Reuben Speed

Reuben is an award winning costume and set designer who graduate from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, he is currently based in the London and the North West. He has a big interest in regional, site specific and educational theatre and has worked extensively on new writings and classics texts. In the pandemic Reuben created his own outdoor work on his family's home farm in Staffordshire, producing and designing the revival of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun. In 2023 Reuben won the Off West End Costume Design award for Doctor Faustus at The Southwark Playhouse. Reuben is always interested in hearing from new collaborators and would be interested in meeting for coffee to talk about projects.

Credits

COSTUME DESIGNER, Trompe L'Oeil A Queer Love Story, The Other Palace, 3 Weeks 2023
SET DESIGNER, Boy Out The City, The Lyric Theatre Westend, 1 week, 2023
DESIGNER, Maddie and Friends, The Turbine Theatre, 1 night concert, 2023
DESIGNER, Lara Dennings and Friends, The Turbine Theatre, 1 night Concert, 2023.
DESIGNER, Halls The Musical, The Turbine Theatre 4 weeks, 2023
SET DESIGNER, Work It, Institute of Contemporary Theatre, 1 week, 2023
DESIGNER, Betty Blue Eyes, The Union Theatre, 4 weeks, 2023 COSTUME DESIGNER, Carrie The Musical, Urdang, 1 week 2023
DESIGNER, Love & Information, Institute of Contemporary Theatre, 1 Week 2023
SET DESIGNER, Bitch Boxer, Institute of Contemporary Theatre, 1 week, 2022
COSTUME DESIGNER, Dr Faustus, The Southwark Playhouse, 4 weeks 2022
SET DESIGNER, Time, The Union Theatre, 1 week, 2022
SET DESIGNER, Marlowe's Fate, The White Bear, 3 weeks 2021
DESIGNER, Annie Get Your Gun, Betley Court Farm, 1 week 2021
SET DESIGNER, Peace in Our Time, The Union Theatre, (Closed due to the Pandemic) 2020
SET DESIGNER, Blitz!, The Union Theatre, 4 Weeks, 2020
SET DESIGNER, Tom Brown School Days, The Union Theatre, 4 weeks 2020
COSTUME DESIGNER, Whistle Down the Wind, The Union Theatre, 4 weeks, 2019
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Union Theatre, 3 weeks, 2019
COSTUME DESIGNER, Hello Again, The Union Theatre, 3 weeks, 2019
DESIGNER, High Flyers, The New Vic, 2 days, 2019
ASSISTANT DESIGNER, The Ruffian on the Stairs, The Hope Theatre, 3 weeks, 2019
DESIGNER, Rats, The Etcetera Theatre, 2 weeks, 2018
DESIGNER, Breathe, The Tristan Bates, 2 weeks, 2018
DESIGNER, Ceasefire Babies, The Stockwell Playhouse, 1 weeks, 2018
DESIGNER, Lucky Stiff, The Union Theatre, 3 weeks, 2017
SET DESIGNER, 13, The Embassy Theatre, 1 week, 2017
DESIGNER, Macbeth, The Brockely Jack, 3 weeks, 2017
ASSITANT DESIGNER, Grand Hotel, The Embassy Theatre, 1 week, 2016
DESIGNER, The Bull Ring, The Stockwell Theatre, 1 week, 2016
DESIGNER, Shakespeare Telling Tales, The Globe Theatre, 4 weeks, 2016
DESIGNER, Grey Skies, The Warren, 2 weeks, 2016

Training

Art and Design: Foundation degree - Newcastle under Lyme College
Theatre Practice: Design for Stage: BA - The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama