Jon Morrell

Awards

2019 - UK Theatre Award Nomination for Achievement in Opera for Georgiana

2013 - Olivier Award for Best Costume for Top Hat

2013 - Top Hat Winner of the London Evening Standard Best Night Out Award

2013 - Green Room Awards Nominations for Best Design Partenope (Opera Australia)

2010 - Australian Helpmann Award (Sydney) for Best Opera for Partenope, of which Jon was part of the creative team

2008 - Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production for Partenope, of which Jon was part of the creative team

2007 - Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production for Jenůfa, of which Jon was part of the creative team

Nominations

2022 - Olivier Award for Best Costumes Production for Anything Goes at The Barbican

2022 - Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival for Anything Goes at The Barbican, for which Jon designed the Costumes

2021 - Broadway World UK Awards - shortlisted for Best Costumes for Anything Goes at The Barbican


Jon is a multi award-winning set and costume designer working across theatre, opera and dance.


Anything Goes - The Barbican
The dashing parade of gowns by Jon Morrell, the costume designer, adds zing too... This production is a dream.
— ★★★★★ - Tristram Kenton for The Times
Othello - English National Opera
Handsomely designed by Jon Morrell and set against the crumbling walls of a Mediterranean garrison town in the late 19th century, it presented a relatively straightforward and naturalistic view of the piece.
— ★★★★ -Rupert Christiansen for The Telegraph

Gallery


2023

Production

Company

Carmen Oper Graz

2022

Production

Company

La bohème Glyndebourne, Dir. Floris Visser, Costume Des. Jon Morrell, Set Des. Dieuweke Van Reij
La Juive Grand Theatre de Genève, Dir. David Alden, Costume Des. Jon Morrell, Set Des. Gideon Davey

2021

Production

Company

Anything Goes Barbican & UK Tour, Dir. Kathleen Marshall, Costume Des. Jon Morrell
Un Ballo in Maschera Den Norske Opera & Royal Danish Theatre, Dir. Karolina Sofulak, Costume Des. Jon Morrell
Undine Ballet Graz, Chor. Beate Vollack

2020

Production

Company

Madama Butterfly Opera Graz, Dir. Floris Visser, Costume Des. Jon Morrell

2019

Production

Company

Georgiana - World Premiere Buxton International Festival, Dir. Matthew Richardson
Otello (Revival) Washington National Opera & Canadian Opera Company, Dir. David Alden
Jenůfa (Revival) Santa Fe Opera, Dir. David Alden
Karen Blixen The Royal Danish Ballet, Chor. Gregory Dean

2018

Production

Company

Peter Pan (Revival) Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Dirs. Timothy Sheader & Liam Steel, Costume Des. Jon Morrell
Katya Kabanova (Revival) Gran Teatre del Liceu, Dir. David Alden, Costume Des. Jon Morrell
Rigoletto (Revival) Scottish Opera Tour, Dir. Matthew Richardson
Cinderella The Royal Danish Ballet, Chor. Gregory Dean
Die Jahreszeiten St Gallen (Switzerland), Chor. Beate Vollack

2017

Production

Company

Peter Grimes Opera Frankfurt, Dir. Keith Warner, Costume Des. Jon Morrell
Loreley St Gallen Festival (Switzerland), Dir. David Alden, Costume Des. Jon Morrell