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Elliott Squire

Set & Costume Designer

Elliott is a Canadian set and costume designer for theatre and opera based in London.

He is a graduate of Edinburgh's Scenehouse Programme (2015) and also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design from the University of British Columbia, where he was twice the winner of the Theatre Department's Peter Loeffler Memorial Prize (2012 and 2013).

Elliott has been a regular visiting designer for Guildford School of Acting and St Paul's School. He has led design workshops for Chichester Festival Theatre, and also led workshops & mentored students at St Paul's Junior's, Half Moon Theatre, The BRIT School, and Mountview.

As an associate designer and maker, Elliott has worked regularly with Chichester Festival Theatre, Blackheath Halls Opera, and Creation Theatre (in-person and digital performances). He has also acted as an associate, model maker, and draughtsperson to a variety of leading designers, both in the UK and in Canada.

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Credits

Set & Costume Design: BA Acting 3 in Rep, Guildford School of Acting, 2021

Set Design: Elf Factory, Big Telly Theatre Company, 2021

Set & Costume Design: Happened 1990, Half Moon Theatre (Five Short Films), 2021

Set & Costume Design: Spend Spend Spend, Guildford School of Acting (Filmed Production), 2021

Set & Costume Design Consultation: Catalyst Festival, MA Theatre Directing, Mountview Academy, 2021

Set & Costume Design: BA Acting 3 in Rep, Guildford School of Acting (Filmed Production), January 2021

Production Design: A Journey Through The Rake's Progress, Blackheath Halls Opera (Film), 2020

Set & Costume Design Consultation: Catalyst Festival, MA Theatre Directing, Mountview Academy, 2020

Set & Costume Design: Sleeping Beauty, Guildford School of Acting, 2019

Set & Costume Design, BA Acting 3 in Rep, Guildford School of Acting, 2019

Midnight (A New Musical), The Union Theatre, 2018 (Nominated for an Off-West End Award for Best Set Design & revived in Seoul, South Korea in 2018 & 2020)

Set & Costume Design: Giulio Cesare, Bury Court Opera, 2018

Set Design: The Marriage of Figaro, Xi’an Concert Hall, 2017

Set & Costume Design: One Last Thing For Now, Old Red Lion Theatre, 2017

Set Design: The Seagull, UBC Theatre (Vancouver, BC), 2014






Training

Scenehouse Programme, 2015
BFA Theatre Production and Design, The University of British Columbia, 2013

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Opera

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Music - Can Read
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants

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