Lez Brotherston (1961–). British theatre designer

Lez Brotherston trained at Central School of Art and Design and has worked extensively in theatre, opera, musical theatre and dance. One of his earliest successes was the film Letter to Brezhnev. In dance, Brotherston is most closely associated with choreographer Matthew Bourne, for whom he has designed Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Car Man, Play Without Words, Dorian Gray, Lord of the Flies, Edward Scissorhands, Highland Fling, Sleeping Beauty, The Red Shoes, Romeo and Juliet and The Midnight Bell, all for New Adventures, where he is associate artist. Brotherston’s other close association in dance was with Christopher Gable when he was director of Northern Ballet Theatre. There, his designs included Romeo and Juliet, Dracula, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Bröntes and A Christmas Carol. Other dance productions include Les Liaisons Dangereuses for Adam Cooper, The Snow Queen and The Nutcracker for Scottish Ballet, and The Seven Deadly Sins for The Royal Ballet.