Paul Wills
Awards
2020 - Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best Set Design for Kinky Boots
Nominations
2023 - What’s On Stage Award for Best Revival for Shirley Valentine at Duke Of York’s Theatre, for which Paul designed Set & Costume
2019 - Olivier Award for Best Revival for King Lear at Duke Of York’s Theatre, for which Paul designed Set & Costume
Paul Wills is a critically acclaimed, international designer with extensive work in theatre, musical theatre and opera. Paul studied Scenography at Bretton Hall University and has collaborated with many directors. Paul designs for stage and stories on a global scale from London’s West End to Shibuya in Tokyo.
Gallery
2024
Production |
Company |
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The Borrowers | The Gate Theatre, Dublin, Dir. Róisín McBrinn |
A Number & What If If Only | Setagaya Public Theatre Japan, Dir. Jonathan Munby |
Rent! | Theater St Gallen, Dir. Matthew Wild |
Wedding Band: A Love Hate Story in Black and White | Lyric Hammersmith, Dir. Monique Touko |
King Lear | Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo, Dir. Sean Holmes |
Here You Come Again | Leeds Playhouse & UK Tour, Dir. Gabriel Barre |
2023
Production |
Company |
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Shirley Valentine | Duke of York's Theatre, Dir. Matthew Dunster, Lighting Des. Lucy Carter |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Theatre Royal Bath - Ustinov Studio, Dir. Lindsay Posner |
The Comedy of Errors | Shakespeare's Globe, Dir. Sean Holmes |
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play | Lyric Hammersmith, Dir. Monique Touko, Set Des. Paul Wills |
Fun Home | Gate Theatre, Dir. Róisín McBrinn, Set Des. Paul Wills |
Les Misérables | West End, Dirs. James Powell & Laurence Connor, Costume Des. Andreane Neofitou & Christine Rowland & Paul Wills |
Les Misérables | Korea Tour, Dirs. James Powell & Laurence Connor, Costume Des. Andreane Neofitou & Christine Rowland & Paul Wills |
Off Menu Podcast Live with Ed Gamble and James Acaster | UK Tour, Set Des. Paul Wills |
2022
Production |
Company |
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The Taxidermist's Daughter | Chichester Festival Theatre, Dir. Róisín McBrinn |
The Steward of Christendom | Gate Theatre, Dir. Louise Lowe |
The Tempest | Shakespeare's Globe, Dir. Sean Holmes, Associate Des. Sandra Falase |
The Clinic | The Almeida, Dir. Monique Touko |
Les Misérables | US Tour, Dirs. James Powell & Laurence Connor, Costume Des. Andreane Neofitou & Christine Rowland, Additional Costume Design. Paul Wills |
2021
Production |
Company |
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A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story | Nottingham Playhouse & Alexandra Palace, Dir. Adam Penford |
Les Misérables | West End & UK Tour, Dirs. James Powell & Laurence Connor, Costume Des. Andreane Neofitou & Christine Rowland, Costume Design Consultant Paul Wills |
2019
Production |
Company |
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Admissions | Trafalgar Studios, Dir. Daniel Aukin |
The Monstrous Child | Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre, Dir. Timothy Sheader, Movement Dir. Josie Daxter |
Kinky Boots | The Fugard Theatre (Cape Town), Dir. Matthew Wild, Costume Des. Birrie Le Roux |
THE SNAPPER (Revival) | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Dir. Róisín McBrinn |
2018
Production |
Company |
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An Enemy of The People | Theatre Cocoon, Bunkamura, Tokyo, Dir. Jonathan Munby |
Shakespeare in Love | The Fugard Theatre, Cape Town, Dir. Greg Karrelas |
King Lear | Duke of York's Theatre, Dir. Jonathan Munby |
The Snapper | Gate Theatre, Dublin, Dir. Róisín McBrinn |
The Four Seasons: A Reimagining | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Dirs. Directors: Finn Caldwell & Toby Olié |
Hamlet | Royal Shakespeare Company & UK Tour, Dir. Simon Godwin |
Frozen | Theatre Royal Haymarket, Dir. Jonathan Munby |
Lady Windermere's Fan | Vaudeville Theatre, Dir. Kathy Burke |
2017
Production |
Company |
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Shakespeare in Love | The Fugard Theatre, Cape Town, Dir. Greg Karrelas |
King Lear | Minerva Theatre, Chichester, Dir. Jonathan Munby | King Kong | Fugard Theatre, Cape Town, Dir. Jonathan Munby | Measure for Measure | Theatre For A New Audience, New York, Dir. Simon Godwin | Occupational Hazards | Hampstead Theatre, Dir. Simon Godwin | Mrs Henderson Presents | Royal Alexander Theatre, Toronto, Dir. Terry Johnson, Set Des. Tim Shortall | Running Wild | UK Tour, Dir. Timothy Sheader |
2016
Production |
Company |
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A Room with a View | Theatre Royal Bath & Tour, Dir. Adrian Noble |
First Light | Minerva Theatre, Chichester, Dir. Jonathan Munby |
Running Wild | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Dirs. Timothy Sheader & Dale Rooks |
Juno and the Paycock | Gate Theatre Dublin, Dir. Mark O’Rowe |
Hamlet | Royal Shakespeare Company, Dir. Simon Godwin |