Cinderella Man: Tom Pye on designing sets for Covent Garden

Tom Pye with the Cinderella Palace set at the ROH Production Workshop in Thurrock, January 2023

The Cinderella Palace set constructed at the ROH Production Workshop in Thurrock, January 2023

Tom Pye’s set for ENO’s Akhnaten

By Jonathan Gray, 13 March 2023

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Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray was born in Wales and studied at The Royal Ballet School, Leicester Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art. He was a member of the curatorial department of The Theatre Museum, London, from 1989 until 2005, and was editor of Dancing Times from 2008 until its closure in 2022.

Cinderella man: Tom Pye on designing sets for Covent Garden