Rae Smith

Rae Smith is a British set and costume designer who has worked frequently in theatre and Live Art. Her designs can be seen in the Opera Rigoletto which received a South Bank Sky Arts Award as did ‘’[Uncle Vanya ] film and West End Production in 2022. Saint Joan, an Obie Award for Oliver Twist and an Irish Times award for An Ideal Husband. Smith was nominated for Laurence Olivier Awards for The Light Princess (for which she also received a WhatsOnStage Award nomination and made the Evening Standard shortlist), Uncle Vanya and Rosmersholm. Her work on the set of War Horse received particular praise and she received an Olivier, Tony, Evening Standard, Toronto Critics and Drama Desk Special Award. Smith has also worked on several operas and ballets.

Theatre Smith has often worked at the Royal National Theatre in London. Her plays there include Paradise, Translations, Macbeth, Pillars of the Community, The Veil, The Light Princess, Theatre of Blood, The Visit, The Seafarer, Saint Joan (for which she won a South Bank Sky Arts Award), Wonder.land and This House. Smith also worked on Barber Shop Chronicles at the National, the West Yorkshire Playhouse and on a world tour. Smith followed The Veil to the West End and The Light Princess on a world tour. Smith worked off-Broadway on the set and costume design for Oliver Twist, for which she won an Obie Award, and in Ireland on An Ideal Husband, for which she received an Irish Times award for best costume. The set design won Smith an Olivier, Tony, Evening Standard, Toronto Critics and Drama Desk Special Awards.

Smith has also worked in ballet, including Dance: The Tempest and The Prince of the Pagodas at the Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Rite of Spring and Petrushka for the Fabulous Beast company.