Izzy Jones-Rigby
izzyjonesrigby@gmail.com Glasgow/Edinburgh/Midlands/London izzyjrigby.co.uk
Television/Film
Costume Standby - ‘Survivor’ - Nov 2024 - short film
Costume Trainee – ‘Screw’ -Jan-Feb 2023/ STV, Channel 4
Designer – Robert Macfarlane
Costume maintenance, assisting the supervisor and designer, setting up trailers for the next day of shoot, alterations, dye and breakdown.
Costume, Props and Set Designer for ‘Out of Our Hands Trilogy’: ‘The Rat’, ‘The Whip’, ‘The Bird’ -Summer 2021
Gold Award for costume - at the Fortean Film Festival for “The Bird”, Best Indie Film at Official Selection for “The Rat”, and Best Movie (short) - at the Fortean Film Festival for “The Whip”
Theatre/ Live Production
Head of Wardrobe on ‘Merchant of Venice 1936’ tour –Nov 2024-April 2025
Managing, dressing, and touring the full run. Maintaining wigs and costumes. Tour starting at The Trafalgar Theatre and touring across England. Training an assistant to cover tracks and maintain costumes.
Head of Wigs and Wardrobe - Play On! - Talawa Theatre Company– September-Nov 2024
Running fittings, conducting alterations, styling and maintaining wigs while touring to 4 locations. In charge of writing the dressing track and training dressers at different locations, I was also in charge of training the Wardrobe Manager. Play On! Is part of Talawa’s Black Joy Season.
Lead Costume for Boomtown 2024 Opening Ceremony– Jul-Aug 2024
Assisting with the designing, making, and altering of costumes. Supervising and overseeing a stage of performers for the opening ceremony of the Boomtown Festival on the Grand Central Stage.
Costume Supervisor - RCS Master’s programme (MACCT) - Antigone and Knight of the Burning Pestle - Jun-Jul24
Fitting, buying, altering, dressing and generally overseeing the costumes for two Master’s Degree projects as external staff for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Head of Wardrobe on ‘Merchant of Venice 1936’ tour – Sep 2023 - March 2024
Managing, dressing, and touring the full run. Maintaining wigs and costumes. Tour starting at the RSC and travelling to the likes of Wilton’s London, York Theatre Royal, HOME Manchester and finishing at the Criterion Theatre on the West End.
Assistant Designer and Supervisor for Boomtown 2023 Opening Ceremony– Jul-Aug 2023
Assisting with the designing, making, and altering of costumes. Illustrating concepts and supervising a stage of performers for the opening ceremony of the Boomtown Festival on the Grand Central stage.
Costume Designer and Supervisor for ‘Ancient Futures’-Upswing Theatre, Unlimited Earth – Feb-May 2023
Designing, sourcing, and making costumes and masks for a Afrofuturistic themed dance piece showing in multiple festival venues.
Wardrobe Manager for ‘Merchant of Venice 1936’ – Watford Palace Theatre – Feb-March 2023
Alterations, working with designer and director, dressing, wardrobe management and maintenance. Touring up to HOME Manchester.
Dresser/Wardrobe Maintenance/Wardrobe Manager-Pitlochry Festival Theatre -May-October 2022
Dressing PFT summer season, altering and maintaining costumes throughout. Toured as Wardrobe Mistress and dresser to Watford with Little Women.
Costume Designer and Manager for ‘Legally Blonde’, a EUSOG Production -Nov 2021- Jan 2022
Designing, sourcing, costuming, sewing, and dressing a University Theatre Company Musical, sticking to budget, overseeing two assistants, four dressers and a large cast.
Skills
Historical and modern pattern cutting
Organisation and problem solving
Dressing
Touring costume and equipment
Some hair styling and wig maintenance
Making and alterations
Education
Edinburgh University: Performance Costume for Theatre and Screen, 1st class hons
References
References provided upon request
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