Skills
- Costume Supervision
- Costume Buying and Sourcing
- Costume Construction and Pattern-Drafting
- Competent with hand and machine sewing and construction
- Costume Breakdown and Dyeing
-Millinery in varied materials and historical periods
- Costume fittings for actors of varied body make-ups
- Full understanding of costume production processes
- Strong knowledge of historical and contemporary dress and theatre history
Experience:
June – September 2022
Dresser
Anything Goes
Barbican
Dressing principal artists on a large-scale West End musical. Returning for the 2022 Barbican run. Working with a new wardrobe and dresser team, with dressing adjustments to fit the new touring set-up of the production.
April – June 2022
Costume Supervisor
The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs
Soho Theatre / Damsel Productions
Taking the designs from conception to reality. Working alongside the designer, ensuring great levels of communication, a shared vision and healthy collaborative working practices throughout. A varied cast, so a strong understanding of costuming varied bodies and sensitive costuming practices were vital. Role included sourcing and altering costumes accordingly, organising and running fittings, budget management and creation of Costume Bible paperwork.
January – April 2022
Dresser
La Bohème, Cunning Little Vixen, Così Fan Tutte, The Handmaid’s Tale
English National Opera
Working on large-scale productions, dressing various performers such as permanent chorus members, children and circus performers and adapting to fit their personal dressing needs and working practices. Dealing with any costume issues and ensuring they go on stage looking as needed.
November 2021 - January 2022
Dresser
The Prince of Egypt
Dominion Theatre
Principal dresser on an existing large-scale West End musical, with a very large cast and company of over 154. Joined with a short handover. Fast learning and empathetic approach to slotting in to an existing show, costume track and understanding interpersonal dynamics was imperative. Carrying out costume track, quick-changes and ensuring upkeep of costumes. Dealt with the costumes in preparation and during the filming of the production for future distribution, ensuring costumes were up to standard for filming (e.g. for close-up camera shots). Adapting to cut shows due to illnesses and Covid-based absences.
July - October 2021
Dresser
Anything Goes
Barbican Theatre
Dressing principal artists on a large-scale West End musical. Looking after the artists, their costuming needs and the costumes themselves. Creating a dresser plot for my costume track, including carrying out quick-changes. Ensuring that costumes are looking as they should, being worn as intended and dealing with any maintenance issues and cleaning needs. Maintaining an extremely good eye for detail, great teamwork and friendly disposition.
December 2020
Wardrobe Assistant
Sleeping Beauty (Christmas Pantomime)
Elgiva Theatre, Chesham
Managing all aspects of costuming throughout the rehearsals and performances.
November - December 2020
Customer Service Advisor
The White Company
Working within the contact centre, dealing with customer orders, issues and queries.
January 2020-March 2020
Dresser
Carmen, Luisa Miller, Madam Butterfly and The Marriage of Figaro
English National Opera.
Working within a large-scale production, dressing performers and managing costume needs. Ensuring performers go on stage with costumes meeting requirements. Upkeeping necessary paperwork such as costume breakdowns, dresser plots and giving daily dresser notes. Dealing with any costume issues, costume alterations and costume maintenance.
November 2019-January 2020
Wardrobe/Assistant Stage Manager
Puss in Boots (Christmas Pantomime)
The Theatre, Chipping Norton.
Managing the costumes through the performance run of 96 performances. In charge of costume maintenance, laundry and ironing, aiding actors with quick-changes, as well as working backstage as ASM, working the fly system, costume and prop pre-setting, and prop, flats and set piece management and movement.
April-July 2019
Costume and Production Associate
Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play with Music (international touring production)
Directed and Designed by Pamela Howard, Produced by Theaturtle, Toronto.
Acting as Assistant Costume Supervisor and ASM during the rehearsals and prior to touring, as well as assisting the scenographer. During rehearsals and tour, was the sole carer of the costumes, in charge of running wardrobe. Duties included costume sourcing, alterations, creating the costume and running-wardrobe bible, fittings, costume maintenance and laundry, breaking-down and aging costumes, dressing and quick-changes, pre-setting costumes prior to each show, production get-in and strikes in each location, assisted in running rehearsals, in charge of backstage activities, overseeing prop and set action during performances.
September 2018 - March 2019
Exhibition assistant research volunteer
Theatre and Performance Department, Victoria and Albert Museum
July 2018-August 2018
Costume archive volunteer
V&A Archives, Blythe House
April 2018
Volunteer
Researched and created labels for an exhibition in the Coliseum foyer,
celebrating 50 years
English National Opera
April-May 2017
Costume Supervisor
Devon Gothic (short film) by Alice Evans
Directed by Alice Evans
February-April 2017
1930’s Lingerie Interpreter and Milliner
Nine Till Six by Aimée Stuart and Philip Stuart
Directed by Ken Robertson
Arts University Bournemouth production, Pavillion Dance South West
January - February 2017
Costume Supervisor
Shining - Immersive devised production, based on Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’
Directed by David Glass
Arts University Bournemouth production, The Chine Hotel, Bournemouth
September – November 2016
Assistant Costume Supervisor/Buyer
The Ash Girl by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Kirstie Davis
Arts University Bournemouth production, AUB Studio Theatre
September 2016
Work Experience at the costume department.
BBC Father Brown
March-May 2016
Assistant Supervisor/Buyer
Jambusters – 1940’s flash-mob event at the AUB courtyard
Arts University Bournemouth
September – December 2015
Costume interpreter
Jacobean DC Comics Robin costume
Bedlam – Photoshoot and Video
Arts University Bournemouth
June 2015
Costume Supervisor
Somewhere in Macedonia (short film)
Directed by Alice Evans
Education
2017-March 2019
MA History of Design
Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal College of Art
Theatre and Performance Pathway
Dissertation title - 'Shakespeare's Wardrobe: Ghosting at the Globe'
2014-2017
BA (Hons) Costume and Performance Design
Arts University Bournemouth
Specialising in Costume Supervision
2013-2014
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Arts University Bournemouth
Costume Pathway
Exhibitions:
February 2019
Making Design History Accessible', MA Graduate Exhibition
Exhibited samples of construction techniques of 16th and 17th Century stays
Dyson Gsllery, Royal College of Art
May 2018
Exhibited quick-change trousers I created based on object research of Percy Honri’s quick-change costume, held at the V&A Archives at Blythe House
‘Interactive Objects’ (Peer Exhibition) – Stevens Gallery, Royal College of Art
May 2017
‘Reflect’ and ‘Destinations’, Graduate Exhibitions
Arts University Bournemouth and Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
Additional Skills
-Hold a full UK Driving License
-First-aid trained
-Competent with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Publisher
References available upon request