QUALIFICATIONS
BA (Hons) Design for Performance 2:1, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD), Cardiff, 2014 - 17
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (UAL) Distinction, Hereford College of Arts, 2013 - 14
(joint winner of the foundation award 2014 sponsored by the Elmley Foundation)
A-Levels Art + Design (Fine Art) A*, Geography B, Maths B, Hereford Sixth Form College, 2013
puppet designer / maker, puppeteer
The Colossal Critter by PoCo Creations
walkabout puppetry performances at:
Pete the Monkey Festival, Normandy, July 2017
Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire, July 2017
Festival No. 6, Portmeirion, September 2017
Greenman Festival, Crickhowell, August 2018
Botany + Other Stories, Hay-On-Wye, September + October 2018
Above + Beyond Children's Festival, Plymouth + Plympton, October 2018
workshop assistant + parade steward
Roath Lantern Parade, 2016
painter Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire, 2016
puppeteer Creatures of the Ancient World
walkabout puppetry performance
Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire, 2016
puppeteer Deep Sea Diver
walkabout puppetry performance
Greenman Festival, Crickhowell, 2015
scenic artist + set dresser Pop-up performance
Kington Youth Theatre, outdoor site specific promenade performance, Gladestry, 2015
puppet + prop maker My Apple Dumpling Girl
dir. Jess MacKenzie, About Face Theatre Company, 2014
architectural assistant surveying and CAD,
Warren Benbow Architects, 2007 - 2015
RWCMD PRODUCTIONS
set + costume designer Spooky Action at a Distance
dir. Elayce Ismail, Burton Theatre, Cardiff and
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill. Part of NEW: 2017
puppet + set designer / maker, puppeteer
Shelley and the Ratman dir. Emma Williams, site specific promenade performance at Castell Coch, Cardiff, 2016
design assistant + scenic artist Madness in Valencia
dir. Adele Thomas, Caird Studio, Cardiff, 2016
design assistant + scenic artist Macbeth
dir. Caroline Byrne, Chapter Arts, Cardiff, 2015
puppet designer / maker, puppeteer Just Add Water
dir. Emma Williams, Bute Theatre, Cardiff and Prague Quadrennial, 2015
WORK PLACEMENTS
puppet maker Dinosaur World
Max Humphries, 2016
puppet maker Babe the Sheep-Pig
Pickled Image, 2016
puppet + costume maker Ar Waith Ar Daith
Walk the Plank, Wales Millennium Centre, 2015
CURRENT + PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL WORK
installation designer/maker Cogs + Gears Bicycle, BikeLights Festival, Wadebridge + Bodmin, September - October 2019
decor assistant Lost Village Festival
Cloud 9 Decor, August 2019
decor assistant Kendal Calling Festival
Cloud 9 Decor, July 2019
decor The Sunken Yard
Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire, March 2019 - Present
installation designer / maker Moons
Cloud 9 Decor, Lost Village Festival, January 2019 - Present
design consultant 2021 : A Cornish Space Odyssey, The Narwhale Ensemble, Plymouth, June 2019 - Present
set + costume designer / maker 2,000 Stories
Beyond Face CIC, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Exeter Phoenix April - June 2019
model maker / design consultant CITIZEN, Theatre Royal Plymouth People's Company, Theatre Royal Plymouth, April 2019
prop maker Botanical Flowers
Botany + Other Stories, Hay-On-Wye, December 2018 - September 2019
puppet designer / maker Forest Witch
Hansel and Gretel, Paddle Boat Theatre Company, Exeter, December 2018
assistant puppet maker Don Quixote
des. Toby Olie, London, September 2018
set + costume designer / maker The Elves + The Shoemaker, Above Bounds Theatre Collective, Plymouth,
August - October 2018
decor assistant Lost Village Festival
Cloud 9 Decor, August 2018
decor assistant Kendal Calling Festival
Cloud 9 Decor, July 2018
puppet designer / maker, puppeteer Fishsko
by PoCo Creations, June - July 2018
walkabout puppetry performances at;
Nozstock Festival, Herefordshire, July 2018
Plymouth Festival of Light, November 2018
Arts by the Sea Festival, Bournemouth, September 2019
set + costume designer / maker A-Tissue A-Tissue
Above Bounds Theatre Collective, Plymouth,
May - June 2018
art department assistant My Beautiful Circus
des. Takis, Giffords Circus, April - May 2018
interior concept designer Bump & Run simulator golf venue, April 2018
prop maker Donkey Headdress
A Midsummer Night's Dream, des. Michael Pavelka, Royal College of Music, London, February 2018
design assistant The Bear
des. Zoe Squire, Pins & Needles Productions
November - December 2017
assistant puppet maker Giant Snowy Owl
des. Jessica Jones, Bakehouse Factory, Bristol
November 2017
architectural model maker
Warren Benbow Architects, October 2017 - Present
mural painter Left Bank, Hereford,
September 2017 - Present
SKILLS
full clean uk driving licence, van owner, public liability insurance
set construction, bench / power / hand tools, scenic art, signage, puppet construction, clay sculpting, pattern making, renoflexing, hand sewing, knitting, industrial / domestic sewing machine, dyeing, distressing, dressing, sourcing, fittings, alterations, maintenance, budgeting, model making, prop making, soldering
AutoCAD, Google Sketch-up, Photoshop
REFERENCES
Sean Crowley
Head of Design at RWCMD
Lucy Hall
Lecturer at RWCMD
Elayce Ismail
Director