About
Pai Rathaya (ไผ่ รัถยา) is a Thai theatre designer based in Dublin and Bangkok who has worked as a set and costume designer. Her work spans theatre, opera, musical, and dance. Rathaya graduated with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Dramatic Arts from Chulalongkorn University. In 2018, she moved to Dublin to study MFA stage design at the Lir Academy and graduated with distinction.
Recent works; designs such as Letters of a country postman at Everyman theatre, Baby weather at Roscommon arts center, Laramie Project,Twelfth Night and Our Town at the Lir Academy, Parcel from America at Smock Alley, Volcano by Attic Project at the Nun’s Island Theatre, Privilege: the musical! at Mermaid arts centre. Rough weekend at Project arts center. Assistant design works with Landmark Productions and Rough Magic.
Pai is part of the SEEDS Apprentices program 2021, Rough Magic. Also, she won Irish Times Theatre awards, best set design for Volcano by Attic Project, along side Alyson Cummins.