David Farley | Design
Curriculum Vitae
UP-COMING PRODUCTIONS
LA BOHÉME - Canadian Opera Company, 2023 Season, directed by John Caird
PARSIFAL (Associate Set Designer) - Houston Grand Opera, 2024 Season, directed by John Caird
LA BOHÉME - San Francisco Opera Company, 2024 Season, directed by John Caird
ROCKY HORROR SHOW 2024 - European Tour, directed by Sam Buntrock
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OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE
CLUE! - UK Tour, directed by Mark Bell
DADDY LONG LEGS - Seoul, Korea, directed by John Caird
THE GOOD BOOK - Short Film, Slung Low
THE SNOW QUEEN - Kingston Rose, directed by Ciaran McConville
WILD CONFERENCE (for ACE) - Slung Low
THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY - UK Tour, with Mischief Theatre Company, Produced by Kenny Wax
THE PHOENIX - World Premier, 2019 Season - Houston Grand Opera, directed by John Caird
LA BOHÉME - Canadian Opera Company, 2019 Season, directed by John Caird
LA BOHÉME - Houston Grand Opera, 2018 Season, directed by John Caird
ROCKY HORROR SHOW 2017/18 - European Tour, directed by Sam Buntrock
DADDY LONG LEGS - Japan Tour, directed by John Caird
FLOOD, Part 3 - BBC2 and Online, Hull 2017, Slung Low, directed by Alan Lane
FLOOD, Parts 2 and 4 - Hull 2017, Slung Low, directed by Alan Lane
FLOOD, Part 1 - Short Film, Online, Hull 2017, Slung Low, directed by Alan Lane
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET - UK Tour 2017, directed by Ian Talbot
THE FAIRY PORTAL CAMP - RSC Stratford Avonbank Gardens, with Slung Low
DADDY LONG LEGS - Seoul, Korea, directed by John Caird
DADDY LONG LEGS - Davenport Theatre, New York, directed by John Caird
SNAPSHOTS - The Village Theatre, Seattle, directed by Danny Goldstein
McQUEEN - Haymarket Theatre, West End, directed by John Caird
CAMELOT : THE SHINIG CITY - Sheffield People’s Theatre and Slung Low, directed by Alan Lane
CRUSH - U.K. Tour, directed by Anna Linstrum
THE WHITE WHALE - Slung Low, directed by Alan Lane
LA BOHÉME - San Francisco Opera Company, directed by John Caird
ROCKY HORROR SHOW 2014/15 - European Tour, directed by Sam Buntrock
LITTLE MISS SCROOGE - Rubicon Theatre, C.A. directed by John and Sam Caird
SNAPSHOTS - Goodspeed, CT, directed by Danny Goldstein
LA BOHÉME - Canadian Opera Company, directed by John Caird
TURN OF THE SCREW - New York City Opera, BAM, directed by Sam Buntrock
LA BOHÉME - Houston Grand Opera, directed by John Caird
DADDY LONG LEGS - St James Theatre, London, directed by John Caird
DADDY LONG LEGS - Japan Tour, directed by John Caird
ARE YOU THERE, McPHEE? - McCater Theatre, Princeton, NJ, directed by Sam Buntrock
TRAVESTIES - McCater Theatre, Princeton, NJ, directed by Sam Buntrock
ROCKY HORROR SHOW - European Tour, directed by Sam Buntrock
JOSH GROBAN, WORLD TOUR 2011 - Co Design with Timothy Bird for Knifedge
ROMEO OCH JULIA (ROMEO AND JULIET) - Dramaten Theatre, Stockholm, directed by John Caird
TERRIBLE ADVICE - The Menier Chocolate Facgtory, directed by Frank Oz
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES - Guildhall School of Music and Drama, directed by Stephen Barlow
STORMEN (THE TEMPEST) - Dramaten Theatre, Stockholm, directed by John Caird
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Walter Kerr Theatre, New York, directed by Trevor Nunn
ASPECTS OF LOVE - The Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Trevor Nunn
KISS ME, KATE - Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Ontario, directed by John Doyle
TAKE FLIGHT - McCater Theatre, Princeton, NJ, directed by Sam Buntrock
OKLAHOMA! - Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by John Doyle
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - The Garrick Theatre, West End, directed by Trevor Nunn
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, directed by Sam Buntrock
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - The Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Trevor Nunn
13, A NEW MUSICAL - Jacobs Theatre, New York, directed by Jeremy Sams
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - Studio 54, New York, directed by Sam Buntrock
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - The Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Terry Johnson
TAKE FLIGHT - The Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Buntrock
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – The Menier Chocolate Factory and West End, directed by Matthew White
SWEENEY TODD - Gate Theatre, Dublin, directed by Selina Cartmel
CORPSE! – Salisbury Playhouse, directed by Philip Wilson
TICK, TICK, BOOM! – The Menier Chocolate Factory, Rubicon Theatre and Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, directed by Scott Schwartz
THE LAST FIVE YEARS - The Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Matthew White
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - The Menier Chocolate Factory and West End, directed by Sam Buntrock
THE LARAMIE PROJECT – Kit productions at Sound Theatre, directed by Ruth Carney
THE LEMON PRINCESS - The Caird Company at West Yorkshire Playhouse, directed by Ruth Carney
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - Kit productions at Sound Theatre, directed by James Phillips
CROSSINGS - Script Cymri on tour (including Arcola & Edinburgh Traverse), directed by Simon Harris
A LITTLE FIR TREE - Sheffield Crucible, director James Phillips
ZERO DEGREES AND DRIFTING devised with Unlimited Theatre - UK tour, directed by Jon Spooner
QUARTERMAINE’S TERMS - Northampton/Salisbury Playhouse, directed by Simon Godwin
MACBETH - Sheffield Crucible Studio, adapted and directed by James Phillips
COULD IT BE MAGIC - for Unlimited Theatre at the Crucible, directed by Jon Spooner
JUST SO for Arts Educational, London, directed by Anthony Drewe
DEALER'S CHOICE - Theatr Clwyd, directed by Angus Jackson
THE SEAGULL - Theatre Royal Northampton, directed by Simon Godwin
SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, directed by Angus Jackson
OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME - Jericho Productions at the Pleasance, directed by James Phillips
SET DESIGN ONLY INCLUDES
WORKS ON CANVAS and HERE LIE HEDWIG AND STOLLER (Shunt at Arch 12A, Bethnal Green)
THE DYBBUK (BAC) directed by Mark Rosenblatt which won the James Menzies-Kitchen Memorial Trust Award
TAMING OF THE SHREW and MACBETH (Oxford University Drama Society’s Japan tour including The May Theatre, Osaka and The Globe Theatre, Tokyo).
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AWARDS
Nominated for the Dora Award for Best Set Design, LA BOHÉME - Canadian Opera Company, 2019
Nominated for the Dora Award for Costume Design, LA BOHÉME - Canadian Opera Company, 2019
AWARDS FOR SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE WITH TIMOTHY BIRD:
Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Set Design, 2008, at the Roundabout Theatre, New York.
Nominated for the Tony Award for Costume Design, 2008, at the Roundabout Theatre, New York.
Olivier Award Best Design at the Wyndhams (and Olivier Best Musical production)
Evening Standard Best Design at the Wyndhams
Critics Circle Award for Best Design at the Menier Chocolate Factory
EDUCATION
David has a BA (Hons) Degree in Theatre Design from Wimbledon School of Art and left in 1999 with a 1st class in Technical Arts Design. He also has a BTEC Foundation Studies in Art and Design from the Oxfordshire School of Art and Design
Last updated February 2020