Hilary

Set and Costume Designer for Theatre and Film

TRAINING

(First Class) BA (Hons) Theatre Design Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff (2003-2006)

BTEC Foundation Course in Art and Design Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa (2002- 2003)

ACHIEVEMENTS

The RWCMD John C. Reilly Memorial Prize for Design

CURRENT POSITION Resident Designer/Stage manager at Trent College, Nottingham

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Set Designer 'Crazy For You' London Palladium. Eyebrow Productions/Showtime Challange Dir. Katherine Hare (Currently in Pre-production)

Set and Co-Costume Designer 'Tenderland' Upstairs at the Gatehouse/Arcola Theatre. Mad Cow Productions/Grimeborn Dir. Katherine Hare

Set and Costume Designer 'Oohrah' Finborough Theatre. Grey Light Productions Dir. Georgina Guy

Set and Prop Designer 'The Merchant of Venice' Greenwich Playhouse. Galleon Theatre Company Dir. Bruce Jamieson

Production Designer 'American Voices' Greenwich Playhouse. Grey Light Productions, in association with Metropolitan Playhouse NYC Dir. Georgina Guy

Production/ Props/ Designer’s Assistant 'I’ll be the Devil'/ 'Days of Significance' Tricycle Theatre. Royal Shakespeare Company. Des. Lizzie Clachan

Set and Costume Designer 'Charlie’s Aunt' Heartbreak Productions. National Outdoor Tour. Dir. John Terry

Production Designer 'The Pirates of Penzance' Pontardawe Arts Centre. West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company. Dir. Kevin Matherick

Set Designer 'Hedda Gabler' Greenwich Playhouse. Galleon Theatre Company. Dir. Bruce Jamieson

Set and Costume Designer ‘Uncle Barry’ Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell. Grey Light Productions. Dir. Georgina Guy

Set Designer ‘Duck Variations’ Regent’s Park Theatre Studio/King’s Head Theatre Dir. Sarah Norman

Set Designer 'Opera Cabaret' Arcola Theatre, Grimeborn Season. Dir. Emma Rivlin

Production Designer ‘Odessey ‘66’ Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company. Director: David Lloyd Jones

Set and Costume Designer ‘BANK’ King’s Head Theatre, Islington. Grey Light Productions. Dir. Georgina Guy

Set and Costume Designer ‘The Secret of Belonging’ Part of the ‘Incubator Project’ for the Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre. Antic Corporation; Dir. Mike Waters

Set and Costume Designer 'Gull' Toured Grand Theatre Depot, Swansea and Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Antic Corporation; Dir. Mike Waters

Installation / Prop Assistant ‘Masque of the Red Death’ Battersea Arts Centre. Punchdrunk. Dir. Felix Barrett

Design Assistant ‘Skellig’ Various Touring Venues, West Sussex Youth Theatre Company. Director: Elizabeth Freestone Designer: Tom Scutt

Costume Assistant 'Bink and the Riddle of the Sphinx' Sratford-upon-Avon Civic Hall and various touring venues. People's Theatre Company; Dir. Stephan Lee

Design Assistant ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Amazing Grace’. Grand Theatre, Swansea. Wales Theatre Company. Dir. Michael Bogdanov Des. Sean Crowley

WORK AT TRENT COLLEGE

'Honk!' May Hall Theatre Dir. Dan Brown

'Day in the Death' Melton Studio Dir. Nikki DuGuay

Designer/Stage Manager 'A Handbag' Drama One Studio/Steven Joseph Theatre, Scarborough National Theatre New Connections project Dir. Dan Brown

Designer/Stage Manager 'The Bench' May Hall Dir. Dan Brown

Designer/Stage Manager 'The Birthday Party' The Melton Studio Dir. David Dunford

FILM WORK

Set Design and Construction 'The Number Cruncher' Short Film for London Film Academy.

Art Director ‘Tell Me What To Do’ Short Film for London Film Academy. Dir. Ji Sung Lee

Art Director ‘Monkey Boy’, ‘Swingers’, ‘The Comedown’, ‘The Innocent’, ‘The Man in the Road’ Short films for Central School of Speech and Drama. Dir. George Milton

'Cock of the North', 'Cool', 'All Mod Cons', 'Mixed Doubles', 'Prang' Short films for Central School of Speech and Drama. Dir. George Milton

Production Designer 'Portobello 196', Short Film in association with the London Film Academy. Dir. Diana Buzzo

DEGREE WORK

Set Designer 'Company' RWCMD Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Dir. David Newman

Set and Costume Designer 'In Flame' RWCMD Caird Studio, Cardiff Dir. Natalie Wilson

Designer, maker, wardrobe mistress, performer, puppeteer ‘The Secret!’ RWCMD Bute Park, Cardiff Dir. Amy Rose

Design and construction team, puppeteer ‘Alice in Wonderland' RWCMD Bute Park Dir. Eric MacLennon

ALTERNATIVE WORK

Box Office, F.O.H, Technical assistant Paradise Green Promotions, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2004

Co-Designer and decorator of Nightclub Re-fit Chemistry Night Club, Cheltenham 2002

Technical assistant Opera Box ‘Die Fledermouse’, Arundel Castle / Carnglaze Caverns Opera Box 'Madame Butterfly', Ashdown Park

Cannizaro Park Open Air Theatre Festival, Wimbledon

THEATRE IN EDUCATION

Workshop on Art and Design skills Antic Youth Theatre Summer School, Gorseinon 2006

Workshop on Preliminary Design and Stage Management skills Cwmtawe Comprehensive School, Pontardawe 2004

Pontardulais Comprehensive School, Pontardulais 2004

Workshops on Lantern Design and Construction Gorseinon Council’s Community and Primary Schools. Gorseinon, 2006

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