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Mata Hari

Mata Hari

Obsessed with the sartorial, I've had a strong interest in fashion from a very early age.

working with costume, provides me with a wide diversity, both historically and inventively and combines my interests in

literature, character, live performance, film, TV and visual image.

The Yellow Wallpaper at The Royal Festival Hall.

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The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper at The Royal Festival Hall

The Yellow Wallpaper at The Royal Festival Hall 

The Yellow Wallpaper at The Royal Festival Hall

The Yellow Wallpaper at The Royal Festival Hall.

Costume Design

Costume Supervisor / Stylist

Film. TV and commercial.

Jinx (S/F) Costume Stylist / Standby (Production Design)

A Short Film made for the Straight 8 Competition. Written and directed by Gillian Harker.
Selected in the Top 25 and due to be screened at
the BFI, Covid intervened, and it received an online screening instead.

Costume Stylist/Supervisor & Standby 

HomeAway Host Campaign - 

Hotwire Global Communications Agency, with Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen. Directed by Gulliver Moore.

If: Girlfriend Deluxe (S/F) - Costume Stylist

Written and directed by Steve Moss. Winner of Homespun Yarns, Short Film Competition 2018.

Mission to the Sun - Costume Designer
Thoroughly Modern Media. Documentary for Nat Geo Channel. Directed by Dan Smith

Costumes for 19th Century Astronomer and Industrialist Richard Carrington. 

The Fall (S/F) - Costume Stylist / Standby (Production Designer)
Short Film. Produced and directed by Marcus Yau and screened at the Brighton Fringe Festival

Ulysses Road (F/F) - Costume Designer (Production Designer)
Fenris Films. 
Feature Film, directed Lars Harold Gathe. Winner of the Reelheart International Film Festival, Best Feature Film category.

The Fairy Who Stole Eyes (S/F) -  Costume Designer 
Blowfish Entertainment Ltd. 
Winner of the Gold Award for Best Short Film, WorldFest Huston. Directed by Shakher Bassi.

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Theatre/performance. Site specific - in-house - festival - cabaret - promenade - touring.

For Rosa Productions:
A Carnival of History: Leed's Castle 
Costume Coordinator
Celebrating 900 years of the Castle's history. Site specific live event.

Greenham Common Cold War ExperienceCostume Supervisor. 
A re-enactment of events at the Airbase set in the 1980s. Directed by Jeremy James

The Activists - Costume Supervisor (Costume Designer for Eleanor Marx)
Pen to Print Awards. 
Playwright competition staged at The Broadway Theatre, Barking. Lucy Kaufman. 

Sourcing, hiring & breaking down costumes for 4 plays: Shotgunned, The Hit women of Highbury, The Niqab and Eleanor Marx.

Jam Tomorrow - Costume Designer 
GLYPT. 
A site-specific play written by Darren Rapier for The Fellowship Project, to celebrate the reopening of the Fellowship Inn, Bellingham.

Directed by Jeremy James. Set in 1968, over a period of several weeks, I used authentic vintage clothing when possible. Costumes for 49 actors, playing 51 different characters, involving numerous costume changes throughout.

The Voyage - Costume Designer 
South Kesteven District Council. Gravity Fields s
cience festival. Directed by Jeremy James. A touring theatrical event held in Grantham.

Representing the journey of Captain Cook and Joseph Banks to Tahiti and Australia.

Hired, bought and altered costumes for 16 characters, including making an 18th Century wig for Captain Cook. 

Blues and BurlesqueStylist
Lady Beau Peep. 
A sell-out Cabaret Performance at The Brighton Fringe Festival.

Staged at The Brighton Fringe Festival, and ongoing club performances in London.  Written and Performed by Louise Linehan, Pete Saunders.

1970s Vintage costumes, Abigail's Party with a twist!

For Donkey Works:
The Yellow Wallpaper - Costume Designer

Staged at The Royal Festival Hall. Promenade theatre on London's South Bank.

The Case - Costume Designer. At The Oubliette Arthouse, on The Cut.
Both Directed by Alan Sharpington

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing Costume Supervisor (See also Costume Technical) 
Seabright Productions, staged in The West End at The Ambassadors Theatre,
St James Studio, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and touring.

-Prior to 2017 - Also see other cv's

Written and performed by Robert Crouch and directed by Kate Bannister.

Costume/millinery for 2 productions of this one-man show.

I have also designed costumes for Rob Crouch (as Brute Farce) for two stage plays.

For Brute Farce:
Around the World in 80 Days - Costume Designer

Moll Flanders - Costume Designer (
see also costume technical)
The Brockley Jack and Touring. Both Directed & produced by Rob Crouch.

Sleepy Hollow - Costume Designer (see also Costume technical)
Stage adaption for The Brockley Jack Christmas Show.
Directed by Kate Bannister. Adapted by Jonathan Clackson.

Girlfriend Deluxe, Fig the Fish   

For Quicksticks:
Neighbourhood Watch - Costume Supervisor / props

Staged at The Hen and Chicken's and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Away with the Fairies - Costume Supervisor/ Cos-Props
Staged at Madame Jojo's and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Clarkson and Crouch comedy shows, directed by Gemma Sessions. 

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The Secret Garden & Tom's Midnight Garden - Costume Designer. 
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mage Musical Theatre. Produced & directed by Brian Thresh. (see also costume technical)

Amy Evan's Strike - Costume Designer. 

Activated Image at the Edinburgh Fringe. Directed by Adam Barnard. Nominated for a Fringe First Award for New Writing.

James Seabright Productions - Costume Designer / Supervisor (Costume technical)

In addition to Oliver Reed: Wild Thing, I worked for James, supervising a number of small productions for The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Costume designs for James as Bright Choice:

A Tale of Two Cities - Staged at The Camden People's Theatre, London and Theatre de Nestle, Paris.

Hamlet - A Cambridge American Stage Tour, numerous venues.

Told You So - Staged at The Courtyard Theatre in London. A newly written musical.

All Directed by Adam Bernard.

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