Lu Herbert

Lu Herbert is a Set and Costume designer based in Yorkshire, working across the UK. Having worked with companies such as Shared Experience, Dibby Theatre, Concrete Youth, Northern Opera, 10 to 5 Productions and many more, Lu’s work is a range of opera, musicals, dance and plays. Lu’s work prioritises sustainability, recycling and playfulness.

Lu has a BA in Production Arts and Design from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a MA in Collaborative Theatre Production and Design from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Lu is proud to be a JMK Finalist 2024, alongside a BroadwayWorld nominee 2022 and a Linbury Prize shortlisted designer 2021. 

Previous and upcoming works include; Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), The Queen of the North (ARC Stockton), The Power of Camelot (Exeter Northcott Theatre), Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse Borough), Drag Baby (The Pleasance, London), Toxic (HOME Mcr), Suzy Homemaker (7Arts, Sheffield Drama Studio), The Whispering Jungle (Hull Truck, Leeds Playhouse), Maria de Buenos Aires (Northern Opera), Frida (UK Premiere, Northern Opera), Romeo & Juliet (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Why the Whales Came (Taunton Brewhouse, The Mack), Worlds Apart (Northern Stage), Kailey (Kala Sangham, Keithley Creative), Sleeping Beauty (Shared Experience).

Lu’s work and more productions can be found at: 

www.luherbert.co.uk / @lherbertdesign