{"id":25,"date":"2024-03-26T11:27:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T11:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harrypizzeydesign.co.uk\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:35:32","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harrypizzeydesign.co.uk\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c14fe12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c14fe12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d520d2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d520d2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c744f3a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c744f3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b98a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43b98a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0df13 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a0df13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harry Pizzey is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Cardiff, Wales. After studying an undergraduate degree at the Bartlett School of Architecture he went on to graduate from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a master\u2019s degree in Design for Performance in 2019. In the same year he was also a finalist for the Linbury Prize for Stage Design, with work displayed in the National Theatre. Since then he has gone on to work with a range of organisations including English Touring Opera, The Watermill Theatre, The Handlebards and Longborough Festival Opera. As well as theatre design Harry works across a range of mediums including animation, installation, illustration and printmaking. Recently he has worked with Scotland Street Press on a series of four novels for young adults, The Empress Irini Series, for which he created illustrations and cover designs. This summer Harry will be touring Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland with his first piece of outdoor performance art \u2018The Museum of Memorable Trees\u2019 created in collaboration with Articulture Wales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3044453 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3044453\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27fe0fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27fe0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contact me on 07972873083 or email at harrypizzey@hotmail.co.uk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f36cd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f36cd6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dffd216 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-151 elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dffd216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4acb92c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4acb92c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781ca8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"781ca8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2025<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Artist and Performer &#8211; The Hearthfolk &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Midsummer Festival Milton Keynes<\/h6><h6><b>Artist and Fabricator &#8211; The Midsummer Machine &#8211; <\/b>Midsummer Festival Milton Keynes<\/h6><h6><b>Artist and Performer &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>The Museum of Memorable Trees\u00a0 &#8211; <\/b>This year visiting Dulwich Picture Gallery, St Patrick&#8217;s Festival Dublin, The Festival of Making, The Festival of Thrift, The Great Exhibition Road Festival.<\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2024<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Artist and Performer &#8211; The Museum of Memorable Trees\u00a0 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In partnership with Articulture for Green Man Festival, Surge Festival, Spraoi Festival and BD Festival\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Artist and Performer &#8211; The Heritage Collector\u00a0 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside Arts for Leek Textile Festival\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Installation Designer &#8211; WEAVE &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theatre Hullabaloo, Darlington<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; The Implausible Potions of Dr Dulcamara &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maria Jagusz for Longborough Festival Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; Mrs Armitage on Wheels &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Nel Crouch for Farnham Maltings<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; Christmas on Exeter Street &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Max Hutchinson for Farnham Maltings<\/span><\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2023<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; A Midsummer Nights Dream &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Nel Crouch for The Handlebards<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Designer &#8211; The Bakehouse Factory <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Part-time in-house designer<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Illustrator and Cover Designer &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlandstreetpress.com\/journal\/an-interview-with-harry-pizzey-cover-designer-and-illustrator-for-the-empress-irini-series\">The Empress Irini Series<\/a> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Written by Janet McGiffin, Published by Scotland Street Press\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2022<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Designer &#8211; The Bakehouse Factory <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Part-time in-house designer\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Illustrator and Cover Designer &#8211; The Empress Irini Series <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Written by Janet McGiffin, Published by Scotland Street Press<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Trainee &#8211; Doctor Who <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8211; Puppetry and Creature FX at Bad Wolf Studios for the BBC<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; The Downfall of Don Jose &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maria Jagusz for Longborough Festival Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; A Kind Man &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Paul Higgins for New Palace Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Design Assistant &#8211; Leslie Travers &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various international operas designed by Leslie Travers\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Design Assistant &#8211; Legally Blonde the Musical &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed by Laura Hopkins for Regents Park Open Air Theatre\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2021<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2021\/oct\/19\/brief-encounter-review-emma-rice-watermill-theatre-newbury\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brief Encounter<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Robert Kirby at the Watermill Theatre<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; La Nonne Sanglante &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Franciska \u00c9ry for Gothic Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; AIDAN! &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Bradley Travis for English Touring Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; The Secret Garden &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Hulya Levant for New Creations Collective<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set Co-Designer &#8211; Michelangelo Suite &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by James Conway for English Touring Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; Hansel and Gretel &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maria Jagusz for Longborough Festival Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Design Assistant &#8211; The Night Before Christmas &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed by Rhys Jarman for Cbeebies<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Video Designer and Assistant Designer &#8211; Amadigi Di Gaula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Designed by Neil Irish, Directed by James Conway for English Touring Opera<\/span><\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2020<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Installation Designer &#8211; Cultural Caf\u00e9 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Design Assistant &#8211; Dick Whittington &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed by Georgia Lowe, Directed by Ned Bennett for The National Theatre\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; Goodnight Mister Tom &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Heidi Bird for Watermill Youth Theatre\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6><b>2019<\/b><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; The Gondoliers &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Polly Graham for Royal Welsh School of Music and Drama<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; Goodnight Mister Tom &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Heidi Bird for Watermill Youth Theatre\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Set and Costume Designer &#8211; The Old Man Who Loved Cheese &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Jem Treays for David Seligman Opera School\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><h6><b>Installation Designer &#8211; The Reef<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 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