Es Devlin
ES DEVLIN IS AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER. SHE IS KNOWN FOR CREATING LARGE-SCALE PERFORMATIVE SCULPTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT FUSE MUSIC, LANGUAGE AND LIGHT.
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BIO
ES DEVLIN IS AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER.
SHE IS KNOWN FOR CREATING LARGE-SCALE PERFORMATIVE SCULPTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT FUSE MUSIC, LANGUAGE AND LIGHT.
MEMORY PALACE (PITZHANGER MANOR, LONDON 2019) MAPPED A HISTORY OF SHIFTS IN HUMAN PERSPECTIVE OVER 73 MILLENNIA.
MIRRORMAZE (PECKHAM, LONDON 2016), EXPLORED IDENTITY THROUGH REFLECTIVE LABYRINTHINE GEOMETRIES.
HER FLUORESCENT RED FIFTH LION ROARED AI-GENERATED COLLECTIVE POETRY TO CROWDS IN LONDON’S TRAFALGAR SQUARE IN SEPTEMBER 2018.
SINGING TREE, A COLLECTIVE CHORAL INSTALLATION AT THE V&A, LONDON MERGED MACHINE-LEARNING WITH SOUND AND LIGHT IN 2017;
DEVLIN COLLABORATED WITH THEORETICAL PHYSICIST CARLO ROVELLI ON AN INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDER OF TIMEREAD BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH IN 2018.
SHE HAS CONCEIVED STAGE SCULPTURES WITH BEYONCÉ, BILLIE EILISH, THE WEEKND AND U2 AS WELL AS TWO DECADES OF OPERA, DRAMA AND DANCE WORLDWIDE.
HER PRACTICE WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SERIES ABSTRACT: THE ART OF DESIGN, AND SHE HAS BEEN NAMED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE 2020 LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE.
DEVLIN HAS BEEN AWARDED THE LONDON DESIGN MEDAL, THREE OLIVIER AWARDS, A UNIVERSITY OF KENT DOCTORATE AND A UAL FELLOWSHIP. SHE HAS BEEN NAMED RSA ROYAL DESIGNER FOR INDUSTRY AND WAS MADE OBE IN 2015.
DEVLIN SPOKE AT TED2019 ON SCULPTING MUSIC, TRANSIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HER TALK CAN BE VIEWED HERE.
SHE DESIGNED THE LONDON OLYMPIC CLOSING CEREMONY IN 2012, THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES, AND IS DESIGNING THE UK PAVILION AT EXPO 2021 DUBAI. THE POEMPAVILION WILL CONTINUE THE WORK IN AI-GENERATED COLLECTIVE POETRY FIRST CONCEIVED WITH HANS ULRICH OBRIST AT THE SERPENTINE GALLERY IN LONDON IN 2017.
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Productions
Awards and Nominations
Es Devlin, The Hunt
Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
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Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy
Es Devlin, Girls & Boys
Es Devlin, American Psycho
Es Devlin, Hamlet
Es Devlin, American Psycho
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Es Devlin, The Nether
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Es Devlin, American Psycho
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Es Devlin, Chimerica
Es Devlin, Machinal
Es Devlin, Machinal
Es Devlin, Chimerica
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Es Devlin, The Dog In The Manger
Videos
Video: Cast Members Talk THE LEHMAN TRILOGY on KPIX CBS News Bay Area
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-06-08 15:29:06
Video: Get A First Look at Mozart's DON GIOVANNI at the Canadian Opera Company
by Joshua Wright - 2024-02-02 14:54:56
Video: Watch an All-New Trailer For DEAR ENGLAND at the National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - 2023-09-26 05:40:52
Video: First Look at an All-New Trailer For THE CRUCIBLE in the West End
by Stephi Wild - 2023-07-18 07:02:23
News
by Rachel Stone - Sep 30, 2026
U2 and Third Man Records have partnered on a limited-edition yellow vinyl pressing of CARNAVAL DE LUZ, the band's new album, created exclusively for independent record stores.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2026
Powerhouse Parramatta will launch a 23-day opening festival with 179 events spanning First Nations culture, space exploration, design, music and film. Sixty-five percent of events are free, with all children under 16 receiving complimentary museum entry.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 14, 2026
Oprah Winfrey will appear live on stage at Sphere in Las Vegas for a one-weekend immersive experience featuring contributions from Jacob Collier, Ocean Vuong, Max Richter, Ethan Tobman and Tarell Alvin McCraney, among others.
by Cheryl Markosky - Sep 12, 2026
A visually compelling Don Giovanni from Royal Ballet & Opera, with a superb set by Es Devlin and memorable star turn by Aigul Akhmetshina as Donna Elvira.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2026
The Royal Opera will open its upcoming season with Kasper Holten's production of Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, featuring Gordon Bintner, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, and Aigul Akhmetshina, alongside three House debuts.
by Alexander Cohen - Jun 29, 2026
We know how it ends. Two men meet in a tunnel, one introduces himself as Gavrilo, and the stage is set for the prelude to one of the most significant episodes of 20th century history. But Rajiv Joseph's Archduke has little interest in historical reenactment. Instead, it reimagines the Serbian nationalist assassins as distinctly 21st century losers who can barely handle themselves, let alone a pistol.
by Stephi Wild - May 8, 2026
The Royal Court Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for ARCHDUKE, the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph's play directed by Lyndsey Turner, featuring Olivier Award-winner Chris Walley and Marc Wootton.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2026
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities in Oxford, will open its doors to the public this weekend. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2026
Rufus Norris will return to directing this evening as his production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman premieres at Zorlu PAC in Istanbul. Learn more here!
by Richard Sasanow - Mar 10, 2026
Voice! Voice! And more voice! That’s what we got from the Met’s new production of Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE last night, especially from the glorious soprano of Lise Davidsen as the Irish princess Isolde, with no small help from her Tristan, baritenor Michael Spyres.
by Joshua Wright - Mar 10, 2026
See photos from the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, starring Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 3, 2026
Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold’s production of American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis just celebrate dits opening night. The book is by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and directed by Rupert Goold. Let's see what the London critics had to say...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2026
Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold’s production of American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis has been extended.
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 1, 2026
Make no mistake, the writing is dated and it’s far from being a masterpiece, but the production does something that’s so specifically disturbing that it’s difficult to ignore. Bateman’s raison d’être is unnerving to begin with. Once you combine this archetypal psychopath with a jaunty synth-heavy score and a glitzy choreo, watching our executioner dance maniacally with a cleaver becomes a spectacle in itself.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2026
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities will open to the public in Oxford with a free launch programme featuring music, theatre, dance, and digital art.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2026
Full casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company's forthcoming touring production of Hamlet which visits Truro, Bradford, Norwich, Nottingham, Blackpool, Newcastle upon Tyne, York and Canterbury.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 29, 2025
Following a record-breaking run in the West End in 2023, James Graham's Olivier Award-winning play Dear England is now on tour, visiting 16 venues across England. Learn more here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 19, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salom. Holloway will step into the role in place of Elena Stikhina, who is withdrawing from the production due to her pregnancy.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2025
Perelman Performing Arts Center will welcome the return of ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION. World-renowned artist Es Devlin brought her acclaimed choral installation ES DEVLIN: CONGREGATION to PAC NYC. See photos!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 13, 2025
Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Richard Strauss’s explosive masterpiece Salome. This gory operatic thrill ride returns to Lyric for the first time in 20 years.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Hunt, Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Lehman Trilogy, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Lehman Trilogy, Outstanding Set Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Girls & Boys, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for American Psycho, Best Set Design (Olivier Awards) for Hamlet, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for American Psycho, Best Set Design (Olivier Awards) for The Nether, Best Design (Evening Standard Awards) for American Psycho, Best Set Design (Olivier Awards) for Chimerica, Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Machinal, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Machinal, Best Design (Evening Standard Awards) for Chimerica and Best Costume Design (Olivier Awards) for The Dog In The Manger.
Es Devlin has won several prestigious awards, including Best Scenic Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for The Lehman Trilogy, Best Set Design at the Olivier Awards for The Nether, Best Design at the Evening Standard Awards for American Psycho, Best Set Design at the Olivier Awards for Chimerica, and Best Costume Design at the Olivier Awards for The Dog In The Manger.
