Jon Bausor

Jon Bausor studied at Oxford University and the Royal Academy of Music before retraining on the Motley Theatre Design Course and graduating as a Linbury Prize finalist in 2000. Since then, he has designed extensively for opera, dance, and theatre companies worldwide. Jon designed the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for his Production Design for the Redbull parkour film Human Pinball. As an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company Jon has designed numerous productions including Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale and the entire 2012 Shipwrecked season. Opera includes: Cendrillon (Glyndebourne); The Knot Garden (Theater en de Wien); Xerses, Rigoletto, AMidsummer Night’s Dream (Oper Halle); Agrippina (Grange Festival). Theatre includes: Bat Out of Hell (West End, Broadway, Las Vegas); Into The Woods (Bath Theatre Royal); Spirited Away (Japan/ international tour); The Grinning Man (West End).

Upcoming engagements: King Lear (Kenneth Branagh/West End/Broadway); Conquest Requiem (Metropolitan Opera, New York).