RAPHAÉ MEMON

Set Design for Gian Carlo Menotti’s dramatic opera The Medium. Performed in English, at the Royal Northern College of Music @rncmlive in Manchester, December 2021. Depicting seances, ghosts and hysteria, the design of this opera utilised the powerful effects of light and shadow. Creating forms and telling stories through darkness. Director: Stuart Barker Set Designer: Raphaé Memon Costume Designer: Elaine Needham Lighting Designer: Paul Botham 📷: Robin Clewley #setdesign #opera #menotti #seances #ghosts #rncm #manchestertheatre #manchester

Set and Costume Design for Bizet’s opera Carmen, performed in London on 29/30 June and 1 July 2023. @stpaulsopera THE DESIGN STORY: Clarity in the mise-en-scène was very important for us during this production. Yellow as a colour is stimulating and energising, but also one indicating caution, which very much resides with the themes presented in Carmen. This singular visual language helped to create the setting for this modern adaptation, which was inspired by Madrid’s Carabanchel prison and was performed inside a church. The singers inhabit a world where all the props are painted yellow, and costumes carry a clean uniformity in Act 1, before their inner layers and lived experiences are revealed. Acts 2-4 start to reveal graffiti that takes inferences from the markings and layers of Carabanchel, and stains the set and costume to uncover each character’s own personal stories and quest for freedom. Director: @eleanorjoyburke Conductor: @conswervatory Movement Director: @alexgotch Set and Costume Designer: @raphaememon Assistant Director: @finnlacey_ Stage Manager: Lorrie Hay Graffiti Artwork: @mishaal_memon 📷 @nickrutterarts #opera #carmen #setdesign #costumedesign #redrose #yellow #yellowdesign #yellowset #yellowcolour #design #scenography #bizetcarmen #bizet #londonopera #stpauls

Set & Costume Design for critically acclaimed British premiere of Gounod’s opera Polyeucte at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. March 2018. Winner of Best Design at Arts Colours Awards 2018. Director: Thomas Guthrie Set & Costume Designer: Raphaé Memon Lighting Designer: Alex Forey 📷 Teo Della Torre @stratford_east @universitycollegeopera #stagedesign #costumedesign #propsdesign #masks #opera #stage #theatre #setdesign #lighting #premiere #props #londonpremiere #gounod #polyeucte #design #designer #scenography #set #theater #londontheatre #cast #singers #music #frenchopera #stratford #theatreroyal #live #theatrical #operadesign #dramatic

Associate Set Designer: Lily Allen Performs West End Girl Concert Tour 2026 Pleasure to have worked with visionary Creative Director & Set Designer @annafleischle in visualising the song arc storyboard for @lilyallen ’s acclaimed tour. Images by Henry Redcliffe & Anna Fleischle Storyboard visuals by me! — Creative Director & Set Designer | ANNA FLEISCHLE Styling | MEL OTTENBERG Lighting Designer | MATT DAW Video Content Creator | GINO GREEN Associate Designers | RAPHAÉ MEMON, CAT FULLER & ANGELICA RUSH #lilyallen #lilyallenwestendgirl #livemusic #concert #stagedesign

Assistant Set Design for WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, by J. B. Priestley at @donmarwarehouse . 6 Dec 25 to 7 Feb 26. Beautiful set design by @petermckintosh , lit wonderfully by @ryandaylighting 💛💜💚 Director @timsheader Set Designer @petermckintosh Costume Designer @annafleischle Lighting Designer @ryandaylighting Sound Designer @fergus0hare Composer @willstuartmusic Production Manager: Chris Easton Props Supervisor @propsbyjamie Assistant Set Designer @raphaememon Assistant Costume Designer: Roisin Gearty Assistant Lighting Designer @_harrietwhite_ Set built and painted by @setupscenery @bay_productions_ + @rutters_uk carpet 📷 @raphaememon #donmarwarehouse #whenwearemarried #setdesign #jbpriestley

Assistant Set Design for WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, by J. B. Priestley at @donmarwarehouse . 6 Dec 25 to 7 Feb 26. ★★★★ “Blissfully funny… an absolute blast” The Telegraph Director @timsheader Set Designer @petermckintosh Costume Designer @annafleischle Lighting Designer @ryandaylighting Sound Designer @fergus0hare Composer @willstuartmusic Production Manager: Chris Easton Props Supervisor @propsbyjamie Assistant Set Designer @raphaememon Assistant Costume Designer: Roisin Gearty Assistant Lighting Designer @_harrietwhite_ Set built and painted by @setupscenery @bay_productions_ + @rutters_uk carpet 📷 @perssonphotography #donmarwarehouse #whenwearemarried #setdesign #jbpriestley

Remembering… how a single field of blue organised belief, bodies, and scale on stage Set & Costume Design for the British premiere of Gounod’s opera Polyeucte at Theatre Royal Stratford East @stratford_east @universitycollegeopera | March 2018 “Extraneous theatrics are abandoned and human relationships come to the forefront, helped by Raphaé Memon’s fine minimalist designs” — MARK RONAN, THE TELEGRAPH Director: @thomasbastianboy Set & Costume Designer: @raphaememon Lighting Designer: @alexforeylighting 📷 Teo Della Torre + Mishaal Memon

Remembering… the troubling tree of the plantation Set & Costume Design for Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha at #Grimeborn Festival @arcolatheatre @spectraensemble | August 2019 Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a New Opera Production in the Broadway World UK Awards @broadwayworlduk Director: @cecilia.stinton Musical Director: @mlynch.conductor Set & Costume Designer: @raphaememon Lighting Designer: @alihunterlighting Choreographer: @ester_hart 📷 Robert Workman

Remembering… when yellow brought clarity, heat, and a world with nowhere to hide 🌕 Set and Costume Design for Bizet’s opera Carmen, performed in London on 29/30 June and 1 July 2023. @stpaulsopera Director: @eleanorjoyburke Conductor: @jpconducts Movement Director: @alexgotch Set and Costume Designer: @raphaememon Assistant Director: @finnlacey_ Graffiti Artwork: @mishaal_memon 📷 @nickrutterarts

MINUTES16 RED and MINUTES17 RED Couldn't be more excited to showcase these pieces from @raphaememon at Cobalto. Balancing between kinetic sculpture and functional design, these handmade clocks were created exclusively for Cobalto, drawing inspiration from the blue and red palette. The timepieces originated from MINUTES IN BLUE, a London exhibition in Summer 2024 that explored time, temporality, and wonder, reflecting on cyclical life and our connection to movement, space, and the Earth. About the artist: Raphaé Memon is a London-based stage designer and architect, working across opera, dance, theatre, exhibitions, and sculptural installations. More: Instagram: @raphaememon About MINUTES IN BLUE: /installation/minutesinblue For sales, commissions or exhibition inquiries: [email protected]

MINUTES DESIGN CLOCKS X Shoreditch Arts Club Operating between a kinetic artistic sculpture and a functioning design clock, these timepieces were created for the exhibition MINUTES IN BLUE which was on display in London during Summer 2024. Limited editions now available at Shoreditch Arts Club in London, on display amongst an eclectic mix of artists and designers including Daniel Burley, George Henry Longly and Six Dots Design. @shoreditchartsclub_ is a private members club and flexible event space in London evoking the curiosity of an avid art collector’s home.

The light and dark of MINUTES IN BLUE, now extended until 12 October! Read more: raphaememon.com/minutesinblue — MINUTES IN BLUE An exhibition of six window installations exploring temporality, wonder, light and transformation. 29 JUL - 12 OCT 2024 Rodić Davidson. London WC1A 2AE — #exhibition #london #blue #britishmuseum #art #design #installation #bloomsbury #holborn #windowdisplay #windowinstallation #circles #pattern #graphicdesign #minutesinblue #sculpture #grimmfairytales #londonreview #londonreviewbookshop #scenography #ldf24 #ldf