Sandra Falase

Awards

2018 Recipient of Design Bursary awarded by MGC Futures, in conjunction with the Gate Theatre

Nominations

2023 - nominated for Best Set Design OFFIE for Sucker Punch at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch

2021 - J’OUVERT nominated for Best Production Play at the Black British Theatre Awards, Designed by Sandra Falase in collaboration with Chloe Lamford


Sandra is a set and costume designer based in the UK. Their formal training took place at the University for the Creative Arts.

As well as working in theatre, Sandra has worked on films and also various exhibitions for the ICA, Tate and Afropunk 2018.


Passion Fruit - New Diorama Theatre
Over two explosive, unfiltered hours, Passion Fruit covers an impressive amount of ground; questions of race, class, sexuality, homophobia, masculinity and domestic and gang violence are all on the menu. The action unravels against the backdrop of Sandra Falase’s versatile design. A grey and white grid contains hidden cubbyholes that convey different spaces when lit – Romeo’s bedroom is reminiscent of the noughties, complete with pink lava lamp and magazine cut-outs of Rhianna and Beyoncé.
— ★★★ - The Stage
J’OUVERT - Harold Pinter Theatre
The set, by Sandra Falase in collaboration with Chloe Lamford, pitches a tilted concrete disc, steel scaffold, traffic cones and street signs against showers of glitter, paradisiacal plumage and lurid carnival masks. It’s grubby and glorious – but there’s a thread of danger and tension throughout, like a trail of gunpowder that could at any moment ignite.
— ★★★★ - London Theatre
This is Black - Bunker Theatre
Clean unfussy design by Sandra Falase provides a focusing space for Amoroso.
— Theatre Va - Va - Voom
J’OUVERT - Theatre 503
Sandra Falase’s flag-adorned set and sensational costumes bring the Notting Hill Carnival to vibrant life, with each of the women bringing her own interpretation to her outfit for the day.
— Theatre Things

Gallery


2023

Production

Company

What I Hear I Keep Fairfield Halls, Dir. Phillip J Morris
Brassic FM The Gate Theatre London, Dir. Stef O Driscoll
Sucker Punch Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Dir. Nathan Powell

2022

Production

Company

Emilia LAMDA, Dir. Ameera Conrad
Passion Fruit New Diorama, Dir. Melina Namdar
The Mountaintop Chipping Norton Theatre. Dir. John Terry
The Tempest Shakespeare's Globe. Dir. Sean Holmes, Des. Paul Wills, Associate Des. Sandra Falase
Hyde & Seek Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dir. Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu

2021

Production

Company

The Long Song Chichester Festival Theatre, Dir. Charlotte Gwinner, Lighting Des. Mark Doubleday, Hair, Wig and Make Up Des. Susanna Peretz, Associate Des. Sandra Falase
Family Tree Greenwich & Docklands International Festival Dir. Matthew Xia
J'OUVERT Harold Pinter Theatre, Dir. Rebekah Murrell, Lighting Des. Simi Majekodunmi, Des. Sandra Falase in collaboration with Chloe Lamford
Living Newspaper Royal Court Theatre, Designed in collaboration with Shankho Chaudhuri, Debbie Duru, Cara Evans, Sandra Falase, Zoë Hurwitz & Chloe Lamford

2020

Production

Company

Romeo and Juliet Orange Tree Theatre, Dir. Nathan Crossan-Smith
Chicken Burger 'n' Chips Brockley Jack Theatre, Dir. Kwame Asiedu
I am not Kanye West Bunker Theatre, Dir. Abigail Sewell
Living Newspaper Royal Court Theatre, Designed in collaboration with Shankho Chaudhuri, Debbie Duru, Cara Evans, Sandra Falase, Zoë Hurwitz & Chloe Lamford

2019

Production

Company

J'OUVERT Theatre 503, Dir. Rebekah Murrell Lighting Des. Simi Majekodunmi
Signs (Short Film) BFI, Dir. Yero Timi-Biu
This is Black Festival Bunker Theatre, Dir. Abraham Adeyemi, Macadie Amoroso, Chantelle Alle & Melissa Saint , Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo
Brain in Gear (Comedy Pilot) BBC, Dir. Gbemisola Ikumelo & Fergal Costello