James Turner Designer
James studied English and Drama at Manchester University and graduated in 2009 from the Motley Theatre Design Course. He was awarded Best Set Design at the 2013 Off-West End Awards for Mercury Fur.
Great stacks of books dominate James Turner's set. They bulge from the shelves and the piles heaped above the door frame makes you fear for whomever dares to enter. It's a fitting metaphor for how Rita is about to have her life shaken up in Hull Truck’s revival of Willy Russell’s play The Stage on Educating Rita (Hull Truck)
Agents
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Credits
Theatre
Production Company Notes PSYCHODRAMA Never For Ever Dir. Matt Wilkinson 2021
THE THEATRE CHANNEL Adam Blanshay/The Theatre Episodes 6 & 7 2021 Cafe
FROZEN RADA Dir. Lucy Skilbeck 2020
CASINO ROYALE Secret Cinema Associate Designer 2019
CHICKEN SHOP RADA (GBS Theatre) By Anna Jordan 2019 Dir. Lucy Skilbeck
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS RADA (Jerwood Vanbrugh By Stephen Adly Guirgis ISCARIOT Theatre) Dir. Matthew Xia 2018
END OF THE PIER Park200 By Danny Robins 2018 Dir. Hannah Price
DAN AND PHIL: INTERACTIVE World Tour Dir. George Perrin INTROVERTS 2018
WHY IS THE SKY BLUE? Tackroom Theatre/Southwark Dir. Abbey Wright 2018 Playhouse
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Malvern Theatres/UK Tour Dir. Sophie Boyce Couzens 2018
LOVE AND INFORMATION RADA (GBS Theatre) By Caryl Churchill 2017 Dir. Simon Dormandy
BLUSH Snuff Box Theatre/Soho Transfer 2017 Theatre/UK Tour By Charlotte Josephine Dir. Ed Stamboullian Nominated for Best Set Design, 2017 Off West End Awards
BEFORE THE PARTY Salisbury Playhouse By Rodney Ackland, after a 2017 short story by Somerset Maugham Dir. Ryan McBryde
HOME TRUTHS Cardboard Citizens/Bunker Dir. Adrian Jackson and 2017 Theatre Caitlin McLeod Shortlisted for Best Ensemble, 2017 Off West End Awards
DAN AND PHIL: THE AMAZING European, Australian, Dir. Ed Stambollouian TOUR IS NOT ON FIRE American and UK Tours Recorded as a YouTube 2015 - 2016 Red Original Movie
BONCAS AWARDS London Palladium/FlipSide Event Design 2016 Media Dir. Ed Stamboullian
RADA ATTENBOROUGH GALA Hampton Court Palace Event Design 2016 Dir. Michael Fentiman
CLYBOURNE PARK RADA (GBS Theatre) By Bruce Norris 2016 Dir. Michael Fentiman
BLUSH Snuff Box Theatre/Underbelly By Charlotte Josephine 2016 Cowgate Dir. Ed Stamboullian
EDUCATING RITA Hull Truck By Willy Russell 2016 Dir. Mark Babych
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes TOAST National Tour/59E59, New Revival Production 2016 York/Snapdragon Productions By Richard Bean Dir. Eleanor Rhode Critics Pick, New York Times
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM LAMDA at the Pleasance By William Shakespeare 2016 Dir. Adam Meddigo
DRACULA LAMDA at the Pleasance By Liz Lochead 2016 Theatre Dir. Michael Fentiman
IN ARABIA WE'D ALL BE KINGS RADA (Vanbrugh Theatre) By Stephen Adly Guirgis 2015 Dir. Michael Fentiman
A FURTHER EDUCATION Hampstead Theatre Downstairs By Will Mortimer 2015 Dir. Caitlin McLeod
BRENDA HighTide Festival/The Yard By E.V. Crowe 2015 Theatre Dir. Caitlin McLeod Shortlisted for 2015 Off- West End Award for Best Production
WHEN WE WERE WOMEN Orange Tree Theatre By Sharman Macdonald 2015 Dir. Eleanor Rhode Nominated for 2015 Off- West End Award for Best Set Designer
CHICKEN Eastern Angles/Edinburgh By Molly Davies 2015 Festival Dir. Steven Atkinson
THE SUICIDE Central School of Speech and By Nikolai Erdman 2015 Drama Dir. Ben Naylor & Anna Healey
THE DEEP BLUE SEA Watermill Theatre By Terence Rattigan 2015 Dir. Douglas Rintoul
BUCKETS Orange Tree Theatre By Adam Barnard 2015 Dir. Rania Jumaily
CUDDLES UK Tour/59E59, New York Revival 2015 By Joseph Wilde Dir. Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
THRILL ME UK Tour/C Venues, Edinburgh Revival Production 2015 Festival (2014) By Stephen Dolignoff Dir. Guy Retallack
THE FATHER Trafalgar Studios 2 By August Strindberg, in a 2015 new version by Laurie Slade Dir. Abbey Wright
THE ARMOUR The Langham By Ben Ellis 2015 Hotel/Defibrillator Theatre Dir. James Hillier
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes DONKEY HEART Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios West End transfer 2015 2 By Moses Raine Dir. Nina Raine
GOODNIGHT CHILDREN Drama Centre London By Richard Nelson EVERYWHERE Dir. Jonathan Humphreys 2014
STATE RED Hampstead Theatre Downstairs By Atiha Sen Gupta 2014 Dir. Douglas Rintoul
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Young Vic Parallel Production 2014 By Anton Chekhov Dir. Anthony Lau
MILKMILKLEMONADE Ovalhouse By Joshua Conkel 2014 Dir. Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
HONEST Theatre 6 By Alice Nicholas 2014 Dir. Kate McGregor
TOAST Park Theatre By Richard Bean 2014 Dir. Eleanor Rhode
THE HACKNEY VOLPONE NYLon Productions/Rose By Ben Jonson 2014 Lipman Building Dir. Anna Jones
JOHN FERGUSON Finborough Theatre By St John Ervine 2014 Dir. Emma Faulkner
THE HOTEL PLAYS The Langham By Tennessee Williams 2014 Hotel/Defibrillator Theatre Dir. James Hillier, Anthony Banks and Jonathan Humphreys
OUR AJAX Southwark Playhouse By Timberlake Wertenbaker 2013 Dir. David Mercatali
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Present Moment By Shakespeare 2013 Dir. Joss Bennathan
STILL LIFE & RED PEPPERS Old Red Lion By Noel Coward 2013 Dir. Anthony Lau
CUDDLES Oval House By Joseph Wilde 2013 Dr. Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
CAUSE CELEBRE Central School of Speech and By Terrence Rattigan 2013 Drama Dr. Guy Retallack
THE LONG LIFE AND GREAT GOOD Eastern Angles/Tour By Tony Ramsay FORTUNE OF JOHN CLARE Dr. Ivan Cutting 2013
A LIFE Finborough Theatre By Hugh Leonard 2012 Dir. Eleanor Rhode
I AM A CAMERA Southwark Playhouse By John Van Druten 2012 Dir. Anthony Lau
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes STRONG ARM Underbelly, Edinburgh By Finlay Robertson 2012 Dir. Kate Budgen
ALL GOOD MEN Finborough Theatre By Trevor Griffiths 2012 Dir. Rania Jumaily
THE SLUTS OF SUTTON DRIVE Finborough Theatre By Joshua Conkel 2012 Dir. Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
MERCURY FUR Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios 2013 Off-West End Award 2012 2 for Best Set Design By Phillip Ridley Dir. Ned Bennett
EXECUTION OF JUSTICE Southwark Playhouse By Emily Mann 2012 Dir. Joss Benethan
THRILL ME Charing Cross Theatre By Stephen Dolignoff 2011 Dir. Guy Retallack
PLAIN JANE Royal Exchange Studio By Ali McDowell 2010 Dir. Clive Judd
THAT MOMENT Underbelly, Edinburgh By Dougie Blaxhall 2010 Dir. Hannah Price
OVER THE MOON New Wimbledon Studio By Oli Beavan 2009 Dir. Rania Jumaily
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE Arts Theatre By Flaherty, Ahrens and 2009 McNally Dir. Ben De Wynter
NO WONDER Library Theatre, Manchester By Claire Urwin 2009 Dir. Guy Jones
Other
Production Company Notes DON QUIXOTE Apollo Theatre/Royal Shakespeare Associate Designer 2018 Company Adapted by James Fenton from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes Dir. Angus Jackson, des. Robert Innes Hopkins
A VIEW FROM THE Goodman Theatre, Chicago Associate Designer BRIDGE By Arthur Miller 2017 Dir. Ivo Van Hove, des. Jan Versweyveld
ROME Royal Shakespeare Company Associate Designer (4 plays) 2017 Dir. Angus Jackson, Iqbal Khan & Blanche McIntyre, des. Robert Innes Hopkins
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes A VIEW FROM THE Young Vic/Wyndham's Theatre Associate Designer BRIDGE By Arthur Miller 2015 Dir. Ivo Van Hove, des. Jan Versweyveld 2015 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play
ANTIGONE Barbican/International Tour Assistant Designer 2015 By Sophocles, trans. Anne Carson Dir. Ivo Van Hove, des. Jan Versweyveld
THE SOUND OF Leicester Curve Assistant Designer MUSIC By Richard Rodgers and Oscar 2014 Hammerstein III Dir. Paul Kerryson, des. Al Parkinson
JUMPERS FOR Bush Theatre/Paines Plough Associate Designer GOALPOSTS By Tom Wells 2013 Dir. James Grieve, des. Lucy Osborne
SPEED-THE-PLOW Theatre Royal Bath/ATG Assistant Designer 2014 By David Mamet Dir. Lindsay Posner, des. Robert Innes Hopkins
United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected]