Design
Nadia Malik is a costume and set designer, costume supervisor and costume maker. With theatre design and costume supervision experience dating back to 2002, Nadia's work has encompassed new writing, original and adapted classics, opera, traditional folk dance, contemporary dance, musicals, period plays, site-specific and experimental devised work, live art and exhibitions.
After attaining a BA in Textile Design (1st class hons) she then designed lingerie and nightwear for high street stores in the UK and USA before completing an MA in Costume Design for Performance (distinction) at the University of the Arts London.
Through strong visual concepts and a collaborative approach to performance devising, Nadia's costume and set designs create movement possibilities, enhance character and narrative development, and communicate meaning to audiences.
See the gallery for production images and designs.
Research
Nadia is a member of the 'Thinking Through Performance Group' at London College of Fashion, a small group of performance practitioners and academics who meet to explore and research current issues around performance, design, the body, movement and dress.
She is currently an Associate Lecturer in Design at London College of Fashion, has lectured at Nottingham Trent University and runs regular 'Costume and Movement' workshops at the Royal Academy of Dance as a Visiting Lecturer.
Having also been a member of a dance company and a live art company, the culmination of Nadia's background and current practice as a costume and set designer has extended her interest in representations of the body through costume, movement and visual experimentation, and specifically how those practices stimulate audiences to engage in performance.
Nadia is one of the founding members of the UK's first professional company dedicated to contemporary shadow theatre techniques (ShadowStage Productions).
CV
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Selected Credits
| Costume and Set Designer | Baroque Box Elastic Theatre, June 2011 Site specific devised dance-opera, Greenwich + Docklands Festival, London |
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| Costume Supervisor | Everlasting Light Aldeburgh Music, June 2011 Site specific opera, Sizewell Nuclear Reactor |
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| Costume and Set Designer | Whose Blood Bankcider Productions, February 2011 New writing period drama (1830s) The Old Operating Theatre, London |
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| Costume Designer and Tour Costume Supervisor |
Thou Shalt Silversmith Dance Theatre, February 2011 Contemporary dance, The Place, London (plus UK tour) |
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| Costume and Set Designer | The Alchemist Firehouse Creative Productions, August 2010 Original adaptation, Hoxton Hall, London |
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| Costume Supervisor | Once Upon A Wartime Imperial War Museum, August 2010 Children’s costumes for exhibition, IWM London and Manchester |
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| Costume and Set Designer | iN/Vocation Ladida Productions, July 2010 New writing, Tristan Bates Theatre, London |
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| Costume Designer and Tour Costume Supervisor |
Between the Fleeting Words Alzaytouna Dance Theatre, May 2010 Dance-theatre, Greenwood Theatre, London (plus UK and European Tour) |
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