Alys Whitehead

Alys Whitehead (she/her) is a Set and Costume Designer based in London and the South East. She likes working with new and abstract writing and is exploring how to design carbon neutrally and negatively. She is an Associate Designer of Dissident Theatre and Resident Designer at New Diorama Broadgate.

As Set and Costume Designer: Upcoming - Rage (2021) Drama Centre London; Consent (2021) Drama Centre London; Lysistrata Jones (2022) Arts Ed London. Previous - Maddie (2021) Arcola Outside; Snowflakes (2021) Old Red Lion Theatre [OFFIE nominated Set and Costume Design]; Uno Bambino Di Nome Porro (2019) Pleasance Theatre; The Treatment (2019) Drama Centre London, Platform Theatre; Aisha (2019) Old Red Lion Theatre [OFFIE nominated Set Design]

As Assistant Designer: The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2021) Good Teeth Theatre, Minerva Chichester and Lyric Hammersmith; The Memory of Water (2021) Anna Reid, Hampstead Theatre; Hullraisers (2021) Channel 4; Closer Than Ever (2021) Andrew Exeter, Charing Cross Theatre.

Credits

SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, Consent, Platform Theatre, Drama Centre London, Dec 2021
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, Rage, Platform Theatre, Drama Centre London, Dec 2021
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, Maddie, Arcola Theatre, Nov. 2021
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, Snowflakes, Dissident Theatre/ Old Red Lion, 4 weeks, 2021
ASSISTANT DESIGNER, SEX SEX MEN, Pecs Drag Kings/ The Yard Theatre, 3 weeks, 2019
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, An Enemy of the People, Here and Now Ensemble/ Playground Theatre, 4 weeks, 2019
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, The Treatment, Drama Centre London/ Platform Theatre, 1 week, 2019
SET DESIGNER, Aisha, Ailia Theatre Company/ The Old Red Lion and the Tristan Bates Theatre, 3 weeks total, 2019 (Offie Nominated Set Design)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, The Changeling, Drama Centre London/ Platform Theatre, 1 week, 2018
SET BUILDER, Reactor, Arts Educational Schools London, 1 week, 2018
SET DESIGNER, Tracing Grace, Off The Wall Theatre/ Theatre 503 , 1 week, 2018
ASSISTANT DESIGNER, Some Voices, Drama Centre London/ Platform Theatre, 1 week, 2017
ASSISTANT DESIGNER, The Strip, Drama Centre London/ Platform Theatre, 1 week, 2017

Training

BA (Hons) Performance: Design and Practice, Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, University of the Arts London 2016-2019
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Oxford Brookes School of Art 2015-2016