LIZZIE CLACHAN
design for performance
CURRICULUM VITAE
2023
The Witches
dir. Lyndsey Turner / writer Lucy Kirkwood / composer Dave Malloy
National Theatre, London
En Familj
dir. Maria Arburg / writer Tracy Letts
Stadsteater, Malmo
The Greek Passion
dir. Simon Stone / composer Bohuslav Martinu
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg Festival
Assassins
dir. Polly Findlay / composer Stephen Sondheim
Chichester Festival Theatre
Nixon in China
dir. Daniel Kramer / composer John Adams
Staadsoper, Hannover
Days of Wine and Roses
dir. Michael Grief / writer Craig Lucas / composer Adam Guettel
Atlantic Theatre & Studio 54 New York
A Midsummer Night's Dream
dir. Sara Cronberg / writer Shakespeare
Statsteater, Malmo
2022
The Blue Woman
director Katie Mitchell / composer Laura Bowler
Royal Opera House – Linbury Theatre, London
Lucia Di Lammermoor (set only)
director Simon Stone / composer Gaetano Donzinetti
Metropolitan Opera, New York
The Fever Syndrome
director Roxana Silbert / writer Alexis Zegerman
Hampstead Theatre, London
Blindness Live
director Walter Meierjohann / writer Simon Stephens / adapted from novel by Jose Saramago
Royal Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
The Invisible Hand
director Indhu Rabasingham / writer Ayad Akhtar
The Kiln Theatre, London
2021
White Noise
director Polly Findlay / writer Suzan-Lori Parks
Bridge Theatre, London
Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Songspiel
director Isabelle Kettle / composer Kurt Weil
Royal Opera House, London
2020
Blindness (original installation)
director Walter Meierjohann / writer Simon Stephens / adapted from novel by Jose Saramago
Donmar Warehouse, London / Daryl Roth theatre, New York & continuing international tour
A Number
director Polly Findlay / writer Caryl Churchill
Bridge Theatre, London
Far Away
director Lyndsey Turner / writer Caryl Churchill
Donmar Warhouse, London
2019
Orphee (set only)
director Netia Jones / composer Philip Glass
English National Opera, London
The Mask of Orpheus (set only)
director Daniel Kramer / composer Harrison Birtwistle
English National Opera, London
Orpheus in the Underworld (set only)
director Emma Rice / composer Offenbach
English National Opera, London
Orpheus & Eurydice (set only)
director Wayne MacGregor / composer Gluck
English National Opera, London
The Nico Project
director Sarah Frankcom / writer EV Crowe
Manchester International Festival & Melbourne International Festival
Rutherford & Son
director Polly Findlay / writer Gita Sowerby
National Theatre, London
The Son
director Michael Longhurst / writer Florian Zeller
The Kiln & West End transfer to London & Duke of York’s Theatre, London
2018
Jenufa
director Katie Mitchell / composer Janacek
Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
director Polly Findlay / writer David Harrower / adapted from a novel by Murial Spark
Donmar Warehouse, London
Absolute Hell (set only)
director Joe Hill-Gibbins / writer Rodney Ackland
National Theatre, London
La Traviata (set only)
director Daniel Kramer / composer Verdi
Theatre Basel & English National Opera, London
2017
Gloria
director Michael Longhurst / writer Branden Jacob -Jenkins
Hamptead Theatre, London
Life of Galileo
director Joe Wright / writer Bertold Brecht
Young Vic Theatre, London
Ibsen Huis
director & writer (after Ibsen) Simon Stone
Toneelgroep, Amsterdam & Avignon Festival
Winter Solstice
director Ramin Gray / writer Roland Schimmelpfennig
Orange Tree Theatre, London
2016
Three Sisters (set only)
director & writer (after Chekhov) Simon Stone
Theatre Basel & Odeon Theatre, Paris & Theatertreffen, Berlin
The Suppliant Women
director Ramin Gray / writer David Greig / adapted from original Aeschylus text
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh & UK tour
Pelleas and Melisande (set only)
director Katie Mitchell / composer Debussy
Aix International Festival, Aix en Provence & Teatr Wielki Opera, Warsaw & New National Theatre, Tokyo
Yerma (set only)
director & writer (after Lorca) Simon Stone
Young Vic, London & Armoury, New York & Schaubuhne, Berlin
The Truth
director Lindsay Posner / writer Florian Zeller
Menier Chocolate Factory, London & West End transfer to Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Cyprus Avenue
director Vicky Featherstone / writer David Ireland
Abbey Theatre, Dublin & Royal Court Theatre, London & Public Theatre, New York
2015
Macbeth (set only)
directors Carrie Cracknall & Lucy Geurin / writer Shakespeare
Young Vic Theatre, London
As You Like It (set only)
director Polly Finlay / writer Shakespeare
National Theatre, London
The Skriker
director Sarah Frankcom / writer Caryl Churchill
Manchester International Festival
Tipping the Velvet
director Lyndsey Turner / writer Laura Wade
Lyric Theatre, London & Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Carmen Disruption
director Michael Longhurst / writer Simon Stephens
Almedia Theatre, London
The Beaux Stratagem
director Simon Godwin / writer George Farquhar
National Theatre, London
Fireworks
director Richard Twyman / writer Dahlia Taha
Royal Court Theatre, London
2014
Treasure Island
director Polly Findlay / writer Bryony Lavery
National Theatre, London
Adler & Gibb
director & writer Tim Crouch (with Andy Smith & Karl James)
Royal Court Theatre, London
The Forbidden Zone
director Katie Mitchell / writer Duncan Macmillan
Salzburg internal Festival & Schaubuhne, Berlin
Wunschloses Ungluck
director Katie Mitchell / writer Duncan Macmillan
Burgtheatre, Vienna
2013
Gastronauts
director Wils Wilson / writer April de Angelis
Royal Court Theatre, London
Edward II
director Joe Hill-Gibbins / writer Christopher Marlowe
National Theatre, London
A Season in the Congo
director Joe Wright / writer Aimee Cesaire
Young Vic Theatre, London
Le Vin Herbe
director Katie Mitchell / composer Frank Martin
Staatsoper, Berlin
Longing
director Nina Raine / writer William Boyd
Hampstead Theatre, London
Port
director Marianne Elliot / writer Simon Stephens
National Theatre, London
2012
The Architects
devised by Shunt
The Biscuit Factory, London
The Witness
director Simon Godwin / writer Vivienne Franzman
Royal Court Theatre, London
The Rings of Saturn
director Katie Mitchell / based on novel by WG Sebald
Schauspielhaus Cologne & Avignon Festival
Crave / Illusions
director Ramin Gray / writer Sarah Kan & Ivan Viripaev
Oxford North Wall Theatre
Phenomenal People
installation for WOW Festival / Fuel
Royal Festival Hall, London
The Trial of Ubu
director Katie Mitchell / writer Simon Stephens
Hampstead Theatre, London
2011
Jumpy
director Nina Raine / writer April de Angelis
Royal Court Theatre & West End transfer to Duke of York’s Theatre, London
A Woman Killed with Kindness (set only)
director Katie Mitchell / writer Thomas Heywood
National Theatre, London
Crayfish Bob
pop up restaurant installation collaboration with Clare Patey & Cray Fish Bob
Arts Admin (2 Degrees Festival , Toynbee Hall, London)
Happy Days
director Jonathan Humphries / writer Samuel Beckett
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Wastwater
director Katie Mitchell / writer Simon Stephens
Royal Court, London & Vienna Theatre Festival
Our Private Life
director Lyndsey Turner / writer Pedro Manuel Rosso
Royal Court Theatre, London
Tiger Country
director & writer Nina Raine
Hampstead Theatre, London
Bliss
director Ramin Gray / composer Brett Dean
Staatsoper, Hamburg
2010
Far Away
director Simon Godwin / writer Caryl Churchill
Bristol Old Vic
Money
devised by Shunt
Bermondsey Street, London
Aunt Dan and Lemon
director Dominic Cooke / writer Wallace Shawn
Royal Court Theatre, London
2009
Treasure Island
director Sean Holmes / writer Ken Ludwig
Haymarket Theatre, London
2008
The Girlfriend Experience
director Joe Hill-Gibbins / writer Alecky Blythe
Royal Court Theatre, London & Young Vic Theatre, London
Contains Violence
director & writer David Rosenberg
Lyric Hammersmith, London
I’ll be the Devil
director Ramin Gray / writer Leo Butler
Royal Shakespeare Company @Tricycle Theatre, London
2007
Hide
installation collaboration with Glen Neath
South Bank Centre, London
Absolute Beginners
director Liam Steel / writer Colin MacInnes
Lyric Hammersmith, London
On Insomnia and Midnight
director Hettie McDonald / writer Edgar Chias
Royal Court Theatre, London
Julie / Gobbo
directors Zinnie Harris & Wils Wilson / writer David Greig
National Theatre London
Woman and Scarecrow
director Ramin Gray / writer Maria Carr
2006
Factory Girls
director Raz Shaw / writer Frank McGuiness
Arcola Theatre, London
Amato Saltone
devised by Shunt
Shunt Vaults, London
Ether Frolics
devised by Shunt Artists with Sound & Fury
Shunt Vaults, London
The American Pilot
director Ramin Gray / writer David Greig
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford
Tropicana
devised by Shunt
Shunt Vaults, London
2005
Ladybird
director Ramin Gray / writer Vassily Sigarev
Royal Court Theatre, London
Dance Bear Dance
devised by Shunt
Arch 12A, Bethnal Green, London
1998-2004
Moonshed
director Sarah Fankcom / writer Aisha Khan
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Tennis Show
devised by Shunt
The Bargehouse, London
The Ballad of Bobby Francois
devised by Shunt
Arch 12A, Bethnal Green, London / Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Twist
devised by Shunt (In the Stephanie’s Fridge configuration)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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