Theatre, Set Painting and Costume Design

Richard III    Riverside Studios, London, 2 February - 21 March 2010

“Annette Sumption's sparse set works perfectly in the small studio space,”

- Tracey Sinclair 

OMH

“The staging is quite simplistic, just a conference table on wheels and some chairs being endlessly reconfigured which worked; the monochromatic palate also looked good, with the only colour being red, whether through the atmopsheric lighting or the tie around Richard's neck.”

- There Ought to Be Clowns

Fool For Love     Riverside Studios, London,  February -  March 2010

 “Fool for Love takes place in the seediest of motel rooms and designer Annette Sumption, with great assistance from her talented lighting colleague Paul Green, conjures up just the right milieu,”

- Philip Fisher

British Theatre Guide

 Annette has 30 years experience of Theatre design and has worked at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke; Contact Theatre, Manchester and in London’s West End.

Annette has designed large conferences at the Bournemouth International Centre and come up with exciting and innovative concepts for wedding theming. Having specialised in interior design paint effects her murals are striking and witty

 Love and Madness Theatre Company 2009

“Only When I Laugh” by Jack Shepherd. World Premiere and national tour

AsOne Theatre Company

“Hey Baby” by Nell Denton. Touring in South West

Sheringham Little Theatre 2008 and 2009

Resident designer for summer seasons

Including: “Blithe Spirit”, “Dangerous Obsession”, “Snakes and Ladders”, “Bedroom Farce” and “Bouncers”

Weymouth College 2005 to date

Wardrobe technician and costume design lecturer on BND and Foundation Degree Courses

Spyway Projects, Swanage, Dorset 1992 to date

Conference design for Rotary International throughout the UK, including Bournemouth International Centre, Brighton Pavilion and Blackpool Winter Gardens.

Costume and set design for national tour “Captain Pugwash”

Freelance set and costume design

Freelance scene painter, costumier and muralist

World Premiere production of Guy Hibbert’s “Tilting Ground”

Large costume props for Lucie Skeaping tour to Eastern Europe

Resident Designer, Throughout UK 1977-1990

Sheffield Crucible Theatre, Contact Theatre, Manchester,

Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Horseshoe Theatre, Basingstoke,

Oxfordshire Touring Theatre

Royal Theatre, Northampton.

Achievements

Classical and modern theatre productions

Children’s shows and pantomime

World Premiere production of Victoria Wood’s “Talent”

Small scale, touring and Main House productions

Notable productions

Classical: “Macbeth”, “All’s Well That Ends Well”

“Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Rosmersholm”

Musicals:”Grease” and “Heartbreak Hotel”

Contemporary: “When I was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout,” “The Sash”, “The Caretaker”, “Entertaining Mr. Sloane”, “Black and Blue”, “On Golden Pond”.

Freelance Designer

Design and paint or make jobs throughout the UK

including Edinburgh, Coventry, Leicester, Basingstoke and The West End

BA (Hons) Theatre Design Trent Polytechnic

Cfet Teaching qualification

City and Guilds Interior Design Paint Effects

Contact Annette

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