Hayley Grindle

Hayley grew up in the Forest of Dean where her love for navigating large unknown spaces began. Graduating from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Hayley has continued to design productions across the UK and abroad. She is a specialist in championing access within stage design. Hayley is Associate artist with the Sherman Cymru. 

Recent Theatre credits include: How To Win Against History (Bristol Old Vic); Animal Farm (Leeds Playhouse/Stratford East Co-Production in Association with Nottingham Playhouse); Princess Essex (Shakespeare’s Globe); Romeo and Julie (National Theatre/Sherman Cymru); Constellations (Theatr Clwyd); Iphigenia in Splott (Lyric Hammersmith); Macbeth (Leeds Playhouse); Frankenstein (Imitating The Dog/Leeds Playhouse); The Boy with Two Hearts (Wales Millennium Centre/National Theatre); Unbelievable (West End/The Mercury Theatre); Oliver (Leeds Playhouse/Ramps On The Moon/UK Tour); A Christmas Carol (Hull Truck); Iphigenia in Splott (Sherman Cymru/Edinburgh/National Theatre/59E59 New York); Romeo and Juliet, Road, Hamlet (West Yorkshire Playhouse); A Christmas Carol, Tales of Brothers Grimm, Alice in Wonderland, The Borrowers (Sherman Cymru); As You Like It (Queens Theatre Hornchurch/National Theatre); Blood Harmony (Thick Skin); Wonderman (Gagglebabble/National Theatre of Wales/Wales Millennium Centre); Made in Dagenham (Queens Theatre Hornchurch/New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); The Tale of Mr Tumble (Manchester International Festival); Little Sure Shot (Bath Theatre Royal/West Yorkshire Playhouse/UK Tour); Caucasian Chalk Circle , Britian’s Best Recruiting Officer (Unicorn Theatre); Arabian Nights, the Ugly Duckling, But First This, All My Sons, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Of Mice and Men, Treasure Island, Wind in the Willows (Watermill Theatre); A Taste of Honey (Hull Truck/Derby Theatre); Wanted!, Robin Hood, Arabian Nights (Manchester Library Theatre).

Awards:  Animal Farm was Olivier nominated for Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre 2025.  Hayley was recipient of the Paul Kimpton Prize for Innovation - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Iphigenia in Splott has won multiple awards, including the 2015 UK Theatre award for Best New Play and the 2015 James Tait Black Prize for Drama. Hayley was named as a ‘Stage Sensation to watch out for’ in 2023 by The Guardian.