Set & Costume Designer
Nicky Shaw
La bohèmeBiography
Nicky is an international set and costume designer with Anglo-Irish nationality. She has designed productions for many leading companies in the UK, extensively in Europe and also South Korea. Notable work includes Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Irish National Opera, nominated best production and best set design, The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards); Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking (Royal Danish Opera, winner best opera, Reumart Awards); Janáček’s Jenůfa (Royal Swedish Opera, Danish National Opera, Scottish Opera, winner The Renee Stepham Award for best presentation of touring theatre, UK Theatre Awards); Massenet’s Don Quichotte (Den Jyske Opera, winner audience award and best production award, Stiftidende); Verdi’s La traviata (Scottish Opera, joint winner The Renee Stepham Award for best presentation of touring theatre); and Thomas’s Mignon (Buxton Opera Festival, nominated for best opera, South Bank Sky Awards). Her recent work includes TV production design, AbracadOpera! (Sky Arts/ENO) and production design for ENO Breathe. Nicky mentors young designers and is a trustee director of the Society of British Theatre Designers.
June 2023