Caitlin Mawhinney

Caitlin Mawhinney is a Yorkshire born and bred designer, working out of her studio in East London.
After graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a First in (BA) Theatre Design, she was the winner of the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund in 2021, and has continued to gain recognition with a double-nomination for Best Designer at The Stage Debut Awards, finalist for the JMK Awards as well as being a Creative Associate at Jermyn Street Theatre and a Resident Designer at New Diorama Broadgate.
Her work as a set and costume designer has seen main stages, studios and unconventional spaces across the country. Recent collaborations include National Theatre Public Acts, Hull Truck Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Northern Opera, Southbank Center alongside many others. She loves to design for shows with a social and political motivation, using her designs to walk a line between reality and abstraction.
Alongside this, Caitlin’s work takes the form of installation design, most notably for the National Trust, and as Associate and Assistant to a number of designers including for the West End, Scottish Opera, Royal Opera House and National Theatre. Caitlin enjoys facilitating creative workshops for people of all ages and aims to create work experience opportunities for designers in education.

Credits

SANCTUARY| Red Ladder Th. Company, UK Tour| 2024
Dir. Cheryl Martin | Musical

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF FOUR | Northern Opera Group, Leeds Opera Festival | 2024
Dir. David Ward | Opera

UTOYA | Arcola Theatre | 2024
Dir. Sarah Stacey | Play

REVIVING HER | Northern Rascals, Halifax Square Chapel | 2024
Dir. Anna Holmes, Sam Ford | Contemporary Dance (Set only)

EVERYDAY NON-SENSE | Aurora Orchestra, Southbank Centre | 2024 (Set only)
Dir. Patricia Kopatchinskaja | Classical Music

PANSEXUAL PREGNANT PIRACY | Airlock Theatre Co., Soho Theatre | 2024
Dir. Robbie Taylor Hunt | Musical

NO MORE MR NICE GUY | Nouveau Riche, UK Tour | 2024
Dir. T.D Moyo | Gig Theatre
*Offie Nominated

NERVOUS STATE | University of Sheffield | 2024
Dir. Nicola Baldwin | Short Film

CAMP PHOENIX | Zest Theatre, UK Tour | 2024
Dir. Toby Ealden | Musical

HANSEL AND GRETEL | Junction Goole | 2023
Dir. Tina Shuker | Pantomime

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

AS ASSOCIATE DESIGNER
FARM HALL | West End Transfer, Theatre Royal Haymarket | Designer: Ceci Calf | 2024

AS ASSISTANT DESIGNER
ALBERT HERRING | Scottish Opera | Designer: Kat Heath| 2024
LARMES DE COUTEAU | Royal Opera House | Designer: Anna Reid | 2024
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