Frances Norburn is a UK-based designer specialising in TV, Theatre, VR, and live events. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2017, and her work was shortlisted for the Linbury Prize for Stage Design the same year. In 2021, she was the Resident Assistant Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
TV credits include: The War Between the Land and the Sea (BBC & Disney+), Willow (Lucasfilm & Disney+), His Dark Materials (BBC & HBO), Creeped Out 2 (CBBC & Netflix), and Bounty Hunters (Sky One).
Theatre credits include: 42 Balloons (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), My Neighbour Totoro (Barbican), The Box of Delights (RSC), The Talented Mr Ripley (The Faction), The Oresteia (Chapter Arts), Spring Awakening (Theatre Royal Bath), The Butterfly Hunter (Theatr na nÓg), A Pure Woman (DorchesterARTS and Poonamallee Productions), Blue Stockings (Sherman Theatre),
VR Experience credits: The Journey Back (WMC 2024 & SXSW 2023), In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats (UK tour, SXSW 2022), Battlescar (WMC 2023).
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TV
Art Director and Standby Art Director (Dailies/2nd Unit) | The Rapture | Mammoth Screen | 2025
Overseas Art Director | The War Between the Land and the Sea | BBC and Disney + | 2024
Assistant Art Director | Willow | Lucas Film & Disney | 2021
Set Dec Draughtsperson | His Dark Materials S2 | HBO & BBC | 2019
Art Director and Standby Art Director (Dailies/2nd Unit) | The Rapture | Mammoth Screen | 2025
Overseas Art Director | The War Between the Land and the Sea | BBC and Disney + | 2024
Assistant Art Director | Willow | Lucas Film & Disney | 2021
Set Dec Draughtsperson | His Dark Materials S2 | HBO & BBC | 2019
Immersive Experiences
Designer for BOCS | Wales Millennium Centre
Monsieur Vincent | Weston Studio | Lucid Realities, Tournez S’il Vous Plaît | July - September 2025
100 Voices NHS | Sound Voice | August 2025
Impulse | Anagram | May - June 2025
The Journey Back | East City Films & Illinois Holocaust Museum | January - March 2025
Battlescar | Arte France & Atlas V | September - November 2023
Designer for BOCS | Wales Millennium Centre
Monsieur Vincent | Weston Studio | Lucid Realities, Tournez S’il Vous Plaît | July - September 2025
100 Voices NHS | Sound Voice | August 2025
Impulse | Anagram | May - June 2025
The Journey Back | East City Films & Illinois Holocaust Museum | January - March 2025
Battlescar | Arte France & Atlas V | September - November 2023
Designer for In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats | East City Films
EVENTS
Designer | Imagineerium Events | 2023-2025
Wales Millennium Centre | October - November 2025
Warwick Arts Centre | September - October 2025
Testbed, Leeds | August - September 2025
The Barbican | May - August 2025
Belfast XR Festival | February - March 2025
Brighton Dome | November 2024
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | July - September 2024
Geneva International Film Festival | November 2023
Fact, Liverpool | April - May 2023
South By South West, Austin, USA | March 2023
Llais Festival, Wales Millennium Centre | October - November 2022
Exhibition Designer | The Journey Back | SXSW, USA | March 2024
Warwick Arts Centre | September - October 2025
Testbed, Leeds | August - September 2025
The Barbican | May - August 2025
Belfast XR Festival | February - March 2025
Brighton Dome | November 2024
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | July - September 2024
Geneva International Film Festival | November 2023
Fact, Liverpool | April - May 2023
South By South West, Austin, USA | March 2023
Llais Festival, Wales Millennium Centre | October - November 2022
Exhibition Designer | The Journey Back | SXSW, USA | March 2024
EVENTS
Designer | Imagineerium Events | 2023-2025
Assistant Designer | Elvis Evolution | Layered Reality | 2024
Draftsperson | Monopoly Lifesized | PathEnt. & Hasbro | 2024
3D Designer | Wild Creations | 2024
Draftsperson | Monopoly Lifesized | PathEnt. & Hasbro | 2024
3D Designer | Wild Creations | 2024
THEATRE
Draftsperson | Paddington the Musical | 2025
Associate Designer | Box of Delights | Royal Shakespeare Company | 2023
Assistant Designer & Draftsperson | My Neighbour Totoro | 2022-2025
Associate Designer | 42 Balloons | Chicago Shakespeare Theatre | 2024
Resident Assistant Designer | Royal Shakespeare Company | 2021-2022
Draftsperson | Designer: April Dalton
- Death of a Salesman | Staatstheater Mainz | 2026
- Little Mermaid | Watermill Theatre | 2025
- Witch | The Royal Academy of Music |
- La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina | Longborough Festival Opera | 2022
- Imminent | Sadler’s Wells |
Draftsperson | Designer: Stewart J Charlesworth
- Mama Goose | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2025
- Pinocchio | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2024
- Something Rotten | English Theatre Frankfurt | 2023
Draftsperson | Designer: Milla Clarke
- 42 Balloons | The Lowry | 2024
- Macbeth | Reykjavik City Theatre | 2023
Designer | The Oresteia | Chapter Arts Centre | 2020
Designer | Spring Awakening | Theatre Royal Bath Academy | 2020
Designer | The Talented Mr Ripley | The Faction | The Vaults Theatre & Wilton's Music Hall | 2019
Designer | God of Carnage | The Gate Theatre | 2019
Designer | A Pure Woman | DorchesterARTS and Poonamallee Productions | UK tour 2018
Designer | Blue Stockings | Sherman Theatre | 2018
Designer | Swansea Tales | Volcano Theatre | 2017
TEACHING
Lecturer Design & Draughting | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | 2020 - 2025
Design Workshop Leader | National Theatre Connections Festival | 2018 & 2019
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Design for Performance | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | 2014 - 2017
Art & Design Foundation | University of the Arts London | 2013-2014
SKILLS
Draftsperson | Paddington the Musical | 2025
Associate Designer | Box of Delights | Royal Shakespeare Company | 2023
Assistant Designer & Draftsperson | My Neighbour Totoro | 2022-2025
Associate Designer | 42 Balloons | Chicago Shakespeare Theatre | 2024
Resident Assistant Designer | Royal Shakespeare Company | 2021-2022
Draftsperson | Designer: April Dalton
- Death of a Salesman | Staatstheater Mainz | 2026
- Little Mermaid | Watermill Theatre | 2025
- Witch | The Royal Academy of Music |
- La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola di Alcina | Longborough Festival Opera | 2022
- Imminent | Sadler’s Wells |
Draftsperson | Designer: Stewart J Charlesworth
- Mama Goose | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2025
- Pinocchio | Theatre Royal Stratford East | 2024
- Something Rotten | English Theatre Frankfurt | 2023
Draftsperson | Designer: Milla Clarke
- 42 Balloons | The Lowry | 2024
- Macbeth | Reykjavik City Theatre | 2023
Designer | The Oresteia | Chapter Arts Centre | 2020
Designer | Spring Awakening | Theatre Royal Bath Academy | 2020
Designer | The Talented Mr Ripley | The Faction | The Vaults Theatre & Wilton's Music Hall | 2019
Designer | God of Carnage | The Gate Theatre | 2019
Designer | A Pure Woman | DorchesterARTS and Poonamallee Productions | UK tour 2018
Designer | Blue Stockings | Sherman Theatre | 2018
Designer | Swansea Tales | Volcano Theatre | 2017
TEACHING
Lecturer Design & Draughting | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | 2020 - 2025
Design Workshop Leader | National Theatre Connections Festival | 2018 & 2019
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Design for Performance | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | 2014 - 2017
Art & Design Foundation | University of the Arts London | 2013-2014
SKILLS
Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
AutoCAD
SketchUp
Rhino
Twin Motion
Model Making
Laser Cutting
Microsoft Suite
AutoCAD
SketchUp
Rhino
Twin Motion
Model Making
Laser Cutting
Microsoft Suite