Rhiannon Newman Brown

Set and Props Designer

Rhiannon’s design experience is multidisciplinary, spanning theatre, opera, large scale community shows, music festivals, immersive theatre and events.

Recent Opera designs include: Dalia (Garsington Opera), Our World, Future Visions and Like Unlike (The Grange Festival); Unseen (Streetwise Opera); Dare to Dream (Royal Albert Hall); Water in the Desert (NYU Abu Dhabi); Falstaff (Liverpool Philharmonic); Silver Birch and Road Rage (Garsington Opera); The Hogboon and Monster in the Maze (Barbican LSO); Così fan tutte (RNCM); The Freedom Game (Royal Albert Hall).

Rhiannon worked as a prop supervisor and buyer for The National Theatre, English National Opera and in the West End and was Props Production Manager for the London 2012 Olympic Ceremonies. Between 2012 and 2014 Rhiannon art directed 14 productions for Secret Cinema including Shawshank Redemption, Miller’s Crossing and Grand Budapest Hotel. 

Rhiannon was recently Head of scenic production, Alice’s Adventures Underground, and has designed and art directed many large-scale immersive events for clients including Save the Children, Cancer Research, King, Spotify and Klarna.

Rhiannon has also produced large scale events and these credits include Back to the Future (Secret Cinema); The Cyberscene Project and Cookies (Theatre Royal Haymarket) and Rooms by FKA Twigs (Veuve Clicquot Widow Series).