Profile
Emma Ford for Propworks
Led by Lizzie Frankl and Emma Banwell, Propworks is a team of experienced artisans and stylists who make and source props for theatre and live events. Their work has been seen across the UK and internationally.
Credits for the Donmar include:Next to Normal (Wyndham's).
Theatre credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar (West End, various/ Barbican/UK tours/US tours); 1536 (Ambassadors); Teeth 'N' Smiles (Duke of York's); The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Theatre Royal Haymarket); The Last Ship (World tour); Cirque du Soleil's Alizé (Berlin); The Importance of Being Earnest (Noël Coward); Clarkston (Trafalgar Studios); Disney's Hercules (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Fiddler on the Roof (Barbican/UK tour); Mrs Warren's Profession (Garrick); The Comedy About Spies (Noël Coward); Derren Brown's Only Human (UK tour); The Devil Wears Prada (Dominion); The Duchess of Malfi (Trafalgar Studios); 2:22 A Ghost Story (West End, various); Macbeth (Harold Pinter); Death of England: The Plays (@sohoplace); 101 Dalmatians: The Musical (Eventim Apollo/UK tour); Cirque du Soleil's Songblazers (US tour); Sister Act: The Musical (Dominion/Australia tour); Player Kings (Noël Coward); The Hunt (New York); Evita (Leicester Curve); Disney's Aladdin (Prince Edward/ UK tour); Pretty Woman: The Musical (West End, various/UK tour/Zurich/ Australia tour); Sinatra the Musical (Birmingham Rep); Derren Brown's Unbelievable (Criterion); Disney's Aida (Netherlands); Ain't Too Proud (Prince Edward); Oklahoma! (Wyndham's); West Side Story (World tour); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK tour); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Duke of York's /UK tour); Grease: The Musical (Dominion); Hamlet; Oresteia (New York); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The London Palladium/UK tour); Get Up, Stand Up! (Lyric); Singin' in the Rain (Sadler's Wells/Moscow/ Tokyo); plus various productions at Almeida Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, The Old Vic, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and the National Theatre.
Other credits include: Lily Allen's West End Girl (World tour); Harry Potter – A Forbidden Forest Experience (UK; Belgium; USA); BRIT Awards (2018– 2026, Live Broadcast); Robbie Williams' The Heavy Entertainment Show (World tour); Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Tour (Europe); Monty Python Live (O2 Arena).