Whilst still completing his D.Phil. thesis on Pure Mathematics at Oxford University, Will co-founded the Almeida Theatre in Islington with Pierre Audi and Chris Naylor. At this time he toured extensively with Rowan Atkinson as designer, production and stage manager.

DESIGNS:
Opera: "Don Pasquale" (Britten), "La Traviata" and "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Stowe), "Falstaff", "The Barber of Seville", "Seraglio", "Xerxes" and "The Rape of Lucretia" (BYO), "Carmen", "Suor Angelica", "I Pagliacci", "Faniculla del West" and "Norma" (Holland Park), "Macbeth" and "Tosca" (Iceland Opera).

Theatre: "Under Milk Wood" directed by Anthony Hopkins, "Helping Harry" directed by Nikolas Grace.

Musicals: Howard Goodall's "Days of Hope" (Hampstead), "Girlfriends" (Arts Theatre), "Romance/Romance" (Gielgud), "The Canterville Ghost" Northcott Theatre, "Peter Pan" (Royal Festival Hall)

Comedy: Eddie Izzard's "Definite Article" (tour) and "One Word Improv." (Albery), Derren Brown's "Live at the Palace" (Palace) and "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (Cambridge & tour).

Concerts: "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" (Seville).

Theatre spaces: Sydmonton for Andrew Lloyd Webber; Combe Barn for David & Lady Mary Russell; and both new theatres for the NT Lyttelton Transformation Season.

Theatre consultant: The Soho Theatre and the NT Olivier Environment.

Design co-ordinator: "Phantom of the Opera", "Aspects of Love" and "Oliver!".

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