Tomás Palmer

Designer

He/him

As a performance designer and scenographer I love exploring how stories are told. Throughout my life and during my MA at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama I have placed focus, playfulness, team collaboration and imagination at the heart of my process. I am interested in working in theatre, dance, opera, sight specific projects and experimental performance.I'm always looking for driven and energetic environments that challenge and reimagine what theatre can communicate about the times we live in. Since graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 2016, working in film, TV and theatre, and during my MA at RWCMD, I have learned a wide range of ways a story can be told. I believe theatre design can deliver the most exciting pieces of art - from experimental devised performances by company Forced Entertainment to the epic scale of Angels in America at The National Theatre.

https://www.tomaspalmer.com/

Credits

SET & COSTUME DESIGN
Eight Miles High,
dir. Dave Bond, Bute Theatre,
RWCMD, Cardiff, 2020.

SET DESIGN
Half Full, dir. Milli Bhatia,
commissioned by The Royal Court,
Gate Theatre, London
RWCMD, Cardiff, 2020.

SET & COSTUME DESIGN
Old Shows By Young People,
devised collaboration with dir. Eoin McKenzie,
community arts performance, Platform, Glasgow, 2019.

SET & COSTUME DESIGN
Autocue,
collaborative performance/art
piece with Anna Danielewicz,
Centre of Contemporary Art, Glasgow, 2018.

PROP MAKER
Dundee V&A Opening
Props made for Dundee dance company
Shaper Caper, 2018.

DESIGN ASSISTANT (model maker)
Macbeth, des. Georgia Lowe,
Globe Theatre, 2019.

DESIGN ASSISTANT (model making)
All of US, des. Georgia Lowe,
National Theatre, 2019.

Training

MA Design for Performance,
2019 - ongoing Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.

Drapery and Costume Construction,
5 months assisting costume designer Ozenir Ancelmo in Sao Paolo, 2017.

BA (Hons) Communication Design,
specialising in Illustration, 2013 - 16 Glasgow School of Art.

Location

London

Experience

1-2 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Live art
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Opera
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Performance Art
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Working with young people

Additional Languages

Portuguese

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