National Opera

THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Director: Jaime Manton
Canadian Opera Company
 
CARMEN Director: Carrie Cracknell
Metropolitan Opera
 
CABARET Director: Rebecca Frecknall
The Kit Kat Club, Broadway
 

2023

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Director: Tim Sheader
UK Tour
 

CABARET

Director: Rebecca Frecknall
Kit Kat Club
 

2022

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Director: Tim Sheader
US Tour

MARYS SEACOLE

Director: Nadia Latif
Donmar Warehouse

DIE WALKÜRE Director: John Fulljames
Royal Danish Theatre
CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Director: Jamie Manton
English National Opera

2021

CABARET

Director Rebecca Frecknall
Playhouse Theatre

CONSTELLATIONS

Director: Michael Longhurst
Vaudeville Theatre

CAROUSEL
(Set & Co-Costume Designer)

Director: Timothy Sheader
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

LIGHT - BACH DANCES

Director: John Fulljames
Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter
Royal Danish Theatre & Hofesh Shechter Company co-production

2020

NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

Director: Rebecca Frecknall
Almeida Theatre

SANCTUARY CITY

Director: Rebecca Frecknall
New York Theatre Workshop

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
(Concert Version)

Director: Timothy Sheader
Regent's Park Open Air

2019

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Director: Timothy Sheader
US Tour

FAIRVIEW

Director: Nadia Latif
Young Vic

A VERY EXPENSIVE POISON

Director: John Crowley
Old Vic

LIAM GALLAGHER MTV UNPLUGGED

Hull City Hall
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Director: Timothy Sheader
Barbican

OUTWITTING THE DEVIL
(Visual Designer)

Director: Akram Khan
Akram Khan Company - COLOURS International Dance Festival, Theaterhaus

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO

Director: Tom Scutt
Donmar Warehouse

2018

CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS

At Salle Pleyel, Paris
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Director: Timothy Sheader
Lyric Opera Chicago

TOSCA

Director: Edward Dick
Opera North

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Director: Maria Aberg
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park

FRIDA KAHLO: MAKING HER SELF UP

Victoria & Albert Musuem

JULIE

Director: Carrie Cracknell
National Theatre, Lyttelton

SUMMER AND SMOKE Director: Rebecca Frecknall
Almeida Theatre/Duke of York's Theatre
 

2017

SAM SMITH

At Tate Modern, London
BELLEVILLE

Director: Michael Longhurst
Donmar Warehouse

GRAND FINALE

Hofesh Shechter
International Tour

THE LADY FROM THE SEA
 
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Donmar Warehouse
 
GRAND FINALE

Director: Hofesh Shechter
Hofesh Shechter Company

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Director: Timothy Sheader
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park

WOYZECK

Director: Joe Murphy
Old Vic

SEVENTEEN

Director: Anne-Louise Sarks
Lyric Hammersmith

 

2016

LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES

Director: Josie Rourke
Booth Theatre, NYC

FANTASTIC MR FOX Director: Maria Aberg
Nuffield Theatre/Tour

KING CHARLES III

Director: Rupert Goold
Sydney Theatre Company

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

At Madison Square Garden, NYC

THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Director: Carrie Cracknell
National Theatre Lyttelton

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Director: Timothy Sheader
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

ELEGY

Director: Josie Rourke
Donmar Warehouse

 

2015

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

Director: Josie Rourke
Donmar Warehouse

KING CHARLES III

Director: Rupert Goold
NYC Music Box Theatre/Birmingham Rep/UK Tour

A NUMBER

Director: Michael Longhurst
Nuffield Theatre/Young Vic

EAST IS EAST

Director: Sam Yates
ATG/UK Tour

CONSTELLATIONS

Director: Michael Longhurst
Trafalgar Studio/UK Tour

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

At Microsoft Centre, LA

CONSTELLATIONS

Director: Mike Longhurst
Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC

ON OFF

Director: Andreas Dalsgaard & Jesper Pederson
Aarhus Teater Denmark

 

2014

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Director: Rupert Goold
Almeida Theatre

HOPE

Director: John Tiffany
Royal Court

EAST IS EAST

Director: Sam Yates
Trafalgar Studio/Jamie Lloyd Season

MR. BURNS

Director: Robert Icke
Almeida Theatre

KING CHARLES III

Director: Rupert Goold
Wyndham’s Theatre/Almeida Theatre

MEDEA

Carrie Cracknell
National Theatre

A LIFE OF GALILEO

Roxana Silbert
Birmingham Repertory Theatre/UK Tour

A NUMBER

Michael Longhurst
Nuffield Theatre

THE WEIR

Josie Rourke
West End/Donmar Warehouse

 

2013

THE DJINNS OF EIDGAH

Richard Twyman
Royal Court (Jerwood)

THE RITUAL SLAUGHTER OF GORGE MASTROMAS

Vicky Featherstone
Royal Court Theatre

WOZZECK

Carrie Cracknell
English National Opera

HOW THE WHALE BECAME

Natalie Abrahami
Royal Opera House

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

Harry Fehr
Scottish Opera

THE WEIR

Josie Rourke
Donmar Warehouse/West End

A LIFE OF GALILEO

Roxana Silbert
Royal Shakespeare Company

 

previous productions

CONSTELLATIONS

Michael Longhurst
Duke of York’s/Royal Court

NO QUARTER

Jeremy Herrin
Royal Court

KING LEAR

Michael Attenborough
Almeida Theatre

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

Rupert Goold and Michael Fentiman
Kensington Gardens

SOUTH DOWNS/ THE BROWNING VERSION

Jeremy Herrin/ Angus Jackson
West End / Chichester Minerva Theatre

ABSENT FRIENDS

Jeremy Herrin
West End / Sonia Friedman Productions

MOGADISHU (Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Olivier Award)

Matthew Dunster
UK tour, Manchester Royal Exchange and Lyric Hammersmith

CONSTELLATIONS

Michael Longhurst
Royal Court Theatre

13

Thea Sharrock
National Theatre

ROMEO AND JULIET

Rupert Goold
Royal Shakespeare Company / New York / Theatre Royal, Newcastle / Roundhouse London

RIGOLETTO

Lindsay Posner
Opera Holland Park

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Rupert Goold
Royal Shakespeare Company

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Michael Longhurst
Royal Court Theatre

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Natalie Abrahami
Headlong Theatre / Nuffield Southampton tour

HAMLET

Paul Miller
Sheffield Crucible Theatre

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY

Michael Attenborough
Almeida Theatre

PRESSURE DROP

Christoper Haydon
On Theatre

AFTER MISS JULIE

Tom Daley
Salisbury Playhouse

VANYA

Natalie Abrahami
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill

THE CONTINGENCY PLAN (Double bill) – ON THE BEACH & RESILIENCE

Michael Longhurst & Tamara Harvey
The Bush

UNBROKEN

Natalie Abrahami
The Gate, Notting Hill

THE INTERNATIONALIST

Natalie Abrahami
The Gate, Notting Hill