Libby Watson
Awards
2010 - Olivier Award for Best New Play for The Mountaintop
Nominations
2022 - Nominated for Best Set Design - The Offies for Glitterball (Watford Palace Theatre, Rifco Theatre)
2010 - Nominated for Best Set Design - The Offies for Miss Lily Gets Boned
Libby Watson is a set & costume designer based in London, working across theatre and dance.
Libby trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Wimbledon School of Art (First Class Hons BA).
“Bring It On - Queen Elizabeth Hall
Libby Watson’s clever gym set balances scene changes easily, and moving stairs allow the audience to feel like they’re sitting under the bleachers... Bring It On puts cheer sport firmly on London’s map, and I defy anyone to leave Bring It On without a big smile.”
“Toast - The Lowry
Libby Watson’s set is filled with vivid colour and period detail, and the swirling stage movement gives the production a dreamlike quality. The storytelling is lifted from the page and the action and narrative sometimes collide head on to great comic effect.”
“Once - The New Wosley
Everyone whisks and whirls about Libby Watson’s bar-room set, clutching guitars, mandolins and fiddles throughout. The production has a really warm, collaborative and creative vibe.”
Gallery
2024
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Being Mr Wickham | Jermyn Street Theatre, London, Dir. Guy Unsworth |
2023
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Es & Flo | Wales Millennium Centre, Dir. Susie McKenna, Lighting Des. Simi Majekodunmi |
| Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera | UK Tour - Dir. Peter Rowe |
| Strike! | Southwark Playhouse, Dir. Kirsty Patrick Ward |
| Macbeth | GSMD, Dir. Ashley Zhangazha |
| The Gift | GSMD, Dir. Ola Ince |
| Being Mr Wickham | 59E59 Theaters, Dir. Guy Unsworth |
| Kvakki!?! | Rogeland Teater, Norway, Dir. Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad |
| Manic Street Creatures | Southwark Playhouse, Dir. Kirsty Patrick Ward |
2022
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Glitterball | Watford Palace Theatre, Rifco Theatre Company, Dir. Pravesh Kumar |
| Urinetown | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] - World Premiere | Park Theatre, Dir. Peter Rowe |
| The Fellowship | Hampstead Theatre, Dir. Paulette Randall |
2021
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Bring It On: The Musical | UK Tour, Dir. Guy Unsworth |
| Being Mr Wickman | Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Dir. Guy Unsworth |
| The Witchfinder's Sister | Queens Theatre, Dir. Jonnie Riordon |
2020
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Once | UK Tour, Dir. Pete Rowe |
| Single | The Wolsey Theatre, Dir. Pete Rowe |
2019
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Privacy | Kilden Theatre (Norway), Dir. Michael Gieleta |
| Toast | The Other Palace & UK Tour, Dir. Jonnie Riordon |
| Trolle | Kilden Theatre (Norway), Dir. Jostein Kirkeby-Garstad |
| One Man, Two Guvnors | The New Wolsey & Southampton, Dir. Pete Rowe |
| Bare a Pop Opera | The Vaults (London), Dir. Julie Atherton |
| Chasing Rainbows | Hoxton Hall, Dir. Karena Johnson |
2018
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Female Parts: The Shorts | Hoxton Hall (London), Dir. Karena Johnson |
| Once | New Wolsey Theatre (Ipswich) co-pro. with Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Dir. Peter Rowe |
| Dr. Faustus | Sam Wannamaker Playhouse, Dir. Paulette Randell |
| The Last Days of Judas Iscariot | Milton Court Theatre, Dir. Wyn Jones |
| Paradise Lost | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dir. Wyn Jones |
| Hoxton Shorts | Hoxton Hall, Dir. Karena Johnson |
2017
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| The Owl and the Pussy Cat | Belgrade Theatre, Dir. Hamish Glen |
| The Philanthropist | Trafalgar Studios, Dir. Simon Callow |
| Emma (UK Tour) | The Production Exchange, Dir. Colin Blumenau |
| Miss Meena and the Masala Queens | Watford Palace Theatre, Dir. Pravesh Kumar |
| As You Like It | Theatre by the Lake (Keswick), Dir. Kate Saxon |
| Godiva Rocks | Belgrade Theatre, Dir. Hamish Glen |
| Daisy Pulls It Off | Park 200 (London), Dir. Paulette Randall |
2016
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Lady Anna All At Sea (UK Tour) | The Production Exchange, Dir. Colin Blumeneau |
| Peter Pan | Misi Productions(Columbia), Dir & Chor. Mitch Sebastian |
| August | Milton Court Studio theatre |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | New Wolsey Theatre (Ipswich), Dir. Trevor Nunn |
| Sisterhood | Belgrade Theatre, Dir. Hamish Glen |
| The Mission by Jessica Swale | Arts Ed, Dir. Kate Saxon |
| Laila | UK Tour, Dir. Pravesh Kumar |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | Peacock Theatre London Children's Ballet |
2015
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Feed The Beast | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Dir. Peter Rowe |
| Lady Anna - All at Sea | Park Theatre, Dir. Colin Blumeneau |
| Sweet Charity | New Wolsey Theatre (Ipswich), Dir. Peter Rowe |
| The History Boys | Sell a Door, UK tour |
| Play Mas | The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| Deranged Marriage | Watford Palace Theatre, Dir. Pravesh Kumar |
2014
Production |
Company |
|---|---|
| Cinderella | Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Dir. Paulette Randall |
| Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune | Chichester Festival Theatre, Dir. Paulette Randall |
| Rudy's Rare Records | Hackney Empire, Dir. Paulette Randall |
| Stand Up For Felix Dexter Foundation | The Eventim Apollo (London), Dir. Paulette Randall |
| As You Like It | Stafford Gatehouse Theatre / Ludlow Festival, Dir. Peter Rowe |
| The Dead Dogs | The Print Room (London), Dir. Simon Usher |
| Propaganda Swing | Belgrade Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse, Dir. Hamish Glen |