JESSICA STATON
THEATRE DESIGNER / MAKER
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'The Butterfly House'
director Geoffrey Dolton
Clonter Opera Theatre (April-July 2024)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'The Magic Flute'
director Michael McCaffery
Clonter Opera Theatre (January-July 2023)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Cosi FanTutte'
director Sophie Gilpin
Regents Opera
Touring, including St John's Smith Square and
Wimbledon Festival (March-August 2023)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'As You Like It'
director Becca Chadder
Primary Shakespeare
The Orange Tree Theatre (April-May 2023)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'The Kaspar Hauser Experiment'
director Adam Davies
Touring, including Interplay Theatre and
The Lowry Studio (April-September 2022)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Fritz & Matlock'
director Jessica Millward
The Pleasance Attic, Edinburgh (August 2022)
The Pleasance Downstairs, London (September-October 2021)
PUPPET CO-DESIGNER & MAKER, 'Raising Icarus'
director Orpha Phelan
Birmingham Rep Studio (March-May 2022)
SET, COSTUME & PUPPET DESIGNER, 'Puck's Adventure'
director Michael McCaffery
Clonter Opera Theatre (September-October 2022)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'From Here'
director Annabelle Hollingdale
Chiswick Playhouse (June-July 2021)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER,
'Shakespeare Up Close: Romeo & Juliet'
(filmed production)
director Bec Martin
Orange Tree Theatre (February-March 2021)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER,
'Shakespeare Up Close: Macbeth'
(filmed production)
director Bec Martin
Orange Tree Theatre (February-March 2021)
SET, COSTUME & PUPPET DESIGNER, 'Papageno's Quest'
workshopped Festival performance
Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh (August 2022)
Just So Festival (August 2021)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Tryst'
director Phoebe Barran
Chiswick Playhouse (January-February 2020)
SET DESIGNER, '2084'
director Joe Hufton
Manchester Central Library (October-November 2019)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'A Woodland Opera'
director Noa Naamat
Clonter Opera Theatre (June-September 2019)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Die Meistersinger'
director Paul Higgins
The Greenwood Theatre, Fulham Opera (June-August 2019)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'The Exonerated'
director Joseph Houston
The Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester (May-June 2019)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Flower Cutters'
director Bruce Guthrie
St Peter's Arts Centre, UCLAN (March-April 2019)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Into The Woods'
director Kirk Jameson
St Peter's Arts Centre, UCLAN
(February-April 2020, cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Little Echoes'
director Stephen Bailey
The Hope Theatre (January-February 2019)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'A Pupil'
director Jessica Daniels
Park Theatre: P90 (September-October 2018)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'The Merchant of Venice'
director Imogen Bond
Primary Shakespeare
The Orange Tree Theatre (April-May 2018)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'EROS'
director Stephen Bailey
The White Bear Theatre (August-September 2018)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'King Lear'
director Gemma Fairlie
Primary Shakespeare
The Orange Tree Theatre (April-May 2017)
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, 'Extra Yarn'
director Imogen Bond
adapted by Elinor Cook
The Orange Tree Theatre (November-December 2016)
SCENOGRAPHER, 'Neverland'
director Firenza Guidi
Parco Corsini, Fucecchio, Italy (August 2016)
SCENOGRAPHER, 'Né Acqua Né Ombra'
director Firenza Guidi
Casotto del Sordo, Massarella, Italy (August 2016)
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER & PROPS LEAD,
'Suite in Three Keys'
designer Louie Whitemore
Orange Tree Theatre (April-June 2024)
ASSISTANT DESIGNER, 'Winner's Curse'
designer Isobel Nicolson
Park Theatre (January 2023)
DESIGN ASSISTANT LINBURY PLACEMENT,
'Rutherford and Son'
designer Lizzie Clachan
The National Theatre (February 2019)
DESIGN ASSISTANT LINBURY PLACEMENT, 'Hadestown'
designer Rachel Hauck
The National Theatre (October-November 2018)
MODEL MAKER, 'Macbeth'
designer Madeleine Boyd
(October 2021)
MODEL MAKER, 'The Sweet Science of Bruising'
designer Lara Booth
(September 2021)
MODEL MAKER, 'A Place For We', 'Mr & Mrs Nobody'
designer Louie Whitemore
(June-July 2021)
MODEL MAKER, 'La Traviata', 'Merry Widow'
designer Madeleine Boyd
(December 2018 - March 2019)
MODEL MAKER, 'Lady Killers', 'Little Voice'
designer Louie Whitemore
Theatre By The Lake (March 2019)
MODEL MAKER
designer Bethany Seddon
(October, December 2019)
MODEL MAKER
designer April Dalton
(May 2019)
MODEL MAKER
designer Lara Booth
(September 2018)
MODEL MAKER, 'Goats'
designer Rosie Elnile
Royal Court Theatre (September 2017)
MODEL MAKER, 'Catch Me If You Can'
designer Dave Benson
Plzen (September 2017)
DESIGN AND MODEL MAKING TECHNICIAN
Conceptual Opera Design Project,
MA and BA2 Design for Performance
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (February 2017)
MODEL MAKER, 'Kiss Me Kate'
designer Dave Benson
National Theatre Ostrava (September 2016)
PUPPET MAKER, DESIGNER & PUPPETEER,
'A Woodland Opera'
Clonter Opera Theatre (June-September 2019)
PUPPET MAKER, 'The Snow Queen'
designer Lara Booth
Touring Production (October 2019)
PROP MAKER, 'Colne Commemorates... 1918'
Colne Town Council
Town-wide event (June 2018)
PROP MAKER, Four Plague Masks
Lancashire County Council Museum Service
Educational outreach (February 2018)
PROP AND PUPPET MAKER, 'A King's Ransom'
designer Michael Pavelka
Into Opera, in collaboration with local schools
OPEN Norwich (December 2017 - February 2018)
PROP AND PUPPET MAKER, 'Dogs Don't Do Ballet'
designer Becky Athawes
Blunderbus Theatre Company
Touring production (April 2017)
PROP AND PUPPET MAKER, 'Lily and the Little Snow Bear'
designer Becky Athawes
Blunderbuss Theatre Company
Touring production (October-November 2016)
PROP MAKER, 'The Marvellous Medicine Machine'
Seeber & Lloyd
'City of the Unexpected'
Wales Millennium Centre and National Theatre Wales (August 2016)
SCENIC ARTIST, 'One Day, Maybe'
DreamThinkSpeak
King William House, Hull (July-August 2017)
SCENIC ARTIST, 'The Wondercrump World of Roald Dahl'
Cardiff Theatrical Services
Wales Millennium Centre (August 2016)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DESIGN ASSISTANT, 'The Silent Toy Soldier'
director Jon Kidd, designer Kitty Callister
Hijinx Theatre Odyssey
Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre (2015)
PUPPET MAKER AND PUPPETEER, 'Ar Waith Ar Daith'
puppet designer Eilidh Bryan, Walk the Plank
10th Anniversary of Wales Millennium Centre (2015)
RWCMD PRODUCTIONS
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER, NEW '16
'Ten Weeks' by Elinor Cook, director Kate Wasserberg
Burton Theatre and Gate Theatre, Notting Hill (2016)
SET DESIGNER, NEW '16
'All That I Am' by Daf James, director Adele Thomas
Bute Theatre and Gate Theatre, Notting Hill (2016)
PUPPET DESIGNER, MAKER AND PUPPETEER
'Just Add Water'
director Emma Williams
promenade performance; RWCMD (2015)
PUPPET DESIGNER, MAKER AND PUPPETEER
'The Impossible Fair'
director Emma Williams
site specific performance; Mountain View Ranch, Caerphilly (2014)
SET ASSISTANT, NEW '15
'The Endless Ocean' by Brad Birch, director Alice Knight
'Animal' by Melissa Bubnic, director Holly Race Roughan
'Ring Ring' by Gary Owen, director Ned Bennett
Burton Theatre, Bute Theatre and Gate Theatre, Notting Hill (2015)
SET ASSISTANT, 'Albert Herring'
director Martin Constantine, designer Gabriella Slade
Dora Stoutzker Hall (2015)
DESIGN ASSISTANT, 'Contemporary Opera Scenes'
director Michael McCarthy, designer Brad Caleb Lee
Richard Burton Theatre (2015)
SET ASSISTANT, 'Unity (1918)'
director Stefan Escreet
Chapter Arts, Cardiff (2014)
Nominated for an Off West End Award for Set Design
for 'Tryst' 2020
(Chiswick Playhouse)
'Tryst', winner of Standing Ovation Award for Outstanding Theatricality 2020
from the London Pub Theatre Awards
(Chiswick Playhouse)
Nominated for The Stage Debut Design Award for 'Extra Yarn' 2017
(Orange Tree Theatre)
Linbury Prize Finalist (2017),
Lyric Hammersmith
EDUCATION
BA (HONS) Design for Performance
First Class
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2013 - 2016
Art Foundation: Distinction
Craven College, North Yorkshire
2012 - 2013
A-levels in English Literature, Art,
Physics, Maths: A*, 3 As
Skipton Girls' High School,
North Yorkshire
SKILLS
Model making
Soldering
Puppet design and making
Prop making
Scenic painting
Polycarving
Mould making and casting
Basic construction skills
Power and hand tools
Hand technical drawing
Photoshop
CAD drawing
InDesign
Costume sourcing
Dyeing
Basic distressing and breaking down
Basic pattern cutting
Basic costume construction
Basic industrial sewing machine skills
Domestic sewing machine skills
Basic hand sewing skills
Basic costume alterations
Running design workshops:
Set Design, Costume Design,
Puppet Design, Making and Puppeteering
from Primary School to University
Enhanced DBS Checked
REFERENCES ON REQUEST