John Napier (designer)

John Napier
Born	1 March 1944 London
Nationality	UK
Education	Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Known for	set designer & costume designer
Awards	Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design; Tony Award; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

John Napier (born 1 March 1944) is a set designer for Broadway and London theatrical performances.

Education

John Napier was born in London. He studied at Hornsey College of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, studying under notable set designer Ralph Koltai.

Napier earned a position as an Associate Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has designed for the National Theatre, notably the production of Peter Shaffer's Equus, Trelawny of the Wells, An Enemy of the People and Candide. John Napier has also designed for the Royal Opera House, for Glyndebourne, for the English National Opera and others. He designed Children of Eden, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Jesus Christ Superstar in London's West End. He reworked his original designs for Equus (2007 London production).

In the United States, in addition to numerous Broadway productions, he designed and co-directed the show for illusionists Siegfried & Roy at The Mirage, Las Vegas. He also designed the Captain EO video starring Michael Jackson for Disney and the Steven Spielberg film Hook.

Napier's design awards include the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for King Lear, Lohengrin, and Burning Blue. Napier has won Tony Awards for Nicholas Nickleby, Cats, Starlight Express, Les Misérables and Sunset Boulevard.

He won the 1987 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for Starlight Express and Les Misérables and has twice won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for Cats in 1983 and Starlight Express in 1987. He has won The Critics' Circle Award for set design and twice for the, first in 1989 for Miss Saigon and again in 1997 for Peter Pan.

Napier is a member of the American Academy of Achievement. He was elected Royal Designer for Industry in 1996 and is an Honorary Fellow of the London Institute.

Napier married Caroline McGee in June 2014.^[1]

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design (1976–2000)

Florence Klotz (1976) Theoni V. Aldredge (1977) Florence Klotz (1978) Patricia Zipprodt (1979) Pierre Balmain (1980) Theoni V. Aldredge/Patricia McGourty (1981) William Ivey Long (1982) John Napier (1983) Theoni V. Aldredge (1984) Alexander Reid (1985) Lindsay W. Davis (1986) John Napier (1987) Maria Björnson (1988) William Ivey Long (1989) Santo Loquasto (1990) Patricia Zipprodt (1991) William Ivey Long (1992) Florence Klotz (1993) Howard Crabtree (1994) Florence Klotz (1995) Roger Kirk (1996) Howard Crabtree (1997) Julie Taymor (1998) Lez Brotherston (1999) Martin Pakledinaz (2000)

Complete list (1969–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design (1976–2000)

Boris Aronson (1976) Santo Loquasto (1977) Robin Wagner (1978) John Wulp (1979) John Lee Beatty (1980) John Lee Beatty (1981) Robin Wagner (1982) Ming Cho Lee (1983) Tony Straiges (1984) Heidi Ettinger (1985) Tony Walton (1986) John Napier (1987) Maria Björnson (1988) Santo Loquasto (1989) Robin Wagner (1990) Heidi Ettinger (1991) Tony Walton (1992) John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington (1993) Ian MacNeil (1994) Eugene Lee (1995) Scott Bradley, play/Brian Thomson, musical (1996) David Gallo and Jan Hartley, play/Christina Poddubiuk, James Noone, and Robin Phillips, musical (1997) The Quay Brothers, play/Richard Hudson, musical (1998) Richard Hoover, play/Lez Brotherston, musical (1999) David Gallo, play/Robin Wagner, musical (2000)

Complete list (1969–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design (1976–1990)

Farrah (1976) John Napier (1977) Ralph Koltai (1978) William Dudley (1979) John Napier and Dermot Hayes (1980) Carl Toms (1981) John Gunter (1982) Ralph Koltai (1983) John Gunter (1984) William Dudley (1985) William Dudley (1986) Lucio Fanti (1987) Richard Hudson (1988) Bob Crowley (1989/1990)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design (1991–2000)

Mark Thompson (1991) Mark Thompson (1992) Ian MacNeil (1993) Mark Thompson (1994) Stephen Brimson Lewis (1995) John Napier (1996) Tim Hatley (1997) Tim Goodchild (1998) Anthony Ward (1999) Rob Howell (2000)

Complete list (1976–1990) (1991–2000) (2001–2025)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design (1976–2004)

Florence Klotz (1976) Theoni V. Aldredge / Santo Loquasto (1977) Edward Gorey (1978) Franne Lee (1979) Theoni V. Aldredge (1980) Willa Kim (1981) William Ivey Long (1982) John Napier (1983) Theoni V. Aldredge (1984) Florence Klotz (1985) Patricia Zipprodt (1986) John Napier (1987) Maria Björnson (1988) Claudio Segovia and Héctor Orezzoli (1989) Santo Loquasto (1990) Willa Kim (1991) William Ivey Long (1992) Florence Klotz (1993) Ann Hould-Ward (1994) Florence Klotz (1995) Roger Kirk (1996) Judith Dolan (1997) Julie Taymor (1998) Lez Brotherston (1999) Martin Pakledinaz (2000) William Ivey Long (2001) Martin Pakledinaz (2002) William Ivey Long (2003) Susan Hilferty (2004)

Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2004) (2005-present (Play)) (2005-present (Musical))

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (1976–2000)

Boris Aronson (1976) David Mitchell (1977) Robin Wagner (1978) Eugene Lee (1979) John Lee Beatty (1980) John Bury (1981) John Napier and Dermot Hayes (1982) Ming Cho Lee (1983) Tony Straiges (1984) Heidi Landesman (1985) Tony Walton (1986) John Napier (1987) Maria Björnson (1988) Santo Loquasto (1989) Robin Wagner (1990) Heidi Landesman (1991) Richard Walton (1992) John Arnone (1993) Bob Crowley (1994) John Napier (1995) Brian Thomson (1996) Stewart Laing (1997) Richard Hudson (1998) Richard Hoover (1999) Bob Crowley (2000)

Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2004) (2005-present (Play)) (2005-present (Musical))

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