Wardrobe Assistant, Maker, Dresser
About Katie
I am a Rose Bruford College graduate with a BA (Hons) in Costume Production.
I have experience and enjoy making historically accurate garments to a high standard for theatre, along with modern costume. My areas of expertise include hand sewing and embroidery.
My competencies extend to assisting and dressing, in the theatre wardrobe department.
I have dressed on multiple UK Tours including 'Grease' 'Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet' and the West End run of the 'Rocky Horror Show'. This is an area I particularly enjoy and complete to a high standard, in writing dressers plots and carrying out the role of a dresser, especially quick changes. I love working as a part of collaborative creative teams.
I believe that performers should have the most competent wardrobe team, in order to shine onstage.
Services
Wardrobe Assistant
I have experience as a wardrobe assistant on multiple shows, including historical shows, such as Anna Karenina. My organisational skills mean I am an efficient worker and can complete a wide range of alterations including breaking down, to a high standard.
Costume Maker
I am a proficient costume maker, with experience in historical and modern costume in both men's and women's wear. My skills include, pattern cutting, fitting, machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, to a very high standard.
Dresser
Wardrobe Maintenance
I am a competent dresser, having worked on a range of musicals, plays and ballets. I enjoy choreographing quick changes and writing clear dressers plots, having done this for the UK Tour of Grease, Rocky Horror and Only Fools and Horses. My experience also extends to working in the round.
Notable credits include:
The Bodyguard UK Tour
Everybody's Talking About Jamie UK Tour
Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet UK Tour
I Should Be So Lucky UK Tour
Grease UK Tour
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang UK Tour
The Rocky Horror Show
Only Fools and Horses UK Tour
An Officer and a Gentleman UK Tour
I provide wardrobe maintenance services and understand the necessity of looking after costumes correctly, to prolong their longevity within sustainable guidance of The Theatre Greenbook and the requirements of a production.