Max trained at Bristol Old Vic theatre School following a degree in English literature and Theatre Studies at Leeds University, where he first developed and interest in design and puppetry. He was a Leverhulme trust trainee designer at the RSC and a Linbury Prize Finalist. He is Graduate representative for the Society of British Theatre Designers, working to develop tools for Graduate and early year designers. He has been nominated for Best Set Design in the offwestend awards 9 times, and was a nominee for Best Set Design at the UK Theatre Awards in 2015.

Set and Costume Design credits include:

Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, York) 2019
Dir: Joyce Branagh

Henry V (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, York) 2019
Dir: Gemma Fairlie

Chasing Bono (Soho Theatre) 2018/2019
Dir: Gordon Anderson

Julius Caesar: First Encounters (Royal Shakespeare Company Schools Tour) 2018
Dir: Marieke Audsley

Two for the Seesaw (Trafalgar Studios) 2018
Dir: Gary Condes

Teddy (The Watermill Theatre / The Vaults) 2018
Dir: Eleanor Rhode

Three Sisters (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) 2018
Dir: Mike Alfreds

Talk Radio (Old Red Lion) 2017
Dir: Sean Turner

Sleeping Beauty (The Theatre, Chipping Norton) 2017
Dir: John Terry

Tryst (Tabard Theatre) 2017
Dir: Phoebe Barran

The End Of Hope (Soho Theatre) 2017
Dir: Max Elton

Insignificance (Arcola) 2017
Dir: David Mercatali

MA Directors’ Festival (Orange Tree) 2017

Abigail (Bunker Theatre) 2017
Dir: Joshua McTaggart

Luv (Park Theatre) 2016
Dir: Gary Condes

Burning Bridges (Theatre503) 2016
Dir: Sally Knyvette

The Collector (The Vaults) 2016
Dir:Joe Hufton

Cargo (Arcola) 2016
Dir: David Mercatali

Last of the Boys (Southwark Playhouse) 2016
Dir: John Haidar

After Independence (Arcola) 2016
Dir: George Turvey

P’Yongyang (Finborough Theatre) 2016
Dir: Chelsea Walker

No Villain (Old Red Lion/Trafalgar 2) 2015
Dir: Sean Turner

And Then Come The Nightjars (Theatre 503) 2015
Dir: Paul Robinson

Teddy (Southwark Playhouse) 2015
Dir: Eleanor Rhode

Lardo (Old Red Lion) 2015
Dir: Finn Caldwell

Marching on Together (Old Red Lion) 2015
Dir: Joshua McTaggart

Coolatully (Finborough Theatre) 2014
Dir: David Mercatali

Sleight and Hand (Edinburgh Fringe) 2014
Dir: Marieke Audsley

I Can Hear You (The Other Place at the Courtyard, RSC/Royal Court Upstairs) 2014
Dir: Jo McInnes
Part of the RSC Midsummer Mischief Festival

This is Not an Exit (The Other Place at the Courtyard, RSC/Royal Court Upstairs) 2014
Dir: Jo McInnes
Part of the RSC Midsummer Mischief Festival

Count Ory (Blackheath Halls) 2014
Dir: Harry Fehr

Black Jesus (Finborough Theatre) 2013
Dir: David Mercatali

The Duke in Darkness (Tabard Theatre) 2013
Dir: Phoebe Barran
Nominated “Best Set Design” Off West End Awards 2012

Marguerite (Tabard Theatre) 2012
Dir: Guy Unsworth
Nominated “Best Set Design” Off West End Awards 2012

Disco Pigs (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School/Blue Crate Theatre) 2012
Dir: Anna Simpson

The Good Soul of Szechuan (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) 2012
Dir: Patrick Sandford

Macbeth (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) 2012
Dir: John Hartoch

Phaedra’s Love (Ravenrock Theatre/Holbeck Theatre/NSDF Scarborough) 2010
Dir: Ashley Scott-Layton