Emily King Theatre Design & Live Performance

Assoc.CSD
United Kingdom - East Midlands

Email address	e.king0601@gmail.com
Profile description	I am a London based Set & Costume Designer, originally from the West Midlands. I am an enthusiastic, imaginative and creative designer who is part of the chartered society of designers. I enjoy designing thought-provoking sets that work in harmony with the writer and director to bring a story to life, maximising the experience for the audience. I have gained skills in design, digital software (AutoCad, SketchUp, Twinmotion) construction, metalwork, woodwork, model making, scenic and prop painting.

Watermill Theatre - Swallows and Amazons

Set and Costume designer as well as leading 12-week theatre design workshop for seven young creatives (aged 17–18).

The aim was to introduce them to the process of set and costume design. Across the programme, I guided participants in analysing the play, exploring its themes and characters, and developing their own creative design concepts. The workshop culminated with a professional style white card meeting, where the wider creative team joined to review and discuss the collaborative ideas. The project successfully built participants’ confidence, encouraged creative thinking, and provided valuable insight into the collaborative process of theatre design.

The Hope Theatre - Pop Goes the Dollar

Camden Fringe Festival – Set designer & maker

For the set, I created an interactive office space layered with newspaper. As the play unfolded, the paper was torn away piece by piece — mirroring the financial crash and the breakdown of society, as well as Tim Geithner’s unraveling. By the end, the walls revealed a collage of real newspaper articles from the crash.

The aim was to let the audience feel the rising pressure with the characters — blurring boundaries between set and performance in a dynamic, immersive way.