Damien Stanton

Damien is a London based designer for Performance, Events, Installations and Experiences. He trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. 

Damien was the Set Designer on BRAINIAC LIVE at the Marylebone Theatre, which won the 2025 Olivier Award for Best Family Show. He was also Set Designer for JAMIE ALLAN'S AMAZE (Criterion Theatre West End, New World Stages Off-Broadway), which was nominated for Unique Theatrical Experience at the 2026 Drama Desk awards, and won the Outstanding Puppetry Award. 

Other recent design credits include; BURY THE HATCHET (Southwark Playhouse); CRUSH (Pleasance); LINUS KARP WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA (Underbelly) TELL ME STRAIGHT (Park), AGGY (Park), THE LARAMIE PROJECT and ONCE UPON A TIME IN KEY WEST (Rose Bruford), AMELIE (ArtsEd), INVASIVE SPECIES (King's Head), BORDERS OF PARADISE and CONCORD FLORAL (LAMDA), MACHINAL (Mountview), THE ACTS (Barbican Centre), WONDERLAND IN ALICE (Octagon Theatre), HAMSTRUNG (Omnibus Theatre), STEPHEN MULHERN: BEYOND BELIEF (UK Tour), BRAINIAC LIVE (Dubai Opera House), PADDINGTON™ LOCOMOTION (Blenheim Palace), PETER RABBIT™ EASTER ADVENTURE (Covent Garden, VAULT Festival 2023), PETER RABBIT™ GARDEN ADVENTURE (Blenheim Palace).

Associate design credits include; THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (Copenhagen Opera Festival, Sadlers Wells & The Czech National Theatre), LISBON FLOOR (Copenhagen Opera Festival)

Damien is the recipient of the Stage Award for Innovation in Theatre alongside receiving a place on The Stage 100 for his work co-founding and running the Theatre Support Fund+ during the COVID-19 Pandemic and their ‘The Show Must Go On!’ campaign which raised over £1Million for those facing financial hardship in the industry.

Damien is passionate about raising awareness for Neurodiverse artists and creatives working and living with Neurodisabilities in our industry and their extraordinary work