CV

Experience

Dresser • Leeds Grand Theatre • 06/18- Current

Dresser/ Crew • The Alhambra Theatre • Bradford • 09/17- Current

Dresser • ‘Mamma Mia! Under the Stars’ UK and International Tour • Harewood House • Leeds • 08/21

Working on a range of UK and international touring productions working across departments wherever needed.

Dresser

Organising costumes for quick changes, assisting in costume changes, deciphering and fabricating ‘plots’, tidying and arranging wardrobe areas, organising and collecting laundry, assisting in maintenance of costumes, confident working with a variety of age groups and performance genres.

Crew

Unloading and assembling scenery, assisting in organizing backstage areas, facilitating touring companies to ensure consistency in all shows, following instructions thoroughly and efficiently, taking responsibility for own role within the team.

Freelance Wardrobe Assistant/Crew • Phoenix Dance Theatre • Leeds • 11/18- Occasional

Assisting with costume maintenance and sewing. Assisting stage management with maintenance of props and scenery as well as assembling scenery and rigging lighting.

Production Crew • The Music Consortium • Latitude Festival • 07/22

Assisting with set-up and load out of festival site, building truss, rigging lighting. Assisting with stage management, artist changeovers and equipment logistics.

Education

Liverpool Institute for Performing Art
BA honors Degree in Theatre and Performance Design


Leeds College of Art
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design


3 A levels, 10 GCSE’s A*- B

Skills

  • Hand and machine sewing
  • Scenic painting, sculpting and model making skills
  • Running wardrobe repairs
  • Working to scale, both hand drawn and within AutoCAD
  • Working to a budget, handling petty cash
  • IT proficient, range of software
  • Keen eye for detail and accuracy
  • Highly organised
  • Excellent time management
  • Creative problem solving, resilience to find solutions under pressure
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Full Clean Driving Licence and own car

Work Experience

Arts Department Assistant • BBC Children’s Department • Manchester Media City • T.V. Prop Making and Set Dressing 10/17
Artists Assistant • ‘Manchester Day Parade’ • Walk the Plank • 06/16
Arts Department Assistant • ‘Modern Life is Rubbish’ • Film • Daniel Jerome Gill (Dir.) • 11/15
Youth Theatre Trainee Wardrobe Assistant • ‘Of Mice and Men’• West Yorkshire Playhouse • 08/14

Within University

Lighting Designer, ‘District 12’, Dance adaptation of ‘The Hunger Games’, Thomas Ashton (Dir.), The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A, 05/17
Set and Costume Designer, ‘Roberto Zucco’, Play, Susan Lynch (Dir.), The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A, 11/16
Lighting Designer, ‘Who’s Afraid of the Working Class’, New play by Luke Barnes, Commissioned and produced by L.I.P.A. Will Hammond (Dir.), Unity Theatre, 03/16
Assistant Lighting Designer, ‘SALIGIA’, Dance collaboration, Andrew Hall (Dir.) , Design by Jack Coleman, The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A, 02/16
Assistant Set Designer, ’13’, Play, Adam Penford (Dir.), Design by George Leigh, The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A, 11/15
Dresser, ‘Westside’, Dance adaptation of ‘West Side Story’, Andrew Hall (Dir.), L.I.P.A. 04/15
Scenic Artist, ‘Hostage 2’, Play, The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A. 04/15
Wardrobe Assistant, ‘Hayfever’, Play, The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A 03/15
Wardrobe Assistant, ‘Strangeness of Others’, Play, The Black-E 03/15
Wardrobe Assistant, ‘Technologize’, Dance collaboration, Andrew Hall (Dir.), The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A 02/15
Scenic Artist and Designer, ‘Hopper’, Installation Design, The Paul McCartney Auditorium, L.I.P.A. 12/14