	Sheringham designed scenery and costumes for ballets, opera and straight theatre including "The Clandestine Marriage", "The Skin Game", "The Lady of the Camellias", "Othello", "Love in a Village", "Derby Day", "The Duenna", and the Stratford Memorial Theatre's opening production of "Twelfth Night", and "Hamlet". In the theatre he worked closely with the actor-manager Nigel Playfair. 