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Caitlin Mawhinney

Set and Costume Designer

Caitlin is a Northern born and bred Designer, based in East London. She was nominated for Best Designer at The Stage Debut Awards 2022 for her designs of Teechers Leavers ’22 at Hull Truck Theatre and My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored by Red Ladder Theatre. She was also awarded the Evening Standard x Tik Tok Future Theatre Fund for Visual Design in 2021. Caitlin was recently a Creative Associate at Jermyn Street Theatre Resident Designer at New Diorama Broadgate. She was a Finalist in the 2022 JMK Awards with Director Dale Edwards.

Caitlin's work has seen main stages and unconventional spaces across the country. She loves work that crosses borders and explores societal discussion. Find her work at www.caitlinmawhinney.com.

Credits

ROMEO AND JULIET / AS YOU LIKE IT |Leeds Conservatoire, Leeds Playhouse | 2023

POP MUSIC |Hull Truck Theatre | 2023 (Set only)

SUNNY SIDE |Northern Rascals, UK Tour | 2023 (Set only)

BULLRING TECHNO MAKEOUT JAMZ | Paines Plough, Summerhall | 2023
*OffFest Nominated
*Holden Street Theatres Ed. Fringe Award nominated

DREAM SCHOOL | Mrs C’s Collective, The Space | 2023

THE ISLAND OF THE SUN | Sunderland Culture, National Theatre Public Acts | 2023

THE CYCLOPS | CAST, National Theatre Public Acts | 2023

ACID’S REIGN | The Flair Ground, Vault Festival | 2023

LADIES UNLEASHED | Hull Truck Theatre | 2022

THE LAST MOTEL | Sheepish Prod., UK Tour | 2022

THE ANARCHIST | Jermyn Street Theatre | 2022
*2 x Offie Nominated

TEECHERS LEAVERS ’22 | Hull Truck Theatre | 2022
*The Stage Debut: Best Designer Nominated

SHAKE THE CITY | Leeds Playhouse/ Greenwich Theatre | 2022
*Offie Nominated

THE SH*T | Working Party Th., Leeds Playhouse/ The Bush | 2022

MY VOICE WAS HEARD BUT IT WAS IGNORED | Red Ladder Th. Company, Leeds Playhouse/ UK Tour | 2021
*The Stage Debut: Best Designer Nominated
*3 x Black British Theatre Awards Nominated

MY OLD MAN | Imagine If Th. Company, UK Tour | 2021

FRISKY AND MANNISH: POPCORN | Lawrence Batley Theatre | 2021 (Set only)

OUR GATE | Harrogate Theatre | 2021

IS ANYONE THERE? | Imagine If Th. Company, Slung Low | 2021

ANNA | Mind The Gap Th. Company | 2021

THERE’S A DEAD BODY IN MY BABY’S SANDPIT | Hope Street Theatre | 2020 (Set only)

A SHADOW OF DOUBT | Harrogate Theatre | 2020

THE MARRIAGE OF KIM K | Leo & Hyde, The Lowry/ UK Tour | 2019

THE BODYSNATCHER | Thunder Road Th., Harrogate Theatre/ UK Tour | 2019

CONNECTION | Harrogate Theatre | 2019

AS ASSISTANT DESIGNER
DIXON AND DAUGHTERS | National Theatre | Designer: Kat Heath | 2022
PHAEDRA| National Theatre | Designer: Chloe Lamford | 2022
OTHELLO| National Theatre | Designer: Chloe Lamford | 2022
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE | Lyric Hammersmith/Minerva Chichester | Designer: Good Teeth Theatre | 2021
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER | Shaftsbury Theatre, London | Designer: Andrew Exeter | 2021



Training

Certificate in Carbon Literacy
Sustainable Art In Leeds, 2021

BA Hons Theatre Design, Nottingham Trent University, FIRST CLASS HONOURS, 2016-2019

Certificate in Sustainable Practice,
Nottingham Trent University,
SHORTLISTED for Sustainability in Practice Award, 2019

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design,
Leeds College of Art, 2016

LAMDA Diploma in Performance Studies,
Knaresborough School of Speech and Drama, 2016

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Crafts
  • Dance
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Working with Deaf artists
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with learning disabled artists
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development

Additional Languages

No

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