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