dr meg cunningham
Meg is a designer, researcher and teacher.
Meg’s design work includes a wide range of environmental experiences seen in collaborative theatre, spatial installation and themed entertainment.
Originally from California, she holds a Bachelors of Architecture from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (in California) and an MFA in Scenic Design from Carnegie Mellon.
Before moving to London, Meg was the Senior Art Director for Wyatt Design Group, a themed entertinment design company in Los Angeles, where she worked on multiple projects and attractions, including AMC’s The Walking Dead Attraction at Universal Studios, Hollywod and Justice League: Battle for Metropolis, a 4D interactive ride for Six Flags parks.
As part of her practice-based PhD at University of Surrey (completed 2022), Meg designed environments for several immersive theatre productions/festivals in England, including The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival and Boomtown Fair. One of her other design projects, the immersive-interactive show The Church of the Sturdy Virgin with Dank Parish collective, took over the entire Waterloo Unit 9 tunnels at London’s VAULT Festival in 2018 and included design of many interconnected environments.
Meg has been a Lecturer of Scenography at Middlesex University, London since 2020. She is also the programme leader for BA (Hons) Theatre, and served as the programme leader for MA Arts Management. She has been privileged to supervise 2 PhD by Public Works candidates to completion in 2025.
Both Meg’s practice and research explores how architectural and scenographic design helps tell the story of an immersive world.
contact:
m.cunningham@mdx.ac.uk
m.cunningham@mdx.ac.uk