Akhila Krishnan
Akhila Krishnan is an award-winning projection designer and creative director for moving image and immersive technology. She trained at the Royal College of Art and the National Institute of Design in India and was previously Senior Designer at 59 Productions.
Theatre includes
Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company); Dr Strangelove (Noël Coward Theatre/Bordgais); Kyoto (@sohoplace/Royal Shakespeare Company); Grenfell: In The Words of Survivors (National Theatre/St Ann’s Warehouse); Withnail and I, Sinatra, What’s New Pussycat (Birmingham Rep); Our Generation (National Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre); Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Pittsburgh CLO); Assassins (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mandela, Chasing Hares (Young Vic); Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical (Manchester Opera House/Old Globe, San Diego); The Two Character Play (Hampstead Theatre); Oliver Twist (Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon); While You Are Here (The Place/Dance East); Maggot Moon (Unicorn Theatre). Opera and Classical Music includes The Handmaid’s Tale, The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie (English National Opera); O Flower of Fire (Staatsoper Hannover); Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wiener Staatsoper); The Wreckers (Glyndebourne); Samson et Dalila, The Knife of Dawn, Echoes at the Gate, 8bit (Royal Opera House); The Dreaming Species (Fuel); Syllable (Theatre O). Live Broadcast and Film Direction includes POD, Lifesongs (Guildhall). Event design includes Sound of Colour: Arrivals(Arthouse Jersey); Die Gelbe Tapete ( (Künstlerstipendium NRW, Cologne); Sound of Colour: Origins (Arthouse Jersey); Mamma Mia: The Party (O2 Arena); UpNext (National Theatre Fundraising Gala). She is the Interdisciplinary Fellow at the RSC 2024-25.
Forthcoming work includes Shanghai Dolls (Kiln Theatre); Jocasta’s Line (National Ballet of Norway); The BFG (Royal Shakespeare Company).
Website: www.akhilakrishnan.com
Contact: circadiandesignltd@gmail.com
Agent's email : DUsztan@unitedagents.co.uk