Theatre and Dance includes: King Lear; To Kill a Mockingbird; Three Tall Women; A Doll’s House 2; The Children (Broadway); And Breathe…, Hymn, Shipwreck; Machinal; Albion; Boy; When the Rain Stops Falling; Judgement Day (Almeida Theatre) The Jungle (Young Vic/ West End/ New York); The Trial; Public Enemy; Wild Swans; The Government Inspector; In the Red and Brown Water; The Good Soul of Szechuan; Generations (Young Vic); Glass.Kill.Blubeard.Imp; Sucker Punch; Cock; In the Republic of Happiness; Get Santa!; (Royal Court); The Children; Escaped Alone; Love and Information (Royal Court Theatre/New York); Sunny Afternoon; Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre/West End); Bend it Like Beckham (West End); The Father (Theatre Royal Bath); The Effect; Earthquakes in London (National Theatre); Six Characters in Search of an Author (Chichester Festival Theatre/ West End); Red Demon; The Bee (Young Vic / Japan); Guantanamo: “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom” (Tricycle Theatre/ West End/ New York/ San Francisco); Frame of View (Cedar Lake, New York); The Cherry Orchard (Amsterdam); Toot (Oper Leipzig).
Opera includes: La Fanciulla Del West (ENO and Santa Fe Opera); Turandot; Wozzeck (ENO); Suor Angelica (Royal Opera House); Anna Nicole (Royal Opera House and New York); Boris Godunov (Berlin Opera); The Death of Klinghoffer (Edinburgh Festival/ Scottish Opera).
Miriam trained in costume design at Akademie für Kostüm Design in Hamburg, and in theatre design at Central Saint Martin’s, London. She won The Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 1999 and received the Evening Standard Best Design Award in 2010 for Earthquakes in London and Sucker Punch, and in 2018 for The Jungle.
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Miriam Buether, The Jungle
Miriam Buether, The Jungle
Miriam Buether, To Kill a Mockingbird
Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women
Miriam Buether, Three Tall Women
Miriam Buether, Edward Albee's Three Tall Women
Miriam Buether, Love and Information
Miriam BuetherWild Swans
Miriam Buether, Cock
Miriam BuetherEarthquakes In London
Miriam BuetherEarthquakes in London
Miriam BuetherSucker Punch
Miriam Buether has been nominated for several awards for her scenic design work, including Best Scenic Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Prima Facie", a Tony Award nomination for Best Scenic Design of a Play for "Prima Facie", an Outstanding Set Design of a Play nomination at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Jungle", and Special Citations at the Obie Awards for "The Jungle". She also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Scenic Design of a Play for "To Kill a Mockingbird", The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Three Tall Women", and an Outstanding Set Design award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Three Tall Women". Additionally, she was nominated for Best Scenic Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Edward Albee's Three Tall Women", received an Outstanding Scenic Design nomination at The Lortels for "Love and Information", won the Best Set Design category at the Olivier Awards for "Wild Swans", received an Outstanding Scenic Design nomination at The Lortels for "Cock", and won the XL Video Award for Best Design at the Olivier Awards for "Earthquakes In London". She also won the Best Designer category at the Evening Standard Awards for both "Earthquakes in London" and "Sucker Punch".
Miriam Buether has won several awards for her scenic design work, including Best Scenic Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Prima Facie," Special Citations at the Obie Awards for "The Jungle," The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Three Tall Women," Best Designer at the Evening Standard Awards for "Earthquakes in London," and another Best Designer award at the Evening Standard Awards for "Sucker Punch."
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