Liz Ascroft

Set & Cos­tume Designer

Trained Wim­ble­don School of Art Grad­u­ated BA Hons.

ARTS COUNCIL Trainee design bur­sary.
UNESCO award for the Pro­mo­tion of the visual Arts – PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL; TMA Best Designer Award.
Has worked exten­sively in the UK including :

The­atre of Fact, Mil­ton Keynes
After You and Unwrap­ping The Ghost Train.

Wom­ens The­atre Group
Hold­ing The Reins.

RADA
Grapes Of Wrath.

Wolsey The­atre Ipswich
Hard Times.

Chel­tenham Every­man
Zola’s Earth (also Edin­burgh Fringe)

Solent Peo­ples The­atre
Wait­ing For Godot, Meta­mor­pha­sis, Blood Wedding.

Bel­grade The­atre Coven­try
On Golden Pond, Golden Leaf Strutt, Sad Arthur’s Trip, Agnes Of God.

Ply­mouth The­atre Royal & Orchard The­atre Com­pany
Mac­beth, Woman In Black, The Fos­dyke Saga, Lie Of The Land.

Liv­er­pool Every­man
Tro­jan Woman, Tis Pity Shes A Whore, Love At A Loss, Wild Wild Women, As You Like It, The Nativ­ity, Gar­gling With Jelly.

Dukes Play­house Lan­caster
Alice’s Adven­tures In Won­der­land, A Mid­sum­mer Nights Dream, The Impor­tance Of Being Earnest, The Three Mus­ke­teers, The Snow Queen, Kiplings Jun­gle Book Sto­ries, The Com­edy Of Errors, Death And The Maiden, A Win­ters Tale (Cos­tumes), Robin Hood, Beauty And The Beast and Nevilles Island.

Hull Truck
Gar­gling With Jelly, Teech­ers, Bounc­ers, Happy Jack, Oliver and Play­ing Away.

The Royal Exchange Man­ches­ter
The Children’s Hour and The Three Sis­ters, Love Not Money, Hedda Gabler, As You Like It, Fast Food, Snap­shots, Ghost Train Tat­too, So Spe­cial, Cold Meat Party, The Seag­ull, Lit­tle Voice and On The Shore Of The Wide World (Trans­ferred to the Cottes­loe The­atre RNT).

Chich­ester Fes­ti­val The­atre
Kather­ine Howard.

Tri­cy­cle The­atre
Cavalcaders.

Gate The­atre Dublin
Uncle Vanya, The Bear, Dublin Carol, A Kind Of Alaska,
One For The Road (St Martin’s The­atre Lon­don and Lin­coln Cen­tre NYC)
After­play (Charleston, South Car­olina and the Giel­gud The­atre Lon­don)
See You Next Tues­day (Albery The­atre) and Pyg­malion. Three Friel plays which also went to Sydney

Hamp­stead The­atre
Vin­cent River, Apoc­a­lyp­tica, Give Me Your Answer Do, Peggy For You (Com­edy The­atre Lon­don and Tour) (Co-Pro Liv­er­pool Every­man) Yel­low­man, Anna In The Trop­ics, Los­ing Louis and Ruben­steins Kiss. Lucky Seven.

RSC
Two Gen­tle­men Of Verona, Swan The­atre and National tour.

Recently

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Water­mill The­atre New­bury, l .Los­ing Louis on tour and the Trafal­gar The­atre Lon­don, Hon­our Wyndham’s The­atre Lon­don, Mary Bar­ton for The Royal Exchange and Lucia Di Lam­mer­moor for Scot­tish Opera.

In Prepa­ra­tion

All My Sons Gate The­atre Dublin and Lucia di Lam­mer­moor for Hous­ton Opera.