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ABOUT

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Stella Backman is a Swedish, London-based Production Designer, specialising in live arts.

As a theatre designer, Stella focuses on creating accessible performances. She is passionate about designing work that pushes the boundaries of accessibility, ensuring that theatre is available to audiences often excluded or overlooked. One of her notable achievements includes designing Sensory Cinders at @sohoplace, the first-ever West End pantomime tailored for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). Stella has also worked closely with ZooCo for many years, designing the award-winning and critically acclaimed Perfect Show for Rachel.

In addition to theatre, Stella works in live music, frequently collaborating with Mångata Collective. Her live music credits include designing Texas: The Very Best of Texas (UK Arena Tour), James Arthur at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, and creating concepts for Blossoms.

Stella's work has been showcased in prestigious venues such as The Barbican Centre, The O2 Arena, OVO Hydro Arena, @sohoplace, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Southbank Centre, Lyric Hammersmith, and The Roundhouse.

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CURRENT & UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS

2025

LIL.MISS.LADY  |  Set & Costume Designer  |  UK Tour  |  Theatre  |  Highrise |  Dir. Dom Garfield

HOSPITAL DOORS  |  Set & Costume Designer  |   UK Tour  |   Theatre  |   Next Door But One |  Matt Harper-Hardcastle   

PAST PRODUCTIONS

2024

JAMES ARTHUR  |  Production Designer  |  O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire  |  Live Music  |  Mångata Collective

TEXAS: THE VERY BEST OF TEXAS  |  Production Designer  |  UK Arena Tour  |  Live Music  |  Mångata Collective

SENSORY CINDERS  |  Set & Costume Designer  |  Sohoplace  |  Theatre  |  Concrete Youth  |  Dir. Belle Streeton

 

THE TURN OF THE SCREW   Set & Costume Designer  |  Queen's Theatre Hornchurch  |  Theatre  |  Dir. Anna Marsland

PERFECT SHOW FOR RACHEL  |  Set & Costume Designer  |  Barbican Centre, Brighton Dome  |  ZooCo & Improbable  |  Theatre  |  Dir. Rachel O'Mahony

SHUSH  |  Set & Costume Designer  |  Jackson's Lane  |  Tit for Tat Circus & Thimble Theatre  |  Theatre  

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY  |  Set & Costume Designer  |  Jersey Arts Centre  |  Theatre  |  Dir. John Wright

2023

THE GREAT  |  Costume Designer  |  Lionsgate+  |  Promotional event  |  Cartwheel & Co

BOSSY   |  Set & Costume Designer   |  Lyric Hammersmith, Southbank Centre  |  Theatre   |  ZooCo   |  Dir. Flo O'Mahony & Cherie Gordon

NIGHT SHIFT  |  Set & Costume Designer  |  Stanley Arts  |  Theatre  |  ZooCo  |  Dir. Flo O'Mahony & Brian Duffy

DELIGHT IN THE WOODS  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Box Hill  |  Theatre  |   ZooCo  |   Dir. Flo O'Mahony

2022

PERFECT SHOW FOR RACHEL  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Barbican Centre  |  Theatre  |   ZooCo  |   Dir. Rachel O'Mahony

KING RODOLFO 
 |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Pleasance Dome |  Theatre  |  Dir. Ciaran Dowd

MAYBE, PROBABLY  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Old Red Lion  |  Theatre  |   Over There Theatre  |   Dir. Lydia Parker

2021

DIFFERENT OWNERS AT SUNRISE  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  The Roundhoues  |  Theatre  |   Dir. Flo O'Mahony

SUMMER'S PARK ADVENTURE  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Deptford Park  |  Theatre  |   Dir. Becca Chadder

LADIES IN THE VAN  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Touring  |  Theatre  |   Dir. Flo O'Mahony

2020

MERRY'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Deptford Park  |  Theatre  |   Dir. Anna Fox

 

 

2019

THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF ALFRED |   Production  Designer  |  Short film  |   Dir. Joe Pearson

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Camden People's |  Theatre  |   Dir. Lanre Malaoulu

DELIGHT IN THE WOODS  |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Box Hill  |  Theatre  |   Dir. Flo O'Mahony

2018

MESSY |   Set & Costume  Designer  |  Lyric Hammersmith  |   Theatre  |   Dir. Flo O'Mahony

INSTALLING THE WHISPER PIECE |   Production Designer  |  Short film  |  Dir. Mengjiao Chen

12 MILLION VOLTS   |   Set & Costume Designer  |  Greenwich Theatre  |  Theatre  |  Dir. Chris Yarnell

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