Based in London, British and German-speaking Hannah Schmidt works in set and costume design in theatre, performance, and film. She is particularly interested in cultural exchange. Working internationally to converge ideas and approaches.
With a multidisciplinary background in visual art, she continues to explore new approaches to inform each project.
STAGE DEBUT UK AWARD WINNER
The Passenger (Finborough Theatre, London)
Personal Values (Hampstead Theatre, London)
Why they won: Schmidt’s in-the-round set and costumes for The Passenger conjured Nazi Berlin, while, in Personal Values, working as a costume designer and associate set designer, she helped depict the clutter of a hoarder’s home.
CURRENT PROJECTS
SLIPPERY (Louis Emit-Stern) Directed by Matthew Iliffe | Omnibus Theatre Clapham | Set and Costume | March 19th – April 11th.
SALOME (Oscar Wilde, Opera) Directed by Mark Ravenhill and Aletta Collins | York Hall | Regents Opera | 10th – 23rd April
PREVIOUS SHOWS
DRACULA | Costume Design and Associate Design | National Youth Theatre Rep | Directed by Atri Banerjee | 02/2026
THE IDIOT | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | Master’s in Classical Acting final show | Directed by Simon Scardifield | 07/2025
WHOLE | SE UK Touring show | Emma Spearing | Directed by Kirsty Housley | 05/2025
PERSONAL VALUES | Hampstead Theatre | Directed by Lucy Morisson 05/2025
THE PASSENGER | Finborough Theatre | Directed by Tim Supple | 02/2025
LONELY HEARTS | Camden Peoples Theatre | Directed by Barrel Organ Theatre, 2021
THEATRE | DESIGN ASSOCIATE
KYOTO | by Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy | Associate Design to Miriam Buether | Directed by Justin Martin and Stephen Daldry | Lincoln Centre, NYC. (Good Chance co-production with RSC) | November 4th, 2025
The Land of the Living | Assistant to Miriam Buether | Directed by Stephen Daldry | Written by David Lan | Dorfmann Theatre, National Theatre, Sep 9th – November 2025 | London
Rhino (Almeida Theatre) | Directed by Omar Elerian | Tue 25 Mar – Sat 26 Apr 2025
Storehouse: An Immersive Experience, Designed by Alice Helps, produced by Sage and Jester | May – September 2025
A Moon for the Misbegotten (Almeida Theatre), Designed by Tom Scutt, Directed by Rebecca Frecknall | April 2025
Look Back in Anger (Almeida Theatre), Designed by Naomi Dawson | May 2025
Roots (Almeida Theatre), Designed by Naomi Dawson | May 2025
Fear of 13 (Donmar Theatre), Designed by Miriam Buether, Directed by Justin Martin | July 2024
People Who Aren’t There Anymore (Future Islands International Tour) Designed by Chiara Stephenson | May 2024
Doll’s House (The Crucible), Designed by Chiara Stephenson | April 2024
Cold War (Almeida Theatre), Designed by Jon Bausor | Dec 2023
Portia Coughlan (Almeida Theatre), Designed by Alex Eales | Sep 2023
Michael Kohlhaas (Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz), Designed by Magda Willis | August 2021
Die gute Erde (Staatstheater Kassel), Designed by Andrea Wagner | Nov 2021
FILM AND TV
Black Doves (Joe Barton, Netflix), UK 2025
Frankenstein (Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix), UK 2025
Nobody sees like you, Mona (Miles Jay), Iceland 2023
Grime Kids (BBC 3), UK 2024
As long as we live (Anita Briem, Glassriver), Iceland 2023
Big Boy Boots (Erlendur Sveinsson, Sensor TV), Iceland 2023
Afar: Víkingur Ólafsson (Erlendur Sveinson, Sensor TV), Iceland 2023
Operation Napoleon (Oskar Thór Alexsson, Saga Film & Splendid Entertainment), Iceland, 2022
ART
Mammatus (London Design Festival 2015),
Simoom (Tankwa Karoo Desert Festival 2016),
Los Pantalones (Funkhaus, Berlin). 2020
HANNAH SCHMIDT 