Sara Perks
Sara is Associate Designer at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, and works in subsidised and commercial theatre nationwide. She lives in London.
Some of her work can be seen on her website www.saraperkstheatredesign.co.uk
Sara has designed the Young America season currently on stage at the Royal Theatre, Northampton: Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill and Spring Storm by Tennessee Williams.
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The Independent - 4 stars - "The smashed clapboard house on Sara Perks's wonderful set could be the one that flattened the Wicked Witch of the East. Its tilted roof becomes a hill that the lovers climb to get away from the pettiness of the town." The Guardian - 4 stars - "Sansom's production and Sara Perks's design capture perfectly the stark savagery of O'Neill's world.” The Telegraph - 9 stars between the two plays! - "With Sara Perks' beautifully lit austere set, dominated by sinister, grasping old trees - it’s as if we’re hurtled headlong inside the merciless machinery of life itself." The Times - 5 stars - "At the start of the play a soaring but dead tree forms a jagged silhouette against the lurid sky; this will turn, like the suits and dresses that become rags, into a featureless, and futureless, black." (Click the newspaper title for the full reviews) |
Earlier this autumn she also designed the site specific DEPOT which she designed for the Mercury Theatre, Colchester:
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Click here for Sara's online portfolio.
Her credits include:
In 2009:
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Young America Season: |
Royal Theatre, Northampton | dir: Laurie Samson |
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DEPOT |
Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Gari Jones |
| Forgotten Things | Red Ladder TC, Edinburgh Festival | dir: Rod Dixon |
| The Love of a Nightingale The Road |
Arts Ed | dir: t.b.c. |
| The Lonesome West | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Gari Jones |
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Dope Girl |
LAMDA |
dir: Peter James |
In 2008:
| The Wizard of Oz | Royal Theatre, Northampton | dir: Laurie Samson |
| Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Gari Jones |
| Forgotten Things | Red Ladder TC | dir: Rod Dixon |
| Still | LAMDA | A new play by Doug Lucie |
| Journey's End | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Tony Casement |
| Helter Skelter/Land of the Dead | Bush Theatre, London | dir: Patricia Benecke |
| Wedding Day at the Cromagnons | Soho Theatre, London | dir: Patricia Benecke |
In 2007:
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Treasure Island |
Derby Playhouse |
dir: Karen Hebden |
| Coriolanus | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir:Tina Packer and Dee Evans |
| Julius Caesar |
Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir:Tina Packer and Dee Evans |
| Rough For Theatre 1 & 2 |
Arts Theatre, West End |
dir: Gari Jones |
| Hamlet | Creation Theatre at Oxford Castle |
dir: Gari Jones |
| Checkout Girls |
National Tour |
Goodnites Entertainment |
| Dead Funny | Oldham Coliseum | dir: Nikolai Foster |
| Death of a Salesman | Mercury Theatre, Colchester New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
dir: Sue Lefton |
In 2006:
| Arabian Nights | Spiegel Tent for Creation Theatre Company | dir: Gari Jones |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | dir: Ben Crocker |
| Miss Julie | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Patricia Benecke |
| Singin' In The Rain | The Courtyard, Hereford | dir: Nikolai Foster |
| Be My Baby | The Dukes, Lancaster | dir: John Lloyd-Fillingham |
| The Merchant of Venice | Creation Theatre at Oxford Castle | dir: Gari Jones |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Nikolai Foster |
| Return to the Forbidden Planet | Large scale tour produced by Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke | dir: FineTime Fonteyn |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Richard Baron |
| The Crypt Project | St Andrew's Crypt, Holborn | dir: Gari Jones |
Previously:
| The Elixir of Love | Grange Park Opera | dir: Martin Constantine |
| The Ladykillers | Northcott Theatre Exeter | dir: Ben Crocker |
| The Seagull | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: David Hunt |
| Twelfth Night | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Dee Evans |
| Dancing At Lughnasa | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | dir: Ben Crocker |
| To Kill A Mockingbird | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Adrian Stokes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Creation Theatre, Oxford/Canterbury | dir: Charlotte Conquest |
| Romeo and Juliet | Creation Theatre, Oxford |
dir: Abi Anderson |
| As You Like It | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | dir: Ben Crocker |
| Macbeth | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Craig Bacon |
| Si J'etais Roi | Opera Omnibus | dir: Martin Constantine |
| The Trial | GBS Theatre, RADA | dir: Gari Jones |
| Romeo and Juliet | English Touring Theatre including Hong Kong Arts Festival |
dir: Steve Unwin |
| Habeus Corpus | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | dir: Ben Crocker |
| Private Lives | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Greg Floy |
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Vanburgh Theatre, RADA | dir: Gari Jones |
| Romeo and Juliet | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | dir: Ben Crocker |
| Reunion and Dark Pony | Kings Head, London | dir: Martin Constantine |
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Mercury Theatre, Colchester | dir: Sue Lefton |
| The Owl and The Pussycat | Redgrave Theatre, Bristol | dir: John Telfer |
| A Tender Prayer | The Courtyard Theatre, London | dir: Rachel Horan |
| Aeroplane Bones | Bristol Old Vic | dir: Martin Constantine |
| Belle | Gate Theatre, London | dir: Debbie Yhip |
| Skylight | Dukes Theatre, Lancaster | dir: Ian Hasting |
| Frankie and Tommy | Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith | dir: Laurie Sansom |
| Union Street | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | dir: Nick Stimson, Jennie Darnell and Rod Dixon |
| Gringos | BAC, London & Bristol Old Vic | dir: Martin Constantine |
| Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens |
original production Edinburgh 1995, 96, 99 |
dir: Mike Fidler |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | Southwark Playhouse | dir: Erica Whyman |
| The Lost Domain | Drum Theatre, Plymouth | dir: Nick Stimson |
| Monkey! | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | dir: Nick Stimson |
| The Bald Prima Donna | Bristol Old Vic | dir: Martin Constantine |
AWARDS:
BBC Vision Design: Costume 1998
John Elvery Theatre Design Award 1998
Edinburgh Festival Fringe First 1995
Sara trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and University of Kent
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