Hannah is a British/Syrian performance designer based in Yorkshire. Since training at Wimbledon School of Art in London she has designed over 100 productions across 17 years in the UK and Europe. This includes theatre, opera, musicals, film, music videos and installations. She also often leads design workshops for arts organisations, community centres, theatre festivals, schools and universities.
Hannah is represented by Alexandra Cory at Berlin Associates agency.
Theatre design credits include: Brighter Still (Bradford City of Culture Closing Ceremony), No Such Thing as Wolves (Birmingham Hippodrome), Di and Viv and Rose (Theatre by the Lake and Queens Theatre Hornchurch), Sing Dance Leap (Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet, Opera North), Public Record (National Theatre Public Acts), OUM (Dutch National Opera), Northanger Abbey (Orange Tree, Bolton Octagon, Stephen Joseph and Theatre by the Lake), Arabian Nights (Bristol Old Vic), 24(Day) The Measure of my Dreams (Almeida Theatre), The Lost Spells (Goblin, Watford Palace, Theatre by the Lake and Polka), The City and the Town (Riksteatern Sweden and Matthew Linley Creative Projects), A Christmas Carol (Shakespeare North), The Doncastrian Chalk Circle (National Theatre Public Acts + Cast co-production), A Tale of Orpheus & Eurydice (Opera North), The Aspern Papers (Pegasus Opera), REGNANT (Xavier de Sousa, HOME), Love n Stuff (Gitika Buttoo, Oldham Coliseum), The Magic of Wild Heather (CAST and National Theatre Public Acts), Outrageous Fortune (Deborah Newbold and dir: John Wright), The Travelling Pantomime (York Theatre Royal), The Elves and the Shoemakers (York Theatre Royal), Two (Gala Theatre), Where We Began (SBC Theatre), Vulture's Song (Blah Blah Blah), 666 Comments (Daniel Bye), Pygmalion and Handbagged (Tom Wright, English Theatre Frankfurt), Instructions for Border Crossing (Daniel Bye), The Astonishing Vacuum Cleaner Adventure (Sarah Punshon), WANTED (Chris Goode and Company), Instant Light Circus Company (Slung Low), Bassett (Sheffield Crucible), Weekend Rockstars (Middle Child), Mr Tiger Goes Wild (Goblin), SET FIRE TO EVERYTHING!!! (RashDash) and Country Music (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Film credits include: Booths recipe online content, Skipton Building Society explainer adverts, The Astro Science Challenge for Unlimited Theatre (short films), Don't Tape Over for Seldom Differ (pilot), Good Girl by Aquilo (music video), Coming Home by Kaiser Chiefs (music video) Kami by Dreamtiger Films (short film) and See Right Through by Tensnake (music video).
Hannah is particularly interested in designing space for new writing, devised, playful or interactive performances. She is a keen collaborator with directors, writers, composers and performers to create design-led work from the earliest stages of development. She is excited by work that is politically and socially engaged and believes design to be an important tool in storytelling for audiences of any age.