Scenography
Here are my collaborative design projects. I primarily focus on new writing, devised ensemble work, and community theatre.
I design sets, costumes, and video.
I'm utilising visual language as a leading dramaturgical tool to develop concepts for strong storytelling.
Crying Shame
Stanley Arts Centre, London & Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe, 2024
It’s a cabaret. A wellness journey. A 10-step programme. All about loneliness… I know, how embarrassing. ‘Crying Shame’ had 2 versions. At Stanley Arts Centre, it was a promenade play, where audiences are guided on a theatrical journey through the building while the story unfurls around them. While for our full Fringe run at the Pleasance we transformed the space into a fooling a part cabaret event.
Images from the series ‘Notes On Camp’ by Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom, following the masking of Crying Shame published at Vogue Italia
Sweet Beef production
Director by Jess Haygarth
Set & Costume designed by Shahaf Beer
Lighting Design by John Chan
Sound Designer by Hattie North
Dramaturg by Tom Bostock
Movement Director by Sarah Lamb
Produced by Harris Albar
Associate Produced by Madison Parker
SM by Waverley Moran
Performed by Conor Dumbrell, Kathrine Payne, Georgie Lynch, Jordan Barton, Abby Russell
photos by Ofek Avshalom and Rona Bar
One Night Stand
Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022
Experience a collection of unique performances featuring a range of exciting artists, all for the joy of—no commitments required. ONE design, 14 distinct performances. The space not only narrates the project's concept but is also modular to various performances, ranging from poetry readings to cabaret nights.
Directed by Lucy Morrison and Sam Pritchard, associate directors at the Royal Court Theatre,
This event includes artists such as Siobhán McSweeney, Inua Ellams, Felix Mufti, and In Bed With My Brother
Set Design by Shahaf Beer.
Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London 2022.
Plewds
Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe, 2024
A cocky gay clown in therapy. A clueless detective. An X-Factor sob story. Pop culture and queer drama drama drama collide against a rainbow backdrop.
A surreal, fast-paced and darkly funny exploration of a queer relationship gone bad. Blending clowning, drag and a subversive take on the trauma-parading solo show.
Created and performed by Kathrine Payne
Directed by Jess Haygarth
Produced by Lou Doyle
Associate directed by Emily Aboud
Set & Costume designed by Shahaf Beer
Lighting designed by Han Sayles
Sound designed by Livvy Lynch
Video designed by Bec Lewis
Photos by Alex Brenner
DYKE Systems Ltd
Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe, 2025
Are you a Dynamic, Young, Knowledgeable Entrepreneur? Or would you like to become one? Then boy, do I have the show for you! Strong female entrepreneurs Sally and Susan have brought their business expertise all the way from the US of A to a basement in Eedin-boro, England, to show you how you too can join the DYKE community, sell product and get filthy rich!
Written and Performed by Kheski Kobler and Holly Wilson-Guy
Directed by and Co-Written with Lucy Allan
Set designed by Shahaf Beer
Movement Direction by Barry Fitzgerald
Lighting Design by Benny Goodman
Sound from Brid Addison-Child
Produced by Beth Sitek
Technicians Han Sayles and Eliott Sheppard
Stage Management from Edie Ryan-Law
Photos by Andrew Perry
Duck Syndrom
Orange Tree Theatre, London, 2025
Devised performance by Orange Tree Young Company 18-25, as part of the Orange Tree Community Takeover Weekend
Directed by Jess Haygarth
Set & Costume designed by Shahaf Beer
Movement Direction by Rrita pula
Lighting Design by Nell Golledge
Sound Design by Hattie North
Produced by Madi Mahoney
Assistance Director Deviniat Adedibu
Stage Management by Nell Thomas
Performed by the OT Young Company 2025
There is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention
National tour, England, 2025
New writing by Henri Merriam. In the beginning, there were stories. Stories of girls and women and men and Love. So when she meets him, she knows the script and she’s ready. But things are starting to go wrong and the stories she’s been told don’t serve her anymore. She doesn’t fit the role. She needs to rewrite her part. So she can be seen.
Be brave. Take a breath.
Writer by Henri Merriam
Director by Sophia Capasso
Set & Costume designed by Shahaf Beer
Lighting Design by Holly Ellis
Sound Design by Frazer Merrick
Co-Producer by Mark Finbow
Photos by Scott Godding
Sound Of Absence
Omnibus Theatre & Voila! Festival, The Space Theatre, London, 2025
When death arrives, it leaves a void that swallows everything. Memories resurface, forcing her to confront the man he was, the bond they didn’t share, and the love left unspoken in order to rebuild herself.
Journey through time accompanied by poetry and a pianist. Blending live sound, movement, and immersive storytelling, The Sound of Absence is an exploration of loss, memory, and how music becomes a companion in grief.
Playwright, actress, producer by Yanina Hope
Composer, pianist by Vladyslav Kuznetsov
Directed by Ivanka Polchenko
Producer David Royzangurt
Movement directed by Anna Korzik
Set & Costume designed by Shahaf Beer
Photos by Valya Korabelnikova
The World Of Yesterday
Courtyard Theatre, Camden Fringe Festival & Camden People’s Theatre, Voila! Festival, London, 2024
Stefan Zweig’s “The World of Yesterday": culture, chaos, cabaret!
A journey through the life of the renowned Austrian writer whose memoir captured the essence of the human experience in the early 20th century. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Zweig flourished during the peaceful pre-war years, before being forced into exile by the rise of Nazism.
The World of Yesterday chronicled an irreversibly changing world, offering a poignant look at the fragility of civilisation, and how easily we can be lost to hate. Holding a mirror to the world of today, this experimental cabaret adaptation asks us to look at our place in the continuing story.
Director Anya Ostrovskaia
Performers Adam Hypki, Zora Owen, Yanina Hope, Abraham Kleinman, Nadav Antman Ron, Zuza Tehanu, Tanya Lyalina
Producer Jack Michael Carr
Scenographer Shahaf Beer
Musician Pini Brown
Movement director Mariana Camiloti
Sound designer Jack Clearwater
Graphic designer Emma Vukman
Creative producer Nastya Konstantinova
Costume designer Carolyn Corben
Lighting designer Izzy Sinclair
Photos by Valya Korabelnikova & Lucyna Kaniecka
Pygmalion: reimagined
Evolution Festival, Lyric & Hammersmith Theatre, London, 2023
A new take on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion set it in modern-day Cambridge University. performed as part of the Evolution Festival at the Lyric Hammersmith Studio Theatre in collaboration with the BA Theatre Design course at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL.
Original play by George Bernard Shaw
Directed and adapted by Ashen Gupta
Set & Costume designed by Shahaf Beer
Lighting design by Scarlett Bryan
performers: Sahana Rackal, Sam Hegedus and Flinn Andreae
photos taken by Antonio Mellado Sanchez & Andrea Capello