Paula de la Haye, born in Bochum, is a costume and set designer. After completing secondary school, she undertook a voluntary cultural year in the costume department at Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. There, she gained experience working on productions by directors including Michael Thalheimer, Herbert Fritsch, Karin Beier and Karin Henkel. Further work took her to Thalia Theater Hamburg, the Ruhrtriennale and film productions.

She created her first independent costume designs at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, including Miese Deals (directed by Meera Theunert), and at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts with Kaspar Hauser (directed by Carolina Cesconetto). From 2020 to 2023, she worked as an assistant set and costume designer at Münchner Volkstheater, where she designed the costumes for Arche Nova (directed by Noam Brusilovsky), among other productions. Since 2023, she has worked as a freelance costume designer.

Her work also includes artistic collaborations on Stefan Hageneier’s costume designs for In den Gärten oder Lysistrata 2 and Lichtspiel, directed by Christian Stückl. She created her first independent set design for faulender Mond (directed by Simon Friedl). She has an ongoing collaboration with Mathias Spaan, including 8 ½ Millionen, Der zerbrochne Krug and Trauer ist das Ding mit Federn at Münchner Volkstheater. In the 2026/2027 season, she designs the costumes for Der letzte Sommer at Schauspielhaus Bochum.

Current roles: