Jida Akil (Set and Costume Designer)

AGENT: Jess Reid

jessica@collectiveagents.co.uk

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UPCOMING PROJECTS AS SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER INCLUDE:

PENGUIN | Live Theatre, Newcastle and UK Tour

CATHERINE | R&D

CITIES | Park90 at the Park Theatre

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‍PREVIOUS PROJECTS AS SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER INCLUDE:

ALL THE HAPPY THINGS | SOHO Theatre Upstairs

SCENES FROM LOST MOTHERS | Clean Break Theatre Company

COMMUNITY | Birmingham Rep

NOWHERE | Des. Ti Green | BAC

‍ALL GROWED UP | Dir. Dean Johnson | The Lyric Theatre, Belfast

PENGUIN | Curious Monkey | Paines Plough Roundabout

FEEL THE BEAT | Dance East, Ipswich

TENDER | Phosphoros Theatre | UK Tour

PIPPIN | Mountview

EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON/ THE IT/ THE ACCORDION SHOP| Mountview

PENGUIN | Live Theatre Newcastle & Tour

RUTH AND SIX OF CALAIS: OPERA DOUBLE BILL | Pegasus Opera Company | Susie Sainsbury Theatre

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Dir. Sean Turner | Stafford Gatehouse Theatre

FIVE SHORTS | Young Vic, Clare Theatre

THE PAPPYCABARETSHOW | Dir. Kwami Odoom| Battersea Arts Centre

HOW TO BREAK OUT OF A DETENTION CENTRE | Dir. Nico Vaccari | Riverside Studios

HUMAN NURTURE | Dir. Rob Watt | UK Tour

TRUMP L'OEIL | Dir. Oli Savage | Upstairs At The Gatehouse

FOR A PALESTINIAN | Dir. Aaron Kilercioglu | Camden People's Theatre and Bristol Old Vic Theatre

BOY | Dir. Tom Hughes | Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

HOLIDAY INN | Guildford School of Acting

THE POISON BELT | Dir. Becca Chadder | Jermyn Street Theatre (Costume Designer)

PAINKILLER | Dir. Toby Clarke | Theatre Royal Stratford East

GIVE ME THE SUN | Dir. Majid Luke Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy | Blue Elephant Theatre

FUNERAL FLOWERS | Dir. Jess Edwards | UK Tour

HEAVY WEATHER | Dir. Poppy Rowley | Fourth Monkey Training Company

THE 4TH COUNTRY | Dir. Gabriella Bird | Park Theatre

DARLING | Dir. Scott Le Crass | The Hope Theatre

HARAMACY | Artist Residency with Commun | The Albany Deptford

COMPLICITE DO A-LEVEL DRAMA | Co-Devised for Complicte | UK Tour

SOLUS | Chor. Isaac Irvine | Platform Theatre

JUST ANOTHER SOUP CAN | Co-Devised | Platform Theatre

THROUGH THE ARCHES | Chor. Samuel Banks | Central School of Ballet

OUT! (Set Only) | Dir. Maya Ross Russell | Platform Theatre

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‍PREVIOUS PROJECTS AS ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DESIGNER INCLUDE:

THE GATES OF KYIV | Des. Ti Green | Theatre Royal Windsor

THE TRIALS AND PASSIONS OF UNFAMOUS WOMEN | Brixton House

THE ODYSSEY| (Associate Costume Designer) | National Theatre, Public Acts | Des. Fly Davis

MIDDLE (Model Maker)| Des. Fly Davis | National Theatre

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Des. Anna Fleischle | National Theatre

L'ORFEO | Des. Anna Fleischle | Weiner Staatsoper

HAMLET | Des. Anna Fleischle | Young Vic

THE COLLABORATION  | Des. Anna Fleischle | Young Vic

MY SON'S A QUEER BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO (Costume Assistant) |Des. Ryan Laight | Turbine Theatre and Garrick Theatre, West End

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOUR (Associate & Model Maker) | Des. Sam Wilde | Maison Foo Theatre Company

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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Finalist: Emerging Exhibition: Set Design

World Stage Design, 2022

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Winner: #WeAreMena Film Commission

Mena Arts UK, 2021

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Finalist: PQ Studio: Common Design Project

Prague Quadrennial, 2020

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TRAINING

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BA (Hons) Performance: Design and Practice - First Class Honours

Central Saint Martins (2018 - 2021)

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Lvl 4 Foundation Diploma: Architecture and Spacial Design - Distinction

Central Saint Martins (2017 - 2018)

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