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NATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DESIGN ASSISTANT
1 year's full time residency at the National Theatre's Max Rayne Design Studio, 2018-2019. Designers assisted include: Hildegard Bechtler, Bunny Christie, Fly Davis, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey, Rachel Hauk, Natasha Jenkins, Rob Jones, Katrina Lindsay, Ian McNeil, Vicki Mortimer, Ralph Myers, Lucy Sierra, Rajha Shakiry, ULTZ, Samuel Wyer
AWARDS
Finalist for the JMK Award with Jocelyn Cox, 2019
Finalist for the inaugural Naomi Wilkinson Award for Stage Design with Told by an Idiot, 2019
DESIGN
The Maladies dir. Diyan Zora, associate dir. Abi Falase, Almeida Theatre Young Company, 2022 (ongoing)
I Stand For What I Stand On dir. Anna Himali Howard, Gloucester Youth Community Action and Strike a Light, 2021 (ongoing)
My Life as a Cowboy dir. Nikhil Vyas, Vaults Festival, 2022 (ongoing)
Penny devised by Maude ensemble, Pleasance London, 2021
The Seagull dir. Kristine Landon-Smith, Oxford School of Drama, 2021
Let the Right One In (costume design), dir. Matt Hassall, Lamda, 2021
I Don't Know Why I'm Crying devised by Maude ensemble for Theatre Delicatessen's Pandemic in the City, 2021
Do You Love Me Yet? created by Jocelyn Cox & Samuel E. Taylor, in association with Bristol Old Vic and Oxford Playhouse, 2020, and at Theatr Clwyd, 2021
The Importance of Being Earnest dir. Neil Bartlett, RADA, 2020
In My Lungs the Ocean Swells dir. Tash Hyman, Vaults Festival, 2020
If Not Now, When dir. Elayce Ismail, National Theatre: Dorfman, 2019
Spring Opera Scenes dir. Stephen Barlow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 2019
Before I Was a Bear dir. Aneesha Srinivasan, Bunker Theatre, 2019
i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) dir. Helen Morley, Bunker Theatre, 2019
Time of Listening R&D dir. Rebecca Hanbury, Snape Maltings, 2018
La bohème dir. Harry Fehr, Clonter Opera, 2018
Stop Giving Me Grief dir. Gemima Hull
From the Forest Festival, 2018
Masti Maja dir. Ajay & Tanvi Punatar, Sansaar Co., 2018
Gaps dir. Matt Strachan, Katzpace, 2018
FCUK'D dir. Niall Ransome, Bunker Theatre, 2017
The Death of Ivan Ilyich dir. Jonathan Humphreys
Merton Arts Space, 2017
Semele dir. Martin Constantine
Richard Burton Theatre & Mid Wales Opera Tour, 2017
Spring Awakening dir. Megan McGeough, SOAS, 2017
The cosmonaut's last message to the woman
he once loved in the former Soviet Union (set design)
dir. Simon Reeves, Bute Theatre, 2016
Road (set design) dir. Marilyn le Conte, Bute Theatre, 2016
Just Add Water (puppet designer & maker) dir. Emma Williams
site specific: Prague Quadrennial & RWCMD, 2015
ASSOCIATE DESIGN
For Rebecca Wood:
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Back into the World dir. Rebecca Hanbury, English Touring Opera, 2021
For Natasha Jenkins:
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Let the Right One In (set design) dir. Matt Hassall, Lamda, 2021
For Amy Cook:
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You Stupid Darkness! dir. James Grieve, Southwark Playhouse transfer, 2020
DRAMATURGY & DESIGN CONSULTANCY
Dreamsick why this sky, Camden People's Theatre, 2021 (ongoing)
work.txt created by Nathan Ellis, Vault festival, 2020
The Maple Tree dir. Elayce Ismail, City London Sinfonia tour to community spaces, 2020 (postpomed)
ASSISTANT WORK
Assistant at Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley, June-October 2020
For Rosie Elnile:
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Run Sister Run dir. Charlotte Bennett, Sheffield Studio, 2020
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The Wolves dir. Ellen McDougal, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2018
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Abandon dir. Anne-Louise Sarks & Laura Lomas, Lyric Hammersmith, 2018
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Goats dir. Hamish Pirrie, Royal Court, 2017
For Rajha Shakiry:
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seven methods of killing kylie jenner dir. Milli Bhatia, Royal Court: Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, 2019
For Fly Davis:
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La bohème dir. Max Webster, Göteborg Opera, 2020
For Gabriella Slade:
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The Importance of Being Earnest dir. Alastair Whatley, The Original Theatre Company tour, 2017
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Cinderella dir. Dominic Hill, Citizens Theatre, 2017
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Loot dir. Michael Fentiman, Park Theatre & Watermill Theatre, 2017
For Sophie Jump
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The Twelfth Player dir. Susanne Thomas, site specific: Sixfields Stadium, Northampton, 2017
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Gauhar Jaan dir. Mukul Ahmed, Omnibus Theatre, 2018
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Gauhar Jaan R&D dir. Mukul Ahmed, Brady Arts Centre, 2017
Design Assistant:
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Wolf's Child des. Mydd Pharo, dir. Bill Mitchell, WildWorks Company, site specific: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, 2015
Puppet Renderer:
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Ar Waith, Ar Daith Walk the Plank, site specific: Wales Millennium Centre, 2015
At RWCMD:
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En Folkefiende des. Beth Oppenheim, dir. Andrew Wyhment, Caird Studio, 2016
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Blue des. Anke Lambrechts, dir. Jude Christian, Bute Theatre & The Gate, 2016
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Conspiracy des. Anke Lambrechts & Katie Hawken, Richard Burton Theatre & The Gate, 2016
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Macbeth des. Jacob Lucy, dir. Caroline Byrne, Chapter Arts Centre, 2015
CONTACT
EXHIBITIONS
Staging Places at the Prague Quadrennial and V&A: Semele showcased as part of the Society of British Theatre Designers' digital exhibition representing UK performance design from 2015-2019
FACILITATION
Regular deviser and leader of design workshops for the National Theatre and the Almeida Theatre
Designer and maker of creative stimuli for the Almeida Theatre's "Unmute All" schools project, 2021
Design facilitator of Summer Wellbeing Project for young people with artsdepot, 2021
Deviser and leader of a bespoke design workshop for Blue Elephant ReACT youth theatre, 2021
Leader of workshops in set, costume and lighting design for KS2
Clonter Opera, 2017-2021
WRITING
"Book Review: Scenography by Simon Donger" Blue Pages, Society of British Theatre Designers Journal, issue 2 18. Read here
"Donmar on Design", Blue Pages, Society of British Theatre Designers Journal, issue 2 17. Read here
"Semele: Themes of Oppression and Escape Through Design", RWCMD blog. Read here
TRAINING
Design for Performance BA (Hons): First Class
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2014-2017
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Distinction
Falmouth University, 2013-2014
Costume skills training, National Youth Theatre, 2013
CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERING WITH THE FELIX PROJECT