Harold has worked in the professional theatre industry for nearly 40 years.
He joined The Court Theatre as a member of the set construction team. Since 1990, he has been freelancing as a designer, set builder and scenic artist. He has designed extensively for The Court Theatre, and in 2011 designed the inaugural production at The Shed of A Shortcut to Happiness. Other Court Theatre shows include Grease, King of the Gyms, SNAP! You can Always Hand Them Back, Lady Killers, Mary Poppins, Macbeth, Educating Rita, Legally Blonde the Musical, Chicago, Ropeable, Easy Money, Misery, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pink Hammers, Jersey Boys, and Frankenstein.
For Showbiz Christchurch he has designed Hot Shoe Shuffle, The Full Monty, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Wicked, and Come from Away in 2025. He has worked for Wellington Musical Theatre, Downstage and Circa on productions including My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, Black Comedy, and Telling Stories.
He designed the set for the New Zealand premiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, and Matilda for NZ Music Consortiums. He has worked with G&T Productions on Jersey Boys in 2021 and Kinky Boots in 2023.
Harold has also worked in film, television and advertising including working at Weta Workshop.
In 2021 Harold received Sir Roger Hall’s Out of the Limelight Theatre Award.
Court Shows
- 2025 - End of Summer Time - Set & Props Designer
- 2021 - Frankenstein - Set Designer
- 2020 - Jersey Boys - Set Designer
- 2020 - Lysander's Aunty - Set Designer
- 2019 - The Pink Hammer - Set Designer
- 2018 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Set Designer
- 2018 - Stephen King's Misery - Set Designer
- 2018 - Roger Hall's Easy Money - Set Designer
- 2018 - Puff the Magic Dragon - Set Designer
- 2017 - Chicago - Set Designer
- 2017 - Ropable - Set Designer
- 2017 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Set Designer
- 2016 - Legally Blonde the Musical - Set Designer
- 2016 - Educating Rita - Set Designer
- 2016 - Macbeth - Set Designer
- 2016 - Badjelly The Witch - Set Designer
- 2015 - The Ladykillers - Set Designer
- 2015 - Dr Seuss's The Cat in the Hat - Set Designer
- 2014 - You Can Always Hand Them Back - Set Designer
- 2013 - SNAP! - Set Designer
- 2013 - Kings of the Gym - Set Designer
- 2012 - Grease - Set Designer
- 2012 - A Shortcut to Happiness - Set Designer
- 2010 - Glorious - Set Designer
- 2010 - Eros - Set Designer
- 2010 - On the Rocks - Set Designer
- 2009 - Backstage - Set Designer
- 2009 - Four Flat Whites in Italy - Set Designer
- 2007 - Who Wants to be 100? (Anyone Who's 99!) - Set Designer
- 2004 - Three Days of Rain - Set Designer
- 2000 - I Scream - Set Designer
- 2000 - Crumpy - Set Designer