Yimei Zhao

Designer

Yimei is a set and costume designer based in London. She graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a first class in Design for Performance. She was one of the 2023 Linbury Prize winners, and she was a resident design assistant at the National Theatre Design Studio in 2024.

Theatre as a Designer includes: Porn Play (Royal Court); THE HEAT (Sadler’s Wells/The Lowry/ South East Dance); The Society For New Cuisine (Omnibus); Before After (Southwark Playhouse); Dare You Say Please (King’s Head Theatre).

Theatre as Associate Designer includes: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Young Vic); The Hot Wing King (National Theatre); King Troll (New Diorama).

Film as a Designer includes: Men Without Women.

www.yimeizhao.com