Tom Scutt

Scutt was born in Epsom in Surrey, England in 1983.^[9] His father, an English and drama teacher,^[10] frequently took Scutt to productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company,^[9] a company Scutt later worked with on The Merchant of Venice.^[11] He attended The Chase School in Malvern, Worcestershire.^[12] Scutt graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2006, with a first-class degree in theatre design.^[9][1]

Scutt has worked on productions including King Charles III, Constellations, Fantastic Mr Fox,^[13] Jesus Christ Superstar, Cabaret,^[14] Fiddler on the Roof and Into the Woods, where his set design was described as "exquisitely conceived".^[15][16] For Cabaret, at both the Playhouse Theatre and the August Wilson Theatre, Scutt's immersive set design included a special side entrance for the audience to enter through, symbolising the "descent into the cabaret".^[10][17][18] He also designed the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony.^[19]

As of January 2026,^[update] he is set to design the London revival of Sunday in the Park with George starring Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande, scheduled to run at the Barbican Centre in the summer of 2027.^[20][21]

Scutt has received the Jocelyn Herbert Award for Stage Design and the Linbury Prize for Stage Design, which he went on to judge eight years later.^[1][9][22] Scutt has also been appointed as an Associate Artist of the Donmar Warehouse.^[23]

As of 2016,^[update] Scutt lives in East London.^[31] Scutt identifies as queer.^[2]