Jon is a multi-award winning set and costume designer working across theatre, opera and dance. He studied at the Central School of Art and Design, London.
Recent credits as Costume Designer: Manon Lescaut (Cologne Opera); Sinatra The Musical (Birmingham Rep); La bohème (Glyndebourne); La Juive (Geneva); Anything Goes (Barbican and UK tour); Top Hat (Olivier Award Best Costume Design, Aldwych Theatre, UK tour, Japan tour); His Dark Materials (National Theatre); Un ballo in maschera (Den Norske Opera, Royal Danish Theatre); Jenůfa (ENO, Santa Fe Opera); Katya Kabanova (Liceu Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera); Peter Grimes (Oper Frankfurt); Partenope (ENO, San Francisco Opera, Opera Australia, Madrid); La finta giardiniera (Santa Fe Opera); Tannhauser (ROH, Chicago); Richard III (Almeida Theatre); Fearful Symmetries (San Francisco Ballet).
As Set and Costume Designer: Opera Double Bill: Smyth’s Der Wald & Respighi’s Lucrezia (Guildhall); Manon Lescaut (Teatro Real); Gotta Dance!, Cinderella (Royal Danish Ballet); Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Undine (Oper Graz Ballet); Blixen, The Queen of Spades, Cinderella (Royal Danish Ballet); Georgiana world premiere (Buxton International Festival); Otello (Teatro Real, Opera Cologne, Washington National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Madrid, ENO); Maometto II (Canadian Opera Company, Santa Fe Opera); Tipping Point (Joffrey Ballet).
2022 – Olivier Award for Best Costumes Production for Anything Goes at The Barbican
2022 – Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival for Anything Goes at The Barbican, for which Jon designed the Costumes
2021 – Broadway World UK Awards – shortlisted for Best Costumes for Anything Goes at The Barbican
Last updated: 4th January 2024