Caitlin Mawhinney
@mawhinneydesign.bsky.social
Set & Costume Designer • The Stage Debut Award Nominee • Evening Standard Award Winner •
☆ Builder of worlds, lover of light ☆
www.caitlinmawhinney.com
☆ Builder of worlds, lover of light ☆
www.caitlinmawhinney.com
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A few shows to get to know me. ✨️ Find more at www.caitlinmawhinney.com
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Our next event with SBTD and @theatredeli.bsky.social
Come along on 29th Jan to meet fellow Designers, ask questions, seek advice and have a cuppa. Together we can beat those January (and tax return) blues!
Come along on 29th Jan to meet fellow Designers, ask questions, seek advice and have a cuppa. Together we can beat those January (and tax return) blues!
January 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Our next event with SBTD and @theatredeli.bsky.social
Come along on 29th Jan to meet fellow Designers, ask questions, seek advice and have a cuppa. Together we can beat those January (and tax return) blues!
Come along on 29th Jan to meet fellow Designers, ask questions, seek advice and have a cuppa. Together we can beat those January (and tax return) blues!
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not sure if some people understand that part of what makes creating so rewarding is the fact that it *is* hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re been painting or writing for 80 years— every piece will have problems that need solving, and few things feel better than figuring it out.
January 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
not sure if some people understand that part of what makes creating so rewarding is the fact that it *is* hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re been painting or writing for 80 years— every piece will have problems that need solving, and few things feel better than figuring it out.
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An annoying thing I’ve noticed in arts/heritage spaces is that instead of funding the creation of art, they instead want you to run workshops on how to make that art, presumably so then more people can then not get paid to make art but give a continuing chain of workshops
January 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
An annoying thing I’ve noticed in arts/heritage spaces is that instead of funding the creation of art, they instead want you to run workshops on how to make that art, presumably so then more people can then not get paid to make art but give a continuing chain of workshops
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It’s going to be tough to hold anyone’s attention but pointing out the 50% reduction in arts funding and the imminent closure of somewhere nearing 40% theatres mid-panto season is a good move. Just desperately hoping the govt has a plan for this #theatre #arts
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Hundreds of theatres and museums face closure as crisis in sectors laid bare
Alarm in sector as four in 10 of Britain’s theatres as well as many regional museums containing local and national archives are on the brink of closure
www.independent.co.uk
December 27, 2024 at 9:04 AM
It’s going to be tough to hold anyone’s attention but pointing out the 50% reduction in arts funding and the imminent closure of somewhere nearing 40% theatres mid-panto season is a good move. Just desperately hoping the govt has a plan for this #theatre #arts
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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This morning two theatre companies (Freedom Studios and Coney) have announced their permanent closure. Both 'left' the National Portfolio in 2023 and have found the climate impossible since. Their statements are heartbreakingly similar. Without massive funding reform many more will follow in 2025.
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 AM
This morning two theatre companies (Freedom Studios and Coney) have announced their permanent closure. Both 'left' the National Portfolio in 2023 and have found the climate impossible since. Their statements are heartbreakingly similar. Without massive funding reform many more will follow in 2025.
•Emilia• just opened at Leeds Conservatoire. I've loved this play since seeing it online during lockdown and couldn't wait to get my hands on designing it!
December 13, 2024 at 11:37 AM
•Emilia• just opened at Leeds Conservatoire. I've loved this play since seeing it online during lockdown and couldn't wait to get my hands on designing it!
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My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
January 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
Beauty and the Beast is open at Junction Goole! It excites me to think of all the schools and children who's first experience of theatre will be our show and how this might inspire them in their future lives. You can cut arts from schools - but we will bring schools to the art.
December 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Beauty and the Beast is open at Junction Goole! It excites me to think of all the schools and children who's first experience of theatre will be our show and how this might inspire them in their future lives. You can cut arts from schools - but we will bring schools to the art.
And we will be all the poorer for it
Britain faces ‘talent drain’ of visual artists as earnings fall by 40% since 2010
Britain faces ‘talent drain’ of visual artists as earnings fall by 40% since 2010
Report says funding cuts, inflation and rise of AI contributing to median income dropping to £12,500
Earnings for visual artists in Britain have plunged by 40% since 2010, with experts predicting a “talent drain” from the UK because EU countries offer…
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:56 PM
And we will be all the poorer for it
Christmas is blooming! The set is delivered and Beauty and the Beast is about to come to life 🥀
November 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Christmas is blooming! The set is delivered and Beauty and the Beast is about to come to life 🥀
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The biggest crisis in theatre is that the whole economic system survives by massively underpaying people.
November 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
The biggest crisis in theatre is that the whole economic system survives by massively underpaying people.
First day of rehearsals with Junction Goole. Beauty and the Beast is coming to life! Stay tuned....
And this cinnamon bun made up for the 6am train from London ☕️
And this cinnamon bun made up for the 6am train from London ☕️
November 18, 2024 at 6:23 PM
First day of rehearsals with Junction Goole. Beauty and the Beast is coming to life! Stay tuned....
And this cinnamon bun made up for the 6am train from London ☕️
And this cinnamon bun made up for the 6am train from London ☕️
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November 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Grateful for the days when I'm creating new designs in the studio while other designs are being built in workshops. Always a perpetual cycle of blank page excitement and 'are you sure that's the right size?' nerves
November 15, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Grateful for the days when I'm creating new designs in the studio while other designs are being built in workshops. Always a perpetual cycle of blank page excitement and 'are you sure that's the right size?' nerves
A few shows to get to know me. ✨️ Find more at www.caitlinmawhinney.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:49 PM
A few shows to get to know me. ✨️ Find more at www.caitlinmawhinney.com
Hello Blue-sky! Caitlin here - set and costume designer and theatre enthusiast based in Yorkshire and London! Looking to connect with other theatre, dance and opera creatives!
November 13, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Hello Blue-sky! Caitlin here - set and costume designer and theatre enthusiast based in Yorkshire and London! Looking to connect with other theatre, dance and opera creatives!