Alfie Heywood
Theatre + Performance Designer
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts; First Class BA Hons in Theatre and Performance Design 2013-16
As of September 2026, Alfie is a Lecturer in Set and Costume Design at The Liverpool Insitute for Performing Arts. He is also currently designing 'Perms of Endearment' opening at Liverpool's Royal Court in February 2027.
From 2018-2026 Alfie was Associate to award-winning Set and Costume Designer Christopher Oram working on:
Turn of the Screw (Garsington Opera, 2019)
Bitter Wheat (Garrick Theatre, West End, 2019)
Geisha (Northern Ballet, 2020)
The Mirror and the Light (Gielgud Theatre, West End, 2021)
The Wreckers (Houston Grand Opera 2022)
Backstairs Billy (Duke of York’s Theatre, West End, 2023)
The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2024)
Platee (Garsington Opera, 2024)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 2024)
Alice in Wonderland (Tulsa Ballet, 2025)
La Traviata (Sante Fe Opera, 2025)
Quadrophenia (UK Tour and Sadler's Wells, 2025)
Line of Beauty (Almeida Theatre, 2025)
Romeo and Juliet (Norwegian's National Ballet, 2026)
Suddenly Last Summer (National Theatre, 2027)
Set and Costume Designer for 'Take Me Home County Road' Aug 2026 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Set and Costume Designer for 'Men Behaving Badly' Feb 2026 - The Barn Theatre
Associate Designer for 'I'm Sorry Prime Minister' Jan 2026 - Apollo Theatre West End
Set and Costume Designer for 'Shake it up Baby' Oct 2025 - Epstein Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'The Derby Days' Sep 2025 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Associate Designer for 'Inside Number 9' Sep 2025 - UK Tour
Set and Costume Designer for 'Haywire' Aug 2025 - The Barn Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Nov 2024 - Chipping Norton Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'Room 13', Sep 2024 - The Barn Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em', July 2024 - The Barn Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'Twelfth Night', June 2024 - Stafford Gatehouse
Set and Costume Designer for 'Netherley Hillbillies', May 2024 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Set and Costume Designer for 'Wendy and Peter Pan', Mar 2024 - The Watermill
Set and Costume Designer for 'Treasure Island', Nov 2023 - The Barn Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'A Greasy Spoon', August 2023 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Set Designer for 'Vernons Girls', June 2023 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Set and Costume Designer for 'Private Lives', May 2023 - The Barn Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'True Adventures of Marian + Robin', November 2022 - The Barn Theatre
Set and Costume Designer for 'The Ballad of Maria Marten' and 'Nora: A Doll's House', November 2022 - both in rep at The Pleasance Theatre London
Set and Costume Designer for 'A Monster Calls', November 2022 - The Watermill
Set and Costume Designer for 'Offered Up', June 2022 - Liverpool's Royal Court Studio
Set and Costume Designer for 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole', April 2022 - Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Set and Costume Designer for 'Ellen and Rigby', July 2021 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Set and Costume Designer for 'Start', May 2021 - Mountview Academy, London
Set and Costume Designer for 'Lost in Colomendy', January 2020 - Liverpool's Royal Court
Set and Costume Designer for 'Guys and Dolls', October 2019 - Mountview Academy, London
From Jan-April 2019 Alfie assisted designer Peter McKintosh on various West End plays, operas and musicals.
From June 2018 to October 2018 Alfie assisted designer Ben Stones working on 'The Producers' at the Royal Exchange Manchester, 'The Merry Widow' at the English National Opera and 'The Watsons' at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
From July 2017 to March 2018 Alfie assisted Stage Designer Jon Bausor. Working on various West End shows, operas and touring musicals.
Assistant designer to Grace Smart for 'Killer Joe', April-June 2018 - Trafalgar Studios, London
Co-Set Designer for 'Lord of the Flies', March 2018 - Greenwich Theatre, London
Set Designer for 'Unspoken Spoken Rules', February 2018 - Candoco Dance Company, London
Set and Costume Designer for 'Omnibus', June 2017 - Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Design Assistant for 'Save the Children Charity Ball', February 2017 + 2018 - Roundhouse, London
Set Designer for 'Liver Birdsong', November 2016 - Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Set and Costume Designer for Frankenstein, October 2016 - Everyman Studio Theatre, Liverpool
Set Designer for ‘It Doesn't Matter', April 2016 - Sennheiser Studio, LIPA
Set and Costume Designer for ‘Crimes of the Heart’, March 2016 – Sennheiser Studio, LIPA
Set Designer for ‘Witches of Eastwick’, November 2015 – Paul McCartney Auditorium, LIPA
Alfie has worked in the Art Department for various shows including:
Moonsongs, Giffords Circus, 2015
The Park, Glastonbury Festival (for designer Misty Buckley), 2015, 2016, 2017
Take That, Hyde Park (for designer Misty Buckley), 2016
Coldplay, Head Full of Dreams Tour (for designer Misty Buckley), 2016
Let it Shine, BBC (for designer Misty Buckley), 2016
London International Horse Show (for designer Misty Buckley), 2016, 2017
Take That, Wonderland Tour (for designer Misty Buckley), 2017
An Evening with Take That, ITV (for designer Misty Buckley), 2017

References:
Stephen Fletcher
Director for 'Ellen and Rigby' and 'Shake it up Baby'
Lois Maskell
Head of Theatre and Performance Design at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Christopher Oram
Set and Costume Designer
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