Experience
Wardrobe Assistant • I Should Be So Lucky The Musical • UK and Ireland Tour • 01/2024- 05/2024
Wardrobe Deputy • Titanic the Musical • China Tour • 09/2023- 11/2023
Wardrobe Assistant • Titanic the Musical • UK and International Tour • 03/2023- 09/2023
Wardrobe Deputy • Crossroads Live • Jack and the Beanstalk • The Alhambra Theatre • Bradford 11/2022- 01/2022
Casual Technical Crew • Leeds Playhouse • 02/2022- Occasional
Freelance Wardrobe Assistant/Crew • Phoenix Dance Theatre • Leeds • 11/18- Occasional
Production Crew • The Music Consortium • Latitude Festival • 07/22
Dresser • Leeds Grand Theatre • 06/18- 12/23
Dresser/ Crew • The Alhambra Theatre • Bradford • 09/17- 05/22
Dresser • ‘Mamma Mia! Under the Stars’ UK and International Tour • Harewood House • Leeds • 08/21
Responsibilities
- Deputising Head of Wardrobe
- Keeping track of and conducting costume repairs
- Compiling and following dressing plots
- Instructing and managing dressers and in house crew
- Packing and organising costumes
- Setting up and organising quick change areas
- Laundering and ironing costumes
- Sourcing costume items
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
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, A* in Art and Design
10 GCSE’s A*- B
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