Christianna Mason

Experience

 2023

Design Lead – VAULT – production des. Rebecca Brower - London

Set and Costume Designer – Blowhole – dir. Tom Wright – Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

Exhibition Designer - Michael Parker Exhibition - Royal Queens Hussars Museum, Warwick

Event Designer – Young Adults Literature Convention (Comic Con) - Penguin Random House

Associate Designer – Museum of Infinite Realities - des. Rebecca Brower - Cinimod Studios

Assistant Designer – The Paddington Experience - des. Rebecca Brower - GamePath

Assistant Designer – The Syndicate – des. Bretta Gerecke – UK Tour

Assistant Designer – Frankenstein – des. Bretta Gerecke – USA Tour

2022

Window Display and Immersive Experience Designer - Where the Crawdads Sing - Waterstones Piccadilly x Sony Pictures

Art Director – AbracadOpera! - ENO & Sky Arts

Set and Costume Designer – Birdland / Puck! The Musical – dir. Alex Thomas – Magdalen College School, Oxford

Set and Costume Designer – Death of An Orange – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Brady Arts Centre, London

Associate Set and Costume Designer – Clybourne Park – dir. Oliver Kaderbhai – Park Theatre

Assistant Event Designer – Omega Watch Launch - des. Rebecca Brower – Somerset House, London

Assistant Designer – Project Rogue (to be announced) - des. Rebecca Brower - Secret Cinema

Assistant Designer – ‘Dare to Try’ Knorr commercial - des. Rebecca Brower – Mexico, Swamp Motel

Assistant Designer – Sainsburys Summer Range Launch - des. Lauren Connolly - Jubba

 2021

Pop-Up Shop Designer – The Empowerium – The Girls Network – Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross

Set and Costume Designer – Pirates of Penzance – dir. Alex Thomas – Magdalen College School, Oxford

Set and Costume Designer – Blowhole – dir. Tom Wright – Pleasance Theatre, London

Set and Costume Designer – Les Miserables – dir. Alex Thomas – Magdalen College School, Oxford

Set and Costume Designer – Mujib – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Brady Arts Centre

Production Designer – Blighty (Photoshoot for Graphic Novel) – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Brady Arts Centre

Assistant Designer – Doctor Who: Time Fracture (immersive show) - des. Rebecca Brower – Immersive London

Associate Designer – Arcane – des. Rebecca Brower - Secret Cinema, Los Angeles

Associate Designer – Emilia – des. Louie Whitemore - Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Associate Event Designer – Amazon Black Friday event - des. Rebecca Brower – Victoria House

2020

Production Designer – Lalon: Heart of Madness (film) – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Brady Arts Centre

Event Designer – July 2019 to July 2020 - Timebased Events – Including: GQ Man of the Year Awards, American Express Private Events

Set and Costume Designer – Birdland – dir. Ellie Warr – Magdalen College School (postponed due to Covid19)

2019

Set Designer and Scenic Artist – Elf the Musical – dir. Tara Brodin – Zurich International Middle School, Switzerland

Set and Costume Designer – The Healing – dir. Charles Lauder – Omnibus Theatre

Set and Costume Designer – A Hundred Words for Snow – dir. Lucy Atkinson – Trafalgar Studios

Set Designer and Scenic Artist – Alice in Wonderland Jr. – dir. Tara Brodin – Zurich International Middle School, Switzerland

Set Designer – Exceptional Promise – dir. Emily Aboud and Project 2036 – Bush Theatre

2018

Set Designer – Romeo and Juliet – dir. Tara Brodin – Dynamo Theatre, Zurich                                    

Set and Costume Designer – To Father a Nation – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Rich Mix

Set and Costume Designer – Bodies – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Brady Arts Centre, and The Hawth Theatre

Set and Costume Designer – Blood Wedding – dir. George Richmond Scott – Omnibus Theatre                                                                       

Set and Costume Designer – Boatswain’s Mate – dir. Cecilia Stinton – Arcola Theatre                                                            

Set and Costume Designer – Always Right There – dir. Samara Gannon – George Bernard Shaw Theatre

Set and Costume Designer – Rabi’a: Songs of Stray Birds – dir. Mukul Ahmed – Brady Arts Centre    

Costume Designer and Supervisor – The Crucible – dir. Dominique Gerrard – London College of Music

Set Designer and Scenic Artist – Flare Path / Punk Rock / Saved – The Avondale, Italia Conti Acting Academy

Associate Designer – Why is the Sky Blue – dir.  Abbey Wright – des. James Turner – Southwark Playhouse

2017

Set and Costume Designer – The Acid Test – dir. Gabbie Bird – The Cockpit Theatre

Set and Costume Designer – Scuttlers – dir. Hannah Eidinow – George Bernard Shaw Theatre

Set and Costume Designer – Blues for an Alabama Sky – dir. Femi Elufowoju jr. – George Bernard Shaw Theatre 

Pre - 2017

Set and Costume Designer – Triptych - dir. Kath Burlinson –Youth Music Theatre, The MAC, Belfast

Installation Artist – Home – Lambert House

Education and Qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma in Set and Costume Design

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, Sept 2015 - July 2017

Certificate in Fine Art (Sculpture and Drawing)

The Art Academy, London, Sept 2013 - June 2014

Foundation in Fine Art

The Art Academy, London, Sept 2012 - June 2013

BA Drama and Theatre Studies (1st Class Honours)

Royal Holloway, University of London, Sept 2009 - June 2012

Skills

·      Swift and efficient researcher

·      Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

·      Proficient Model Maker

·      Excellent in AutoCAD, SketchUp and VRay

·     Hand and machine sewing

·     Working Knowledge of Scenic Art & Carpentry

·     Figurative sculpture