ISOBEL NICOLSON Set & Costume Designer
About me
Isobel is a Set and Costume Designer based in East London. She is represented by Helen Mumby & TJ Wilson at The Soho Agency.
Current work includes Set Design for Peter Pan at Chichester Festival Theatre. She is also working as Associate Set Designer for Rent the Musical (des. David Woodhead), Paddington the Musical and My Neighbour Totoro (des. Tom Pye) in the West End.
Earlier this year Isobel designed the set and costumes for Little Women the Musical (Royal Academy of Music) and One Man Musical, back at the Edinburgh Fringe after multiple sell-out shows at Soho Theatre and Underbelly Boulevard.
As an associate at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, Isobel worked on Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular and Mary Poppins the UK Tour, 2024-26.
As an Associate Artist she has worked extensively at the Watermill Theatre.
Isobel was Resident Assistant Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company 2019-2020.
She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2016.
My Neighbour Totoro Olivier award for Best Set Design:
Tom Pye
Press
"You'd be sore pressed to find anything more comically clever...respect to designer Isobel Nicolson!"
WhatsOnStage ★★★★ (Rapunzel)
"Nicolson's shadow puppetry artfully boosts cast numbers... [this] retelling of Dickens' story succeeds magnificently in bringing comfort and cheer at this difficult time. The great writer would surely have been proud."
What's On Stage ★★★★ (A Christmas Carol)
"Nicolson’s spartan set, in which a humble trolley takes the place of Johnson’s plane, allows your imagination to roam across the wide blue yonder." The Times (Lone Flyer)
"This powerful, affecting drama ranges over the pioneering aviator’s adventurous career and her final terrible moments."
The Guardian ★★★★ (Lone Flyer)
"A magical take on dreams and nightmares, in a beautiful setting."
North West End (Queen Mab)
