James Cotterill
Designer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Winner of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2005 for NOT THE END OF THE WORLD (Bristol Old Vic).
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD 2023 | Hampstead Theatre | Written by Richard Bean |
BETTY! A SORT OF MUSICAL 2022 | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | Co-written by Maxine Peake and Seiriol Davies |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE 2021 | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse | Dir. Blanche McIntyre |
PEGGY FOR YOU 2021 | Hampstead Theatre | By Alan Plater |
BOTTICELLI IN THE FIRE 2019 | Hampstead Theatre | By Jordan Tannahill |
VENICE PRESERVED 2019 | RSC | Dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah |
GIG 2019 | Vanbrugh Theatre RADA | By Atiha Sen Gupta |
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN 2019 | Simon Friend Entertainment / UK Tour | Adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel |
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS 2018 | British Youth Opera / Peacock Theatre | By Igor Stravinsky |
JOURNEY'S END 2018 | GBS Theatre RADA | By R. C. Sherriff |
THE RIVALS 2018 | The Watermill | By Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
HAMLET 2018 | Bolton Octagon | By William Shakespeare |
THE THREEPENNY OPERA 2018 | Bolton Octagon | By Bertolt Brecht |
HAMLET 2017 | Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company / RADA | By William Shakespeare |
A BITTER HERB 2017 | Geilgud Studio RADA | By Kwame Kwei-Armah |
FRACKED! (Revival Tour) 2017 | Jonathan Church Productions | By Alistair Beaton |
GRAND HOTEL 2017 | Central School of Speech and Drama | By Luther Davis, Robert Wright & George Forrest |
THE EVENTS 2017 | Mercury Theatre (Colchester) | By David Greig |
TWILIGHT SONG 2017 | Cahoots / Park Theatre | By Kevin Elyot |
THE WINTER'S TALE 2016 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By William Shakespeare |
THE WAR HAS NOT YET STARTED 2016 | The Drum Plymouth | By Mikhail Durnenkov |
FRACKED! 2016 | Chichester Festival Theatre | By Alistair Beaton |
OWEN WINGRAVE 2016 | British Youth Opera | Music by Benjamin Britten |
ENGLISH ECCENTRICS 2016 | British Youth Opera | Music by Malcolm Williamson |
THE MIGHTY WALZER 2016 | Manchester Royal Exchange | Simon Bent’s adaptation of Howard Jacobson's |
THE NAP 2016 | Sheffield Theatres – Crucible studio | By Richard Bean |
BULLY BOY 2015 | Colchester Mercury | By Sandi Toksvig |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE 2015 | Bolton Octagon | By Henrik Ibsen, Adapted by Arthur Miller |
THE ANCIENT SECRET OF YOUTH AND THE FIVE TIBETANS 2015 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By Jim Cartwright |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (REVIVAL) 2015 | Shakespeare's Globe | Dir. Max Webster |
BLASTED 2015 | Sheffield Theatres – Crucible studio | Directed by Richard Wilson |
AS YOU LIKE IT 2015 | Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre - RADA | Directed by Michael Fentiman |
ACCOLADE 2014 | St James Theatre | By Emlyn Williams |
EARLY ONE MORNING 2014 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By Les Smith |
JOURNEY'S END 2014 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By R C Sherriff |
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 2014 | Shakespeare's Globe | By William Shakespeare |
THE LIBERATION OF COLETTE SIMPLE 2014 | Spatfeather Theatre at Jacksons Lane Theatre | Cabaret and music theatre |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 2014 | Shakespeare's Globe | By William Shakespeare |
HOBSON'S CHOICE 2014 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By Harold Brighouse |
THAT DAY WE SANG 2013 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By Victoria Wood |
LOVE YOUR SOLDIERS 2013 | Sheffield Theatres - Crucible Studio | By Robin Hooper |
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 2013 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By Eugene O'Neill |
MOTH 2013 | HighTide Festival / Bush Theatre | By Declan Greene |
SMACK FAMILY ROBINSON 2013 | Rose Theatre (Kingston) | By Richard Bean |
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 2013 | Manchester Royal Exchange | Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee |
THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYD 2012 | New Vic Theatre (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Directed by Fiona Buffini |
STRAIGHT 2012 | Sheffield Theatres - Crucible Studio / Bush Theatre | By D C Moore (adapted from the film HUMPDAY written and directed by Lynn Shelton) |
PLAYING THE GAMES (AFTER THE PARTY; TAKING PART) 2012 | Criterion Theatre | Double-bill of short one-act plays by Serge Cartwright and Adam Brace respectively |
MEAT 2012 | FallOut Theatre / Theatre503 | Directed by David Aula |
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH 2012 | Salisbury Playhouse | By George Axelrod |
MACBETH 2012 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By William Shakespeare |
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER 2011 | Hull Truck Theatre | Written and directed by Nick Lane |
THE FLINT STREET NATIVITY 2011 | Hull Truck Theatre | By Tim Firth |
GOOD 2011 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By C. P. Taylor |
THE CLODLY LIGHT OPERA AND DRAMA SOCIETY 2011 | Watermill Theatre / The Watermill Young Company | Loosely based on Aristophanes' LYSISTRATA |
TOAD 2011 | Bad Physics / Southwark Playhouse | Adapted from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
THE PRIDE 2011 | Sheffield Crucible Studio | By Alexi Kaye Campbell |
POWDER MONKEY 2011 | Manchester Royal Exchange Studio | By Amanda Dalton |
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 2011 | Manchester Royal Exchange | By Arthur Miller |
THE DEMOLITION MAN 2011 | Octagon Theatre (Bolton) | By Aelish Michael |
ACCOLADE 2011 | Finborough Theatre | By Emlyn Williams |
ESTATE WALLS 2010 | Oval House Theatre / Inner City Theatre Company | By Arinze Kene |
OUR SHARE OF TOMORROW 2010 | Pleasance 2, Edinburgh | By Dan Sherer |
THAT FACE 2010 | Sheffield Crucible | By Polly Stenham |
POWDER MONKEY 2010 | Manchester Royal Exchange Studio | By Amanda Dalton |
THE WAGES OF THIN 2010 | Old Red Lion Theatre | By Trevor Griffiths |
SMASH HERE! 2009 | Royal Opera House | Installation for Deloitte Ignite 2009 |
A LITTLE NECK 2009 | Goat & Monkey / Hampton Court Palace | Promenade performance (set / props designer) |
LOVEPLAY 2009 | Mill Studio, Guildford | By Moira Buffini |
MOBY DICK THE MUSICAL 2009 | Mill Studio, Guildford | By Robert Longden |
THE MUSICIAN 2008 | OMAC, Belfast | By Conor Mitchell |
LOUGH/RAIN 2008 | Edinburgh Festival / Theatre Royal York | By Declan Feenan & Claire Brennan |
SO CLOSE TO HOME 2008 | Found Site, Brighton Festival / Arcola Theatre | By Mark Wheatley |
SPIES 2008 | Theatre Alibi / Oxford Playhouse / UK Tour | By Michael Frayn |
THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE 2007 | Tristan Bates Theatre | By Ben Ockrent |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2007 | Battersea Arts Centre | By William Shakespeare |
MOJO MICKYBO 2007 | Manchester Royal Exchange Studio | By Owen McCafferty |
NOT THE END OF THE WORLD 2007 | Bristol Old Vic | By Geraldine McCaughrean |
THE ELEVENTH CAPITAL 2007 | Royal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Upstairs | By Alexandra Wood |
GONE TOO FAR! 2007 | Royal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Upstairs | By Bola Agbaje |
SILVERLAND 2006 | Arcola Theatre | By Ben Davis |
15 MINUTES 2006 | Arcola Theatre | By Christine Harmar-Brown |
THE GABRIELS 2006 | Finborough Theatre | By Van Badham |
FAIR 2006 | Trafalgar Studio 2 / Finborough Theatre | By Joy Wilkinson |
BIG SALE 2005 | UK Tour | Devised by Protein Dance |
Work while assisting Dick Bird includes:
SWEENEY TODD by Stephen Sondheim (Congress Palace, Vilnius; directed by Dalia Ibelhauptaite; 2009); SNEGUROCHKA by Rimsky-Korsakov (Wexford Festival Opera; directed by John Fulljames; 2008); ALADDIN by Carl Davis & David Bintley (New National Theatre, Tokyo; choreographed by David Bintley; 2008); LA BOHEME by Puccini (Congress Palace, Vilnius; directed by Dalia Ibelhauptaite; 2006); THE GONDOLIERS by Gilbert & Sullivan (Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf; 2005); THE GAMBLER (Opera Zuid, Maastricht; directed by Dalia Ibelhauptaite; 2005); DIRT WONDERLAND devised by Frantic Assembly (The Grand Ocean View Hotel, Brighton; 2005); TEJAS EVRDES by Fermin Cabal (Gate Theatre; directed by Thea Sharrock; 2005).
Work at drama schools includes:
FOOL FOR LOVE by Sam Shepard / THERESE / ASHES TO ASHES (GBS Theatre; directed by various; 2008); WIDOWS by Ariel Dorfman (Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre, RADA; directed by Jamie Glover; 2006); THE FOOL by Edward Bond (Jerwood Vanburgh Theatre, RADA; directed by Paul Jepson; 2005).
Education:
Motley Theatre Design Course - Postgraduate Theatre Design Course (2003 - 2004)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - Diploma in Technical heatre with Distinction (1999 - 2001)