TK is a UK-based Singaporean theatre designer whose designs simultaneously comfort and disturb.
The primary impetus behind TK’s work is sociopolitical and influenced by the civil and political climate of his country of origin. TK’s approach to design is informed by the geographical, social, and cultural contexts of each theatrical work, through which he aims to ensure the relevance and legibility of his designs across every genre of performance.
TK has designed for various theatres across the UK and in Singapore, including the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre, York Theatre Royal, Theatre by the Lake, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Bush Theatre, Wild Rice, and the Esplanade.
In addition to design work, TK has delivered workshops to young people at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre and the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. He was also a mentee on the inaugural iteration of Projekt Empower, a mentorship programme for migrant theatre-makers in the UK.
TK won Best Designer at the Stage Debut Awards in 2022 and the Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 2019 for his work on An Adventure at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. He trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and was a recipient of the Singapore National Arts Council Scholarship in 2016.
TK is currently designing for Scenes from a Repatriation at the Royal Court Theatre, opening in April 2025, and The PEA and the Princess at the Polka Theatre, opening in February 2025.