Lee Newby

Set and Costume Designer for Theatre & Film. AV checks and general enquires contact [email protected]

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

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[Bill Kenwright Ltd @BKL_Productions]

🎶🎪📣Roll up, roll up and take a look at this exclusive first-look footage from the UK & Ireland tour of Barnum, starring Lee Mead📣🎪🎶

[Bill Kenwright Ltd @BKL_Productions]

Take a look at Barnum, starring Lee Mead, currently on tour! The production featuring over 20 actor-musicians performing on 150 instruments, alongside acrobats and international circus acts.

[Bill Kenwright Ltd @BKL_Productions]

See what our audiences have to say about the new UK & Ireland tour of Barnum! Make sure you don't miss out on seeing the amazing @leemeadofficial lead our multi-talented performers in this spectacle of a musical.

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

"Lee Newby’s set looks somewhere between a vintage proscenium arch and circus tent, decorated in gold and muted red, white and blue....In fact, this tour has been up-scaled perfectly, from Newby’s expanded composite design to Panter’s non-stop circus ensemble."

[The Stage @TheStage]

★★★★ Review: Barnum – Pitch-perfect up-scaling of the Watermill’s glorious revival @TheatreRoyalBTN 👇 https://t.co/ZsHzwwPm33

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“Costumes, inventively designed by Lee Newby.”

[@LondonTheatre1 🦄 @LondonTheatre1]

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Barnum (2026 tour) – @TheatreRoyalBTN
"Very highly recommended! If you cannot get to Brighton, it is on an extensive tour and a “must see”!"
@johngro26162901
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[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“The production’s greatest triumph, however, lies in its evocation of the circus itself. Lee Newby’s vibrant set design, combined with aerial work and acrobatics, creates a vivid atmosphere of wonder. Visually and physically, the show dazzles.”

[British TheatreGuide @BritTheatreGuid]

Theatre review: Barnum: The Circus Musical from Bill Kenwright Ltd and the Watermill Theatre at @grandoperayork https://t.co/qG7bY9uj0c

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“One of the biggest strengths of the production, aside from its vocalists and circus performers, is Lee Newby’s stage design, with a beautiful theatre backdrop and some very elegant costume designs bringing plenty of welcome visual variety.”

[Always Time for Theatre @AlwaysTFTheatre]

NEW REVIEW: Barnum is at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York until February 28th!
#Theatre #Barnum #YorkTheatre #MusicalTheatre

https://t.co/6gCk9ApNtI

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

@therecsuk 💨 🪞 💰

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“Plaudits, also, to set and costume designer Lee Newby. He is equally adept at serving the obvious circus tropes, albeit with a slightly weathered, honest feel – and then blink, and Newby is subverting it, satirising it. It is a design high-wire act, and he never falters.”

[The Recs @therecsuk]

"The production is exceptional. Actor-musicians playing 150 instruments, including one gleaming white sousaphone – the score doesn’t get sexier than this. Musically, this Barnum is thrilling. And vibrant."

Read The Recs' review of Barnum currently playing at the York Grand Opera House: https://t.co/Sw9tlST5ir

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“Lee Newby’s design is perfect, and really sets the scene of 1800s America. It’s circus but with that vintage edge; the slightly muted colours and lamplit haze. Costumes are tip-top too – from Lind’s opulent frocks to a troupe of stylised sad Pierrots.”

[Wizard Walk of York @wizardwalkyork]

Last night we went to see Barnum The Circus Musical at @grandoperayork

The Greatest Show? Find out in the full review at https://t.co/WzsbPgmqeg

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[The Reviews Hub @TheReviewsHub]

#THEATRE #REVIEW Barnum @grandoperayork "colourful, energetic and brimming with effort" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://t.co/cPlSPSzBEX #York

[LOVEtheatre @LOVEtheatrecom]

I'M SORRY, PRIME MINISTER is now playing at the Apollo Theatre!

Brimming with razor-sharp wit, nostalgic brilliance, and more doublespeak than a press briefing, this is political comedy at its most timeless - and timely.

Tickets starting at £18 here >>> https://t.co/seOrWWPky9

[BroadwayWorld UK @BroadwayWorldUK]

Check out all new photos from the UK and Ireland tour of Barnum!
https://t.co/Hfs9KlXJL1

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“The set and costumes designed by Lee are another strength of this production. The spacious living room and disability aids add to the luxuriously comfortable retirement of Hacker and the contrast of suits and pyjamas throughout highlights the frailty of the characters well.”

[Emmie | Theatre&Tonic 🎭🍹 @theatreandtonic]

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister at Apollo Theatre ★★★★★ " a beautiful swan song and a bittersweet farewell to two of Britain’s most enduring satirical creations" https://t.co/fXkyoEPQzS

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

"The set, at first glance, looks almost too basic for the Apollo’s scale. But it rewards your attention, with shelves stacked with political books, framed photographs winking knowingly at long-term fans, and there are small visual jokes tucked into corners"

[All That Dazzles @ATDazzles]

Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey reunite for one last wry battle with modernity in 'I'm Sorry, Prime Minister' at the Apollo Theatre.
Read @HarryBower_’s ⭐️⭐⭐ review.
https://t.co/bG4pBEj2Z2

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“Instead, it feels like the theatre has temporarily shape-shifted into a big top, complete with glittering peril and gasps from the stalls. The set design by Lee Newby works beautifully within the Palace, with the staging almost seeming to mirror the grand old theatre onstage.”

[WhatsOnStage @WhatsOnStage]

Barnum with Lee Mead on tour – review https://t.co/GvC6aYdo5w

[Lee Newby @LeeNewbyDesign]

“The transfer to the Apollo Theatre allows the set to expand into something grander, yet it still captures the faded prestige of what these men once represented. The grandeur is tinged with melancholy, a reminder of both their past importance and their present irrelevance.”

[Theatre Weekly @theatre_weekly]

#Review: I’m Sorry, Prime Minister at the Apollo Theatre

"As a finale to a much loved series, I’m Sorry, Prime Minister feels entirely fitting"

Read More>> https://t.co/YeRgKh9Jch

[Nimax Theatres @NimaxTheatres]

Your first look at I'M SORRY, PRIME MINISTER on the Apollo Theatre stage 👀

Brimming with nostalgic brilliance, Jonathan Lynn's long-awaited final chapter of Yes, Minister is now playing in the heart of London’s West End.

🎟️ https://t.co/z4OXSwoy9T

📸 Johan Persson