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Robin studied engineering in Edinburgh and fine art at Dundee University of the Arts in Scotland before studying under Koltai at Central St Martin’s. He is based in London. A selection of world-wide productions designed by him are listed below.
PRODUCTION | THEATRE | Director |
The Emperor Jones | National Theatre | Thea Sharrock |
Twelfth Night | Royal Shakespeare Company | John Caird |
Kiss of the Spider Woman | Bush Theatre | Simon Stokes |
The Marshalling Yard * | Bush Theatre | Brian Stirner |
When I Was A Girl I used to Scream and Shout * | Bush Theatre | Simon Stokes |
Beautiful Thing * | Bush Theatre / Duke of York’s | Hettie Macdonald |
The Knocky * | Royal Court | Brian Stirner |
Someone Who’ll Watch over Me * | Booth Theatre, Broadway | Robin Lefevre |
Les Enfants du Paradis * | Royal Shakespeare Company | Simon Callow |
The Ticket of Leave Man | Royal National Theatre | Piers Haggard |
After October | Chichester Festival Theatre | Frith Banbury |
A Walk in The Woods | Comedy Theatre | Ron Eyre |
Hotel Paradiso | National Theatre Iceland | Benedict Arnason |
Frankenstein | Nuffield Theatre | Patrick Sandford |
Fool for Love | Donmar Warehouse | Ian Brown |
The Anniversary | Liverpool Playhouse | Denis Lawson |
Most Marowitz Productions * | Open Space Theatre | Charles Marowitz Thelma Holt |
The Winter Guest * | Almeida Theatre | Alan Rickman |
The Storm | Almeida Theatre | Hettie Macdonald |
Three Sisters | Playhouse | Michael Blakemore |
OPERA & BALLET | ||
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Royal Opera House Covent Garden | Chris Renshaw |
Norma | Royal Opera House Covent Garden | John Copley |
Les Mamelles de Tiresias | ENO | John Copley |
The Marriage of Figaro | Opera North | Patrick Libby |
Mary Queen of Scots * | Scottish Opera | Colin Graham |
Peter Grimes | Welsh National Opera | John Copley |
Eugene Onegin | Aldeburgh Festival | Chris Renshaw |
Maria Tudor | Bloomsbury Theatre | Nick Hytner |
The Midsummer Marriage | San Francisco Opera | John Copley |
Don Quixote | New York City Opera | John Copley |
Carmen | Australian Opera | John Copley |
Carmen | Chicago Lyric Opera | John Copley |
Hey Persephone ! * | Almeida Opera | Hettie Macdonald |
Tamerlano | Opera de Lyon | Anthony Besch |
Turandot (The Ballet) * | Guanzhou Ballet China | Andre Prokovsky |
Romeo & Juliet (Ballet) * | Royal Ballet of Flaanders | Andre Prokovsky |
Macbeth (Ballet) * | National Ballet Santiago de Chile | Andre Prokovsky |
MUSICALS | ||
Chicago | National Theatre, Iceland | Benedict Arnason |
Song and Dance * | Palace Theatre. | Anthony van Laast & John Caird |
The Rocky Horror Show | Piccadilly Theatre | Robin Lefevre |
ZIEGFELD * | London Palladium | Joe Layton |
Fat Pig * | Leicester Haymarket | Mark Bramble |
Rent Party * | Stratford East | Philip Hedley |
The Boy Friend | The Old Vic | Sandy Wilson |
Footloose | Berlin | Christopher Malcolm |
FILM & TV | ||
Carmen | Australian Broadcasting Co | John Copley |
The Force of Destiny | Canadian Broadcasting Co | John Copley |
Eugene Onegin | Canadian Broadcasting Co | John Copley |
The Winter Guest | Fine Line Features | Alan Rickman |
Narrow Rooms | Director Derek Jarman unfinished | Derek Jarman |
* Denotes World Premieres |

A mirthful moment from one of the 37 scenes!
photo Richard Maclaren