Tom Piper
Tom has worked extensively throughout the UK and abroad, primarily as a designer interested in text based work. He was Associate designer at the RSC from 2004 to 2014, and collaborated regularly with directors Michael Boyd and Erica Whyman.
Other key collaborators include Dominic Hill at the Citizens theatre, Indhu Rubasingham at the NT and Kiln theatres and several musical adventures with Chris Renshaw, most notably Carmen La Cubana at Sadler’s wells. He created The Poppy Installation with Paul Cummins at the Tower of London in 2014 and has since designed 19 separate installations of poppy sculptures around the UK. Working closely with Alan Farlie architects, he has created many exhibition spaces at the V and A, Jewish Museum and British Museum. Awards include an Olivier for costume on the RSC epic Histories cycle.