Sascha Gilmour is a multidisciplinary designer based in Manchester with a studio in Cheshire.
She creates work for plays, musicals, festivals, events and performance art.
Alongside designing, Sascha runs workshops and sessions covering elements of design, making and sustainability.
Working collaboratively, pushing boundaries and a focus on sustainability are at the core of her creative process.
Sascha is a co-founder of the North West Design Allotment and a member of the Society of British Theatre Designers.
Education
1st Class BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance Design
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts 2015-18
Curious School of Puppetry 2019
Theatre Design
THE BREAD WE BREAK // Set & Costume
with Miray Sidhom at Contact Theatre, Winter 2022
AFTER BIRTH // Set & Costume
Director: Grace Duggan with Maiden Moor Productions, Winter 2022
THE WELKIN // Set & Costume
Director: Fiona Buffini at Manchester School of Theatre, Winter 2022
EXPOSURE NEWHAM // Design & Performance
with the vacuum cleaner at venues in Newham, Autumn 2021
PORTO'S PECULIAR PLAYGROUND // Installation & Costume
Director: Nina Hajiyianni at Whitby Hall, Summer 2021
DEEP BLUE // Set & Costume at the Unity Theatre Liverpool
Director: Nicole Behan with Paperwork Theatre, Spring 2021
WHEN WOLVES COULD SPEAK // Set & Costume for regional touring
with Goofus Theatre, Winter 2021
GOOD GRIEF // Co-Set & Costume with Kirsty Barlow at the Unity Theatre Liverpool
Directors: Grace Gallagher & Rachael Smart with Ugly Bucket Theatre, Autumn 2020
SANTI & NAZ // Set & Costume at VAULT Festival
Director: Madelaine Moore with The Thelmas, Winter 2020
CABARET // Set & Costume at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Director: Jake Norton, Spring 2019
FAT GIRL SINGING // Set & Costume for Regional Tour
Director: Emma Geraghty, Winter 2019
THE BALLAD OF RUDY // Associate Set, Costume & Puppetry at New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich
Director: Matt Hassall with Goblin Theatre, Winter 2018
IF I SHOULD FALL // Set & Costume for Regional Tour
Director: Martha Simon with Red Bobble Theatre, Autumn 2018
RED & BLACK // Co-Costume & Set at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Director: Alan Lane with Slung Low, Spring 2018
THE JUNGLE BOOK // Costume, Set & Puppetry at Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Director: Nina Hajiyianni with Action Transport Theatre, Winter 2017
CHEKHOV IN HELL // Set at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Director: Rachel Heyburn, Spring 2017
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR // Costume at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Director: Erica Gould, Spring 2017
Installation
LOVE IT FOR LONGER // Maker
for Wild Rumpus, Spring 2021
NEWBURY LANTERN TRAIL // Maker
for 101 Outdoor Arts, Winter 2020
THE LANTERNS AT CHESTER ZOO // Maker
for Wild Rumpus, Autumn/Winter 2020
DOZE // Installation at Birmingham Rep
Artist: Toni-Dee Paul with Selina Thompson, Winter 2020
MADLOVE TAKE OVER // Spatial Design in St Helens, Hardshaw Centre
Co-design with the vacuum cleaner, Autumn 2019
Costume
Sascha has worked as a designer, maker, breaking down artist and assistant on:
AN ADVENTURE // Bolton Octagon
TWISTED // Paperwork Theatre
HOLIBLOBS // Ugly Bucket Theatre
TREASURE ISLAND // Bolton Octagon
NETBALL WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY // Liverpool Arena
RIVER FESTIVAL LIVERPOOL // with designer, Mary Lamb
cBeebies THUMBELINA // Regent Theatre, Stoke
FUNNY GIRL // UK Tour
Puppetry
HOYO Research & Development // Designer & Maker
with Tracey Gibbs, Winter 2020
Sascha has puppeteered a range of giant puppets at:
THE LANTERNS AT CHESTER ZOO
SKIPTON PUPPET FESTIVAL
SHAMBALA FESTIVAL
KENDAL CALLING
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
OLDHAM ILLUMINATE
TWYCROSS ZOO
Awards
Nominated for Naomi Wilkinson Design Prize 2019
Philip Holt Award 2018
Referees
ASHLEY SHAIRP // Head of Theatre and Performance Design at LIPA
the vacuum cleaner// Artist, James Leadbitter
