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 ‘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), ‘Silla’ (Northern Opera Group), ‘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 is also Co- Artistic Director of Red Oak Theatre in Cardiff, the company in residence at the Sherman Theatre.
Upcoming work includes ‘The Rake’s Progress’ (English Touring Opera), ‘The Wife of Cyncoed’ (Sherman Theatre), new work for Grange Park Opera and Waterperry Opera Festival.
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.
CURRENT & UPCOMING
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Rake’s Progress’- English Touring Opera, Spring 2024 UK Tour
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Wife of Cyncoed’- Sherman Theatre, Spring 2024
Costume Designer- ‘Island of Dreams’- Grange Park Opera Summer 2024
Set and Costume Designer- Waterperry Opera Festival 2024
RECENT PROJECTS
Set and Costume Designer- ‘ Les Noces’ - New Movement Collective, January 2024
Costume Designer- ‘Baroque Encounters’- New English Ballet Theatre- Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells. Choreographed by Daniela Cardim.
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’- The Royal Academy of Music. Directed by Hannah Chissick.
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Carousel’- The Royal Academy of Music. Directed by Bruce Guthrie.
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Splinter’- RandD- ‘Red Oak 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) - The Royal Academy of Music. Directed by Polly Graham
Set and Costume Designer- ‘La Traviata’- Opera’r Ddraig - Research and Development. Directed by Callie Nestleroth
Set and Costume Designer- ‘ La liberazione di Ruggiero’ and ‘Spell Book’ (Double bill)- Longborough Festival Opera. Directed by Jenny Ogilvie
Costume Designer- ‘Migrations’- Welsh National Opera. Directed by David Pountney
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Silla’- Northern Opera Group. Directed by Laura Attridge
2021
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Imminent’- Birmingham Royal Ballet. Choreographed by Daniela Cardim
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’- Shanghai National Opera. Directed by Martin Constantine
Production Designer- ‘Bloom Britannia’- Barefoot Opera. Directed by Polly Graham
Set and Costume Designer- ‘The Return of Ulysses’, Longborough Festival Opera. Directed by Polly Graham
Designer- ‘Joy’ Window Installation- Fortnum & Mason, London
Set and Costume Designer- ‘ Nora: A Doll’s House’ - Theatre Royal Bath, Egg Theatre. Bath Theatre Academy. Directed by Julia Head
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Marie Antoinette’- Theatre Royal Bath, Egg Theatre. Bath Theatre Academy. Directed by Claire O’Reilly
2020
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Cherubin’ - Royal Academy of Music. Directed by James Hurley
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’ - Storyhouse, Chester. Directed by Martin Constantine
Costume Designer- ‘Dead Man Walking’ - Welsh National Opera. Directed by Martin Constantine
Costume Designer- ‘The Consul’ - Welsh National Opera. Directed by Max Hoehn
Costume Designer- ‘The Prisoner and Fidelio’ - Welsh National Opera. Directed by David Pountney
Costume Designer- Private event at The British Museum with Plugged Live Shows
Set and Costume Designer- 'La Belle Helene’ - BlackHeath Halls Opera. Directed by James Hurley
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Two Husbands’ - New English Ballet Theatre. Choreography by Daniela Cardim
Set and Costume Design- ‘Albert Herring’- RWCMD, Dora Stoutsker Hall. Directed by Martin Constantine
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Robin Hood’- The Opera Story. Directed by Polly Graham
Set and Costume Design- ‘Dracula’- Theatre Royal Bath Academy, Egg Theatre. Directed by James Moore
2018
Set & Costume Designer- 'Der Zaubertrank' - Konzert und Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland. Directed by Polly Graham
Set & Costume Designer- 'Dido and Aeneas'- BlackHeath Halls Opera. Directed by Polly Graham
Costume Designer- 'Remembrance' - New English Ballet Theatre Autumn Tour. Choreographed by Jenna Lee
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Cardiff Boy’- Red Oak Theatre at the Other Room, Cardiff. Directed by Matthew Holmquist
Set and Costume Designer- ‘Man-Up’- Restoke. Site- Specific work
Set & Costume Designer- 'Dames' - Pleasance, London. With Siberian Lights. Directed by Jamie Garven
Set & Costume Designer- 'Common Lore'- Spot on Lancashire. Directed by Bryn Holding
2017 and previous
Set & Costume Designer- 'Le Vin Herbe'- Welsh National Opera, Spring Tour 2017. Directed by Polly Graham
Costume Designer- 'Four Seasons'- New English Ballet Theatre. Choreographed by Jenna Lee
Set & Costume Designer- 'The River'- Red Oak Theatre at Loco Bristol. Directed by Matthew Holmquist
Set & Costume Designer- 'You Are Here'- Restoke, in collaboration with The New Vic Theatre, Stoke
Costume Designer- 'Vertex' and ‘Land of Nod’ - New English Ballet Theatre at the Peacock Theatre.
Costume Designer- ‘The Voyagers’- Restoke, site- specific piece in a derelict swimming pool, Burslem
Set & Costume Designer- 'The Magic Flute' - Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. In collaboration with RWCMD. Directed by Martin Constantine
Set and Costume Designer- ‘So Long As We Remember’ - National Dance Company Wales, Alternative Routes- RWCMD. Choreographed by Angela Boix Duran