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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

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 AWARDS 

Finalist for the JMK Award with Jocelyn Cox, 2019

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Finalist for the inaugural Naomi Wilkinson Award for Stage Design with Told by an Idiot, 2019 

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 DESIGN 

The Maladies dir. Diyan Zora, associate dir. Abi Falase, Almeida Theatre, 2021 (ongoing)

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The Seagull dir. Kristine Landon-Smith, Oxford School of Drama, 2021 (ongoing)

I Don't Know Why I'm Crying devised by Maude ensemble for Theatre Delicatessen's Pandemic in the City, 2021 (ongoing)

Penny devised by Maude ensemble, 2021 (ongoing)

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Let the Right One In (costume design), dir. Matt Hassall, Lamda, 2021

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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

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The Importance of Being Earnest dir. Neil Bartlett, RADA, 2020

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In My Lungs the Ocean Swells dir. Tash Hyman, Vaults Festival, 2020

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If Not Now, When dir. Elayce Ismail, National Theatre: Dorfman, 2019

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Spring Opera Scenes dir. Stephen Barlow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 2019

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Before I Was a Bear dir. Aneesha Srinivasan, Bunker Theatre, 2019

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i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) dir. Helen Morley, Bunker Theatre, 2019

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Time of Listening R&D dir. Rebecca Hanbury, Snape Maltings, 2018

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La bohème dir. Harry Fehr, Clonter Opera, 2018

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Stop Giving Me Grief dir. Gemima Hull

From the Forest Festival, 2018

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Masti Maja dir. Ajay & Tanvi Punatar, Sansaar Co., 2018
 

Gaps dir. Matt Strachan, Katzpace, 2018

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FCUK'D dir. Niall Ransome, Bunker Theatre, 2017

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich dir. Jonathan Humphreys

Merton Arts Space, 2017

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Semele dir. Martin Constantine

Richard Burton Theatre & Mid Wales Opera Tour, 2017

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Spring Awakening dir. Megan McGeough, SOAS, 2017

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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

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Just Add Water (puppet designer & maker) dir. Emma Williams

site specific: Prague Quadrennial & RWCMD, 2015

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 ASSOCIATE DESIGN

For Rebecca Wood:

• Back in the World dir. Rebecca Hanbury, English Touring Opera, 2021 (ongoing)

For Natasha Jenkins:

• Let the Right One In (set design) dir. Matt Hassall, Lamda, 2021 

For Amy Cook:

• You Stupid Darkness! dir. James Grieve, Southwark Playhouse transfer, 2020​

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 DRAMATURGY & DESIGN CONSULTANCY

work.txt created by Nathan Ellis, Vault festival, 2020

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The Maple Tree dir. Elayce Ismail, City London Sinfonia tour to community spaces, 2020

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 ASSISTANT WORK 

Assistant at Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley, June-October 2020

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For Rosie Elnile:

• Run Sister Run dir. Charlotte Bennett, Sheffield Studio, 2020

• The Wolves dir. Ellen McDougal, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2018

• Abandon dir. Anne-Louise Sarks & Laura Lomas, Lyric Hammersmith, 2018

• Goats dir. Hamish Pirrie, Royal Court, 2017

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For Rajha Shakiry:

• seven methods of killing kylie jenner dir. Milli Bhatia, Royal Court: Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, 2019​

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For Fly Davis:

• La bohème dir. Max Webster, Göteborg Opera, 2020

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For Gabriella Slade:

• The Importance of Being Earnest  dir. Alastair Whatley, The Original Theatre Company tour, 2017 

• Cinderella dir. Dominic Hill, Citizens Theatre, 2017

• Loot dir. Michael Fentiman, Park Theatre & Watermill Theatre, 2017

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For Sophie Jump

• The Twelfth Player dir. Susanne Thomas, site specific: Sixfields Stadium, Northampton, 2017

• Gauhar Jaan dir. Mukul Ahmed, Omnibus Theatre, 2018

• Gauhar Jaan R&D dir. Mukul Ahmed, Brady Arts Centre, 2017

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Design Assistant:

• Wolf's Child des. Mydd Pharo, dir. Bill Mitchell, WildWorks Company, site specific: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, 2015

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Puppet Renderer:

• Ar Waith, Ar Daith Walk the Plank, site specific: Wales Millennium Centre, 2015

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At RWCMD:

• En Folkefiende des. Beth Oppenheim, dir. Andrew Wyhment, Caird Studio, 2016

• Blue des. Anke Lambrechts, dir. Jude Christian, Bute Theatre & The Gate, 2016

• Conspiracy des. Anke Lambrechts & Katie Hawken, Richard Burton Theatre & The Gate, 2016

• Macbeth des. Jacob Lucy, dir. Caroline Byrne, Chapter Arts Centre, 2015

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CONTACT

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 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

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 PARTICIPATION 

Regular deviser and leader of workshops for the National Theatre for young people aged 11-21

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Designer and maker of creative stimuli for the Almeida Theatre's "Unmute All" schools project, 2021

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Design facilitator of Summer Wellbeing Project for young people with Artsdepot, 2021 (ongoing)

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Leader of workshops in set, costume and lighting design for KS2

Clonter Opera, 2017-2021

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 WRITING 

"Book Review: Scenography by Simon Donger" Blue Pages, Society of British Theatre Designers Journal, issue 2 18. Read here

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"Donmar on Design", Blue Pages, Society of British Theatre Designers Journal, issue 2 17. Read here

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"Semele: Themes of Oppression and Escape Through Design", RWCMD blog. Read here

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 TRAINING 

Design for Performance BA (Hons): First Class

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2014-2017

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Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Distinction

Falmouth University, 2013-2014

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Costume skills training, National Youth Theatre, 2013

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 CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERING WITH THE FELIX PROJECT