Ryan Dawson Laight
Set & Costume Designer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Ryan is a set and costume designer whose work has been seen across plays, musical theatre and dance. He was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for La Cage aux Folles at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, for which he also won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Costume Design.
Ryan Dawson Laight’s sumptuous costumes shine
The Guardian on Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
Ryan Dawson Laight’s setting and costume design are magical
The Stage on I Wish (Unicorn Theatre)
Ryan Dawson Laight’s costumes never miss a chance to dazzle
The Times on La Cage Aux Folles (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
The set by Ryan Dawson Laight is a fantasy version of that Midlands living room, where the sideboard contains a bank of spotlights, a chest of drawers represents a stairway to stardom and a big, illuminated version of a TV screen hangs above
Evening Standard on My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do) (Garrick Theatre)
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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2024 | The Other Palace | Dir. Lizzi Gee |
2024 | Cheltenham Everyman | Dir. Samuel Holmes & Nick Winston |
2024 | Arts Depot | Dir. Eva Sampson |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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2024 | Theatre Royal Plymouth/Southbank Centre | Dir. Tom Jackson Greaves |
2024 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Justin Audibert |
2024 | Manchester Opera House/Theatre Royal Glasgow/Adama Entertainment | Dir. Nick Winston |
2024 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Dir. Owen Horsley |
2024 | Unicorn Theatre | Dir. Rachel Bagshaw |
2024 | Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Dir. Nick Winston |
2023 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Matt Hassall |
2023 | Cheltenham Everyman | Dir. Nick Winston & Samuel J Holmes |
NUTCRACKER 2023 | Southbank Centre | Dir. Drew McOnie |
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES 2023 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Dir. Tim Sheader |
NOW AND THEN 2023 | English Theatre of Frankfurt | Dir. Natasha Rickman |
MY SON'S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?) 2023 | Ambassadors Theatre/Garrick Theatre | Dir. Luke Sheppard |
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS 2022 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |
FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER IS DRUNK AND THE SHEEP HAVE ALL JUMPED THE FENCES 2022 | Belfast International Festival/Big Telly/59E59, NYC | Dir. Zoe Seaton |
PINOCCHIO 2021 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |
MY SON'S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?) 2021 | Turbine Theatre | Dir. Luke Sheppard |
DEPARTMENT STORY 2021 | Belfast International Festival/Big Telly | Dir. Zoe Seaton |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2020 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND 2019 | National Theatre | Dir. Melly Still |
THE WIZARD OF OZ 2019 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Lucy Betts |
CROSSING LINES 2019 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Daniel Hill |
TORCH SONG 2019 | Turbine Theatre | Dir. Drew McOnie |
SLEEPING BEAUTY 2018 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |
GRIMMS TALES 2017 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |
PETER PAN 2016 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2015 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Dir. Dale Rooks |