The Osmonds
UK Tour for ROYO
Lucy Osborne is an award-winning set and costume designer and theatre consultant with her company studio three sixty. She is known for creating bold, innovative designs which fuse architecture, light and music.
Current new musicals on tour or in development include Fisherman’s Friends (Hall for Cornwall 2020 and UK Tour 2021); The Osmonds (UK Tour 2022) and Famous Five (Theatr Clwyd & Chichester Festival Theatre, 2022). Lucy’s set and costume designs for a new production of Cabaret for Gothenburg Opera will open in October 2022.
Lucy co-founded studio three sixty in 2015 following a commission to design the world’s first flatpack theatre, Roundabout. studio three sixty are an award-winning design and consultancy practice. They work with performing arts venues to design and regenerate buildings that enrich people’s lives and empower users.
Through her role as a Trustee for the Theatres Trust, Lucy is passionate about creating, saving and adapting theatre buildings.
Industry Awards and Memberships
Jeff Awards: Scenic Design Winner
for Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre)
Evening Standard Best Design Nomination
for The Recruiting Officer (Donmar Warehouse)
TMA Awards: Best New Musical
for The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd)
TMA Awards: Best Touring Show
for Translations (English Touring Theatre)
The Stage Awards: Theatre Building of the Year 2015, Best Fringe Venue 2016
Co-designed for Roundabout, the world’s first pup-up theatre. Roundabout achieved ground-breaking success in inclusion and accessibility, with 30% of all audiences being first time theatre goers.
Trustee of the Theatres Trust
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Member of the Editorial Board for the Institute of Theatre Engineering & Architecture Conference (ITEAC) 2018 & 2022
Member of the Society of British Theatre Designers
Represented Great Britain at the Prague Quadrennial of Theatre Design 2019 with her scenic design for The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
Lucy trained on the Motley Theatre Design Course following a BA in Fine Art from the University of Newcastle.
Shows
Fishermans Friends
A New Musical. Hall for Cornwall, October 2021 and UK Tour 2022.
The Osmonds Musical
UK Tour. Opening February 2022.
Famous Five
A New Musical. Theatr Clwyd and Chichester Festival Theatre, Autumn 2022.
Cabaret
Gothenburg Opera, Sweden. Autumn 2022 (postponed from Autumn 2020).
Rich Kids
A New Play. Written and Directed by Javaad Alipoor. Traverse, Edinburgh; HOME, Manchester; Theatre in the Mill, Bradford
Rutherford and Son
Written by Githa Sowerby. Directed by Caroline Steinbeis. Sheffield Crucible Theatre
God’s Dice
A New Play. Written by David Baddiel. Directed by James Grieve. Soho Theatre, London
The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
A New Musical. Written by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth. Directed by James Grieve. Theatr Clwyd. Winner of Best New Musical at the UK Theatre Awards,
A Pacifists Guide to the War on Cancer
A New Musical. Written and directed by Bryony Kimmings. HOME, Manchester, National Theatre
Les Miserables
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Lyrics by Alain Boubil and Jean-Marc Natel. Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Directed by James Grieve. Wermland Opera, Sweden.
Coriolanus
Directed by Josie Rourke. Donmar Warehouse and NT Live.
Theatre Consultancy
Theatr Clwyd, 2020 – present
- Led refurbishment plans for Theatr Clwyd, which will reopen in 2024.
- Created interior designs for dressing rooms, offices, foyer, shop and all FF&E. Managed a £300K Public Art Programme alongside the development, generating community engagement/excitement.
Reimagined Futures, 2020 – present
Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow, 2020 – 2021
- Delivered an educational course that enabled & empowered Fair Access students to create their own virtual pop up venues for communities in the top 20% for the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
- Created and delivered covid safe virtual workshops.
- Enjoyed the opportunity to inspire the next generation of theatre designers who will improve accessibility & inclusion.
The Point, Eastleigh, 2019
- Delivered an educational course that enabled & empowered Fair Access students to create their own virtual pop up venues for communities in the top 20% for the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
- Created and delivered covid safe virtual workshops.
- Enjoyed the opportunity to inspire the next generation of theatre designers who will improve accessibility & inclusion.
Theatre Consultant, Charcoalblue, 2016 – 2020
- Provided innovative consultancy on theatre design with a focus on auditorium planning, seating, sightlines & accessibility.
- Created a bespoke seating design for Wilton’s Music Hall in London.
- Designed a 1,800 seat theatre and 1,000 seat aerial performance venue for a leading cruise-ship company.
- Led design projects for the Rose Theatre in Kingston, Padua College in Australia, Kaaitheatre in Brussels and the Noida Cultural Centre in India.
"Lucy Osborne’s simple but extremely effective set – complete with one moment of great surprise — is a fine example of how to make the most of a very small space.”
The Stage
Projects
All projects
Cabaret
Gothenburg Opera