Debbie Duru
Debbie Duru is a designer for performance spaces.
theatre
as set + costume designer
A Christmas Carol dir. Natalie Ibu. Northern Stage
Bright Places dir. Tessa Walker. Birmingham Rep (touring)
How I learned to Swim dir. Emma Jude Harris, Roundabout in association with Brixton house.
Re:Discover Festival, dir. Amy Hailwood, T.D Moyo, Beth Kapila Streetwise Opera (touring)
Beneatha’s Place dir. Kwame Kwei Armah, Young Vic
Run Rebel dir.Tessa Walker, Mercury theatre/Pilot theatre
(touring)
A White Card dir. Natalie Ibu, Northern Stage (touring).
Two Billion Beats dir. Nimmo Ismail, Orange tree
A Song Project dir. Chloe Lamford, Royal Court
Cake dir. Malakaai Sargent, Theatre Peckham
as part of a design collective
(alongside Shankho Chaudhuri, Cara Evans, Sandra Falase, Zoe Hurwitz, Chloe Lamford).
Living newspaper by the Writers, Royal Court.
as costume designer
Now I See, dir & choreo. Lanre Malaolu, Stratford East
Twice Born, choreographer. Dickson Mbi, Scottish Ballet
Romeo & Juliet, dir. Rebecca Frecknall, Almeida
Alice in Wonderland, dir. Jack Bradfield, Brixton house.
as associate designer
Hope road immersive production dir. Jared Sweet, des. Hannah Beachler, Mandalay Bay Las Vegas
Mandela dir. Schele Williams, des. Hannah Beachler, Young Vic
Get Up Stand Up dir. Clint Dyer, des. Chloe Lamford, Lyric theatre, Soho.
Dick Whittington dir. Ned Bennet, des. Georgia Lowe, National theatre
film
as production designer
The Trodden Grass dir. Noah Turner and Chander Ramnarine (2024) short
A Perfect Knight dir. Stephane Alexandre (2023) short
Express dir. Edem Kelman, Film4 (2022) short
Pronouns: She/Her
Contact: debbie.duru@gmail.com