Iona McLeish

Iona McLeish
Born (1952-12-18) December 18, 1952
EducationWimbledon College of Arts
OccupationPerformance Designer
Websitecargocollective.com/ionamcleish

Iona McLeish is a British theatre designer and costume designer.

She studied Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art under Richard Negri graduating with a 2:1 BA in Theatre Design. She worked immediately as Assistant to designer Bruno Santini on operas.[1] She designed for a Theatre in Education touring production for the Welsh Opera and Drama Company of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Her productions include: Women of Troy[2] [3]Euripides, Olivier Theatre Royal National Theatre, directed by Annie Castledine[4] The Love of the Nightingale Timberlake Wertenbaker RSC Barbican Pit Directed by Garry Hynes [5] India Song Marguerite Duras at Theatr Clwyd Mold, co-directed by Annie Castledine and Annabel Arden [6] [7] Woyzeck by Brecht, Half Moon Theatre Alie Street, directed by Rob Walker, Hamlet [8] by Shakespeare, Half Moon Theatre, Mile End, directed by Rob Walker, and with Frances de la Tour as Hamlet. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui[9] by Brecht, directed by Rob Walker, Half Moon Alie Street with Simon Callow as Ui. Heresies [10] by Deborah Levy [11] RSC, Barbican Pit, directed Lily Susan Todd. Received a London Theatre Award for Best Design.

McLeish designed a production of The Caretaker by Harold Pinter at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff directed by Annie Castledine.

In 1993, at the Young Vic Theatre, she designed From the Mississippi Delta by Endesha Ida Mae Holland.[12] In 2010, at the Arcola Theatre [13] she designed Thomas Bernhard's last play Heldenplatz [14][15]

Platonov, Sons Without Fathers, by Chekhov, a co-production with Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Arcola Theatre London, adapted and directed by Helena Kaut Howson.[16]

McLeish has also been costume designer and assistant costume designer for films and TV programmes. Her work has also included teaching and lecturing in theatre design at many BA Programmes (London College of Fashion, Wimbledon College of Art, Central St Martins) [17] She served as head of the BA programme in Theatre Design at the London drama school Rose Bruford College.[18] for some 15 years. From 2007 to 2011 she was Joint Honorary Secretary of the Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD) [19] She has exhibited her work at SBTD national exhibitions including Collaborators: UK Design for Performance 2003–2007 ISBN 978-0-9529309-4-5; 2011. Transformation & Revelation UK Design for Performance 2007-2011 ISBN 978 - 0 - 9529309 - 5 - 2 Make: Believe - UK Design for Performance 2011 – 2015 [20]

Her publications include: Specialist Consultant: Performing Arts: A Guide to Practice and Appreciation Pub. QED Facts on File. Contributing Editor: Practical Theatre Pub. Quarto Chartwell Books Inc.

References

  1. ↑ "Bruno Santini", Theatricalia.
  2. ↑ "CalmView: Overview". catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sign In | Theatre Record". www.theatrerecord.com. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Annie Castledine – Unfinished Histories". Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Production of The Love of the Nightingale | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Lib (1 July 2007). "Performed Disembodiment in Duras's Fictional Spaces". Body, Space & Technology. 7 (1). doi:10.16995/bst.153. ISSN 1470-9120.
  7. ↑ "India Song - Iona McLeish | Theatre Design". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Hamlet (1979) : Stages of Half Moon". www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1978) : Stages of Half Moon". www.stagesofhalfmoon.org.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Production of Heresies | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Interview with Deborah Levy". The White Review. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Reed, Wilson Edward (19 January 2007). "Endesha Ida Mae Holland (1944-2006)". BlackPast.org. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Home". Arcola Theatre. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  14. ↑ Billington, Michael (15 February 2010). "Heldenplatz". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Heldenplatz, Arcola Theatre, London". The Independent. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "RESUMÉ". www.helenakauthowson.com. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  17. ↑ UAL (12 August 2026). "BA (Hons) Performance: Design and Practice". UAL. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Rose Bruford College staff". catalogue.bruford.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD)". Association of British Theatre Technicians. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  20. ↑ Hole, Rabbit (22 May 2020). "The Society of British Theatre Designers - Official Site". www.theatredesign.org.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
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