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Samal trained at the Central St. Martins College of Art & Design. He won the 2009 Linbury Prize for Stage Design and the Thorvald Poulsen av Steinum Award in 2007, as well as being nominated for a Total Theatre Award in 2009.
Scenography: Theatre, Opera & Dance
Romeo and Juliet
Det Ferösche Compagnie /Tvass/Glasir, Faroe Islands
Búi Dam
Quiet Songs
Barbican / Les Théatres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Finn Beames
Till the Stars Come Down
National Theatre, West End
Bijan Sheibani
Castle of Joy
Barbican/Det Ferösche Compagnie
Búi Dam
King Lear
Det Ferösche Compagnie
Búi Dam
The Cord
Bush Theatre
Bijan Sheibani
Sons of the Prophet
Hampstead Theatre
Bijan Sheibani
Tosca
Macerata Opera Festival
Valentina Carrasco
The Arrival
Bush Theatre
Bijan Sheibani
Don Giovanni
Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
Graham Vick
Paria
Teatr Wielki, Poland/ Poznan Opera House
Graham Vick
Best Rediscovered Work, International Opera Awards 2020
Hamlet
Nordic House, Faroe Islands
Búi Dam
The Marriage of Figaro
Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
Graham Vick
Dance Nation
Almeida Theatre
Bijan Sheibani
Anthropocene
Scottish Opera
Matthew Richardson
Nominated for Best World Premiere, International Opera Awards 2020
Farligir Fiskar
Bobbi Lo Productions
Lava Markusson
This is Not a Religion
Bobbi Lo Productions
Lava Markusson/MichaelTang
Kolonisterna
Bobbi Lo Productions
Lava Markusson/MichaelTang
Tell Me The Truth About Love
Streetwise Opera
Bijan Sheibani
Circle, Mirror Transformation
HOME, Manchester
Bijan Sheibani
Beowulf
Unicorn Theatre
Justin Audibert
Carmen
Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma/Caracalla
Valentina Carrasco
Y Twr / The Tower
Music Theatre Wales
Michael McCarthy
Cosi Fan Tutte
Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma
Graham Vick
You Got Older
RADA
Bijan Sheibani
Havfrúgvin
National Theatre, Faroe Islands
Eyðun Johannessen
Fidelio
Bucharest National Opera
Graham Vick
Hamlet
Gothenburg Opera
Stephen Langridge
The Devil Inside
Scottish Opera/Music Theatre Wales
Matthew Richardson
Nominated for Achievement in Opera, UK Theatre Awards 2016
Svadba
Aix en Provence
Ted Huffman/Zach Winokur
Be With Me Now
Aix en Provence
Julien Fisera
Tosca
Opera Østfold, Norway
Michael McCarthy
Falstaff
Bucharest National Opera
Graham Vick
Eugene Onegin
Theatre an der Wien an die Kammeroper
Ted Huffman
The Four Towers
Nordic House, Faroe Islands
Bui Rouch/Samal Blak
Sound of Yellow
Clare Studio, Young Vic
Matthew Xia
Khovanskygate (Khovanshchina)
Birmingham Opera Company
Graham Vick
Winner, Best New Production, International Opera Awards 2015
Les Mamelles de Tiresias
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence/La Monnaie/Valencia
Ted Huffman
Il Giasone
English Touring Opera
Ted Huffman
Agrippina
English Touring Opera
James Conway
Simon Boccanegra
English Touring Opera
James Conway
The Siege of Calais
English Touring Opera
James Conway
L´incoronazione di Poppea
English Touring Opera
James Conway
Cosi Fan Tutte
English Touring Opera
Paul Higgins
Most of the Boys
ROH2, Royal Opera House
Ted Huffman/ZackWinokur
Les Mamelles de Tiresias
Aldeburgh Music
Ted Huffman
Ghost Patrol
Scottish Opera & Music Theatre Wales, UK Tour
Matthew Richardson
Richardson Winner, South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera 2013
In The Locked Room
Scottish Opera & Music Theatre Wales, UK Tour
Michael McCarthy
Moon
Seoul, South Korea
Tony Graham
Afenginn Decenniale
Husets Teater, Copenhagen
Samal Blak
Life is a Dream
Birmingham Opera Company
Graham Vick
The Importance of Being Earnest
Riverside Studios, London
Iqbal Khan
Pinocchio
Sjónleikarahúsið, Faroe Islands
Egi Dam
Cowardy Custard
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/National Tour
Paul Foster
The Kissing Dance
Jermyn Street Theatre
Lotte Wakeham
Macbeth
Geurilla Theatre, Seoul, South Korea
Alexander Zeldin
Pins and Needles
The Cock Tavern, London
Rachel Grunwald
Budam
Festival Les Boréales – Comedie De Caen
Búi Dam
How To Be Another Woman
Gate Theatre, London
Natalie Abrahami
Otello
Birmingham Opera Company
Graham Vick
Nominated for 2010 RPS Music Award for Opera and Music Theatre
Antoine and the Paper Aeroplane
Disk Theatre (DAMU), Prague Quadrennial,National Museum, Singapore/Edinburgh Festival
Samal Blak
The Madman's Garden
Kultuurikatel, Tallinn
Robert Annus
Film & Television
Last Paradise on Earth (Production Designer)
Kykmyndir
Sakaris Stórá
Love Acts/Eitt sindur um hvussu vit elska (Production Designer)
Kykmyndir
Anton Petersen
No Rest for the Wicked (Supervising Art Director)
SF Studios
Kasper Kalle Skovsbøll
Sæla (Production Designer)
fish&film
Katrin Joensen-Næs
Winner, Geytin 2024
TROM (Set Decorator)
Kykmyndir, Reinvent Studios
Kasper Barfoed, Torfinnur Jákupsson
Heartist (Props Maker)
Kykmyndir
Marianna Mørkøre and Beinta á Torkilsheyggi
Burlesque Fairytales (Mask maker)
Double Barrel Productions, Feature Film
Dir: Susan Luciani
Til The Stars Come Down (National Theatre)
Til The Stars Come Down (National Theatre)
The Cord (Bush Theatre)
The Cord (Bush Theatre)
Tosca (Macerata Opera Festival)
Tosca (Macerata Opera Festival)
Tosca (Macerata Opera Festival)
The Arrival (Bush Theatre)
Don Giovanni ( Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
Don Giovanni ( Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
Don Giovanni ( Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
Hamlet (Nordic House, Faroe Islands )
The Marriage of Figaro (Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
Paria (Teatr Wielki, Poland)
Paria (Teatr Wielki, Poland)
Paria (Teatr Wielki, Poland)
Paria (Teatr Wielki, Poland)
Dance Nation (Almeida)
Dance Nation (Almeida)
Anthropocene (Scottish Opera)
Anthropocene (Scottish Opera)
The Marriage of Figaro (Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
The Marriage of Figaro (Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
The Marriage of Figaro (Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
Carmen (Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma/Caracalla)
Cosi Fan Tutte ( Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma)
Circle, Mirror Transformation ( HOME, Manchester)
Y Twr / The Tower ( Music Theatre Wales)
Y Twr / The Tower ( Music Theatre Wales)
Fidelio (Bucharest National Opera)
Fidelio (Bucharest National Opera)
Hamlet (Gothenburg Opera)
Hamlet (Gothenburg Opera)
Hamlet (Gothenburg Opera)
Hamlet (Gothenburg Opera)
Falstaff ( Bucharest National Opera )
Falstaff ( Bucharest National Opera )
The Devil Inside (Scottish Opera/Music Theatre Wales)
The Devil Inside (Scottish Opera/Music Theatre Wales)
The Devil Inside (Scottish Opera)
Tosca (Opera Østfold, Norway)
Khovanskygate (Birmingham Opera Company)
Khovanskygate (Birmingham Opera Company)
Ghost Patrol (Scottish Opera & Music Theatre Wales, UK Tour)