lee newby cv (march 2015)
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LEE NEWBY THEATRE DESIGNER
Graduating in 2011 with a first class BA Honours degree in Theatre Design from The Liverpool Institute for
Performing Arts, Lee was awarded the Phillip Holt Trust Commendation Award.
Lee has worked as an associate designer on many acclaimed productions with theatre designer Christopher Oram,
including The Michael Grandage Company’s inaugural West End season and Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth.
Most recently, Lee worked with artist Paolo Ventura to design sets for a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Carousel at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
FORTHCOMING WORK
GREY GARDENS (August 2015) Dir. Thom Southerland Southwark Playhouse As Associate Designer; A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (May 2015) Des. Christopher Oram Chichester Festival Theatre Dir. Rob Ashford
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
DOGFIGHT Dir. Matt Ryan Southwark Playhouse SPEND SPEND SPEND Dir. Lotte Wakeham Bridewell Theatre VIOLET Dir. Matt Ryan Bridewell Theatre PANGAEA (Workshop) Dir. Richard Fitch Vicky Graham Productions IGNIS Chor. Hubert Essakow The Print Room
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER
CAROUSEL Des. Paolo Ventura Lyric Opera Of Chicago Dir. Rob Ashford WOLF HALL / BRING UP THE BODIES Des. Christopher Oram Swan Theatre, RSC & Dir. Jeremy Herrin Aldwych Theatre
MACBETH Des. Christopher Oram Manchester International Festival Dir. Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh & Park Avenue Armory, NY HENRY V Des. Christopher Oram Noel Coward Theatre Dir. Michael Grandage A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Des. Christopher Oram Noel Coward Theatre Dir. Michael Grandage THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN Des. Christopher Oram Noel Coward Theatre Dir. Michael Grandage PETER AND ALICE Des. Christopher Oram Noel Coward Theatre Dir. Michael Grandage PRIVATES ON PARADE Des. Christopher Oram Noel Coward Theatre Dir. Michael Grandage CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Des. Christopher Oram Richard Rodgers Theatre, NY Dir. Rob Ashford UNCLE VANYA Des. Christopher Oram Vaudeville Theatre Dir. Lindsay Posner RED Des. Christopher Oram Mark Taper Forum, LA Dir. Michael Grandage LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Des. Christopher Oram Glyndebourne Festival Opera Dir. Michael Grandage
ASSISTANT DESIGNER
COMPANY Des. Christopher Oram Sheffield Crucible
Dir. Jonathan Munby
CONTACT
+44 7894 495 879