professional experience

education  

    academic

 

 

2008

Black Comedy director Orla O'Laughlin, The Watermill Theatre

Tightrope consultant for Cirque Bijou, Theatre Is and GLYPT

Woyzeck, director Adrian Jackson, Cardboard Citizens Theatre Company, New Southwark Playhouse London

2007

Alaska director Maria Aberg, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs

2006

TIimon of Athens director Adrian Jackson, Royal Shakespeare Company and Cardboard Citizens Theatre Company 

The Complete Works Festival, Stratford, International Festival Belfast

2005              

The Fever, director Joe Hill-Gibbins, The Young Vic at The Latchmere, at Home and at Hospital, London.

2004              

Richard III, director Xavier Leret, KAOS Theatre National Tour.

Woyzeck, director Adrian Jackson Cardboard Citizens Theatre Company, Riverside Studios, London.

Storm 2, director Ben Harrison, consultation for The Generating Company, London.

2003            

Pericles, director Adrian Jackson, Royal Shakespeare Company and Cardboard Citizens.

Great Expectations, director Emily Gray, Unicorn Theatre National tour.

The Foundling,  director Guy Retallack, Intrepid Theatre.

David Copperfield, director Ivan Cutting, Eastern Angles Theatre National tour.

2002             

Great Expectations, director Emily Gray, Unicorn Theatre and tour.

Variety, director Ben Harrison Grid Iron, Edinburgh International Festival.

Caledonian Road,  director Ben Harrison, The Almeida Theatre site specific.

Epsom Downs,  director Daniel Buckroyd, The Nuffield Theatre.

2001            

Life with an Idiot, director Ben Harrison, The Gate Theatre, London and National Theatre Studio, (Jerwood Young Designers Award).

The Whizz Kid, director Ben Harrison, The Almeida Theatre, London.

Bills New Frock, director Daniel Buckroyd, The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. 

Ghost Ward, director Ben Harrison, The Almeida Theatre, London, site specific production, St. Andrew's  Hospital Bow (disused).

Mincemeat, director Adrian Jackson, Cardboard Citizens Theatre Companysite specific production, The Jam Factory  London (derelict).

2000 

Into Our Dreams, director Ben Harrison, The Almeida Theatre, London. A devised and site specific production at Shoreditch Town Hall (disused) as resident artist sponsored by Year of the Artist. 

The Body of a Woman, director Alison Sinclair, The Young Vic Studio. 

The Ghost Downstairs and Bill’s New Frock, director Daniel Buckroyd, The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and tour

Margaret Catchpole, director Ivan Cutting, Eastern Angles Theatre and tour. 

Philistines, director Euan Smith, RADA, The Bloomsbury Theatre, London. 

Hiawatha, director Alasdair Ramsey, The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke. 

Winner takes all, director Sam Walters, The Orange Tree Theatre, London.

1999

Designs for Skylight and A Warning to the Curious chosen to represent Great Britain at the 1999 Prague Quadrennial Exhibition.

Death and the Maiden, director Euan Smith, Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, director Colin Blumeau, Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds and National Tour.

La Maison Suspendue, director Lynn Gagliano, Tabard Theatre, London.

A Midsummer Nights Dream, director Euan Smith, Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

More Talking Heads, director Euan Smith, Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

The Norman Conquests, director Andrew Manley, Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.

1998

Skylight, director Euan Smith, Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

A Warning to the Curious, director Ben Harrison, Eastern Angles Theatre Company.

Othello, director Colin Blumenau, Bury St. Edmunds Theatre Royal and Tour.

Loot, director Nick Stimpson, Theatre Royal, Plymouth.

Flying, director Ade Morris, Watermill Theatre Young Company.

Talking Heads, director Euan Smith, Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

1997

A Taste of Honey, director Danial Buckroyd, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.

Telling Tales, director Danial Buckroyd, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, director Andy Graham, Snap Theatre, touring.

The Wuffings, director Ivan Cutting, Eastern Angles Theatre Company.
A site specific project based on the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo.

The Thickness of Skin, director Caroline Smith, Wolsey Theatre Studio.

Woof!, director Neal Foster, The Birmingham Stage Company, National Tour.

1996

Bored and Lodging, director Adrian
Jackson, London Bubble Theatre Company. 

The Pirates of Pin Mill, director Ivan Cutting, Eastern Angles Theatre Company. 

Five Children and It, director Andy Graham, Snap Theatre Company. 

A Chorus of Disapproval, director Antony Tuckey, Wolsey Theatre.

Fields, written and directed by Ivan Cutting, Eastern Angles Theatre Company.

1995

Associate Designer: (Arts Council Bursary) Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. 

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, director Caroline Smith.  

The Railway Children, costumes, director Antony Tuckey.

Summer Lightning (P. G. Wodehouse), costumes, director Antony Tuckey. 

Happy Families, director Caroline Smith. 

plus Freelance 

David Copperfield, (mid Scale Tour), director Ivan Cutting, Eastern Angles Theatre Company.

Olive’s List, (community tour), director Jeremy James, Snap Theatre Company. 

The Name of The Game, director Andrew Breakwell, Wolsey Theatre T.I.E. Co. 

1994

Tattoo, director Michael Cabot, London Classic Theatre Company in association with The Goethe Institute at The New Grove Theatre. 

Romeo and Juliet, director John Retallack, Oxford Stage Company assistant to Julian McGowan. 

1993 

Judgement Day, director Michael Cabot, London Classic Theatre Company, Chelsea Centre Theatre.

1991-1994

Hampstead Theatre: Production assistant.

education

 

1989-1990

The Welsh College of Music and Drama - awarded Peter Shuffley Prize.   Advanced Certificate Course in Theatre Design and Technical Theatre.

1986-1989

The University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.   B.A.Honours Degree Theatre Studies 2.1

 

 

academic

University of the Arts, London, Central St. Martin’s College, Senior Lecturer, Performance Design and Practice

Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design - BA (Honours) Performance Design and Practice

Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design - Fred Meller

London College of Fashion, Visiting Lecturer, Theatre Design

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Design Supervisor.

Wimbledon School of Art, Visiting Lecturer, Theatre Design.

The University of Canterbury, Kent, Visiting Lecturer, Theatre Design, History of  Scenography.