Tal Shacham is a Berlin-based set and costume designer with over 20 years of experience across theatre, opera, dance, film, and visual art. Born in Tel Aviv, she studied Industrial Design at Vital University in Tel Aviv before starting her career in production design for Israeli film and television.

In 2001, Shacham moved to Berlin to complete her Master’s degree in Stage and Costume Design at the Technische Universität Berlin. She subsequently worked as an assistant to opera director set and costume designer Nigel Lowery before establishing her freelance practice in 2004.

Shacham has established long-standing collaborations with prominent directors and choreographers, including Constanza Macras, Itay Tiran, Yael Ronen, Christoph Winkler, Thierry Bruehl, Sebastian Grüner, Ilan Ronen, and Laura Scozzi. Her work has been presented at renowned venues such as the Schaubühne, HAU – Hebbel am Ufer, Gorki Theater, and Sophiensæle in Berlin; the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv; Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse; as well as Wuppertaler Bühnen, Theater Magdeburg, Staatstheater Nürnberg, and Volkstheater Wien.

Alongside her artistic practice, Shacham possesses extensive expertise in project and production management, spatial planning, and the execution of complex cultural and exhibition projects. Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams of architects, designers, artists, technicians, craftspeople, and production partners, she manages projects from initial concept through to final installation. This technical, organizational, and spatial precision directly informs her scenographic approach, grounding her artistic vision in practical rigor.

Recent projects include set and costume design for Saar Magal’s Sakrileg at Theater Essen (April 2025), and costume and prop master design for artist Yael Bartana’s The Bird, a 19-minute single channel video and sound installation presented at the Jewish Museum Berlin (August 2026).

Shacham’s work explores the spatial and conceptual dialogue between environment, costume, object, and performance, creating scenographic contexts that seamlessly weave visual language with dramaturgy.