Miriam Buether is an award-winning stage designer working internationally in theatre, opera and dance. Originally from Berlin, she trained in theatre design at Central Saint Martin’s, London. Recent work includes The Hunger Games (Troubadour Theatre), Inter Alia and Land of the Living (National Theatre), Kyoto (Royal Shakespeare Company, West End, NY), Stranger Things: The First Shadow (West End and Broadway), Prima Facie (West End and Broadway), Patriots (Almeida, West End and Broadway), Spring Awakening (Almeida), The 47th (Old Vic), To Kill a Mockingbird (Broadway, West End), The Jungle (Young Vic, West End, New York), Akram Khan’s The Jungle Book and Caryl Churchill’s What If If Only (Royal Court). Her opera work includes Festen, Aida, Boris Godunov, Anna Nicole and Suor Angelica (Royal Opera House) and The Dead City and Turandot (English National Opera). Her recent awards include the 2025 Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and 2024 Olivier Award for Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
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