AWARDS
- 'Costume Design Award, 2014' in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers
- Shortlisted for The Linbury Prize For Stage Design, 2015
- Shortlisted for the British Council Ukrainian Prize, 2015
-'Best Opera Production'- Wales Theatre Awards, 2018 for 'Le Vin Herbe' (WNO)
-Nominated for ‘Best Opera Production’- International Opera Awards 2018, for ‘Le Vin Herbe’ (WNO)
-’Breakthrough Performance of the Year’- Rural Touring Awards 2019 for ‘Common Lore’ (Stute Theatre)
April Dalton is a UK based Set and Costume Designer for Theatre, Opera and Dance. She graduated from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a First Class (BA Hons) in Theatre Design, winning the Costume Design Award and was later shortlisted for the Linbury Prize 2015.
Recent work includes ‘Death of a Salesman/Tod eines Handlungsreisenden’ (Staatstheater Mainz), ‘Macbeth’ (Storyhouse Chester), ‘The Elixir of Love’ (English Touring Opera), ‘The Little Mermaid’ (Watermill Theatre), ‘Island of Dreams’ (Grange Park Opera), ‘ PANIG ATTACK!!’ (Welsh National Youth Opera), ‘Robin Hood’ (Egg Theatre, Bath), ‘Turn of the Screw’ (Waterperry Opera Festival), ‘The Rake’s Progress’ (English Touring Opera), ‘The Wife of Cyncoed' (Sherman Theatre), ‘Les Noces: The Departure’ (New Movement Collective), ‘Baroque Encounters’ (New English Ballet Theatre) ‘Jane Eyre’/ ‘Carousel’ (Royal Academy of Music), ‘The Odyssey: Episode 1 – The Lotus Eaters’ (Restoke/ National Theatre Public Acts), ‘Solace’ (New English Ballet Theatre/Linbury Theatre, ROH), ‘La liberazione di Ruggiero’ and ‘Spell Book’ - Double bill (Longborough Festival Opera), ‘Migrations’, ‘Le Vin Herbe’ and ‘Freedom’ Season (Welsh National Opera), ‘Imminent’ (Birmingham Royal Ballet), ‘Der Zaubertrank’ (Theater und Konzert St. Gallen) and ‘Remembrance’ and ‘Four Seasons’ (New English Ballet Theatre).
April has also worked with the likes of Fortnum and Masons, The National Trust and The British Museum and Shanghai Opera.
Current and upcoming work includes ‘Mary Mary’ with Rhiannon Faith Dance Company, ‘Edward II’ with DeNada Dance Company, ‘Peter Pan’ with Chichester Festival Theatre, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ with the Gate Theatre, Dublin and associate design on ‘Anonymous Lover’ with Welsh National Opera.
April has a particular interest in design for unconventional and site-specific spaces, as well as a strong commitment to finding ways to build sustainable design practise. April is Co- Artistic Director of Red Oak Theatre in Cardiff, the company in residence at the Sherman Theatre and is an Honorary Associate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
CURRENT & UPCOMING
Set and Costume Designer- ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’- Directed by Claire O’Reilly- Gate Theatre, Dublin
Costumer Designer- ‘Peter Pan’- Directed by Lucy Betts- Chichester Festival Youth Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Mary Mary’- UK Tour- Rhiannon Faith Dance Company
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Edward II’- Tour- De Nada Dance Company
Associate Designer- ‘Anonymous Lover’- Designed by Cécile Trémolières- Welsh National Opera
RECENT PROJECTS
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Death of a Salesman/ Tod eines Handlungreisenden’- Directed by Claire O’Reilly- Staatstheatre Mainz
Costume Designer- ‘Macbeth’ -Directed by Jamie Sophia Fletcher- Storyhouse Chester
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Elixir of Love’- Directed by Martin Constantine- English Touring Opera
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Little Mermaid’- Directed by Elgiva Field - The Watermill Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Panig! Attack!!’ - Directed by Hannah Noone- Welsh National Youth Opera
Costume Designer- ‘Island of Dreams’- Grange Park Opera
Set and Costume Designer- Devised, Site- Specific piece- Restoke
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Robin Hood’- Directed by Jenni Jackson- The Egg Theatre, Bath
Set and Costume Designer- Research and Development- Frân Wen
Set, Costume Designer and Co-Artistic Director- ‘Splinter’- Red Oak Theatre, Sherman Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Shirley’- Nova Theatre, Sherman Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Turn of the Screw’- Waterperry Opera Festival
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Rake’s Progress’- English Touring Opera
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Wife of Cyncoed’- Sherman Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘ Les Noces’ - New Movement Collective
2023
Costume Designer- ‘Baroque Encounters’- Choreographed by Daniela Cardim- New English Ballet Theatre- Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells
Costume Designer- ‘The Lotus Eaters’- Restoke, as part of ‘The Odyssey’ at The National Theatre, Public Acts
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Anna 254 and The Gardenists’- RandD at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Jane Eyre’- Directed by Hannah Chissick -The Royal Academy of Music
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Carousel’- Directed by Bruce Guthrie- The Royal Academy of Music
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Splinter’- RandD- Red Oak Theatre, Sherman Theatre
2022
Costume Designer- ‘Solace’ - New English Ballet Theatre at The Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Lamento di Arianna’, ‘ Ariadne Auf Naxos’ and ‘Witch’ (Triple bill) - Directed by Polly Graham- The Royal Academy of Music
Set and Costume Designer- ‘ La liberazione di Ruggiero’ and ‘Spell Book’ (Double bill)- Directed by Jenny Ogilvie- Longborough Festival Opera
Costume Designer- ‘Migrations’- Directed by David Pountney- Welsh National Opera
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Silla’- Directed by Laura Attridge- Northern Opera Group
2021
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Imminent’- Choreographed by Daniela Cardim- Birmingham Royal Ballet
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’- Directed by Martin Constantine- Shanghai National Opera
Production Designer- ‘Bloom Britannia’- Directed by Polly Graham- Barefoot Opera
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Return of Ulysses’- Directed by Polly Graham- Longborough Festival Opera
Designer- ‘Joy’ Window Installation- Fortnum & Masons
Set and Costume Designer- ‘ Nora: A Doll’s House’ - Bath Theatre Academy. Directed by Julia Head- Theatre Royal Bath, Egg Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Marie Antoinette’- Bath Theatre Academy. Directed by Claire O’Reilly - Theatre Royal Bath, Egg Theatre
2020
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Cherubin’ - Directed by James Hurley- Royal Academy of Music.
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Imminent’ - Birmingham Royal Ballet. Choreography by Daniela Cardim (postponed until 2021)
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Return of Ulysses’- Longborough Festival Opera. Directed by Polly Graham (postponed until 2021)
Set and Costume Designer- BlackHeath Halls Opera. Directed by James Hurley- (cancelled)
Set Design- Boris Grebenshikov concert at Stone Nest, London
Costume Designer- ‘Migrations’ - Welsh National Opera. Directed by David Pountney (postponed until 2022)
Costume Designer- ‘Mother’ - Restoke (cancelled)
2019
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Peter Pan’ - Directed by Martin Constantine- Storyhouse
Costume Designer- ‘Dead Man Walking’ - Directed by Martin Constantine- Welsh National Opera
Costume Designer- ‘The Consul’ - Directed by Max Hoehn- Welsh National Opera
Costume Designer- ‘The Prisoner and Fidelio’ - Directed by David Pountney- Welsh National Opera
Costume Designer- Private event with Plugged Live Shows- The British Museum
Set and Costume Designer- 'La Belle Helene’ - Directed by James Hurley- BlackHeath Halls Opera
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Two Husbands’ - Choreography by Daniela Cardim- New English Ballet Theatre
Set and Costume Design- ‘Albert Herring’- Directed by Martin Constantine- RWCMD
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Robin Hood’- Directed by Polly Graham- The Opera Story
Set and Costume Design- ‘Dracula’- Directed by James Moore- Theatre Royal Bath Academy, Egg Theatre
2018
Set & Costume Designer- 'Der Zaubertrank' - Directed by Polly Graham- Konzert und Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland
Set & Costume Designer- 'Dido and Aeneas'- Directed by Polly Graham- BlackHeath Halls Opera
Costume Designer- 'Remembrance' - Choreographed by Jenna Lee- New English Ballet Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Cardiff Boy’- Directed by Matthew Holmquist- Red Oak Theatre, Other Room
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Man-Up’- Site- Specific work- Restoke
Set & Costume Designer- 'Dames' - With Siberian Lights. Directed by Jamie Garven- Pleasance Theatre
Set & Costume Designer- 'Common Lore'-Directed by Bryn Holding- Spot on Lancashire
2017 and previous
Set & Costume Designer- 'Le Vin Herbe'- Directed by Polly Graham- Welsh National Opera
Costume Designer- ‘RINGO’ - directed by Jack Burke- Short Film
Costume Designer- ‘Crushed Pleats’ by Dralms. Directed and edited by Ewan Jones Morris- Music Video
Costume Designer- 'Four Seasons'- Choreographed by Jenna Lee- New English Ballet Theatre
Set & Costume Designer- 'The River'- Directed by Matthew Holmquist- Red Oak Theatre at Loco Bristol
Set & Costume Designer- 'You Are Here'- Restoke
Costume Designer- 'Vertex' and ‘Land of Nod’ - New English Ballet Theatre at the Peacock Theatre.
Costume Designer- ‘The Voyagers’- site- specific piece in a derelict swimming pool, Burslem- Restoke
Set & Costume Designer- 'The Magic Flute' - Directed by Martin Constantine- RWCMD at The Sherman Theatre
Set and Costume Designer- ‘So Long As We Remember’ -Choreographed by Angela Boix Duran- National Dance Company Wales, Alternative Routes- RWCMD