António Lagarto GOIH is a Portuguese set and costume designer and artist. He lived in London through the seventies and eighties, having graduated at St. Martin’s School of Art (Sculpture) and the Royal College of Art (Environmental Media). He developed his activity between London, Lisbon and Paris. He was Director of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon’s National Theatre) in 2005 and 2006 and Deputy Director (1989–1993). He was Director of (1991–1995).Since 2007 he is in charge of the Department of Set and Costume Design at Lisbon's Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (Theatre and Cinema School).