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Samal Blak Designer
Til the Stars Come Down (National Theatre)
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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.

Current Work includes:

Till the Stars Come Down National Theatre Bijan Sheibani

Castle of Joy Barbican / Det Ferösche Compagnie Búi Dam

The Cord Bush Theatre Bijan Sheibani

Theatre & Opera

Sons of the Prophet Hampstead Theatre Bijan Shebani

Tosca Associazione Arena Sferisterio

The Arrival Bush Theatre Bijan Shebani

Don Giovanni (Set) Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Graham Vick

Paria Teatr Wielki, Poland/ Poznan Opera House Graham Vick

Nominated for Best Rediscovered Work for International Opera Awards 2020

The Marriage of Figaro Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Graham Vick

Dance Nation (Set) Almeida Theatre Bijan Sheibani

Anthropocene Scottish Opera Matthew Richardson

Nominated for Best World Premiere for International Opera Awards 2020

Tell Me The Truth About Love Streetwise Opera Bijan Sheibani

Circle, Mirror Transformation HOME, Manchester Bijan Sheibani

Beowulf Unicorn Theatre Justin Audibert

Carmen (Set) Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Dir: Valentina Carrasco
Composer: Bizet

Y Twr / The Tower Music Theatre Wales Dir: Michael McCarthy

Cosi Fan Tutte Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Dir: Graham Vick

You Got Older RADA Dir:Bijan Sheibani

Fidelio (Set) Bucharest National Opera Dir: Graham Vick

Hamlet Gothenburg Opera Dir: Stephen Langridge

The Devil Inside Scottish Opera / Music Theatre Wales Dir : Matthew Richardson
Composer: Stuart MacRea

Nominated for Achievement in Opera at UK Theatre Awards 2016

Svadba Aix en Provence Dir : Ted Huffman / Zach Winokur

Be With Me Now Aix en Provence Dir: Julien Fisera

Tosca Opera Østfold, Norway Dir: Michael McCarthy
Composer: Puccini

Falstaff Bucharest National Opera Dir: Graham Vick
Composer : Verdi

Eugene Onegin Theatre an der Wien an die Kammeroper Dir: Ted Huffman
Composer: Tchaikovsky

The Four Towers Nordic House Faroe Islands Chor: Bui Roach
Dir: Samal Blak

Sound of Yellow Clare Studio, Young Vic Dir: Matthew Xia

Khovanskygate Birmingham Opera Company Dir: Graham Vick
Composer: Mussorgsky

Winner Best New Production at International Opera Awards 2015

Les Mamelles de Tiresias Festival d’Aix-en-Provence/ La Monnaie / Valencia Dir: Ted Huffman
Composer: Poulenc

Il Giasone English Touring Opera Dir: Ted Huffman
Composer: Cavalli

Agrippina English Touring Opera Dir: James Conway
Composer: Handel

Simon Boccanegra English Touring Opera Dir: James Conway
Composer: Verdi

The Siege of Calais English Touring Opera Dir: James Conway
Composer: Donizetti

Cosi Fan Tutte English Touring Opera Dir: Paul Higgins
Composer: Mozart

Most of the Boys ROH2, Royal Opera House Dir: Ted Huffman & ZackWinokur
Composer: Sasha Siem

L´incoronazione di Poppea Royal Collage of Music & English Touring Opera Dir: James Conway
Composer: Monteverdi

Les Mamelles de Tiresias Aldeburgh Music / Festival d’Aix-en-Provence/ La Monnaie Dir: Ted Huffman
Composer: Poulenc

Ghost Patrol Scottish Opera & Music Theatre Wales, UK Tour Dir: Matthew Richardson
Composer: Stuart MacRae

Winner of South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera 2013

In The Locked Room Scottish Opera & Music Theatre Wales & UK Tour Dir: Michael McCarthy
Composer: Huw Watkins

Moon Seoul, South Korea Dir: Tony Graham

Afenginn – Decenniale Husets Teater, Copenhagen Dir: Samal Blak

Life is a Dream Birmingham Opera Company Dir: Graham Vick
Composer: Jonathan Dove

The Importance of Being Earnest Riverside Studios, London Dir: Iqbal Khan
Composer: Adam MacGuinness & Zia Moranne

Pinocchio Sjónleikarahúsið, Faroe Islands Dir: Egi Dam

Jerwood Opera Writing Program: 10 Short Operas Aldeburgh Music UK Led by director Stephen Langridge and writer Stephen Plaice

Cowardy Custard UK Tour Dir: Paul Foster
Composer: Noel Coward

The Kissing Dance Jermyn Street Theatre Dir: Lotte Wakeham
Composer: Howard Goodall

Macbeth Geurilla Theatre Seoul, South Korea Dir: Alexander Zeldin

Pins and Needles The Cock Tavern, London Dir: Rachel Grunwald
Composer: Harold Rome

Budam Festival Les Boréales – Comedie De Caen, France Composer: Budam

How To Be Another Woman Gate Theatre, London Dir: Natalie Abrahami

Otello Birmingham Opera Company Dir: Graham Vick

Nominated for the 2010 RPS Music Award for Opera and Music Theatre

Antoine and the Paper Aeroplane Disk Theatre (DAMU), Prague Quadrennial / National Museum Singapore / Edinburgh Festival Co director: Samal Blak

Don Giovanni Central St Martins showcase, in collaboration with English Pocket Opera Company Dir: Ian Mackenzie-Thurley
Composer: Mozart

The Madman’s Garden Kultuurikatel, Tallinn Dir: Robert Annus
Composer: Sunleif Rasmussen

Film & Television

Aldan Reyð Orka Music Video Dir: Heiðrikkur á Heygum

Piperaceae Short animation film, Busaba commission Dir: Samal Blak & Myro Wulff

Burlesque Fairytales (Mask maker) Double Barrel Productions, Feature Film Dir: Susan Luciani

Piøppa & Goffi Faroese Television

Rógvi & Drekkin Faroese Television