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TK Hay

Designer

Hello! I'm a theatre designer from Singapore. I recently graduated (2019) from the Royal Welsh College, and won the Linbury Prize for Stage Design (2019) with the Octagon Bolton Theatre.

I'm currently doing my Master's programme at the same college, exploring the use of virtual reality in theatre design. I am juggling it alongside professional commitments as I'd like to try integrating the technology in actual practice (in viva rather than in vitro).

I am interested in a variety of work; ones which push at the envelope of technology and theatricality, ones which explore and contextualise lived experiences in unexpected ways.

See more of my work at tkhay.design

(He/Him)

Credits

Design (U.K):

(Linbury Prize) Set & Costume Designer, An Adventure, Octagon Theatre Bolton, 2021


Assisting (U.K):

Draughtsperson to Cai Dyfan, On Bear Ridge, National Theatre Wales and Royal Court Theatre / Sherman Theatre and Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, 2019

Draughtsperson to Art Department, His Dark Materials (Season 2), Bad Wolf / Wolf Studios Wales, 2019

Draughtsperson to Ros Coombes, Mary Poppins, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh / Prince Edward Theatre, 2019

Draughtsperson to Madeleine Girling, Amélie the Musical, The Watermill Theatre / Tour, 2019

Draughtsperson/Model maker to Madeleine Girling, CinderElla: The Musical, Nuffield Southampton Theatres / NST City, 2019

Model maker to Lucy Hall, Project Hush, Theatre Clywd and Paper Trail / Rhydymwyn Valley Works, 2019

Draughtsperson to Francis O'Connor, Forbidden City, Singapore Repertory Theatre / Esplanade Theatre (Singapore), 2017

Draughtsperson to Francis O'Connor, The Magic Flute, Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, 2016


Design (Singapore):

Set Designer, The Nuclear Family / Checkpoint Theatre, Drama Centre Theatre, 2021 (postponed)

Set Designer, The Three Musketeers / UWC East, UWC East Black Box, 2021 (postponed)

Set and Lighting Designer, Cat, Lost and Found, Creative Edge (ITheatre) / The Playden at The Arts House, 2016

Set Designer, The Good, The Bad and the Sholay, Checkpoint Theatre / Esplanade Theatre Studio, 2015

Set and Lighting Designer, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Young and Wild (Wild Rice) / SOTA Studio Theatre, 2015


Assisting (Singapore):

Assistant (Scenic Tech) to Marc Andre Therrien, The Tempest, Singapore Repertory Theatre / Fort Canning Park, 2015

Assistant (Set Design) to Eucien Chia, Chinglish, Pangdemonium / Drama Centre Theatre, 2015

Assistant (Lighting Design) to Mac Chan, Celestial Remnants, T'ang Quartet / SOTA Concert Hall, 2015

Assistant (Set Design) to Tolis Papazoglou, The Way We Go, Checkpoint Theatre / SOTA Studio Theatre, 2014

Training

(Used to be LX crew in Singapore so I know a bit about lighting and operating Genies)

Location

Cardiff

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • AR / VR

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Lighting Design
  • Set Design
  • Teaching / Coaching

Additional Languages

Mandarin

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