http://saraperkstheatredesign.co.uk/photography daily 1.0 2025-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368464105238-Z4EJZ3J25RZF5W8LOC61/depot_223.jpg Productions - Depot Magdalen Road Tramshed, Colchester for The Mercury 2009 A 
collaborative project led by Gari Jones and Sara Perks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1462884684232-482K28LL2CJWXGG23KTE/p-3.jpg Productions - Blood Tamasha Theatre; UK tour 2015 dir: Esther Richardson 'Supporting the actors is Sara Perks’ set. Almost industrial, it has a life of its own, full of secret compartments and lit panels allowing the action to flow smoothly and for the same space to stand in for several locations" Reviews Hub – Selwyn Knight 5*   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1462886348473-Z91JTLAE4AUAIDV3032P/5a-mel-kate-sissons-and-dave-samuel-oatley-any-means-necessary-directed-by-giles-croft-photo-by-robert-day.jpg Productions - Any Means Necessary Nottingham Playhouse 2015 Dir: Giles Croft ".... of this production is Sara Perks’ tremendous set. Set on multiple levels and lit by LEDs, the play’s locations are represented with ease..." Laura Jayne Batemen – reviews Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1493991632514-QRHAO0GQKJDQE15T6FGE/tn-500_posh-612.jpg Productions - POSH dir: Cressida Carré "Sara Perks’ apocalyptic design juxtaposes the fine dining set-up of the rural gastro pub where the club meets with rubble and blackened walls. It emphasises the desperate backlash of the privileged against a progressive agenda – those willing to burn the world down before surrendering their power." Marainka Swain - Islington Gazette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1539091990975-MUSQWN2Z724I6K12YE7Y/Mother-Courage-4a-800x640.jpg Productions - Mother Courage and Her Children Red Ladder Theater Company Albion Electric Warehouse 2018 dir: Rod Dixon “The other unsung hero of this often darkly funny version is Sara Perks’ design that moves the audience over the cellar’s rubble to meet brutal solders ….., venal generals and a motley crew of damaged survivors…….cleverly uses the promenade to show how it is very easy to lose your way – morally and physically – in a war where one minute is over, the next cannons are roaring round the space, and where Brecht never makes it clear who is in charge” 5* Paul Clarke - North West End https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1533138967465-OUJ2GCG5N0ZGW95QVRYG/Screen+Shot+2018-08-01+at+16.49.11.png Productions - Babe - The Sheep Pig Mercury Theatre 2018 dir: Katie Posner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1437926667074-2A01NDT7614S0N0Y3SGE/11178290_1606135302976327_1436841408815900451_n.jpg Productions - American Idiot SELLADOOR Arts Theatre London 2015, 2016 and UK tour 2016 dir: Racky Plews " the staging was exceptional; Sara Perks' set is grungy and gritty, with some clever touches - such as a bus made mostly out of guitar cases.....the costumes are wonderfully punkish and dystopian; especially some wonderfully evil and demonic looking cheerleaders, who are either the stuff of dreams or nightmares" Danny Coleman-Cook - British theatre.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1599496328313-IKHB6R9X4R1WGY8696EB/CAG_Midsummer_Blenheim_SRT-0090.jpg Productions - A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROSE THEATRE, YORK 2018 & BLENHEIM 2019 dir: Juliet Forster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1398849936092-H6NS4TZR0831VE4LMI3M/Betty-Queque.jpg Productions - Betty Blue Eyes National Tour 2014 (Mercury;WYP;Salisbury;Liverpool Co-production) Dir: Daniel Buckroyd Choreography: Andrew Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1475855961781-AFWIOPX8QMDUFKT36JCF/ESC_6218.jpg Productions - Sweeney Todd Mercury and Derby Theatres dir: Daniel Buckroyd "the crowning glory of this production, however, is Sara Perks' intricate and inventive set, which is well worthy of any West End theatre" - J Bayley, Derby Telegraph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1649334565833-M9OS8Y42HCCEBI3C52JE/full+set+-+angle.jpg Productions - 71 Coltman Street A new piece by Richard Bean, specially commissioned for Hull Truck’s 50th Anniversary. dir: Mark Babych “Sara Perks’s set design is an open-plan lay-out of the freezing-cold 71 Coltman Street, where Bradwell (Kieran Knowles) and his fellow unemployed actors burn furniture to keep warm. Guitars, drums and a piano, sofas, cushions and theatre posters fill the room, where they improvise a play with no name, no plot, no budget and no bookings. Their phone is the nearest Hull white phone box” Charles Hutchinson, York Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1649337864099-YEF5DA1AFM3APOUICDEL/010_Little+Voice_Pamela+Raith+Photography+edit.jpg Productions - The Rise and Fall of Little Voice UK Tour 2022 , Aria Ents and Glass Half Full dir: Bronagh Lagan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1679328082701-EZ0FH8TAD2J5CY3K3I5W/072_Good+Luck+Studio_Pamela+Raith+Photography.jpeg Productions - GOOD LUCK, STUDIO Mischief Theatre, at Mercury Colchester & Wiltshire Creative. Oct -Nov 2022 dir: Henry Lewis “Sara Perks's revolving set takes us nimbly from studio floor to gallery to sick bay…” Dominic Maxwell - THE TIMES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1681231452571-WSQORGPGEWAO95XBJ7WS/opening.png Productions - YOU BURY ME Paines Plough; Bristol Old Vic; Edinburgh Lyceum and Orange Tree Theatre dir: Katie Posner “On the light-touch set by Sara Perks, with its graffitied concrete blocks looming overhead, the Paines Plough co-production has a vigorous ensemble energy.” - Mark Fisher - The Guardian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1679520341718-RI2VJKVXGNOTGAPLX1ZT/041.jpg Productions - Around the World in 80 Days York Theatre Royal and Tilted Wig - UK Tour dir: Juliet Forster “Sara Perks’ impressive set design alone comes loaded with promise. A multi-layered climbing frame around a circus Big Top with mini trampolines either side that look set to spring their own surprises” - David Upton - British Theatre Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1566294955692-61R0FZRD6WAPEWBEUJZ6/Cag_Hamlet_Shakespeare_Rose_York-015.JPG Productions - HAMLET SHAKESPEARE’S ROSE THEATRE, YORK 2019 dir: Damian Cruden “Sara Perks’ costume and scenic design is deliciously intricate yet understated, providing all the colour (or monochrome) one needs in a stylish Danish thriller. Mourning black and marital white slide back and forth among the stately characters” Anna Rose James - ARTS YORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1566296548411-E3ITFERS4HNQ80RVIDZA/Cag_Twekth+Night_DRESS_Shakespeare_Rose_York-0149.JPG Productions - TWELFTH NIGHT SHAKESPEARE’S ROSE THEATRE, YORK 2019 dir: Joyce Brannagh “Sara Perks’ colourful Gatsby-esque styling. Pinstripes and flapper dresses abound, and a particular pair of cross-gartered yellow stockings do not disappoint.” Sarah Ryan - Broadway World 5* https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1679516324865-23PDCNTVIV4KT0R6FM51/DSCF6269.jpeg Productions - Now Is Good by Tim Firth Chester Storyhouse dir: Joyce Brannagh “a glorious set by Sara Perks “ - Clare Brennan - The Guardian 4* https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1533135361803-H5XNTPZCPTHM3DRVT1L2/Screen+Shot+2018-07-30+at+09.41.31.png Productions - Turn Of The Screw Mercury Theatre/Dermot McLaughlin Productions - UK Tour Adaptation by Tim Luscombe Dir: Daniel Buckroyd This is all framed by Sara Perks’ ominous set, where skewed pillars and a slanted proscenium loom over an effectively-realised mansion draped in dust sheets and cluttered with antique furniture. Dave Fargnoli 4* The Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1399882212357-BSULMK8IDO5HF97IYO3M/800x600.fitdown.jpg Productions - Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Mercury Theater 2014 dir: Tony Casement   "Sara Perks' splendid set design..." Michael Gray 4* The Public Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1533132153698-34H4CXC2RG6RYISTB5QW/Screen+Shot+2018-08-01+at+14.46.20.png Productions - Brighton Rock Pilot Theatre UK Tour 2018 Adaptation: Bryony Lavery Dir: Esther Richardson Music: Hannah Peel Ld: Aideen Malone Sara Perks’ fabulous dark design – a fraction of iron pier towering overhead, steps which move and swirl and through which once, unforgettably, the skinny villain squirms between the steps to grab his quarry. Libby Purves 4* Theatre Cat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1505127197748-VNV3X7W3O5I2EYW7NERG/P1030336.jpg Productions - Spamalot UK Tour 2017-2018 – Mercury & Selladoor dir: Daniel Buckroyd "Everything, including set, costume and sound are spot on. This is a first class production which deserves to play to full houses every night......treat yourself" 5* Tony Bell - GrapeVine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368447641600-4GET1LLYXZ0N2N5ZT7KD/417135_394313340581507_119085154770995_1554809_1707651974_n.jpg Productions - Gypsy Curve, Leicester 2012 dir: Paul Kerryson "I especially likes Sara Perks's designs which evoke the American past through monochrome magazine ads....with its wit, tunefulness and protrait of the toxic nature of star worship, this is a tremendous musical" Michael Billington - The Guardian 5* https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1462882195733-T7MLBP3K64TOLS45GSST/Brideshead+4.jpg Productions - Brideshead Revisited dir: Damian Cruden UK tour 2016 English Touring Theatre and York Theatre Royal "A stunning trope – Sara Perks’ superb design with sliding panels like a variable camera shutter functions beautifully as reminiscence blinking flickr, a colour-shifting backdrop, chairs, staircase, descending empty picture frames, you enjoy a supremely flexible set. Most striking’s a storm-tossed tryst on deck: two seats yoked together slid along a rope hauled back and forth by two cast members doubling as deckhands, a literal case of all hands on deck" Simon Jenner Fringe Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1726665583703-D4IXN20DID6KJ71A398R/01+Mind+Mangler+West+End+2024+Photo+by+Pamela+Raith_Featuring+Henry+Lewis.jpg Productions - The Mind Mangler Mischief Theatre & Kenny Wax dir: Hannah Sharkey West End 2024; UK Tour 2023-4; Virgin Voyagers 2023-4 Two final skits – one involving spoon bending and the other dismembering – are especially good, thanks to the combination of Sara Perks’ clever set and Ben Hart’s magic. The Stage - Holly O’Mahony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1566292667898-KDBV37YJQDN7XJE00T2T/CAG_Dress_Rehearsal_Macbeth_Blenheim_Oxford-0039.JPG Productions - Macbeth Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre 2019 , Blenheim dir: Damian Cruden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1728211469578-S0FOKL6VW08VXO4N0KL2/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmrs%2Bharris%2Briverside%2Bstudios%2Breview.jpg Productions - FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS Riverside Studios, London 2022 Aria Ents & Tiny Giant dir: Bronnagh Lagan Set Design : Nik Corral In faded rose pinny with practical pockets (Sara Perks’ costumes have a snug hold on character), she clasps her handbag tight even in the Dior fitting room - David Jays - The Guardian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368466164660-DBF2TWDKN7L7J86NC28A/155211_181955848483925_119085154770995_658848_8316940_n.jpg Productions - The King and I Curve, Leicester 2010/11 National Tour 2012 dir: Paul Kerryson "This is a full-blown spectacle with classy West End production values and a considerable wow factor. Staged with real beauty and panache." Lyn Gardener - The Guardian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1728209029507-0CEDJPZJOWIBNUOBRLP6/Screenshot+2024-09-18+at+15.18.50.png Productions - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Scenekvelder, Oslo, Norway 2024 director: Cressida Carré costume design: Sarah Mercadee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368466963585-QZI6KQB34TXUUQR23ISM/689_0053_2.JPG Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368467599544-YY8CM3P7RXVR2WJALSJW/2884-003.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368533132657-QI254AWV66LUHAR2AXIK/P1000686.JPG Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368534916258-0EVW9OZYLOWLP7MMOS4H/P1000884.JPG Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1369497219153-DENF5DYMY13AKR2YUN1O/crw_0009.jpg Productions - The Ladykillers Northcott, Exeter 2005 dir: Ben Crocker "Sara Perks has designed an impressive and immensely detailed multi-level set to accommodate the fast, furious and increasingly far-fetched action, much of which is played simultaneously in the bedroom and sitting room of this curious Victorian villa. Set near London’s King’s Cross, trains belching out smoke regularly rumble past, and with pictures set at odd angles on uneven walls, nothing is quite as it appears." Anne Broom - The Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1371632057075-CRJMTS2WTV4M91K2MPUY/9508.jpg Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1378888031830-WLKQRDBVEYQGKENUP8O4/Showers+cool.JPG Productions - The Glee Club Cast, Doncaster dir: Esther Richardson     "much appreciated too is the stunning beauty of Sara Perks' set with its crisp lines and slag heap silhouettes, lit by delicious sunset tints and blue blue skies" Eileen Caiger Gray, DigYorkshire 4*  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368465368039-JIODV9ZYEFSINFTT5ZJV/zlCrEt.jpeg Productions - Hello Dolly! Curve, Leicester 2012/3 dir: Paul Kerryson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1371631769340-V9F5S72KG5SFHV032ETH/9482.jpg Productions - Assumption Mercury Theatre, Colchester - 2010 dir: Dee Evans   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1368444396267-0S0N78U97NOI2KILMUC1/S1052254.JPG Productions - Beyond the Horizon National Theatre, Royal and Derngate 2009 dir: Laurie Sansom https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/t/5192255fe4b0b37bdb6e6ffa/1368531990720/3NefWK.jpeg Productions http://saraperkstheatredesign.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2026-02-08 http://saraperkstheatredesign.co.uk/home daily 0.75 2023-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5190cbd8e4b02ecd0eaa378b/1369853386243-330VE8N4EEGFQYT1A7WG/depot_043.jpg Contacts DEPOT - the tramshed, Colchester Mercury Theatre http://saraperkstheatredesign.co.uk/cvfull daily 0.75 2026-02-08 http://saraperkstheatredesign.co.uk/credits-photography daily 0.75 2023-03-20