From Thought to Space: Designing for the Stage with TK Hay

How does an idea become a stage environment? 

Led by TK Hay, from the NYUAD Theater Program’s fall production, Symposium of Love, this workshop introduces the creative process behind contemporary stage design, from research and concept development to the creation of three-dimensional theatrical spaces. Through professional case studies, practical insights, and a hands-on model-making exercise, participants will explore how designers transform ideas into spatial experiences. No prior experience in theater, stage design, or model making is required. 

The workshop is suitable for participants aged 18 years and older, with an interest in design, creativity, and visual storytelling.

TK Hay (Set Designer)

TK is an award-winning Singaporean theater designer based in London.

Theater includes Scenes from a Repatriation (Royal Court), Pea and The Princess (Polka), The Jungle Book (Theatre by the Lake), My Father’s Fable (Bush), Little Shop of Horrors (Octagon Bolton, Ipswich New Wolsey, Theatre by the Lake, Hull Truck), Mayflies (York Royal), We Will Be Who We Are (Vault Festival), Beginning (Royal Exchange), The Making of a Monster (Wales Millenium Centre), Constellations (Stephen Joseph), The Apology, Tsunagu/Connect (New Earth), An Adventure (Octagon Bolton), Brenda’s Got a Baby (New Diorama), The Serangoon Gardens Techno Party of 1993, G*d is a Woman (Wild Rice), Mosaic (Esplanade), Re:Assembly, Assembly (Drama Box), The Good, The Bad and The Sholay (Checkpoint), Karius and Baktus (Norwegian Cultural Centre)

Opera includes Iphigénie en Tauride, Alcina (The Opera People)

Awards include the Arts Foundation Futures Awards for Theatre (2025), The Stage Debut Awards for Best Designer (2022), the Linbury Prize for Stage Design (2019), and the Singapore National Arts Council Scholarship (2016).