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Louie Whitemore

Designer

Louie (she/her) studied at the Motley Theatre Design Course, directed by Alison Chitty, Ashley Martin Davis and Anthony Lamble.

Her work spans Theatre, Ballet and Opera and she has created a number of installations and site-specific productions. Based in London, she has worked all around the UK and abroad, with productions in Germany, Italy and Lithuania as well as further afield in America, China, Pakistan and Palestine.

She grew up in the Lake District and spent summers at the National Youth Theatre. Following school she completed a degree in Technical and Production Arts at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).


Credits

Some highlights include :

THEATRE | Krapps Last Tape / Eh Joe / Old Tune (Jermyn Street Theatre); Handbagged, Lady Killers, Little Voice, Dear Uncle, Single Spies, Bold Girls, Miss Julie, Creditors, (Theatre by the Lake); The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (The Park Theatre, UK Tour); Stewart Lee: Content Provider / Snowflake / Tornado (UK tour and BBC 2); Potted Sherlock (Vaudeville Theatre, UK tour); Three Birds (Bush Theatre/ Royal Exchange Manchester); Good Soul (Young Vic); Egusi Soup (Soho Theatre); Mud (Gate Theatre); The Daughter-In-Law, The Dog, the Night and the Knife (Arcola Theatre); Blythe Spirit (Beijing); Original Death Rabbit, For Services Rendered, Tonight At 8.30, Tomorrow At Noon, Creditors, Miss Julie (Jermyn Street Theatre); The Minotaur, My Father Odysseus (Unicorn Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (NAPA Karachi); Lost Land (Jenin, Palestine); Shakespeare Untold, The Magic Playroom (UK tour, Pleasance Theatre); I Am A Superhero (Old Vic New Voices at Theatre503); Mud (The Gate).

DANCE | Nora / She Persisted (English National Ballet); The Nutcracker (Shanghai Ballet); Egle (Lithuania National Ballet); ENB Choreographics Programme 2015 - 2017, Dance Journeys 2016/ 2017/ 2019 (English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells/The Barbican).

OPERA | Messiah (Danish opera, Frankfurt opera); Carmen (Dorset Opera); Banished (Blackheath Halls); Serse / Der Kaiser (RSC Glasgow); The Magic Flute, Carmen, La Bohème, Albert Herring, The Marriage of Figaro (costume design for Co Opera Co).

Training

Motely Theatre Design School.

BA in Technical and Production Arts. Specialising in Design, Lighting Design and Stage Management.

Location

London

Experience

10+ years

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Prop Making
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with young people

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