Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
We caught up with the Costume team on our production of A Midsummer Night's Dream to find out more about how all the costumes on this production came together and how they collaborated with the designer Grace Smart and the cast.
Hear from Costume Supervisor Tara Boland, Costume Assistants Amy Hill and Kate Stockwell and cast member Tara Tijani on the costume department's work on this production.
Discover Costume at Guildhall School at:
gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/production-arts/ba-production-arts/ba-production-arts-costume
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Suba Das - director
Grace Smart - designer
Ed Lewis - composer
Lucy Cullingford - movement director
Jack Stevens - lighting designer
Thomas Dixon - sound designer
Cast
Puck - Charlie Beck
Lysander - Levi Brown
Egeus/Philostrate - David Buttle*
Helena - Grace Cooper Milton
Quince/Peaseblossom - Caitlin Ffion Griffiths
Titania/Snout - Kitty Hawthorne
Hippolyta/Cobweb - Genevieve Lewis
Oberon/Starveling - Hassan Najib
Theseus/Moth - Felix Newman
Demetrius - Sonny Pilgrem
Snug/Mustardseed - Millie Smith
Bottom - Sam Thorpe-Spinks
Hermia - Tara Tijani
Flute - Nia Towle
*Guildhall Acting Graduate 2020
Production Team
Scenic Carpenter - Zoe Bridger
Assistant Carpenters - Charlotte Cross, Robbie Lynch, India Mills
Costume Supervisor - Tara Boland
Wardrobe Manager - Livvy Meeks
Costume Assistants - Amy Hill, Livvy Meeks, Kate Stockwell
Production Electrician - Molly Barron
Chief Electrician - Aled Roberts
Lighting Programmer - Jonathan Chan
Production Manager - Natalya Scase
Technical Manager - Sami Barqawi
Technical Assistant - Rosie Roberts
Prop Maker - Max Rodriguez-Thorp
Assistant Prop Makers - Mary Deakes, Chloe Rushbrook
Scenic Artist - Rose Bailey
Assistant Scenic Artists - Dani Diego, Allegra Totaro-Wainwright
Production Sound Engineer - Anja Urban
Sound Operator - Em Dethick-Jones
Video Designer - Emma Horne
Stage Manager - Samantha Liquorish
Deputy Stage Manager - Laura Alexander-Smith
Assistant Stage Managers - Olivia Hilton-Foster, Emily Robertson, Matthew Servant
Book Cover - Samuel Dawson
Additional Production Staff
Assistant Director - Helena Snider
Production Managers - Michael Cunningham, Bob Holmes
We caught up with the Costume team on our production of A Midsummer Night's Dream to find out more about how all the costumes on this production came together and how they collaborated with the designer Grace Smart and the cast.
Hear from Costume Supervisor Tara Boland, Costume Assistants Amy Hill and Kate Stockwell and cast member Tara Tijani on the costume department's work on this production.
Discover Costume at Guildhall School at:
gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/production-arts/ba-production-arts/ba-production-arts-costume
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Suba Das - director
Grace Smart - designer
Ed Lewis - composer
Lucy Cullingford - movement director
Jack Stevens - lighting designer
Thomas Dixon - sound designer
Cast
Puck - Charlie Beck
Lysander - Levi Brown
Egeus/Philostrate - David Buttle*
Helena - Grace Cooper Milton
Quince/Peaseblossom - Caitlin Ffion Griffiths
Titania/Snout - Kitty Hawthorne
Hippolyta/Cobweb - Genevieve Lewis
Oberon/Starveling - Hassan Najib
Theseus/Moth - Felix Newman
Demetrius - Sonny Pilgrem
Snug/Mustardseed - Millie Smith
Bottom - Sam Thorpe-Spinks
Hermia - Tara Tijani
Flute - Nia Towle
*Guildhall Acting Graduate 2020
Production Team
Scenic Carpenter - Zoe Bridger
Assistant Carpenters - Charlotte Cross, Robbie Lynch, India Mills
Costume Supervisor - Tara Boland
Wardrobe Manager - Livvy Meeks
Costume Assistants - Amy Hill, Livvy Meeks, Kate Stockwell
Production Electrician - Molly Barron
Chief Electrician - Aled Roberts
Lighting Programmer - Jonathan Chan
Production Manager - Natalya Scase
Technical Manager - Sami Barqawi
Technical Assistant - Rosie Roberts
Prop Maker - Max Rodriguez-Thorp
Assistant Prop Makers - Mary Deakes, Chloe Rushbrook
Scenic Artist - Rose Bailey
Assistant Scenic Artists - Dani Diego, Allegra Totaro-Wainwright
Production Sound Engineer - Anja Urban
Sound Operator - Em Dethick-Jones
Video Designer - Emma Horne
Stage Manager - Samantha Liquorish
Deputy Stage Manager - Laura Alexander-Smith
Assistant Stage Managers - Olivia Hilton-Foster, Emily Robertson, Matthew Servant
Book Cover - Samuel Dawson
Additional Production Staff
Assistant Director - Helena Snider
Production Managers - Michael Cunningham, Bob Holmes
