About

Katie Lias 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 the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art in 2008. She was then selected to work as a Resident Trainee Designer with the Royal Shakespeare Company, before embarking on her career as a freelance Set and Costume Designer. She works internationally and is based in the UK. Katie is an Associate Artist at The Watermill Theatre.

Awards:

UK Pantomime Award for Best Costume Design for Sleeping Beauty, Salisbury Playhouse

UK Pantomime Award Nomination for Best Set Design for Sleeping Beauty, Salisbury Playhouse

Broadway World Award 2024 Nomination for Best Set Design for The Importance of Being Earnest, Mercury Theatre Colchester

Broadway World Award 2023 Nomination for Best Set Design for Bleak Expectations, West End

Broadway World Award 2023 Nomination for Best Set Design for Notes From a Small Island, Watermill Theatre

Broadway World Award 2022 Nomination for Best Set Design for Spike, UK Tour

Current Projects:

Military Wives The Musical, York Theatre Royal. Director: Debbie Isitt

Dweeb - A - Mania, Polka Theatre. Director: Hannah Stone

Jack and the Beanstalk, Salisbury Playhouse. Director: Gareth Machin

Theatre Designs Include:

Burnt at the Stake, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Directors: Indiana Lown-Collins and Naeem Hayat

Bleak Expectations, The Criterion Theatre, West End. Director: Caroline Leslie.

Handbagged, The National Theatre / Queens Theatre Hornchurch , UK Tour. Director: Alex Thorpe

Sleeping Beauty, Salisbury Playhouse. Director: Ryan McBryde.

The Two Popes, English Theatre Frankfurt, Director: Psyche Stott

The Importance of Being Earnest, Mercury Theatre. Director: Ryan McBryde.

The Wasp, English Theatre Frankfurt, Director: Psyche Stott

Notes From A Small Island, The Watermill Theatre. Director: Paul Hart.

To Wong Foo The Musical (Set Design), Hope Mill Theatre. Director: Douglas Carter Beane.

Dick Whittington, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch. Director: Vik Sivalingam.

Spike, UK Tour. Director: Paul Hart.

Bleak Expectations, The Watermill Theatre, Director: Caroline Leslie

Grandad, Me and Teddy Too (2022 Revival), Polka Theatre, Director: Sarah Argent

Spike, The Watermill Theatre, Director: Paul Hart

As You Like It, The Watermill Theatre, Director: Paul Hart

Just So, The Watermill Theatre, Director: Abigail Pickard-Price

Hamlet, The Watermill Theatre, Directors: Paul Hart and Abigail Pickard-Price

Lady Chatterley’s Lover, UK Tour, Director: Ciaran McConville; Producer: Tilted Wig

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Storyhouse Theatre, Director: Psyche Stott

Macbeth, Watermill Theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall and UK Tour, Director: Paul Hart

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Watermill Theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall and UK Tour, Director: Paul Hart

The Prince and the Pauper, Watermill Theatre, Director: Abigail Pickard-Price

Polka 40, an interactive touring exhibition for Polka Theatre

Twelfth Night, Watermill Theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall and International Tour, Director: Paul Hart

Address Unknown, Soho Theatre, Director: Steve Marmion

The Tempest, Shakespeare in a Suitcase, RSC, Director: Justin Audibert

My Brother, My Sister and Me, Polka Theatre, Director: Sarah Argent

Romeo and Juliet, Watermill Theatre and International Tour, Director: Paul Hart

Journey’s End, Watermill Theatre, Director: Paul Hart

Cinderella (Costume Designer), Lyric Hammersmith, Director: Ellen McDougall

Shake, Rattle and Roll, Polka Theatre, Director: Sarah Argent

Nanny McPhee (Costume Designer) London Children’s Ballet, Peacock Theatre, Choreographer: Erico Montes

Dick Whittington and his Cat (Costume Designer) Lyric Hammersmith, Director: Dan Herd

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Costume Designer) Polka Theatre, Director: Rosamunde Hutt

The Welsh Boy (Costume Designer) Ustinov Studio Bath, Director: Matthew Lloyd

deadkidsongs (Costume Designer) Ustinov Studio Bath, Director: Gary Sefton

Eclipse, Lyric Hammersmith, Director: Nicholai La Barrie

Tinderbox, Tooting Arts Club, Director: Bill Buckhurst Valhalla, Theatre 503, Director: Jo McInnes

No Expense Spared, Jermyn Street Theatre, Director: James Robert Carson

The Lone Pine Club, Pentabus UK Tour, Director: Elizabeth Freestone

Valhalla, Theatre 503, Director: Jo McInnes

Treasure Island, ArtsEd, Director: Sara Joyce

Table, ArtsEd, Director: Justin Audibert

The Addams Family Musical, ArtsEd, Director: Gary Sefton

Flip, ArtsEd, Director: Rebecca Hill

The Angry Brigade, ArtsEd, Director: Benet Catty

Grandad, Me and Teddy Too (2014) Polka Theatre, Director: Sarah Argent

Love and Information, Arts Ed, Director: Dan Bird

Hitchhiking Across America, Arts Ed, Director: Hannah Chissick

Back to Before, Arts Ed, Director: Kate Golledge

Lee Harvey Oswald, Finborough Theatre, Director: Alex Thorpe

In the Summer House, RADA, Director: Jonathan Cullen

Way to Heaven, Arts Ed, Director: Chris White

Women, Power and Politics: Now, Arts Ed, Director: Emma Gersch

Liliom, ArtsEd, Director: Matthew Lloyd

Love and Money, ArtsEd, Director: Jamie Rocha Allan

Hot Fudge and Ice Cream, ArtsEd, Director: Chris White

On the Razzle, ArtsEd, Director: Dan Bird

Much Ado About Nothing, East15, Director: Helen Leblique

The Lower Depths, Baron’s Court Theatre, Director: Matt Beresford

Word:Play 3, Theatre 503, Directors: Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder and Adam Quayle

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Brockley Jack Theatre, Director: Daniel Brennan

Penthesilea, RADA, Director: Ed Kemp

Man Equals Man, RADA, Director: Julia Pascal

As Production Designer:

Act Of Memory, short film, produced by David Pugh Ltd, Director: Jack Ryder

Matilda Trailer, RSC & Dusthouse cinematic trailer, Director: Chris McGill

We’re Coming Home, RSC & Dusthouse cinematic trailer, Director: Chris McGill